Laika, the youngest, retreats into a contactless digital life, designing the trading algorithms that will ultimately prove his downfall in a condo near Wall Street. Joanna Cannon is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling debut novel The Trouble with Goats and Sheep, which has sold over 250,000 copies in the UK alone and has been published in 15 countries. After The Hammets move houses, Linda becomes fixated on the previous tennant, Rebecca Finch, after receiving her mail. 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.

Following a troubled childhood, when Linda and her mother left their old life in Wales, she has tried to reinvent herself. As the hours count down to their wedding, Piglet is torn between a growing appetite and the desire to follow the recipe, follow the rules.If only Linda could become friends with this Rebecca, she’d stop worrying so much about what Terry might be up to. I couldn't really get on board with this, it moved slowly and I began to find Linda tiresome, mainly because of the contradictions in her character.

It’s not said outright in either book, but both women seem to be on the autism spectrum, and both are meticulous about cleaning. Rafiq Hardi Kermanj, founder of the Communist Party of Kurdistan, is forced to flee Tehran for London with his family.Linda decides that the best way for her to have the lifestyle she wants is to track down Rebecca and emulate her.