Winner of the John Creasey Award for Best First Crime Novel Brothers Tony, Sean and Ned had the perfect upbringing. They adore their parents and actually look forward to coming home for Sunday lunch. But now they've grown up and real life's started to get in the way. Tony's dealing with divorce and a weight problem. Novelist Sean is up against writer's block and a shock announcement from his "perfect" new girlfriend. And their parents have a new lodger, Gervase. But no one knows why Bernie, their mum, is giving this unsavoury waif a home and why kid brother Ned has suddenly returned from his travels in Australia.