The Cleaner

A heart-thumping thriller packed with exciting twists. * Daily Mail *
The Cleaner is a masterclass in tension. Plotted like an intricate spider’s web, I was glued to the page for the entirety. * Jennie Godfrey, Sunday TImes bestselling author of The List of Suspicious Things *
Revenge is a dish best served up spotless…The relentless attention to detail is wonderfully claustrophobic. * Sunday Independent *
You’ll race through this compelling, sinister mystery. * Fabulous *
Propulsive…compulsive and ambitious. * Irish Times *
A sinister page-turner…that takes readers on a psychological journey. * Irish Sunday Times *
Domestic noir at its finest. * i Paper *
A modern fairy tale – beautiful, dark, visceral, truly spellbinding. * Sunday Times and Irish Times No. 1 bestselling author Andrea Mara *
Tense from the first page, the pressure builds inexorably. A multifaceted tale of secrets, obsessions and betrayals. * Sam Lloyd, bestselling author of The Memory Wood *
The Cleaner is a richly textured thriller that veritably hums with menace. Taut, twisty and beautifully atmospheric, it pairs a gripping plot with dark, intricate themes. Class, privilege, wealth and entitlement are all put on trial in this immersive tale of betrayal and revenge. * Kia Abdullah, author of Waterstones Thriller of the Month Those People Next Door *

Mary Watson is from South Africa and now lives on the west coast of Ireland. She has a PhD from the University of Cape Town, where she taught for many years. She won the Caine Prize for African Writing for her adult publishing in South Africa, and in 2014 was named on the Africa39 list of writers under 40 with the potential to define trends in African literature. Her YA novels have been nominated for the Irish Book Awards and the Carnegie medal. Her adult debut, The Cleaner, was an instant Irish Times bestseller.

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