Book 4 in the Detective Alyssa Wyatt series. I have read and really enjoyed all the other books in the series but I couldn’t finish this one. This was only due to the fact that the storyline was about satanic cults and from the beginning of the book quite descriptive and just not my thing. This is only a personal view and I’m sure the book was as good as the other 3.

Wow! Charly Cox delivers once again.

The Devil’s Playground is a story that is disturbing as much as it is thrilling.
I couldn’t put it down. I loved everything about this book as well as all I have read by this author.
Can’t wait for what comes next.

Absolutely loved this book from Beginning to end. It was captivating and intense and I didn't want to put it down. I have read the books before this in the series and really enjoyed them and this one as good if not better. I can't wait to read the next one

I actually started this book a long while back, and then simply forgot about it?! Well I read this awesome book tonight and it was by an author I never heard of but I loved the book so much I investigated this author! I looked back in my books because the name seemed familiar?! Well I found this book I was on like 25%? So I went back to the beginning and then I remembered why I stopped! This book has a Charles Manson dark vibe to it and it kind of freaked me out lol but because I loved this author newest book I decided to read on! I am so glad I did! While this book is pretty dark and has some torture blood and gore to it, once you get into it, it ends up being an awesome story! I would suggest if you get freaked out by the beginning keep reading! Its really a great book! I highly recommend it! Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for sharing this book with me! And thank you for finding me a great new to me author! I can't wait for more!

So that was it? So unsatisfying! Where is the shocking twist? I was scammed by the plot.

Thanks to Netgalley! Hoping for a better read next time!

This is the new book with Detective Alyssa Wyatt and I really enjoyed it.
Three friends are having a girls night in when intruders arrive. The aftermath is a horror show and Alyssa is called to investigate.
This is book four and moved at a great pace which kept me hooked, can’t wait for book five!
Thanks to Hera books and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
#NetGalley #TheDevilsPlayground

What a great read
This is number four in the series and it didn’t disappoint
Love this series
Can’t wait for the next one
Thanks NetGalley

This is the fourth in the Detective Alyssa Wyatt series and can be read as a standalone. I would still recommend you read the other three books in the series just because they are great books too!

Alyssa and her team arrive at the scene of a brutal double murder. That's bad enough, but they find two children hiding in a wardrobe who could have overheard the attack. Things get even worse when they find another woman, London, has been taken. It's a race against time to find London and keep the children safe.

Wow, The Devil's Playground didn't just pull on my old heartstring but gave them a good old yank! I found myself teary eyed occasionally throughout the novel.

Alyssa and her partner Trent are brilliant characters. Their dedication and steadfast way they investigate makes you wish all real life police officers were like them.

A special mention goes to Carter, one of the children who was found in the wardrobe. He was absolutely adorable and should get the big brother award for looking after his three-year-old sister throughout everything and he's only six!

Satanism is one of the themes of the book, so of course religion, .i.e. Christianity, makes an appearance. I'm not usually a fan of this, but it wasn't overly done and shoved in my face like other novels I've read.

Another thing I loved about this book was the fact I had no idea who the culprits were until they were revealed. I completely missed any clues!

A little warning though, this series tackles a lot of dark subjects, but I believe this is the darkest to date, so if you like your police procedurals on the cosy side, these books might not be for you.

The Devil's Playground is a hard-hitting police procedural that had me engrossed from beginning to end.

My first Charly Cox book, but I enjoyed it, without having read the others. Great book, plenty of twists and turns and lots of atmosphere. Thanks to NetGalley for a copy of this book

The Devil's Playground by Charly Cox is the forth book in the Detective Alyssa Wyatt series and where have I been? as I have not read any of the previous books by Charly. I really enjoyed it and was hooked from the beginning till the end. At first I thought I would find it hard to get into it but I was so wrong! and can be read as a standalone, I will be back tracking/reading the three other books within this series and more books in the future by Carly! I love the way she wrote this books and all the characters were brilliant and realistic.

Big thank you to Hera Books, NetGalley and the author for granting me free access to this ARC!

I was very excited to find out that one of my favorite and very talented authors had a new addition to the series come out. I was of course hooked on this book only stopping for bathroom breaks or to eat. The characters are gritty and likable. The many plot twists were terribly intriguing. I have to admit that this is very possibly one of the most exciting books I've read this year. I would recommend this book to anyone with a love of incredibly thrilling tales.

This is the 4th book in the Alyssa wyatt series. Although it is book 4 I’m sure it could be read as a stand alone.

As with the previous books this one keeps you wanting to read more. It’s fast paced throughout.

I can’t wait for the next instalment of this series.

I’d like to thank netgalley and the publishers for allowing me to read this book.

