Plaything Portraits in art wind and water – that

wind and water – that hold sway over how land forms

Elspeth's search will take her where she never thought to go

This is haunting and beautiful work from one of America's most gifted writers

A wild ride through a disaffected youth by a gifted writer

a landscape whose contours reach back to Shakespeare's England by way of two world wars and a coming of age shaped by the Suez crisis and the Cold War

Plaything Portraits in art wind and water – thatA chilling spin on girl meets boy, in which jealousy and obsession cost the ultimate price 'I just loved it it truly wedged itself into my brain. Absolutely vile and brilliant. Plaything is an unhinged melody, and it will serenade fans of the darkest narratives.' ALICE SLATER, author of Death of a Bookseller 'A gloriously tense tale of obsession' Financial Times Anna is smart. Smarter than you, probably. But when she falls for the beautiful, enigmatic