The Playdate - A startling and deliciously pitch-dark story from leafy suburbia

When Sara leaves her high-flying London life to move to Dublin, her only concern is her nine-year-old daughter, Lexie. For Lexie''s sake she tries to get to know other mothers at the school gates, but they appear uninterested - particularly their leader, the beautiful and charismatic Vanessa, whose daughter rules the playground.

After a simple misunderstanding between Vanessa and Sara, none of the other kids at school want anything to do with Lexie. Desperate to mend fences, Sara offers to look after Vanessa''s daughter one afternoon. But when the playdate ends in catastrophe, Vanessa is convinced that what happened wasn''t an accident.

With allegations flying in all directions, Sara is forced to ask herself what she has unleashed? And how far a mother will go to protect her daughter?<>

About the author

Clara Dillion lives in suburban Dublin and works as a doctor. For many years she worked in London so knows the challenges of returning to Ireland and wanting your kids to settle in successfully. Happily, her experiences have been more positive than those described in The Playdate.

Product details

• Authors: Clara Dillon
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.03.2024
• EAN: 9781844886593
• ISBN: 978-1-84488-659-3
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 236 mm x 26 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Dublin, Ireland, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Crime and mystery: women sleuths, FICTION / World Literature / Ireland / 21st Century, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary