Play Dead, Harlan Coben
Play Dead, Harlan Coben
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Play Dead

Author: Harlan Coben

Narrator: Scott Brick

Abridged: 7 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/28/2010

Synopsis

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 thirty years—while on the court at the Boston Garden, a rookie phenom makes his spectacular debut….“The modern master of the hook-and-twist.” —Dan Brown, Author of The Da Vinci Code

About Harlan Coben

Author Harlan Coben, was born into a New Jersey Jewish family in 1962, where he eventually graduated from Livingston High School with his childhood friend, Chris Christie, who of course became a prominent politician and the Governor of New Jersey. Coben then went on to study political science at Amherst College where he had a fraternity brother, Dan Brown, who also became a well-known author. It was in his senior year at Amherst that he decided that writing might be the course that he wanted to follow in his career path.

Coben became an American author of mysteries and thrillers. His novels revolved around central characters, and involved a reviewing of unsolved or misinterpreted actions such as fatal accidents, and murders with many twists and turns. His most famous character was Myron Bolitar. He has had several books on several best seller lists around the world. He has also received a like number of awards in several different countries. His books of note include: The Stranger, Missing You, Six Years, Stay Close, Live Wire, Caught, Long Lost, Hold Tight, and his latest book that was released on March 22, 2016, Fool Me Once.

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Emily on 2011-06-07 14:46:18

Coben begins this book advising the reader that if it's the first of his books you've ever read to put it back and get another one. This is great advice. He's written some very entertaining books but this is not one of them. It's made worse by Scott Brick's narration which is melodramatic and seriously overdone throughout. That's another shame because Brick is usually a fine narrator.

Goodreads review by Suz on February 08, 2016

It's official. Major crush on Mr Coben. Loved his letter at the front of his book stating please don't start with this particular book if you haven't read any of his work before, he'll happily wait for you to come back, as he was only a young lad working in advertising and he's a tad fresh. This is h......more

Goodreads review by Mandy on March 29, 2017

Can I give this book 10 stars?! 20? 50? 100?! Oh my gosh please pardon my language but reading this book and getting to the end was like a really good orgasm :) This was Coben's first novel and it reads like his most recent. I've never been so entranced in a novel as I was with this one. The story w......more

Goodreads review by Matthew on May 22, 2015

Wow! This book was great - much better than I expected. Lots of twists, turns, mysteries, betrayals, and shocks. Almost everyone in this book seems suspicious at at least some point in time. Several times I thought I had it figured out, and then it blew my mind with a new revelation. I will definite......more

Goodreads review by Grace on September 11, 2012

Let’s avoid lengthy introductions and just get down to the point. As a Coben fan (a person who tries to collect all of his novels), I will honestly tell you to please don’t buy this one. Nuh-uh. Save yourself the money and just buy Tell No One or Gone For Good or any other novel of his, EXCEPT this......more

Goodreads review by Peter on August 12, 2023

Did David Baskin really drown on his honeymoon with Laura in Australia? What is the family secret of 1960 all about? How are Laura's mother Mary, her aunt Judy, her father James involved in the going-ons of this dark mystery? What about Mark, the new basket ball player coming out of nowhere? Harlan......more

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