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Book ReviewsPlay Dead |
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Book: Play Dead
Written by: Anne Frasier |
Publisher: Onyx Books
Average Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5
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Hang on by Your Fingernails
Rating:
5 / 5
SUMMARY: Savannah police detective Elise Sandburg has enough to deal with: a house that's falling apart, a difficult teenage daughter, and an annoying yet mysterious new partner. Suddenly, young male prostitutes start turning up dead....or somewhat dead. The tradition of voodoo in the Deep South get a new slant as freshly buried serial victims claw their way out of their final resting places. To catch the killer, Elise will have to delve deep into a past she relinquished a lifetime ago.
WHY YOU'LL LIKE IT: Frasier has a gift for immediately involving you in a story. She writes top-notch suspense that is engrossing and addictive. Characterizations are complete; truly surprising plot twists abound. Frasier is a must-have addition to any mystery/suspense lover's personal library.
WHY YOU WON'T: If prostitution and/or voodoo turn you off, get over it and read this anyway.
BOTTOM LINE: Best of genre. Frasier just keeps getting better.
The most compelling book I've read all year
Rating:
5 / 5
Once I started reading PLAY DEAD, I couldn't put it down. I enjoyed HUSH and SLEEP TIGHT very much, but this is the best. Anne Frasier has a way of getting into the skin of her characters that makes every book unforgettable. Her characters are so unusual and so bent, yet by the end of the book they're part of you. I finished reading the book yesterday, but I've been thinking about it ever since.
Great plot, beautiful job on setting
Rating:
5 / 5
Reading Anne Frasier's latest, Play Dead, is like taking a roller coaster ride and a carriage tour simultaneously. Unblinking, Frasier outlines the dark, mysterious side of Savannah with a bold Magic Marker and fills in the spaces with the city's innate beauty and light. The protagonists, Elise and David, may be worlds apart in personality and life experience, but they are more alike than they seem at first glance. Both are determined to solve the strange case of corpses that aren't, delving into the arcane world of root doctors and mysticism while dealing with their own inner demons.
Most authors use setting merely as a backdrop for their characters. In Play Dead, setting IS a character. Good job!
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