Play Dead (novel)

{{Short description|1990 novel by Harlan Coben}}

{{for|other novels|Play Dead (disambiguation)#Literature}}

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| image = Harlan Coben - Play Dead.jpeg

| caption = First edition

| author = Harlan Coben

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| country = United States

| language = English

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| genre = Crime novel, mystery

| publisher = British Amer Pub Ltd

| pub_date = June 1990

| media_type = Print (hardcover)

| pages = 452 pp (first edition, hardback)

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Play Dead is the first novel by American crime writer Harlan Coben, published in 1990.{{cite magazine |last=Fitch |first=Katherine |date=October 1990 |title=Coben, Harlan. Play Dead. 446p. British American. 1990. Tr $19.95. ISBN 0-94516-728-8. LC 89-38572. YA |magazine=School Library Journal |volume=36 |issue=10 |page=150 |id={{EBSCOhost|9010223290}}}}{{cite magazine |last=Block |first=Marylaine |date=April 1990 |title=Coben, Harlan. Play Dead. British American Pub. May 1990. c.446p. ISBN 0-945167-28-8. $19.95 |magazine=Library Journal |volume=115 |page=136 |id={{EBSCOhost|9005281893}} |number=6}}