Tidy Ending

Amazon readers are LOVING this book: 'My book of the year' 'Left me speechless with disbelief and giddy with delight' 'Brilliantly observed characters and jaw-dropping twists' 'One to keep you guessing right to the very end' 'Dark, claustrophobic, compelling, shocking and very funny indeed' Darkly funny escapism from readers' favourite Joanna Cannon 'Devastating, deceptive and darkly funny. Classic Cannon' Sarah Winman -- A NICE, NORMAL HOUSE Linda has lived around here ever since she fled the dark events of her childhood in Wales. Now she sits in her kitchen, wondering if this is all there is - pushing the Hoover round and cooking fish fingers for tea is a far cry from the glamorous lifestyle she sees in the glossy catalogues coming through the door for the house's previous occupant. A NICE, NORMAL HUSBAND Terry isn't perfect - he picks his teeth, tracks dirt through the house and spends most of his time in front of the TV. But that seems fairly standard - until he starts keeping odd hours at work, at around the same time young women start to go missing in the neighbourhood. A NICE, NORMAL LIFE... If Linda could just track down Rebecca, who lived in the house before them, maybe some of that perfection would rub off on her. But the grass isn't always greener: you can't change who you really are, and there's something nasty lurking behind the net curtains on Cavendish Avenue... -- 'Compellingly creepy, with precisely observed characterisation... combines pathos with lovely flashes of humour and a wholly unexpected ending' Guardian 'A compellingly crafted, darkly funny and compulsive read, full of twists' Rachel Joyce 'Cannon's shrewd characterisation, sparky observations and subtly menacing plot makes this a darkly funny and delightfully sinister read' Mail On Sunday 'A genuinely funny, and moving, novel about a serial killer... a curtain-twitching, darkly funny tale with a gloriously sinister twist' Observer 'Written with warmth and wit... Her best yet' Clare Mackintosh 'It had me holding my breath!' Marian Keyes 'Joanna Cannon creates a world that is so real, so parochial and stifling... Then adds in a killer. Glorious' Jane Fallon