'Devastating, deceptive and darkly funny' SARAH WINMAN 'It had me holding my breath!' MARIAN KEYES 'A stupendous novel. complicated, dark, funny and very human' FERN BRITTON 'A compellingly crafted, darkly funny and compulsive read, full of twists' RACHEL JOYCE MEET LINDA. Linda lives a nice, normal life, on a nice, normal street with Terry, her perfectly ordinary husband. Linda's not like everyone else, she keeps herself to herself. But she's good at solving puzzles and there are times she sees things other people might have overlooked. Because nothing on Cavendish Avenue is quite as it seems. People have started to go missing in the neighbourhood and Linda will soon discover that some secrets can't stay buried forever. ------------------------------------------------------------- 'Genuinely haunting' THE TIMES, Thrillers of the Year 'A curtain-twitching, darkly funny tale with a gloriously sinister twist' OBSERVER 'Joanna Cannon creates a world that is so real, so parochial and stifling.

Then adds in a killer. Glorious' JANE FALLON 'Not just a twist-laden mystery, but a keenly observed slice of life. Her best yet' CLARE MACKINTOSH 'A darkly funny and delightfully sinister read' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'Compelling. combines pathos with lovely flashes of humour and a wholly unexpected ending' GUARDIAN 'Jo's writing is as delicate and precise as tapestry and Linda is a character you'll never forget' JILL MANSELL Readers are LOVING this book: 'Dark, claustrophobic, compelling, shocking and very funny indeed' 'A very dark black comedy, with a murder investigation coming ever closer' 'Left me speechless with disbelief and giddy with delight' 'A very intriguing and rewarding thriller, and such brutal fun' 'The ending is not just 'tidy' - it is totally unexpected until the very last stunning sentence .and once you've read it, you will need to re-read the whole story to discover how it was done' Gold title Competition: The Man Who Died Twice;The Thursday Murder Club;Murder Before Evensong;How to Kill Your Family;Magpie;A Spoonful of Murder;The Family Upstairs;Blood Orange. Richard Osman;Elizabeth Day;Rachel Joyce;Sarah Winman;Lisa Jewell;Reverend Richard Coles;Jane Fallon;Bella Mackie;Harriet Tyce;Alan Bennett.