She wanted a quiet life. Then he moved upstairs.
Maggie Sutherland has spent twenty-six years helping other people get back on their feet. Divorced, fifty-something and thoroughly protective of her sleep, she isn't looking for romance. She'd settle for neighbours who understand the purpose of midnight.
Then a crash brings her face to face with Calum: newly moved in, barely dressed and holding a cheese grater.
He has furniture to shift, a marriage behind him and no convincing explanation for the noise. Maggie has a few suggestions about where he can put his furniture.
In an Edinburgh tenement overlooking the Meadows, avoiding each other should be easy. Unfortunately, there are shared stairs, communal repairs and neighbours with strong opinions about absolutely everything.
As irritation gives way to friendship-and something considerably less convenient-Maggie and Calum must work out whether there's room in their carefully defended lives for someone new.
Because starting again is awkward enough without the whole stair knowing your business.
Funny, warm and gloriously sweary, The People Upstairs is a contemporary Scottish romance about grown-up love, imperfect neighbours and the small courtesies that make a place feel like home.
Book One in A City of Strangers.
