Playing Nice

A Novel

De: JP Delaney

Narrado por: Ben Elliot, Amelia Cormack, Peter Forbes

What if you found out that your family isn’t yours at all? How far would you go to protect them? A gripping new psychological thriller from the best-selling author of The Girl Before....

"[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.

©2020 JP Delaney (P)2020 Random House Audio

Reseñas de la Crítica

"When it comes to ordinary families faced with terrifying dilemmas, there is no one better than JP Delaney. He is King of Thrillers, and Playing Nice is his best book yet. His chilling, compelling and oh-so-real books force us to confront our darkest fears - and question how far we would go to protect those we love.... Brilliant." (Fiona Cummins, author of Rattle)

"A nightmarish 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)

A real page turner!

This ranks among the very best psychological thrillers in my expanding audible library. I stayed up well past midnight listening-- I just couldn't imagine going to sleep before finding out how things ended. Fast-paced, engaging and suspenseful, this one's a winner!

Decent

When I first started the book I almost returned it, the narration was a bit annoying, but I kept with it and started to enjoy it. My biggest complaint ok seriously this 2 year old is speaking in complete sentences, scootering on the street by himself?? Oh and getting the groceries at the market. JP Delaney have you ever been around a 2 year old??? Very unrealistic. It would have been better if the child would have been 4-5 years old.

Entertaining

Really enjoyed this story and the narrators. Read it right through, couldn't put it down.

A really great read

I just loved this book. Characters and plot was complex and interesting but also had a wonderfully human feel not captured in many psychological thrillers. I really really like this book.

Very good story!

The story was very entertaining, with great twists and turns. I very much enjoyed it.

Great story and info

The ending was a bit of a let down! Not as good as the rest of the story.

Great book!

This book had me on edge until the end. The story was shocking and couldn’t stop listing. I loved the ending.

GREAT BOOK!

I have about 300 thriller and mystery books in my library, some great many not so good. This is definitely one of the great ones.

More complex with great twists and turns

If you like Big Little Lies--get this! I was hesitant because I could not imagine listening to the pain of the situation BUT--there's a crazy twist. Listen and find out.

Really good book

Could not stop listening, what a parents nightmare , well written and performed
A must read/ listening