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Playing Nice (Paperback)

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Paperback 432 Pages
Published: 21/11/2024
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Waterstones Says

A blistering baby swap thriller from the author of The Girl Before, Playing Nice finds two couples attempting to co-parent their child with increasingly disturbing consequences.

Pete Riley answers the door one morning to a parent's worst nightmare. On his doorstep is Miles Lambert, who breaks the devastating news that Pete's two-year-old, Theo, isn't Pete's real son - their babies got mixed up at birth.

The two families agree that, rather than swap the boys back, they'll try to find a more flexible way to share their children's lives. But a plan to sue the hospital triggers an investigation that unearths disturbing questions about just what happened the day the babies were switched.

And when Theo is thrown out of nursery for hitting other children, the Rileys have to ask themselves: how far do they want this arrangement to go? What secrets lie hidden behind the Lamberts' smart front door? How much can they trust the real parents of their child - or even each other?

Publisher: Quercus Publishing
ISBN: 9781529434774
Number of pages: 432
Weight: 300 g
Dimensions: 196 x 126 x 38 mm


MEDIA REVIEWS

There is a precision about Delaney's characters that propels his twisty plots into unexpected and utterly convincing scenarios - Daily Mail

JP Delaney is King of Thrillers and Playing Nice is his best book yet - Fiona Cummins

The kind of book that keeps you up at night - My Weekly

Seriously, amazingly, awesomely brilliant - CJ Tudor, author of The Chalk Man

A tour-de-force . . . a compulsive and deeply thought-provoking psychological thriller - Cara Hunter, author of Close to Home

Dazzling - a pitch-perfect thriller - Lee Child

Original and brilliantly written - Sun

Dynamic, razor-sharp and thought-provoking . . . A must read! - Mary Kubica, author of The Good Girl

Terrifying and heartfelt - Woman & Home

A sensational baby-swap psychological thriller which melds domestic suspense with a slow-burn, terrifying menace - The Lancashire Post

Fiendishly gripping, twist-packed thriller - Peterborough Telegraph

[An] edge-of-seat psychological thriller - The Sunday Post

This nail-biting, thought-provoking and utterly riveting thriller [...] comes from a writer who never fails to put extra mind-bending firepower into every story that comes from his magic pen ... Expect ingenious twists and turns - The Lancashire Post

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“Another brilliant thriller from JP Delaney!”

Another breathtaking psychological thriller from JP Delaney! I have yet to be even remotely disappointed with this author’s work - I know I am guaranteed a fantastic afternoon as I power through the book, on the edge... More

Hardback edition
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“Not Really Paying Nice”

The story opens with Miles Lambert ringing the doorbell at the home of Pete Riley and his partner Maddie. Miles and his wife Lucy have come to advise that the child that Pete and Maddie brought home from the hospital... More

Hardback edition
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“Wow so brilliant in its plot and writing”

I have not read a book by JP Delaney before but having read the premise I was intrigued. Two babies mixed up at the hospital and being given to the wrong parents.
Now I must say the plot is amazingly well written... More

Hardback edition
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