The Nanny Murders - Softcover

"Fast-paced, fun first mystery. Jones serves up grim details, building suspense slowly at first, then with an accelerating pace that will leave readers breathless for the nuanced finale." - Publishers Weekly"

Single parenthood is challenging enough for Zoe Hayes, raising a young daughter in Queen Village, a Philadelphia suburb whose homes - like its residents - have seen better days. Then comes the blustery afternoon when little Molly makes a shocking discovery while playing outdoors: a dismembered finger. What Zoe longs to believe is a gruesome fluke quickly takes on unsettling significance. One by one, young nannies are vanishing from the neighbourhood, falling victim to a shadowy killer. Uneasily drawn into the chilling case - and an unexpected relationship - by enigmatic Detective Nick Stiles, Zoe assumes she and Molly are safe. But then terror strikes close to home. Now, Zoe must accept that nobody in Queen Village is protected. A bloodthirsty predator lurks nearby, perhaps concealed behind a passing stranger's friendly smile, a long-time neighbour's front door - or, as Zoe fears most, perhaps even nearer than that...