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Jemma would kill to end the housing crisis–one landlord at a time....

Jemma has lost everything. Well, the very little she had. Her toxic boyfriend has run off with her best friend, leaving Jemma alone in their flat, and she can't afford the extortionate rent on her own. She's aimless, depressed and, above all, furious. Slowly but surely, her fury finds its focus: landlords. If only something could be done about them....

When Jemma's landlord has a fatal accident while carrying out a property repair, she stumbles across her life's mission: to punish as many landlords as possible. She begins targeting landlords who have appeared on her favourite binge-watch, a home-improvement TV show where their greed is laid bare. It's a messy job, but someone's got to do it.

Governed by her own rules, Jemma is convinced her actions are just–but how long before this vigilante turns villain?

©2026 Samantha Dooey-Miles (P)2026 W. F. Howes Ltd Crime Fiction Literature & Fiction
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I’m not a huge reader, I can read books for a few months and one bad book puts me off for a long time, but this was one of the best! I’m now trying to find something to even come close to it as I’m genuinely a bit lost now that it’s over 🥲

It was SO good. Like properly laugh out loud funny from the very start with so many lines that caught me off guard 😅 The humour felt really natural without trying too hard, which I loved.
All the characters were written so well too. Everyone felt distinct and real, not just there to fill space, and I got way more attached than I expected.

There were so many twists especially towards the end. Every time I thought I had it figured out, it flipped again in the best way.

The ending itself was amazing and wrapped everything up so well but I am now emotionally attached to these people and their lives and I need to know what they’re doing on a random Tuesday afternoon forever now 🤣
Honestly just one of those books you just go into their wee world and don’t want it to end. Now I need to know what happens next because I am not emotionally done with this story at all!

Also strangely inspiring 😬 , has me daydreaming about illegal things and questioning my moral compass 🤣

Highly, highly recommend and can’t wait to see what Sam writes next!

Hilarious, unhinged and addictive!

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