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Her depiction of Linda with her unique voice was superb and there were so many times when I found myself nodding along in agreement with Linda’s view of life or chuckling at her observations and asides.
Her love of narrative had always drawn her towards psychiatry, but it wasn’t until her thirties that she decided to go back to college and finally complete the A-levels she’d abandoned some 15 years earlier. A Tidy Ending by Joanna Cannon is a book that had me very intrigued and I must admit I wasn’t sure where the storyline was going. I'd thoroughly recommend A Tidy Ending to any reader who enjoys a sprinkling of dark humour in their crime-mystery-thriller reads, and equally to those who love "the mouse that roared" type plots.Her work as a psychiatrist and interest in people on the fringes of society continue to inspire her writing, and Joanna currently volunteers for Arts for Health, an organisation bringing creative arts to NHS staff and patients. Armed with a key and new knowledge about his parents' past, Nik sets out to unlock the secrets that his mother has been holding onto his whole life. People have started to go missing in the neighbourhood and Linda will soon discover that some secrets can't stay buried forever.
It started slightly slow, but then quickly picked up and started giving “Single White Female” vibes. It was the same when I reported the suspicious man in Boots, and when I asked them to check on a strange car parked up on the high street. There’s no gratuitous violence described in gory detail, just an ongoing story that mainly surrounds a couple dealing with the daily news as time goes by. The chapters are mostly in the past with the murders and Linda’s preoccupation, but there also “now” chapters where Linda is in the present, foreshadowing what may have happened in the past.
As a child she discovered what would become a life-long fascination with words, stories and character. The ending is cracking, it’s a belter and an absolute doozy of jaw dropper which I couldn’t help but admire! 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.
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.She noticed something at the press conference, when they put up a picture of the victim, but Terry had already said the police hadn’t got a clue and switched the channel.
If Linda could just track down Rebecca, who lived in the house before them, maybe some of that perfection would rub off on her.The poor woman had no hope given her equally as awful mother, who’s greatest ambition in life was to sit by and watch things play out outside of her window; gossip was what fuelled her. She goes on about the number of reports she’s made, and we get a good picture of her as the neighbourhood busybody. Newspapers will always sniff around, asking their questions, wanting answers and photographs and rummaging in everyone else’s business. This is a story so cleverly constructed that even the most astute reader is unlikely to see the full picture before the jaw-dropping reveal. At first I couldn't understand why Linda was so intent on befriending Rebecca but I soon understood her ulterior motive.
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