Author Tania Unsworth has drawn a dark and disturbing near-future in her novel, The One safe Place, aimed at a YA audience but with enough suspense and creep-factor to satisfy an adult audience. The children are, for the most part, well-drawn, eccentric, and sympathetic and, although, it seems like there isn’t a nice adult anywhere outside of the farm, this actually works within the confines of the story. The tale gripped me from the beginning and kept me enthralled until the very satisfying end. Nice debut from Unsworth – I look forward to reading more from her in the future albeit hopefully not the future depicted in her novel.