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

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It’s such a well written character driven book that has all the ingredients I like in a well executed novel. Sharp, topical, and powerful, Hyper is a story about what remains of our humanity in a world increasingly dominated by the flows of capital.

She doesn’t, of course, because as much as Mother enjoys drama, she has always thought of it as more of a spectator sport. Even if people are pressed a bit harder, they will still find it difficult to dredge up a little anecdote, to pull some distant memory from the back of their minds to single me out.During this time she wonders if there is more to her tireless and dull life of cooking, cleaning and working. My thanks to the author, Joanna Cannon, voice artist Lissa Berry, publisher HarperCollins UK Audio and NetGalley (UK) for the opportunity to listen to and review this wonderful title. Linda is friendless, she will hold onto any shred or crumb of companionship, which all ends up being fantasy. The suggested questions are intended to help your reading group find new and interesting angles and topics for your discussion. The audiobook was narrated by Lissa Berry whose brilliant reading adds a lot of value to this novel.

I feel that I might have liked this book slightly more if I had read it, but I doubt it would have been a 5 star read for me even then. I have loved the other two books I have read by this author, and so came to this one with high expectations. The story gets even more interesting when a body of a young woman is found nearby and it doesn’t end there. Accidentally opening a catalogue addressed to the former resident, Rebecca Finch, she’s soon convinced that if this woman were her friend, her life would be so much better: perfect, in fact. Sometimes, it’s as though you haven’t spoken at all, as if your world and their world are running quite happily side by side, but there isn’t any way of moving between one and the other.

Just as she did with The Trouble with Goats and Sheep, Cannon perfectly captures the claustrophobia of suburban life while reminding us how little we really know the people who live behind those lace curtains and neat hedges. 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.

Piglet is the searing, unforgettable and original debut which is set to take readers by storm in 2024.A story filled with wonderfully unconventional characters who seem to fit a bit outside of the box, but live a quiet and relatively conventional life in a relatively small and quiet suburban community - until news breaks about what they will soon come to believe is a serial killer.

Before you decide that this one is not for you, this is not a thriller, or not what I’d consider a thriller. It started slightly slow, but then quickly picked up and started giving “Single White Female” vibes.You know what people are like, though, and newspapers always make something out of nothing, even keeping yourself to yourself. ABOUT 'A TIDY ENDING': Linda has lived in a quiet neighborhood since fleeing the dark events of her childhood in Wales. Then, a glimpse into a new, beautiful life through a magazine addressed to the previous occupant of the house, and things start to change. Together, Kit and Piglet are the picture of domestic bliss - effortless hosts, planning a covetable wedding .