The Cleaner

PRAISE FOR MARY WATSON:

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A gripping, immersive story

Louise O'Neill

Riveting

Irish Examiner

'Thrilling and otherworldly'

Sunday Times

Mary Watson is a writer of great skill... hard to put down and harder to forget.

Deirdre Sullivan

A rollercoaster ride of manipulation and obsession - I couldn’t put it down.

Lisa Hall, bestselling author of Between You and Me

A modern fairy tale – beautiful, dark, visceral, truly spellbinding.

Sunday Times and Irish Times No. 1 bestselling author Andrea Mara

Oh my goodness - the twists in this! Dripping in atmosphere, this tale of revenge is edgy and immersive, laying bare the fractures within a picture perfect household with a scalpel-like precision.

Louise Mumford, author of The Festival

The Cleaner is a richly textured thriller that veritably hums with menace. Taut, twisty and beautifully atmospheric, it pairs a gripping plot with dark, intricate themes. Class, privilege, wealth and entitlement are all put on trial in this immersive tale of betrayal and revenge.

Kia Abdullah, author of Waterstones Thriller of the Month Those People Next Door

In The Cleaner, Mary Watson creates an immersive, twisty, character-driven web of family secrets and lies that builds to an ending you won't see coming.

Fiona McPhillips, author of When We Were Silent

The Cleaner is a masterclass in tension. Plotted like an intricate spider's web, I was glued to the page for the entirety.

Jennie Godfrey, Sunday Times bestselling author of The List of Suspicious Things

The Cleaner is utterly gripping, dark and gothic – a brilliant tale of jealousy, envy and betrayal with one hell of a twist. I devoured it. A tour de force and the arrival of a brilliant new voice in adult fiction.

Edel Coffey, author of An Post Crime Fiction Book of the Year Breaking Point

I loved this tightly plotted exploration of privilege and damaged people, and the twists just kept coming.

Laura Pearson, Kindle No.1 bestselling author of The Last List of Mabel Beaumont

Tense from the first page, the pressure builds inexorably. A multifaceted tale of secrets, obsessions and betrayals.

Sam Lloyd, bestselling author of The Memory Wood

What a wonderful book - I hope it becomes the bestseller it deserves to be. I was hooked from the opening page - a totally compulsive read. Beautifully crafted.

Marsali Taylor, author of The Shetland Mysteries Series

Domestic noir at its finest.

i Paper

If you’re after an edge-of-your-seat thriller, look out for this one.

P.A. Media

The Cleaner is a layered tale that takes a sharp look at themes of privilege, identity and class...it's a book that you’ll whip through, thanks to its twists, turns, hate-readable characters and dramatic climax.

My Weekly

If you’re a fan of crime thrillers, this is your next must-read. You won’t want to put it down…

Chat

Revenge is a dish best served up spotless...The relentless attention to detail is wonderfully claustrophobic.

Sunday Independent

Ripe for TV adaptation.

Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Dark, tense and intriguing, these characters linger in your mind long after you've put the book down - and what a twist!

Sam Blake, No. 1 bestselling author of Little Bones

A sinister page-turner...that takes readers on a psychological journey.

Irish Sunday Times

A heart-thumping thriller packed with exciting twists.

Daily Mail

You'll race through this compelling, sinister mystery.

Fabulous

Propulsive...compulsive and ambitious.

Irish Times