Compulsion

"Frankie Barnes had a tormented life until she found the perfect career to suit her obsession with hygiene. As a cleaner, she can scrub away to her heart's content at her clients' homes, be paid and even valued for her pains. But Frankie suffers from other compulsions too and the greatest of them all is the compulsion to have."@en
"Frankie Barnes had led a life of torment until she found the perfect career to suit her obsession with hygiene. As a cleaner, she could scrub away at her clients' homes, be paid and even valued for her pains. But Frankie suffers from other compulsions too and the minute she saw Roz Bailey's house, she knew that she had to have it, no matter what. But to an obsessive-compulsive like Frankie, killing and its grisly, terrifying consequences are more than she bargained for. Speech therapist Alex Levin and builder Jude Brown have both survived tragedies. Thrown together by a work-mate's accident, they're working hard at reshaping their lives - and sometimes, hardworking people need a little help round the house. Alex has never met anyone who loves cleaning as much as Frankie Barnes. And Alex's home is the prettiest cottage Frankie's ever laid eyes on."@en