Book review: Afternoon Tea At The Sunflower Cafe

FOR 20 years Connie Diamond has been playing second fiddle to her husband, Jimmy, his career — and his desire for other women.

Milly Johnson

Simon & Schuster, €19.50; ebook. €8.99

When she discovers that Jimmy is in the midst of a passionate relationship with his much younger office junior, she decides enough is enough.

No longer content with her lot, Connie sets her sights on bringing down Jimmy’s cleaning company Diamond Shine.

Calling on Jimmy’s woman Friday, Della and the cleaning staff who meet at the Sunflower Cafe, Connie begins to pull at the loose strings holding her husband’s firm together.

What author Milly Johnson has done in her 11th novel is take a wronged wife’s redemption story full of revenge and interwoven it with a death knell of an infertile couple’s marriage, plus a look behind the closed doors of those who hire the cleaners.

As the plan takes shape, Connie learns more about herself than she ever thought possible.