Marylin Stasio has reviewed Jane Shemilt‘s The Playground for the New York Times.

“Surefire suspense [. . .] the death of a child, generally treated with mawkishness, is handled here with riveting creepiness.” Read the full review here.

Buy your copy of The Playground here. It will be published in the UK by Michael Joseph as Little Friends on 20th February 2020, and you can pre-order it here.

Follow Jane on Twitter @janeshemilt.

Check out her new site at janeshemilt.com.