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Play Dead

Play Dead

by Harlan Coben

Married people, fictionMissing persons, fictionFiction, thrillers, generalnyt:mass-market-paperback=2010-10-17New York Times bestseller
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Laura falls in love with Boston Celtic's star player, David Baskin. On their honeymoon in Australia he drowns in a freak accident. Now that the funeral is over, Laura is finding clues that make her think that David's accident was no accident. Everyone around her is acting strangely and Laura doesn't know who to trust as she tries to uncover the truth.

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Married people, fictionMissing persons, fictionFiction, thrillers, generalnyt:mass-market-paperback=2010-10-17New York Times bestsellerFiction

Characters & people

Setting

Boston (Mass.)Palm Cove (Qld.)Cairns (Qld.)Hamilton (N.Y.)Chicago (Ill.)New Jersey19601989

About the author

Harlan Coben
Harlan Coben

4 January 1962

Harlan Coben is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and one of the world's leading storytellers. His suspense novels are published in forty-five languages and have been number one bestsellers in more than a dozen countries with seventy-five million books in print worldwide. His books have earned the Edgar, Shamus, and Anthony Awards, and many have been developed into Netflix Original Drama series, including his adaptations of ***The Stranger***, ***The Innocent***, ***Gone for Good*** and ***The Woods***.

Author

Harlan Coben

Pages

539

Read time

≈ 13h

Editions

28

Languages

English, Polish, German

Publisher

Brilliance Audio

ISBN

9783442484645

Where to buy

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