• Play Dead

  • By: Harlan Coben
  • Narrated by: Scott Brick
  • Length: 17 hrs and 17 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (3,249 ratings)

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Play Dead

By: Harlan Coben
Narrated by: Scott Brick
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Publisher's summary

Theirs was a marriage made in tabloid heaven, but no sooner had supermodel Laura Ayars and Celtics star David Baskin said “I do” than tragedy struck. While honeymooning on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, David went out for a swim - and never returned.

Now widowed and grieving, Laura has a thousand questions and no answers. Her search for the truth will draw her into a web of lies and deception that stretches back 30 years - while on the court at the Boston Garden, a rookie phenom makes his spectacular debut....

©2010 Harlan Coben (P)2010 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

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Family is everything

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Enthralling how several different plots managed to weave into one congruent story! And the story kept you guessing what was going on. And when you solved it, you had only solved a very small amount of it, and perhaps incorrectly!
I love the way it kept the reader thinking and puzzling, and it was great how people were actually real, not their stereotypes or original impressions. I totally enjoyed this book!

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Full of surprises!

This is my first book by this Author, but it won't be my last! Interesting concept made for a great read. I really enjoyed the narrator in this book as well.
My only complaint is that the audiobook kept stopping randomly and I'd have to restart it. If I set the sleep timer to stop, it wouldn't stop and would continue to play through out the night.

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Writing isn’t great

The story has potential but there are a lot of unnecessary scenes and melodramatic dialog. Without that the book could’ve been half as long. I don’t mind long books but I don’t like listening to filler thanks. Scott Brick - who is overly dramatic most of the time - didn’t need the extra melodrama here. And so sorry, but his Australian accent was awful - a mixture cockney and Australian. Just no.

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A great summer read

Loved it. A total page turner.
The narrator was good, if a little over the top at times.
Although I totally enjoyed this story I can see how Harlan Cohen has matured as a writer. 😊

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Long and predictable.

So …. I understand this is one of Coben’s first novels, and he suggests the reader skip it if it’s the first of his novels read. It was an okay book. It could use a good editor to chop about 1/3 of the vacuous dialogue and please, eliminate the cliches. However, I listened to the end and looked forward to the story winding out which was no small effort as Brick reads like a 40’s film star with lots of needless drama. This novel could have been very good. Instead it shows the reader how far Coben has come in style and story development.

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Excellent story

It’s hard to believe that Mr. Colburn wrote this in his 20s. It’s such an excellent story. However orphan X
is got to be the all-time best. And I love the narrater by Scott brick

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Excell my

Not a dull moment! One of Cobens best novels.. Kept me guessing about who the murderer was. Very well written. Loved it!!

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Spellbounding!

Many twists and turns not knowing what or who until the very end. Couldn't put it down.

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So many twists and turns

I'm thinking this may be my favorite Harlan Coben. The twists and turns keep coming. Kept me guessing till the end. A very satisfying ending.

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Wow

That was insane long. All that to end up with the ending I figured. Just crazy

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