no 23 has a secret in this bedsitriddled south london wreck lorded over by a lecherous landlord something waits to be discovered yet all six residents have something to hidecollette and cher are on the run thomas is a reluctant loner while a gorgeous iranian asylum seeker and a quiet man nobody sees try to stay hidden and watching over them all is vesta or so she thinks in the dead of night a terrible accident pushes the neighbours into an uneasy alliance but one of them is a killer expertly hiding their pastime all the while closing in on their next victimas a cloying heatwave suffocates the city events build to an electrifying climax in this dark original and irresistibly compelling thriller