Vorwort
A heartwarming new cockney novel from the ever-popular author of the Adams family books
Autorentext
Mary Jane Staples
Klappentext
It's south London in the 1930s and Mrs Hilda Jones is bored.Married life has not lived up to her expectations and she's sick of her dull and unimaginative husband.If she doesn't get away fast, she'll become boring herself.Her three daughters are horrified and beg her to come to her senses, but Hilda is adamant - she wants freedom to recapture her wasted years and introduce fresh air and new faces into her life.
But what will the price of freedom be for Hilda? A shocking chain of events unfolds and suddenly there's a death at hand.Is it an accident or suicide or something altogether more sinister? There are many people with axes to grind, not to mention the fact that a heavy East End gang, specializing in bone-crushing violence, has just moved to the area ...
A gripping and unpredictable story from the well-loved author of the Adams family novels.