Meet Ellie Quicke. Devoted cat lady, tea addict, recent widow — and now amateur sleuth!

Murder can happen anywhere. Even just a few doors down . . .

Widow Ellie is still adjusting to life without her domineering husband Frank. And she could do without the constant demands of her friends and relatives, thank you very much. From Timid Timothy the pastor to cantankerous old Aunt Drusilla and Midge, the judgmental ginger tom. At times, Ellie wishes they’d all just disappear. Then Tod, the dear young boy who lives next door, does exactly that. Ellie is terribly fond of Tod — her one true friend in all the street — and she’ll do whatever it takes to bring him home to his mum. She starts digging around for clues, desperate to give the police a helping hand. Ellie thought she was safe as houses — in her own leafy corner of respectable old Ealing. But one of her neighbours is hiding a dark secret . . .

Can she find Tod before it’s too late?