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Juggling the school run with private investigating, Sal Kilkenny's life is a strange mix of the dramatic with the domestic.Sal has two new clients:Jimmy Achebe wants her to confirm his suspicions of his wife's infidelity and Agnes Donlan fears for her friend Lily, who has undergone a swift decline in her new nursing home.Sal soon finds herself in treacherous territory which threatens to impinge on her private life... **Praise for Cath Staincliffe:** 'A book about courage and compromise, about how sometimes it's kinder and braver to lie. Stunning.' Anne Cleeves 'Modest, compassionate... a solid ingenious plotter with a sharp eye for domestic detail'. *Literary Review* ** 'Complex and satisfying.' *The Sunday Times.* ** 'about as good as the British private eye novel gets' *Time Out.* 'It's always exciting to see a writer get better and better, and Cath Staincliffe is doing just that.' Val McDermid. 'an engrossing read'. *Sunday Telegraph*