Little Woodford has a sleepy high street,  a weekly market, a weathered old stone church and lovingly tended allotments.  A peaceful, unexciting place, the very  heart of middle England.

In Little Woodford no one has fingers in more pies than Olivia Laithwaite, town councillor, pillar of the local WI, wife, mother and all round queen bee. So of course it’s Olivia who is first to spot that  The Beeches has been sold at last.

Soon rumours begin to swirl around the young widow who has bought this lovely house. Why exactly did she leave London with her beautiful stepdaughter and young sons? Are they running from someone? Hiding something? Though if they are, they won’t be the only ones. Sometimes the arrival of newcomers in a community  is all it takes to light a fuse…  Buy now…

 

The town of Little Woodford seems peaceful and picture-postcard beautiful, with its marketplace, ancient church and immaculate allotments. But behind the tranquil facade, troubles are brewing.

Olivia Laithwaite, former town councillor, pillar of the WI and all-round busybody, has been forced by her husband’s gambling debts to sell their house – her pride and joy. She hates the new estate they’ve moved to and knows she needs to humble herself to apply for a job.

To make matters worse, a thoroughly disagreeable woman has bought Olivia’s beloved Grange and sets about objecting to everything she can, from the ringing of the church bells, to the market stall selling organic local meat.

It isn’t long before the town is in turmoil.  Buy now…