Play Dead

by Peter Dickinson

Book Overview

A London woman taking her grandson to the park finds her lonely life disrupted by murder in this award-winning author's "gripping thriller" (Reginald Hill). Poppy Tasker never imagined this would be... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892964782
• ISBN13: 9780892964789
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Mysterious Press
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A smart, "not too scary," beautiful murder mystery to grow with

Peter Dickinson's Play Dead is a beautiful book. It is not meant to be funny or frightening, but to draw our attention to life: children, music, relationships, love. In her attempts to understand a murder, Poppy Tasker confronts the choices that have led her to become small-of-spirit. As she comes to understand the forces that led to the murder (as well as the unintended consequences of wrong conclusions about them), she learns what is important to her and becomes "She-who-knows-what-she-wants."