Review
"A brave and intriguing novel which showcases Kia Abdullah's
vivid imagination and flair for suspense." --Thomas Perry, NY Times Bestselling Author
"Refreshingly different... Abdullah's portrayal of an emotionally claustrophic protagonist who becomes enthralled in a world beyond the realms of the ordinary sets her apart from the writers of her generation."
--Farhana Shaikh, The Asian Writer
vivid imagination and flair for suspense." --Thomas Perry, NY Times Bestselling Author
"Refreshingly different... Abdullah's portrayal of an emotionally claustrophic protagonist who becomes enthralled in a world beyond the realms of the ordinary sets her apart from the writers of her generation."
--Farhana Shaikh, The Asian Writer
Product Description
From young Muslim author Kia Abdullah comes a sharp, sexual thriller that challenges clichés and moral boundaries...
25-year-old Allegra Ashe has an adoring boyfriend, a loving family and thriving career, but a disturbing job offer from an alluring stranger threatens to shatter her seemingly perfect life.
She becomes entangled with Vokoban, a classified government unit that tests the limits of the law in trying to catch society's worst offenders: paedophiles. Allegra's life spirals out of control and we find ourselves voyeurs in a perverse world of lust, danger, deceit and revenge. A tale of twisted sexuality and tortured morality, Child's Play places a telescope into the darkest recesses of the human mind and invites the reader to take a look.
About the Author
Kia Abdullah is a 27-year-old author and journalist from London. She has previously published one novel: Life, Love and Assimilation (2006). She contributes to a variety of popular programmes, from BBC Radio 2's Jeremy Vine Show to Channel 4 News. She writes for numerous publications in her typically subversive style, and is one of the youngest journalists to write comment for the Guardian newspaper.
