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The Cleaner

ISBN 
9781804994177
Format 
Paperback
Recommended Price 
R250.00
Published 
November 2025
About the book: 
It's not dust she's looking for. It's dirt.
 
Esmie is meant to be invisible.
 
Just a cleaner with a foreign accent that no one quite has time to place, and a uniform of leggings and a duster that allows her to explore the homes of the wealthy Woodlands gated community, unnoticed.
 
Which is exactly what she wants. Because Esmie isn’t really a cleaner.
 
One of the residents of Woodlands has ruined her life. And when she finds out who, she’s going to make them pay . . .
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About the Author

Mary Watson is from South Africa and now lives on the west coast of Ireland. She has a PhD from the University of Cape Town, where she taught for many years. She won the  Caine Prize for African Writing  for her adult publishing in South Africa, and in 2014 was named on the  Africa39  list of writers under 40 with the potential to define trends in African literature. Her YA novels have been nominated for the  Irish Book Awards  and the  Carnegie Medal.  Her adult debut,  The Cleaner,  was an instant  Irish Times  bestseller.

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