The Square

THE NEW UNPUTDOWNABLE THRILLER FROM THE RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB AUTHOR 'Celia Walden is masterful' PATRICIA CORNWELL 'Intriguingly delicious' JANE CORRY 'Utterly enthralling' BP WALTER 'Wickedly sharp' CAZ FREAR _______________________ When you've got a house to die for Be careful who you let in . . . Colette spends a lot of her time at Addison Square, one of the most desirable addresses in West London. She knows the place and the people better than anyone. But the wealthy residents she works for can barely remember her name. Which is unfortunate, because Colette knows all about them. She sees all their secrets. Even the ones they'd kill to protect. ___________________ PRAISE FOR CELIA WALDEN 'Tense, full of twists, and impossible to put down' HELEN FIELDING 'I adored it' GILLIAN MCALLISTER 'Fearless, stylish, suspenseful and immensely entertaining' LOUISE CANDLISH 'A runaway train ride of a thriller' SUN Because when a man is so blatantly cheating on his wife, and so overtly flirting with the Square's newest arrival - a gorgeous Parisian influencer named Leila - what's the harm in using her stealth power to puppeteer that wife into an affair with her handsome neighbour? Doesn't she deserve to have some fun? And when Colette discovers that the much-loved elderly widow, Sylvia, is being blackmailed over the reason she moved to Addison Square all those years ago - a long-lost child living just a few houses down, oblivious to the fact that her biological mother is "sweet old Sylvia" - is it not her duty to uncover the blackmailer's identity, and make it stop? Then there's Olivia, the 'Boden mum on speed' and head of the Square committee, always ready to boss her neighbours around via the Square's WhatsApp group, always busy saving local landmarks, setting up the Square's 'Little Free Library', suggesting new recycling incentives and planning the all-important 150th Anniversary of Addison Square party. That's when she's not beating up her husband behind closed doors. As the night of the Anniversary party draws near and Colette's puppeteering reaches fever pitch, secrets are revealed, worlds collide - and Leila is found dead. Everyone had a reason to kill her. But who did? And with all that string-pulling, did Colette somehow set this catastrophic act in motion? Someone in the Square thinks so. Someone who will only keep it to themselves if Colette cuts all ties with Addison Square and starts a new life elsewhere. But once you've peered through a keyhole, once you've developed a taste for other peoples' lives, seen the power that you can wield from behind a screen and are presented with a whole new set of characters and misdeeds to explore, is it really possible to stop there?