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Play Dead for Me

By: Olivia Kiernan
Narrated by: Brona C. Titley
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About this listen

Perfect for fans of Tana French, Jane Casey and Gillian Flynn.

Too soon to see.

Polished. Professional. Perfect. Dead. Respected scientist Dr Eleanor Costello is found hanged in her immaculate home: the scene the very picture of a suicide.

Too late to hide.

DCS Frankie Sheehan is handed the case and almost immediately spots foul play. Sheehan, a trained profiler, is seeking a murderer with a talent for death.

Too close to breathe.

As Frankie strives to paint a picture of the killer and their victim, she starts to sense they are part of a larger, darker canvas, on which the lines between the two blur.

Olivia Kiernan's debut is a bold, brilliant thriller that will keep you guessing and leave you breathless.

©2018 Olivia Kiernan (P)2018 Quercus Editions Limited Crime Thrillers International Mystery & Crime Mystery Police Procedural Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Thriller Crime

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Critic reviews

"Mesmerizing...murder, betrayal, and secret lives...Everything you need in a great thriller." (Lisa Gardner)
"Really slick...A proper page-turner." (Jo Spain)
"A writer you will read with your breath held." (Jess Kidd)
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Awful narration - had to give up. Like this writer though so hopefully the next book is narrated better.

Had to give up

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Intriguing and engaging - kept me curious to the end. Authentic to 2018 Duublin.

Fresh 'irish' read

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Clever and tense without any hammed up dramatics or caricatures. I thought the narrator really suited the characters and style. Nice and twisty but devoid of filler. Will definitely buy 2 & 3.

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my first time listening to a crime story, and I enjoyed it. kept me guessing till the end!

enjoyed it

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Weak narration that meant the story never came alive. Struggled to finish. The series was recommended to me but I'm unlikely to continue. Very little character development beyond the surface.

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