Victor Canning: Fountain Inn (UK 2019)

From the Publisher:
What's going on behind the doors of Fountain Inn?
When her employer suddenly disappears, young Grace Kirkstall finds herself accepting a new job at a new company in the same building - an oasis of tranquillity off the streets of London.

Ben and Helen Brown's startup company's pitch is that, for a small consideration, they will help people out of their major and minor fixes. Their first big commission initiates Ben into the gentle art of house-breaking, and Helen into the mysteries of the Society for Progressive Rehabilitation...

But for Grace, it will plunge her into more danger than she could ever have imagined.

This leisurely, beautifully observed thriller marked Victor Canning's entrée into crime fiction, and rewards with a thrilling finale - sure to delight fans of Agatha Christie's Tommy and Tuppence.

Victor Canning: Fountain Inn. Farrago, ISBN: 9781788421799 (December, 2019), 304 p., £8.99, eBook £2.99.