A gritty, gripping, fast paced thriller that kept me hooked and on the edge till the last page.
It's the best in this series and I thoroughly enjoyed the well plotted story, the characters, and the solid mysteyr.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine

Skye, Elena and London are enjoying their usual Thursday night meet up. London is reading to Skye’s children when the hear blood curdling screams. London and the children hide and when London thinks the coast is clear to call the police, the intruders kidnap her and takes her to the ‘Devils Playground’ and is tortured.
Detective Alyssa Wyatt investigates and the team start to link the murders with an old cult movement. Are they able to find London in time.
A gritty plot, full of gruesome details, but entirely gripping. This is the fourth instalment of Alyssa Wyatt and each book better than the last. It can be read as a standalone as well. Can’t wait for next in the series!

The fourth of the Alyssa Wyatt series, The Devil’s Playground by Charly Cox is a twisted macabre murder mystery. Three friends enjoying a weekly get together are preyed upon by evil, and a bloody murder scene baffles the police. Then two children are discovered hiding in a wardrobe and things just don’t add up. As Alyssa and the team investigate, a missing third young woman and satanic ritual possibilities are discovered. This is a dark tale of the occult and the police’s effort to solve a gripping murder mystery. A most enjoyable police procedural if you like hard edge crime, with realistic characters and chilling narrative that makes for a four-star rating. With thanks to Hera Books and the author, for an advanced copy for review purposes. As always, the opinions herein are totally my own and freely given.

A movie night among friends ends up in death. Two women are killed as a third woman hides two young children. Finally believing it is safe, she leaves their hiding spot only to be captured and taken. Detective Alyssa Wyatt and her partner Detective Cord Roberts have witnessed the horror of murder, but what was done in this house was based on evil. Finding the two children hidden in a closet, Cord is able to reassure them that he will protect them. The killers aren’t finished as they plan the torture of their hostage. When they learn there were children in the home, they must be silenced. Although there were some graphic parts and the main theme was the investigation and hunt for the killers, the strength of the children (especially Carter who protects his sister), the camaraderie among the members of Alyssa and Cord’s team and the support of their families made this an overall excellent mystery. I received an advance review copy at no cost and without obligation for an honest review. (paytonpuppy)

I came across this author originally on Netgalley, where I got accepted to read her 2nd book. I obviously went off to buy her first book, and i instantly became addicted to this series.
Now although this book is book 4 in the series, this could easily be read as a standalone too as it doesn't delve into the past books too much at all.
Charly's books are very fast paced, and they reel you in from the start.
This one was centred around Satanic worshipping, and it was quite brutal in places but I loved it and would highly recommend it.
I would actually put it out there that Is my favourite series of books I have ever read.

The murder of 2 women have detectives Alyssa Wyatt and Cord Roberts stumped. Why didn't the 2 children get murdered as well? Is another girl kidnapped?
This story keeps you racing to get to the end to find out what happens next.

4.5 stars.

The Devil's Playground grabs your attention from page one to final page.

I was looking over my shoulder, checking the doors were locked.

Alyssa , Cord and team are horrified and are racing to solve these gruesome murders.

Where is London the missing girl.

The descriptions were so realistic, I found myself cringing and crossing my fingers for London.

I can not believe I have not read this series before (you can read it as a stand alone) and I am off to buy the first 3 books in the series.

I can't wait to follow Alyssa and Cord on another case.

Thanks to NetGalley and Hera books for introducing me to a new series that will surely be a favourite of mine.

When Detective Alyssa Wyatt is called to a crime scene, she is not prepared for what she finds: two women have been brutally murdered and another is missing, presumed dead. Finding two young children in the property, one of them having witnessed the horrific events, their safety is now a priority. When the evidence leads them towards the occult, Alyssa knows that there is a race against time to find the killers and prevent any more deaths.

This series has previously dealt with some very dark topics but this is arguably the darkest to date. I’m not a fan of reading about the occult but I’ve loved the previous books in the series and so I put my views aside to read The Devil’s Playground. Thanks to Charly Cox’s brilliant writing, what I found was another superb page turner that kept me on the edge of my seat throughout.

Charly Cox writes such brilliant characters and I am a huge fan of Alyssa Wyaytt and her partner Cord. They feel very much like real people and I love how they interact with each other, both of them full of determination to do their job well while showing huge amounts of compassion. Their compassion is shown in a big way at the end of the book and I look forward to seeing how this progresses in the next book.

The Devil’s Playground is packed full of tension and I was certainly kept guessing with regards to the perpetrators. In many books, the ‘whodunit’ element is easy to spot so I was happy to be surprised by who the killers were.

This really is a brilliant series and I urge you to give it a try if you haven’t already done so!