Hanna, a small-town estate agent, is faced with a moral dilemma. To help a friend and colleague, she tells a lie, claiming to keep an appointment at Three Albert Terrace that never took place. She finds herself drawn into a criminal investigation when a woman’s body is found in the empty property. She has to decide whether to continue to protect her friend Adele, or tell the police all she knows. Or maybe try to uncover the truth for herself...
Born in London, M. S. Clary was employed by the BBC as a trainee on leaving school. She studied Social Sciences at Manchester College Oxford, and the LSE as a mature student. Clary has worked in Social Services and later developed own fashion business. Since starting to write, she has won several prizes for short fiction and published first her first novel A Spell in France (Matador) in 2017. M. S. Clary is married with two adult sons, and lives in Oxfordshire.