Description
'Dark, funny, well-plotted, sinister. Superb' WILL DEAN
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Guilt lies close to home . . .
In the exclusive gated community of Withered Vale, people's lives appear as perfect as their beautifully manicured lawns. Money, success, privilege - the residents have it all. Life is good.
There's just one problem.
Olive Collins' dead body has been rotting inside number four for the last three months. Her neighbours say they're shocked at the discovery but nobody thought to check on her when she vanished from sight.
The police start to ask questions and the seemingly flawless facade begins to crack. Because, when it comes to Olive's neighbours, it seems each of them has something to hide, something to lose and everything to gain from her death.
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PRAISE FOR JO SPAIN
'Loved, loved, loved' Caz Frear
'Sensational' Chris Whitaker
'I absolutely loved it' Liz Nugent
'You certainly look at your neighbours with fresh eyes after reading this' Yours
About the Author
JO SPAIN is a full-time writer and screenwriter. Her first novel, With Our Blessing, was a finalist in the Richard and Judy Search for a Bestseller competition and she's become a regular Top Ten Irish bestseller with her subsequent twelve novels. Jo co-writes and produces the internationally acclaimed Harry Wild TV series and is currently working on several TV productions, including the adaptation of her own Detective Tom Reynolds series. Jo and her family live in Dublin.
Reviews
An engrossing and compelling story that will have you reading well into the night as you keep telling yourself, "just one more chapter" * My Weekly *
A fabulously entertaining whodunit, with a sly wit and a wonderful detective duo * Sunday Mirror *
Fans of Desperate Housewives will love this . . . a real page-turner * Woman's Weekly *
Wonderfully drawn characters and more secrets and motives than you can shake a stick at. Loved, loved, loved * Caz Frear, author of Sweet Little Lies *
Irish crime fiction's current hot-ticket... busy, imaginative, cleverly structured and zippily-paced * Irish Independent *
Dark, funny, well-plotted, sinister. Superb
[An] Agatha Christie-esque and emotion-charged locked-estate mystery
* Sunday Sport *[A] sophisticated new crime novel * Sunday Times *
It's a winning combination of locked room (or in this case locked estate) mystery and incisive social commentary * Sinead Crowley, author of One Bad Turn *
This is a winner in my book * Woman's Way, Book of the Week *
Spain conjures up a brilliant setting for this murder mystery, with a fantastically imagined cast of characters * Emily Koch, author of If I Die Before I Wake *
She's absolutely hit her stride * Books Ireland *
A book to sink into with a cast of characters you'll genuinely care about... completely memorable... a gorgeous read * Dervla McTiernan *
Dirty Little Secrets has got a real touch of Murder on the Orient Express about it - a closed room mystery filled with nasty people and abundant motives. A real page-turner * Araminta Hall, author of Our Kind of Cruelty *
Sensational. . . taut and claustrophobic, wickedly plotted and laced with the kind of dark humour that lifts Jo Spain to the top of my reading pile every single time * Chris Whitaker, author of Tall Oaks *
Loved it! Fabulous characters, superbly written, twists, turns & ends with a punch * Amanda Jennings, author of The Cliff House *
An intriguing Rubik's Cube of a book that kept me turning the pages to get to the truth. So well plotted and beautifully written. I absolutely loved it * Liz Nugent, author of Unravelling Oliver *
Has you addicted from the very first page. I found it impossible to put down * Michelle Frances, author of The Girlfriend *
Enthralling - Spain dissects her characters' secrets with razor-sharp precision * JP Delaney, author of The Girl Before *
Try if you liked Our House by Louise Candlish . . . a very intelligent whodunnit * Best *
Deliberately evocative of classic Golden Age mysteries... the novel is deliciously cynical in tone * Irish Times *
You certainly look at your neighbours with fresh eyes after reading this * Yours *
Book Information
ISBN 9781787474338
Author Jo Spain
Format Paperback
Page Count 416
Imprint Quercus Publishing
Publisher Quercus Publishing
Weight(grams) 280g
Dimensions(mm) 191mm * 122mm * 28mm
