Sentenced to death for crimes he didn't commit, ex-cop Tom O'Brien is now a fugitive on the run. After fifteen years behind bars, he's determined to prove his innocence -- but first he must convince his daughter, whose testimony helped put him in prison, that he has damning evidence of a plot to frame him.

Claire is no longer the naive young teenager who walked in to find her mother and her mother's lover dead and her father holding the gun. She's a successful fraud investigator who figures that everyone lies. Though Claire believes in her father's guilt, her curiosity propels her to look into the disappearance of a law student who claimed he had proof of Tom's innocence. But the answers Claire finds only lead to more questions and reinforce her belief that there’s no one left to trust.

Obsessed with the O'Brien case, FBI agent Mitch Bianchi befriends Claire under false pretenses, convinced that Tom is not only innocent but in grave danger -- and not just from the cops. As the three race toward the truth, a murderous conspiracy tightens its noose -- and Claire becomes the target of an ice-cold psychopath who will kill to protect his secrets.



StephanieD (USA: IL) (2010/01/19):
Playing Dead has it all: crooked cops, the FBI, a frame job, murder, conspiracy. When you pick up this book, be prepared to sit tight for a great and fast paced story.

Claire O'Brien believes that her father killed her mother and her lover 15 years ago. Now Tom O'Brien has escaped prison 6 months before his date with the needle. All Tom wants to do is prove to his daughter that he is truly innocent. What neither he nor Claire realizes is that there are powerful men willing to stop at nothing to protect everything that they have. They also don't realize that the true killer could be much closer than they think.

B+/3.5 Romance: Hot