Nan Ryan lives by herself at 14 Chestnut Road. When builders arrive to fix a deserted house next door, everyone expects the worst. Nan’s three grown-up children think she won’t get a moment’s peace.
But when Derek Doyle’s shiny van pulls up outside Number 12, Nan is excited. And when the handsome workman looks to Nan to help unravel the mystery of the previous residents’ disappearance, a strange relationship develops.
But as they soon learn, things aren’t always as they seem. And with family dynamics and crooked developers in the wings, things are about to get very messy...