Joe Quinn is the hero of The Killing Game. Joe is an ex-seal and an ex-FBI man. He is now with the police department of Atlanta, Georiga. He and Eve Duncan work together when she reconstructs faces from skeletons of lost children. Joe is in love with Eve and in this book, the two of the finally admit their love. Joe has worked with Eve so many times that he has become a legend. They call him "the skeleton man."