'Dark, funny, well-plotted, sinister. Superb' WILL DEAN ********* Guilt lies close to home . . . In the exclusive gated community of Withered Vale, people's lives appear as perfect as their beautifully manicured lawns. Money, success, privilege - the residents have it all. Life is good. There's just one problem. Olive Collins' dead body has been rotting inside number four for the last three months. Her neighbours say they're shocked at the discovery but nobody thought to check on her when she vanished from sight. The police start to ask questions and the seemingly flawless façade begins to crack. Because, when it comes to Olive's neighbours, it seems each of them has something to hide, something to lose and everything to gain from her death. ********* PRAISE FOR JO SPAIN 'Loved, loved, loved' Caz Frear 'Sensational' Chris Whitaker 'I absolutely loved it' Liz Nugent 'You certainly look at your neighbours with fresh eyes after reading this' Yours An engrossing and compelling story that will have you reading well into the night as you keep telling yourself, "just one more chapter"― My Weekly A fabulously entertaining whodunit , with a sly wit and a wonderful detective duo ― Sunday Mirror Fans of Desperate Housewives will love this . . . a real page-turner ― Woman's Weekly Wonderfully drawn characters and more secrets and motives than you can shake a stick at. Loved, loved, loved ― Caz Frear, author of Sweet Little Lies Irish crime fiction's current hot-ticket ... busy, imaginative , cleverly structured and zippily-paced ― Irish Independent Dark, funny, well-plotted, sinister. Superb ― Will Dean, author of Dark Pines [An] Agatha Christie- esque and emotion-charged locked-estate mystery ― Sunday Sport [A] sophisticated new crime novel― Sunday Times It's a winning combination of locked room (or in this case locked estate) mystery and incisive social commentary ― Sinead Crowley, author of One Bad Turn This is a winner in my book― Woman’s Way, Book of the Week Spain conjures up a brilliant setting for this murder mystery, with a fantastically imagined cast of characters― Emily Koch, author of If I Die Before I Wake She's absolutely hit her stride ― Books Ireland A book to sink into with a cast of characters you'll genuinely care about... completely memorable ... a gorgeous read ― Dervla McTiernan Dirty Little Secrets has got a real touch of Murder on the Orient Express about it - a closed room mystery filled with nasty people and abundant motives. A real page-turner ― Araminta Hall, author of Our Kind of Cruelty Sensational. . . taut and claustrophobic, wickedly plotted and laced with the kind of dark humour that lifts Jo Spain to the top of my reading pile every single time― Chris Whitaker, author of Tall Oaks Loved it! Fabulous characters, superbly written , twists, turns ends with a punch ― Amanda Jennings, author of The Cliff House An intriguing Rubik's Cube of a book that kept me turning the pages to get to the truth . So well plotted and beautifully written . I absolutely loved it ― Liz Nugent, author of Unravelling Oliver Has you addicted from the very first page. I found it impossible to put down ― Michelle Frances, author of The Girlfriend Enthralling - Spain dissects her characters' secrets with razor-sharp precision― JP Delaney, author of The Girl Before Try if you liked Our House by Louise Candlish . . . a very intelligent whodunnit ― Best Deliberately evocative of classic Golden Age mysteries ... the novel is deliciously cynical in tone― Irish Times You certainly look at your neighbours with fresh eyes after reading this ― Yours Jo Spain is a full-time writer and screenwriter. Her first novel, With Our Blessing , was one of seven books shortlisted in the Richard and Judy Search for a Bestseller competition and her first psychological thriller, The Confession , was a number one bestseller in Ireland. Jo co-wrote the ground-breaking television series Taken Down and she's now working on multiple European television projects. Jo lives in Dublin with her husband and their four young children.