Play Dead - Hardcover

Dickinson, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0892964782 ISBN 13: 9780892964789

Publisher: Mysterious Pr, 1992

Synopsis

As Poppy Tasker sits at a play center with her grandson and listens to the idle chatter of the young nannies around her, she dreams about more exciting ways to spend the rest of her life, and her dreams are soon grotesquely realized. 15,000 first printing.

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Review:

“Shapely and intelligent . . . Play Dead rises triumphant.” —Chicago Tribune
 
“Dickinson’s touch is so masterly here that he makes other fine domestic mysteries seem quite amateurish.” —Kirkus Reviews
 
“An adroit and suspenseful tale.” —The New York Times Book Review
 
“The works of British mystery writer Peter Dickinson are like caviar—an acquired taste that easily can become an addiction.” —Time
 
“The whodunits of British novelist Peter Dickinson are exceptional.” —Newsweek
 
“Wherever he turns his swirling imagination, Dickinson finds the mysterious in the familiar and writes mesmerizing whodunits.” —The Washington Post Book World
 
“He is a true original, a superb writer who revitalizes the conventions of the mystery genre.” —P. D. James

 

Book Description:

'Peter Dickinson is a delight to read' Times Literary Supplement

About this edition

• Publisher: Mysterious Pr
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0892964782
• ISBN 13: 9780892964789
• Binding: Hardcover