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A Tidy Ending

By: Joanna Cannon
Narrated by: Lissa Berry
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‘Devastating, deceptive and darkly funny’ SARAH WINMAN

‘It had me holding my breath!’ MARIAN KEYES

’I loved this novel. It was perfection. Highly recommend’ CECELIA AHERN

‘A stupendous novel… complicated, dark, funny and very human’ FERN BRITTON

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…

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‘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

©2022 Joanna Cannon (P)2022 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Dark Humour Family Life Genre Fiction Literature & Fiction Mystery Fiction Suspense

Critic Reviews

"Devastating, deceptive and darkly funny. Classic Cannon." (Sarah Winman)

‘A compellingly crafted, darkly funny and compulsive read, full of twists – and twists on twists – that keeps you guessing until the last page...a joy and a triumph." (Rachel Joyce)

"Compellingly creepy, with precisely observed characterisation, A Tidy Ending combines pathos with lovely ashes of humour and a wholly unexpected ending." (Guardian)
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A Tidy Ending by Joanna Cannon.

The story moves along slowly and you do wonder when something is going to happen but stick with it to the end because when it does it’s brilliant. A few cringeworthy scenes, lots of insightful, everyday moments and some that you only realise later.

A slow burn

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I absolutely loved this book.
The story was very well written, and the characters held me captivated until the very end.

Joanna Cannon

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Pay attention! It is easy to be lulled into a false sense of familiarity with this book. Brilliant narration and fascinating characters.

Far more complex than it first appears

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