Playing With Death
the terrifying new thriller from the number one bestselling author

Name: Playing With Death
Brand: Hachette UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Simon Scarrow
ISBN: 9781472242624

Author: Simon Scarrow, Lee Francis

Series: Technothriller

Narrator: Katherine Fenton

Unabridged: 12 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Headline

Published: 07/13/2017

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Crime, Mystery & Detective, Police Procedural, Women Sleuths, Noir

Synopsis

'This fast, furious, twisty thriller kept me on the edge of my seat' Chris Ryan

'If Stephen King had collaborated with Michael Crichton on a thriller, it might have been as good as this' Peterborough Evening Telegraph

A UNEXPLAINED DEATH

The discovery of a horribly mutilated corpse launches FBI Agent Rose Blake into a puzzling investigation. The victim was alone at home with no signs of forced entry. Who - or what - burnt him to death?

THE GAME BEGINS

Strips of rubber melted to the body emerge as evidence that the victim was wearing The Skin, an innovation that takes users deep into a virtual world.

ESCAPE OR DIE...

When a body with identical wounds is discovered, Rose realises that in the darkest corners of the Dark Web, a brutal killer is playing a deadly game. A game with no rules - and no mercy. To stop it, Rose must play too...

(P)2017 Headline Publishing Group Limited

About Simon Scarrow

Simon Scarrow is the acclaimed author of multiple Sunday Times bestsellers, including Tyrant of Rome, Revenge of Rome and The Gladiator.He is also the author of many other acclaimed novels including the Sunday Times bestseller A Death in Berlin. With T. J. Andrews he has co-written Warrior, focusing on the rebel chief Caratacus, and Arena, following the career of a gladiator hero, and more.

About Lee Francis

Lee Francis worked for several years in the world of film, TV and advertising as a script reader and assistant director. PLAYING WITH DEATH, written with his former lecturer Simon Scarrow, is his first novel.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lost In My Own World Of Books

Este livro surpreendeu-me imenso pela positiva. Foi um leitura a qual não consegui parar de ler. Fala da inteligência artificial e das suas consequências como também da humanidade e dos seus desejos obscuros num thriller de perder a respiração até ao último momento. Fala também de como uma infância......more

Goodreads review by Liz

A really great serial killer thriller here with a truly dark side, some memorable characters and a tendency to make you keep looking over your shoulder. I loved it because I love the dark stuff - Playing With Death has an intriguing central premise to it, a technological speculative element that is a......more

Goodreads review by Fabi

Devo dizer que nunca pensei que o livro fosse assim! Quando li o resumo do livro pensei numa coisa completamente diferente! Muito bom, não o larguei enquanto não acabei de o ler!......more

Quotes

This fast, furious, twisty thriller kept me on the edge of my seat

If Stephen King had collaborated with Michael Crichton on a thriller, it might have been as good as this. It's a grab-you-by-the-throat page-ripper' Peterborough Evening Telegraph

What starts as a gripping killer thriller morphs into a serious and frankly scary examination of the possible threats the development of AI poses for humanity Irish Independent

An edgy, pacy, futuristic and oh so very polished cyber thriller

Grips you from the beginning and races to a most exciting and enigmatic ending

Praise for Simon Scarrow's novels:
'Scarrow's [novels] rank with the best' Independent

Gripping... [Scarrow's] sense of plot and pace is strong The Times

Intrigue, treachery and violence... intense action, beguiling characters and authentic detail Publishers Weekly

Top stuff Daily Telegraph

Gripping... Ferocious and compelling Daily Express