- Paperback: 452 pages
- Publisher: S.P.I. Books; Reprint edition (Mar 1993)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1561711543
- ISBN-13: 978-1561711543
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.4 x 3.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (120 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,652,466 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Kept me riveted in suspense --The New York Daily News
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A fast-moving, suspense-filled thriller from the No.1 bestselling author of LONG LOST.
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37 of 40 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Do not buy this book,
By Andy Edwards "staxasoul" (Essex UK) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (VINE VOICE) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Play Dead (Paperback)
I thought I had read everything Harlan Coben had written, having enjoyed most of his output, although it is fair to say that the more recent novels had become more predictable, with obvious plot repeats from earlier novels, and few new ideas. Still, they were usually worth reading, until this.
This is the first book ever written by Coben, and it might just have been his last had he not improved - this is simply dreadful. Hackneyed phrasing, predictable, slow, laughable characterisation, and so many holes in the plot that I stopped noticing them. This is simply one of the worst books I have ever attempted to read - I lost patience about 200 pages in and skimmed the rest just to see if it improved - it didn't. Had I not been on holiday and been a fan of some of Coben's books I wouldn't have bothered - do not waste your hard earned money on this cynical cash in. I was so incensed at the way Coben was exploiting his fans by issuing this that I emailed him (from his website) asking why he had allowed this to be published. To his credit he responded, (by quoting 2 positive emails he had received) but completely ignored the point about cashing in on his status. Coben is now up there (down there??) with James Patterson as authors I avoid due to their disregard for their fans and their grubby pursuit of a quick buck
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Made me laugh - for all the wrong reasons!,
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This review is from: Play Dead (Paperback)
This is the first Coben novel I've read - it will also be the last. I laughed out loud when reading the book - but I'm not sure as the author intended. Firstly, the main characters are so unbelievable: Laura was the "world's highest paid fashion model" until she retired at 23. She then starts her own business that becomes so successful, she is awarded "businesswoman of the year" by the age of 26. Her husband, David, "White Lightening", is the world's best basketball player, and also a really good guy who spends a lot of time working with (sic) "handicapped kids". Despite being a very intelligent, mature, succesful couple, however, their dialogue is juvenile - like 2 teenagers talking.
The author clearly has a juvenile fixation with the female anatomy. All the female characters have "gorgeous, rounded figures" - even the middle aged ones. When/if you read the book, you'll notice it is the first thing that is described when a female character is introduced. [Maybe, he wrote the book whilst he was a teenager - that explains a lot!?] However, the thing that really made me laugh was the risible plot. For example, David, spontaneously (ie without any planning) fakes his own death, by drowning, whilst on honeymoon in Australia. To assist in the cover up, he engages the help of his best friend, TC, a Boston detective. TC "flies in" a corrupt coroner who covers up everything for them (how this was squared with Australian authorities is anybody's guess). The author doesn't seem to know the difference between the coroner (a legal official) and the pathologist(a medical official) - as he makes them one and the same person. A body is found, apparently, "mutilated beyond all recognition". [There must have been a real body - because the was a subsequent funeral.] Where TC, or the coroner, got this body from is not clear (NB David is 6' 5"). No checks (eg dental records) appear to have been done to verify the identity of the body. Poor Laura just takes it for granted that the body is her husband. The plot lurches on from there. I guess, as an American, Coben seems to think that Australia is some third-world banana republic where corruption is rife and where a cover-up can be simply arranged for a few Yankee dollars? Well, maybe, thinking about it...
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Obvious drivel,
This review is from: Play Dead (Paperback)
I'll keep it brief, which is what I wish the book had been because I've wasted enough time on it already. It is a hopeless plot with flaws a million. Has anyone else noticed how everyone in a hurry 'sprinted' around, (even in a hospital).
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