Juggling the school run with private investigating, Sal Kilkenny's life is a strange mix of the dramatic with the domestic.Sal has two new clients:Jimmy Achebe wants her to confirm his suspicions of his wife's infidelity and Agnes Donlan fears for her friend Lily, who has undergone a swift decline in her new nursing home.Sal soon finds herself in treacherous territory which threatens to impinge on her private life...
Praise for Cath Staincliffe:
'A book about courage and compromise, about how sometimes it's kinder and braver to lie. Stunning.'
Anne Cleeves
'Modest, compassionate... a solid ingenious plotter with a sharp eye for domestic detail'. Literary Review

'Complex and satisfying.' The Sunday Times.

'about as good as the British private eye novel gets' Time Out.
'It's always exciting to see a writer get better and better, and Cath Staincliffe is doing just that.' Val McDermid.
'an engrossing read'. Sunday Telegraph