# The Playroom

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- Book: [The Playroom](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-connor/the-playroom) ([The Playroom.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-connor/the-playroom.md))
- Authors: [John Connor](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-connor)
- Publisher: Orion
- ISBN: 978-14-0918-876-6
- Published: 2019-02-14
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Excellent second novel featuring Yorkshire Detective Constable Karen Sharpe. The daughter of a Bradford judge is kidnapped and a massive, round-the-clock investigation begins. Knowing the chances of Sophie surviving will diminish dramatically after the first twenty-four hours, Detective Chief Superintendent John Munro begins to crack under the pressure of holding together an enquiry swamped with leads. Meanwhile, DC Karen Sharpe is pursuing her own single-handed enquiry into historic child abuse allegations when an MP is accused of rape ten years before. The task of finding corroboration looks hopeless, but Sharpe keeps at it - anything rather than face up to her own tangled personal life. The truth is more complex and frightening, leading back to still unresolved events from a year before. Karen's enquiry uncovers connections with the kidnapping, and, in an explosion of violence and bloodshed, Karen is left fighting not just to find Sophie, but to save herself.