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| Author | Sandra Brown |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Action, Thriller, Romance |
| Publisher | The New York Times (USA) |
Publication date | 2007 |
| Publication place | United States |
Play Dirty is a thriller novel written by Sandra Brown in 2007. [1] [2] According to WorldCat, the book was held in more than 2,500 libraries as of February 2014. [3]
The book tells the story of Griff Burkett, a football fallen star, who was caught cheating and was sent to prison. [4] After five years, Burkett is a free man. [5] He meets Foster and Laura Speakman, a wealthy and successful but childless couple. They hire Burkett to do a secret job, but then is suspected of an unsolved murder by his long-time nemesis, detective Stanley Rodarte. [6] Burkett tries to prove his innocence and save the people they care about the most. The narrative contains a lot of sexual content. [7] [8] The book was published by Ricochet in 2006 and later by Simon & Schuster. [9]
Reviews of the book vary from "solid thriller" (Kirkus) [9] to "disappointing" (Washburn Review) [10]