Play Dirty is a work of fiction written by Sandra Brown. The premise of this book is that a man by the name of Griff Burkett is released from prison after five years. He is a former football player who was charged and convicted for throwing a game because he had owed gamboling money.
He has a hard time finding employment and is pretty much considered a pariah in the community. No one wants to hire him. He has no friends. He has no family. He is approached by a very rich man and his wife and asked to perform a very personal and confidential service for a large sum of money.
Against all odds…he goes against his better judgement and does what they ask of him…for the money. It all goes badly. In the end…he is pursued by a man who is bent on destroying him and his remaining reputation.
Griff is basically a good guy at heart who is misunderstood in both large and small ways. He doesn’t trust others enough to communicate what he is really feeling, most of the time. This sets him up to find himself in the middle of a murder investigation.
The story line is a bit far fetched, what with a police officer with a vengence who literally gets away with murder…but, Sandra Brown is a writer with great skill…so the reader overlooks alot.
The only problem i have with this particular book is the raunchy language at times. It is a shame that someone with Ms. Brown’s writing skill finds it necessary to use this type of language to set a scene. I do love her books…but this is getting to be more of a problem for me when i read them.
`Play Dirty was copyrighted in 2007 and is published by Simon & Shuster.
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