'Oozes charm, wit and bloody murder' JONATHAN WHITELAW, author of THE BINGO HALL DETECTIVES
'Beautifully unguessable ... bursting with life ... brilliant!' ALEX HAY, author of THE HOUSEKEEPERS

Audrey Brooks loves people. She loves finding out about their lives, their dreams, their odd habits. She even loves clearing up their messes - which is lucky, as she works as a cleaner. The only thing more satisfying than making a new acquaintance smile is shifting a particularly stubborn stain.

Lewis McLennan finds people irritating. Especially people like Audrey. His writing career is in the toilet and he hates his day job in recruitment. His closest relationship is with his coffee machine and, frankly, he likes it that way.

The only thing they have in common is that they both live in Marchfield Square. And that one of their neighbours is currently lying dead on his kitchen floor.

The police think the victim's wife did it. Their landlady, Celeste, is having none of that. And so a very unlikely (and unwilling) detective duo is born. In theory they have the skills to find the real killer - if they don't kill each other first. But should they be looking closer to home?

The perfect summer read for fans of Tom Hindle, Janice Hallett and Kristen Perrin.

After studying Drama at university, Nicola Whyte worked as a bookseller for several years before going on to work in the digital department at Waterstones. She now runs a small digital agency in the West Country. She was shortlisted for the 2023 Comedy Women in Print Prize and her work has also been listed in the Cheshire Novel Prize (twice), the BPA First Novel Award, and Mslexia, while 10 Marchfield Square was named as first runner up in the 2023 Daily Mail First Novel Award. Nicola lives near Stonehenge with her family.