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The Cleaner

ISBN 
9780857506047
Format 
Trade Paperback
Recommended Price 
R380.00
Published 
February 2025
About the book: 
It's not dust she's looking for.
It's dirt.
 
Esmie is supposed to be invisible. Just a cleaner with a foreign accent that no one quite has time to place. Her uniform of leggings and a duster allows her to explore the homes of the wealthy, unseen; an outsider creeping around the edges of privilege.
 
But as she sweeps through the exclusive Woodlands gated neighbourhood, cleaning is the last thing on her mind. Treading silently over the polished wooden floorboards and cloud-soft carpets, Esmie gathers up the mess of broken marriages, quiet deceptions and careless failures. She tucks away their fragments, keeping them safe. For now.
 
Because one of the residents took from her the person she loves most. She’s not here to clean; she’s here for revenge – and she’ll get it using the weapons her employers unwittingly handed her along with the keys to their homes: their own secrets…
 
This beautifully sinister, propulsive page-turner that explores themes of identity and privilege is perfect for fans of Harriet Tyce and Lisa Jewell.
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About the Author

Mary Watson is from South Africa and now lives on the west coast of Ireland. She has a PhD from the University of Cape Town, where she taught for many years. She won the  Caine Prize for African Writing  for her adult publishing in South Africa, and in 2014 was named on the  Africa39  list of writers under 40 with the potential to define trends in African literature. Her YA novels have been nominated for the  Irish Book Awards  and the  Carnegie Medal.  Her adult debut,  The Cleaner,  was an instant  Irish Times  bestseller.

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