A Tidy Ending: The latest dark comedy from the Sunday Times bestselling author

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Adapted from a short story and inspired by the voice of audiobook reader Lissa Berry, A Tidy Ending is a character driven cozy mystery with an edge that will have you questioning everything. Linda is friendless, she will hold onto any shred or crumb of companionship, which all ends up being fantasy.

All the tiny details, all the quiet, unnoticed edges of the world have been taken away, and it’s only when they’re gone you realize how much you depended on them to make sense of everything else.

But that seems fairly normal—until he starts keeping odd hours at work, at around the same time young women start to go missing. Cannon has a talent for descriptive prose: “Mother has always been very good at spotting untruths and scooping them out of their shells, like whelks. I am looking forward to reading more books by Joanna Cannon and am so glad I took a chance on this one. But the loss of her father has never left Linda; she thinks about him constantly and how his death affected her small family.

All the tiny details, all the quiet, unnoticed edges of the world have been taken away, and it's only when they're gone you realise how much you depended on them to make sense of everything else.A serial killer, a traumatized woman, the quirkiest of characters, such perfect observational writing-- Joanna Cannon is a superstar. Together, Kit and Piglet are the picture of domestic bliss - effortless hosts, planning a covetable wedding . During this time she wonders if there is more to her tireless and dull life of cooking, cleaning and working. What impressed me early on was the voice, which was extraordinary, in the literary and the literal sense. She tells Tamsin they’re redecorating their house (a lie), and also that she’s looking for something nice to wear to meet her best friend (a lie).

Linda and Terry Hammett have recently moved to Cavendish Avenue from another house on their estate: this one isn’t so different, but it’s where Linda wants to live. They are an odd pair, as he is a slob who seems to live to drink beer and litter while Linda lives to daydream and clean.there are times when you don’t even realize a thought is sitting inside your head until your mouth discovers it and it’s given somewhere to go. If you enjoyed the life descriptions of Eleanor Oliphant, then it’s a good bet you’ll devour this book, too. A sinister but darkly funny tale full of shocking twists, A Tidy Ending asks whether the grass is really greener and if we can ever really know even those closest to us.

Terry isn’t perfect – he picks his teeth, tracks dirt through the house and spends most of his time in front of the TV.I picture a lot of people sitting around on furniture in relaxed poses—unnecessary visuals, enough is enough. I have loved the other two books I have read by this author, and so came to this one with high expectations. I suppose they want to make sense of it all, and they’ll struggle because no one has all the pieces of the story, except for me. The audio version is narrated by Lissa Berry and includes a chat with the author that reveals the genesis of the novel and also of a particular incident in the story.