The Playroom - Softcover

Fyfield, Frances

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170 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0751532517 ISBN 13: 9780751532517

Publisher: Time Warner Paperbacks, 2003

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Kathryn and David are the ideal couple: she, petite, pretty; he, dark, debonair and gifted. But beneath the smooth surface, unseen by their envious or admiring friends, splinters are beginning to form. David suspects one of their two children is not his own, for plump and naughty Jeanetta does not conform with the controlled perfection with which he surrounds himself. Kathryn struggles to iron out family confrontations and maintain the calm of their lives together. But slowly things start to slip from her control. Bits of jewellery and items of clothing mysteriously go missing. David's mood swings become more irrational and violent. His drive to dominate and order the world he's created intensifies to the point of locking the playroom door and pocketing the key - a move that signals the final route into the chaos that will disrupt their perfect world.

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About the Author:

Frances Fyfield is a practising criminal lawyer and the author of many highly acclaimed novels, most recently UNDERCURRENTS and THE NATURE OF THE BEAST, some of which have been dramatised for television.

Review:

'Nobody could fail to admire this novel - a wholly believable horror story. Frances Fyfield's acute portrayal of a psychopath and his victims is frighteningly real.' Ruth Rendell 'Excellent.' Margaret Forster

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