num_pages: 462
description: DEAD MAN RUNNINGSentenced to death for crimes he didnt commit ex-cop Tom OBrien is now a hunted fugitive. After fifteen years in prison hes determined to prove his innocencebut first he must convince his daughter whose testimony helped put him behind bars that he has damning evidence of a plot to frame him.Claire is no longer the nave teenager who arrived home to find her mother and her mothers lover shot dead and her father holding the murder weapon. Shes a successful fraud investigator who assumes everyone lies. Though Claire is convinced of her fathers guilt curiosity propels her to look into the disappearance of a law student who claimed to have proof of Toms innocence. But seeking answers only leads to more questions reinforcing Claires belief that theres no one left to trust.Obsessed with the OBrien case FBI agent Mitch Bianchi befriends Claire under false pretenses certain that Tom is not only innocent but in grave dangerand not just from the cops. As the three race toward the truth a murderous conspiracy tightens its nooseand Claire becomes the target of an ice-cold psychopath who will kill to protect his secrets.
language: English
title: Playing Dead
publisher: Ballantine Books