October 8, 2012

• Play Dead

  The book I am reviewing in this post is Play Dead by Harlan Coben which is an excellent thriller which I bought from a carboot sale. I noticed in the introduction Harlan says that this book was written long before he became famous and whilst he was in his 20's and it maybe isn't quite as polished as some of his later work. It does however have a good story which I think is the most important factor in writing fiction. The plot is a model called Laura & a famous NBA basketball player called Dave get married and whilst on their honeymoon her partner disappears. Also most of the money in the bank is transferred to another account and is impossible to trace. Now it turns out that Laura's mother had a meeting with him shortly before he disappeared. It also turns that they maybe half brother and sister because Laura's mother had an affair with David's dad. At around this time a new basketball player emerges who is really Dave after plastic surgery but anyhow he is playing in Dave's old position and for the Celtics, Dave's old club. Also his brother who owes a load of money to the mob & who Dave wanted nothing to do with has designs on Laura's money. It has a happy ending and it keeps you guessing until the end.

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