Playing Nice
A Novel
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Playing Nice
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Narrated by:
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Ben Elliot
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Amelia Cormack
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Peter Forbes
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Written by:
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JP Delaney
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Don’t miss the BritBox streaming series Playing Nice!
“[JP] Delaney takes domestic suspense beyond its comfort zone.”—Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review
Pete Riley answers the door one morning and lets in a parent’s worst nightmare. On his doorstep is Miles Lambert, a stranger who breaks the devastating news that Pete’s son, Theo, isn’t actually his son—he is the Lamberts’, switched at birth by an understaffed hospital while their real son was sent home with Miles and his wife, Lucy. For Pete, his partner Maddie, and the little boy they’ve been raising for the past two years, life will never be the same again.
The two families, reeling from the shock, take comfort in shared good intentions, eagerly entwining their very different lives in the hope of becoming one unconventional modern family. But a plan to sue the hospital triggers an official investigation that unearths some disturbing questions about the night their children were switched. How much can they trust the other parents—or even each other? What secrets are hidden behind the Lamberts’ glossy front door? Stretched to the breaking point, Pete and Maddie discover they will each stop at nothing to keep their family safe.
They are done playing nice.
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What the critics say
“Many thrillers require some suspension of disbelief, but not this one—its psychological soundness is what makes it both utterly terrifying and compelling. These masterfully drawn characters wouldn’t let me go until I raced my way to the final page. Playing Nice deserves a spot at the very top of every reader’s TBR pile.”—Stephanie Wrobel, author of Darling Rose Gold
“JP Delaney has done it again: whip smart prose and a cracking concept. . . . Compulsive from start to finish!”—Lesley Kara, internationally bestselling author of The Rumor
“A nightmarsh scenario drives this gripping psychological thriller . . . Genuinely surprising twists reveal just how far a parent will go for the sake of a child. This is domestic suspense at its most unsettling.”—Publishers Weekly
Pleasantly surprised
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The story was shocking, thrilling, startling, maddening all while trying to figure it out. When you think you have, another MAJOR twist happens. You honestly just can't believe what is happening. JP Delaney certainly dotted all i's and crossed all t's with this one.
BRAVO!!!!
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Best book I’ve listened to in ages
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for the main characters but started to see how it might be playing out. The end was a bit of a surprise though.
Page turner
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