An empty house that isn't empty. A victim who vanishes. An impossible crime? Every Thursday
at midday Audrey Brooks cleans the Petrov house. Mr Petrov is never home - in fact he seems to
use the house purely as storage for his impressive collection of antiques - but that doesn't
affect the care with which Audrey mops polishes and carefully winds each of the dozens of
beautiful clocks that decorate the tall elegant empty London mansion. Until the morning she
finds a corpse in the back bedroom the pristine walls and floor covered in blood and flees
the house in panic. Fifteen minutes later the police arrive... and find nothing. No body. No
blood. The only thing slightly out of the ordinary is the clock in that back bedroom which is
now running four minutes slow. With no victim the police are convinced there was no murder
but Audrey knows better. A man has been killed and if they won't do anything about it she -
and her annoying friend Lewis - will. Whodunnit is one thing but this detective duo must also
wrestle with when - and where on earth is the body? It's not long since they solved the murder
of their neighbour so they're not rookie sleuths and at least this time the case has no
connection to their home. Does it? A charming and witty locked room mystery full of twists
perfect for fans of Richard Osman Tom Hindle and Janice Hallett.
