10 MARCHFIELD SQUARE

Nicola Whyte

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When a minor criminal is murdered in the smallest residential square in London, his downtrodden wife is the obvious suspect – at least to the police. Elderly heiress and Marchfield Square landlady, Celeste van Duren, is having none of it however and, worried that a great miscarriage of justice is about to take place, recruits two of her tenants to investigate. Her cleaner, Audrey, knows everyone and is liked by all, while failed writer, Lewis, is known (and liked) by no one. He hates his job, hates his life, and he’s not that fond of Audrey either, but Celeste is persuasive.

But as Audrey and Lewis hunt for clues in and around the square, they discover that everyone has something to hide, including their fellow residents. They need to find a way to work together if they’re to protect their community and find the killer in their midst. Assuming of course, that there’s just the one…

After studying Drama at university, Nicola worked as a bookseller for several years, first for Ottakar’s and then for Waterstones. She left in 2008 to become a web developer and now runs a small digital agency in the West Country. Her work has been listed for the Comedy Women in Print Prize, the Cheshire Novel Prize, and the BPA First Novel Award, while 10 Marchfield Square was named as first runner-up in the 2022/23 Daily Mail First Novel Award. She lives near Stonehenge in Wiltshire with her family.