Play Dead

By: Harlan Coben

Narrated by: Scott Brick

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.

Critic reviews

“The modern master of the hook-and-twist.” (Dan Brown, Author of The Da Vinci Code)

"The reader's suspicions about what actually happened to Baskin, and about the identity of the murderer, shift as layers of lies are stripped away. Despite the basketball, this is primarily great romantic suspense." ( Library Journal)

play dead

nice Soap opera. fantastic narrative by Scott brick. Scott brick is a brilliant narrator.

A bit predictable but Scott Brick brings it home

An interesting plot. A good listen. Enjoy the book. I did. Scott Brick is always solid.

Play Dead

I don’t know why he was worried about first impressions. I thought this was a great read.

Couldn’t put it down!

There was no way that I was going to stop reading this story until I knew exactly who was responsible. It was worth reading!

Coben Poorly Served

This rendition was a torment to get through, solely because of the narrator. Scott Brick’s voice is better suited to bodice-ripping romance novels than to a suspense story. His breathless delivery and repetitive inflectional patterns were extremely grating. Had I not been familiar - through a couple of his other works - with Coben’s knack for twists of plot, I would have given up on this one after the first chapter. I love Coben’s writing, but I shall in future avoid any narrated by Scott Brick!