{"product_id":"9781804994498","title":"Plaything","description":"Author: Setton, Bea\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781804994498\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 18 Nov 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 336\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA chilling spin on girl-meets-boy, in which jealousy and obsession cost the ultimate price...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I just loved it - it truly wedged itself into my brain. Absolutely vile and brilliant. \u003ci\u003ePlaything\u003c\/i\u003e is an unhinged melody, and it will serenade fans of the darkest narratives.' \u003cb\u003eAlice Slater, author of \u003ci\u003eDeath of a Bookseller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnna is smart. Smarter than you, probably. But when she falls for the beautiful, enigmatic Caden, her need to get under his skin, to truly know him becomes overpowering.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnna's new life in Cambridge is full of promise - she's the top student in her PhD cohort, she has great friends and she has met an exhaustingly attractive man - but something is a little off. Perhaps it's the routine violence of her lab work with animals, or maybe it's something to do with her boyfriend's icy reserve but it seems there is a kind of menace hiding beneath the Cambridge dream.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Anna and Caden's lives become tightly entangled, her obsession with Caden's seemingly ever-present ex-girlfriend reaches a dangerous pitch... Just how far will she go to satiate her curiosity?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-------------------\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Pleasingly unpredictable'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A gloriously tense tale of obsession'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One that will remain with me\u003c\/b\u003e . . . \u003cb\u003ethe final page made me shudder'\u003c\/b\u003e John Boyne, \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A seductive tale of infatuation and the complexities of romance'\u003c\/b\u003e Amy Twigg, author of\u003ci\u003e Spoilt Creatures\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46727032668318,"sku":"UBD-9781804994498","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781804994498.jpg?v=1776491783","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781804994498","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}