Loved this. Laced liberally with humour throughout. Naya and Jake are happily married and living in a flat but their dream is to own their own home. Only one thing is stopping them....
.just how do you step on the property ladder when prices are so high.??

Having viewed a superb property which ticks all the boxes on their wish list, Naya and Jake are horrified to discover that the prices are way out of their league and seemingly rising by the minute.

When Naya's Dad is in danger of losing the family home they take the decision to pool their resources and buy something together. Finances dictate that all they can afford is a fixer-upper in a poorer and less desirable area

There's only one solution....start a mini crime-wave and force down the house prices then they can afford to get their dream home. However, be careful what you start and what you wish for as all actions have consequences.
Fabulous read.

Jake and Naya Parker are happily married and want to move out of their rented London flat and buy their first home together. After over 50 viewings, they are still looking to buy an affordable home. Jake and Naya know what they want and which part of London suits them both. Can an estate agent help in their quest to buy or can they come up with better ideas on their own?

I thoroughly enjoyed reading Most Wanted. This is the third book from Andi Osho and I thought her first, Asking for a Friend, was outstanding. Most Wanted presents the same high quality writing and is another OUTSTANDING 5 star read. Character development is good, coupled to a very interesting plot. I loved how this story was told, it is so topical and up to date. All the modern trends are mentioned and with good humour too. Andi Osho is a very talented stand up comedian and her social observations and commentary are top rate. There are tonnes of humour with very witty lines between the characters. I will not quote them all but give 4 snippets at random to illustrate…

‘And what’s wrong with Purley? Not enough craft beer and sourdough pizza?’

‘Another thing about Wickstone, I’ve never seen so many bloody cockerpoos’
‘All called Dickens and Namaste of some nonsense like that,’ Sonny groaned. ‘Exactly. What’s wrong with a fat lab called Steve?’ Glenn pleaded, to which Sonny toasted, before they both took a self-satisfied gulp from their pints.

‘I mean, if it’s space we’re after, might be worth looking south of the river,’ Jake said, lobbing a cluster bomb into an already tense situation.

‘You’re so deep in it, all I can see is the top of your head. It’s like being on a Zoom with my granddad.’

…Andi Osho really addresses the many issues affecting housing within Greater London. Woven within her story is the effect gentrification has on communities and housing costs. I loved all the comments about what is trending and how clothing can be very important for some people. I liked the parts and dialogue that Jake’s and Naya’s fathers added to the story, as they added a generational perspective to it all.

London is a very multicultural and multiracial city and I was very pleased that Andi Osho did not make anything out of the ethnic origin or cultures of her characters. Many authors bang on and on about skin colour/ethnic origin/culture/religion but thankfully Andi does not do that, all her characters are simply Londoners. You have to read a very long way into this story to discover any of the skin colour/ethnic origin/culture of the characters and even then it is just in passing, making no big deal of it. It was no different to stating which colour shirt someone is wearing. This was refreshing and welcome as so many authors are obsessed with ethnic identity. London welcomes everyone and Most Wanted is a book for everyman/woman.

A really unique enjoyable story … Jake & Nata are desperate to get on the property ladder but any decent properties are out of their reach despite both working hard . A plan comes about to ‘lower the tone’ of the area to bring down property prices and so the story begins . A story of right and wrongs friend and family which is relatable to many people in this day and age