Playing dirty

Kara Tointon is a struggling cleaner hired by a wealthy businessman with a sinister past

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Kara Tointon leads the cast of Channel 5’s latest psychological thriller, Too Good to Be True, which starts out as a classic romcom before drawing viewers into a murky world of obsession and trauma.

The Mr Selfridge star and Strictly winner plays single mum Rachel, who’s working all hours trying to make ends meet as an agency cleaner while bringing up her 11-year-old son, Liam, and dodging her abusive ex, Kieron.

Things appear to turn a corner for Rachel, however, when she’s hired to clean a luxury mansion belonging to wealthy businessman Elliot (