Plaything

Full of sticky moral situations punctuated with gory details

Rose Cleary, author of How to Be a French Girl

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. In this utterly gripping, stomach-turning and explosive novel, obsession and jealousy are heightened by the claustrophobia, paranoia and loneliness of lockdown. I couldn’t leave it alone, right until the bitter, bloody end.

Alice Slater, author of Death of a Bookseller

Fascinating and mysterious, the darkness and depth of this daring novel will linger long after reading. Big big fan.

Ashley Hickson-Lovence, author of Your Show

A seductive tale of infatuation and the complexities of romance. Setton’s talent for unravelling the love-drunk narrative is thrilling.

Amy Twigg, author of Spoilt Creatures

An exquisite deep dive into jealousy.

Sainsbury's Magazine

Setton offers a slow drip-feed of apprehension and unease as the novel swells towards a satisfying – and pleasingly unpredictable – climax

Daily Mail

There are twists and turns and moments of real poignancy in this smart, dark academia book

My Weekly

A cold novel, then, but one that will remain with me. The surprises work, a twist towards the end left me uttering an expletive aloud, and the final page made me shudder. Animal lovers, however, be warned. It’s not just the mice who suffer.

John Boyne, Irish Times

A gloriously tense tale of obsession . . . At times the reader feels like Setton's plaything, but she does it so well, we don't really mind.

Financial Times