Play Dirty
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Written by Sandra Brown.
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After five long years in federal prison, Griff Burkett is a free man. But the disgraced Cowboys quarterback can never return to life as he knew it before he was caught cheating.Foster Speakman and his wife Laura lived a charmed life before fate denied them the one thing they wanted most -- a child. Fresh out of prison and out of prospects, Griff agrees to do a job for the Speakmans that demands secrecy. But he soon finds himself once again in the spotlight of suspicion when an unsolved murder comes back to haunt him. While safeguarding his new enterprise, Griff must also protect those around him, especially Laura Speakman. Griff stands to gain the highest payoff he could ever imagine, but cashing in on it will require him to forfeithis only chance for redemption...and love.
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J. Kaye Oldner thinks this book is Excellent.
Reviews over Sandra Brown’s PLAY DIRTY weren’t exactly glowing on Amazon, causing me to be a bit skeptical prior to getting this book. For this reason, I went with the audio format. Normally I can stick with a bad book longer this way. But it turns out, this wasn’t necessary.
When the book opens, Griff Burkett has just been let out of prison where he’d spent five years. He’d been a Cowboys quarterback, but threw a game in order to pay off gambling debts. From the getgo, he’s not a likable character and maybe this was a turn-off to readers. Personally, I thought this was a brazen move - one that I appreciated.
Add to the story, Foster Speakman, owner and CEO of SunSouth Airlines, and his wife, Laura, a wealthy, successful and wealthy couple. Early in their marriage, tragedy struck in the form of an auto accident, leaving Foster in a wheel chair. He’s unable to have children, and this is where Burkett comes in. He is offered a job of impregnating his wife and not through vitro fertilization, but the old fashioned way. The catch is this job must remain secret.
The bad guy in this story is Stanley Rodarte. He’s a cop whose mission is to tag Burkett for an unsolved murder that happened prior to Burkett’s incarceration. Rodarte won’t rest until Burkett is back behind bars, even if he has to play dirty to do it.
Even though I knew early who the murderer was, it was a great read with good solid characters. Sandra Brown never fails to entertain!