Playing Nice

Praise for Playing Nice:"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"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 RumorPraise for The Perfect Wife:"Mind-bending. . . . Delaney takes domestic suspense beyond its comfort zone. To be sure, there's romantic tension, marital discord, even betrayal. . . . But there are other issues to chew on: the worship of beauty and the demand for perfection, the ethics of artificial intelligence, the moral responsibilities of playing God. Not to mention the quandary that arises when a robot develops a soul, a real problem when 'people don't want their robots to have feelings.'" —The New York Times"The premise of [The Perfect Wife] itself is tricky at best, but Delaney pulls it off brilliantly, with an intoxicating knack for suspense. This is the kind of novel ugly words like 'unputdownable' were invented for. . . . Everything about The Perfect Wife feels earned and satisfying. Thrillers, after all, are more about the journey than they are about the destination—and this journey is a captivating, deeply engrossing one." —The Independent   "JP Delaney's third psychological thriller, The Perfect Wife, puts—almost perfectly—a high-tech spin on the stories of Frankenstein and Pygmalion with a tinge of the Stepford wives. . . . The intriguing plot leads to a chilling and surprising finale that perfectly caps The Perfect Wife." —Associated PressPraise for Believe Me"Compelling. . . . [A] rich, nuanced, highly literary take on the Gone Girl theme." —Booklist, starred review "The author produces a bobsled run's worth of twists." —Publishers Weekly"An intense, stylish psychological thriller." —Good HousekeepingPraise for The Girl Before"Dazzling, startling and above all cunning—a pitch-perfect novel of psychological suspense." —Lee Child"[JP] Delaney intersperses ethics questions on stand-alone pages throughout the book. . . . The single most ingenious touch is that we're not provided either woman’s answers." —The New York Times"The Girl Before is deservedly anointed the 'top girl' of this season's suspense novels." —The Washington Post "A masterfully crafted spellbinder . . . guaranteed to astonish." —Booklist, starred review