The Santa Zita Society

Accidental deaths and pathological madness run up and down the stairs of Hexam Place. From the outside, the lives of Hexam Place's residents and domestic workers appear placid and orderly. But beneath this superficial layer of tranquility, workplace relationships are about to ignite. Henry, Lord Studley's handsome valet, is sleeping with both his wife and his employer's college-age daughter. In exchange for tips, Montserrat, the Still family's lazy au pair, helps the landlady keep an affair with a television actor secret. June, the snobbish maid of a princess of dubious origin, tries to convince other domestic workers to join a society to address complaints about their employers. Meanwhile, Dex, the troubled gardener who serves several families on the street, believes a voice on his cell phone is giving him divine instructions—commands that could endanger the lives of everyone in Hexam Place...