Unputdownable! That is
the only way to describe the psychological thriller Playing Nice by JP Delaney.
Two babies swapped at birth, one brained damaged, the other a real handful. Two
sets of parents, as different as night and day.
Pete and Maddie, an
unmarried but committed couple, are raising Theo, a two-year-old kicked out of
nursery school for hitting other children. Miles and Lucy, a married couple, are
coping with David and his various health needs with the aid of a full-time nanny.
Both children have been born prematurely.
When Miles finds out that
David is not his biological son after DNA testing reveals a defective gene that
neither he nor Lucy has, he goes on a mission to find and reclaim his
biological son, Theo. Anyone who gets in Miles’ way in the course of the book
is suspiciously involved in a hit and run accident.
Miles first cons Pete and
Maddie to go after the hospital for a lucrative settlement for negligence,
before his real intent is determined: to have custody of both boys. Pete and
Maddie play by all the rules but at each turn, Miles has been ahead of them in
his ghastly plans.
JP Delaney has absolutely
infuriated me with the character Miles – he’s that good of a writer. The story
was compelling as were the previous Delaney books I’ve read: The Girl Before,
Believe Me, The Perfect Wife.
JP Delaney, a pseudonym, was born in Uganda. Educated
at St Peter’s College, Oxford, he graduated with a First in English Literature.
He has also written books under the names Tony Strong and Anthony Capella.
Married to a pig farmer, he is the father of four.
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