Very persistent, they are, standing outside the house all hours of the day and night, ringing the doorbell, climbing garden walls, and knocking on windows. Meanwhile, Terry has been keeping odd hours at work, and his tiresome qualities become more and more grating to Linda. Then, a glimpse into a new, beautiful life through a magazine addressed to the previous occupant of the house, and things start to change.

I enjoyed this from start to finish, particularly the satisfying last few chapters, it’s very well done. Linda has no hope really given a mother like this, and a lot of the story is her bouncing off of herself about ‘what mother would approve’ of. Joanna Cannon is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling debut novel The Trouble with Goats and Sheep, which has sold over 250,000 copies in the UK alone and has been published in 15 countries.Linda’s job is to sort through all the donated handbags and clean out the sticky debris of daily living that accumulates in the little pockets and corners. BOOKLOVER HUB: The Booklover Hub provides another channel for authors and indie publishers to make a connection with a book reviewer. For these reasons it spoilt it for me this has got five star ⭐️ reviews but I thought 💭 for me it just grated on my nerves. The bestselling author of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep delivers a “compellingly creepy” ( The Guardian, UK) novel filled with unexpected twists about mysterious murders in a quiet neighborhood. This was good on audio, as the awful, insipid, and completely unlikable characters were bought to life and were in my face, even more so!

Early into this audiobook, I realised it was a thriller/suspense novel and was considering whether to finish it, as I want to take a break from the genre.

She is too sure of herself and her capability to judge people and situations, but it is very clear to us that she always jumps to the wrong conclusions. Armed with a key and new knowledge about his parents' past, Nik sets out to unlock the secrets that his mother has been holding onto his whole life. Initially she may not appear so but there is more going on under that tatty blue quilted house coat than it appears.