Play Dead (novel)

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Play Dead
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First edition
Author Harlan Coben
Country United States
Language English
Genre Crime novel, Mystery
Publisher British Amer Pub Ltd
Publication date
June 1990
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages452 pp (first edition, hardback)

Play Dead is the first novel by American crime writer Harlan Coben, published in 1990. [1] [2]

Plot summary

No sooner had supermodel Laura Ayers 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's search for the truth will draw her into a web of lies and deception.

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References

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