Virginal Stephen Patterson is suffering from writers block on his latest money-spinning bodice-ripper, and his mood can only get worse when Dave the plumber shows up two hours late, mocks him, and plunders his pantry. But first impressions can be deceptive; Dave is a highly unusual tradesman with an odd line in biscuit-based philosophy, an open-minded approach to sex, and a cast-iron certificate in unblocking all sorts of pipes. When Dave decides that it’s long past time for Stephen to unclog years of fear and insecurity, Stephen may finally discover who he really is. A laugh-out-loud gay romantic comedy and treatise on class dynamics.
Hannah wa s hom e and back in the shop. Her sister Ruth was now engaged to be married to Daniel Crossan, She was supposed to be sharing a flat with a girlfriend but she was sharung the flat with Daniel. In reality they were living together. What her father would have made of her living in sin was beyond anyone s imagination. Sometimes she took Daniel home for Sunday lunch and on other Sundays she took another teacher namedTeresa her supposed flatmate to the Garton homestead just to have her parents believe that Teresa shared the flat. Daniel worked in The Northern Bank and he would get very favourable mortgage terms and they were saving for a deposit. David Robinson would no doubt help them in this but as Hannah was slowly discovering there was no great fortune from Garton. to share out. She was able to read the accounts now. They made depressing reading.
Cassie remains in therapy along with Alan and Alicia Afterbirth. A small band of barking mad souls who meet every Wednesday at the local NHS Crumpled Clinic. Pete is still pissed and Mary is now digging in her dahlias with a dildo as she freefalls into the darkness that is dementia. Life eh?
Five Bank Robbers.This is a story about five men who really have it all.Girls,money,fast cars and all are ex army.But they have a problem greed.They are clever and well organised and noone dare step in their way.
Father Ewan McEwan is the chaplain of Waldringhythe, a Cistercian Abbey on the Suffolk coast. Despite his binding vows as a Roman Catholic priest he has, for most of his adult life, secretly enjoyed a passionate and devoted affair with Marina Proudfoot. When Marina dies, his profound grief forces Father McEwan to follow his own unique instruction; 'To know yourself is to understand yourself, and memory is the only key'. Thus, he tells his life story, from the mystery of his early childhood, his moral dilemmas as a young adult, his world fame as the subject of a controversial, iconic photograph, and his present as a sinning priest. Marina's own posthumous story is told, with great warmth, and humour, through her scandalous revelations, "The Tales From The Purple Handbag". It soon becomes apparent that Marina is certainly not the refined 'Lady of the Manor' she purports to be. Marina's son, Timothy, mourning her deeply, is faced with the emerging ghosts and demons of his own troubled past and gradually he sinks into a fragile, emotional state that needs careful handling. His lover, Roger Fuller, has always detested Marina, and is delighted to be rid of her. He immediately leaves his marital home to move in with Timothy, but with little sensitivity, or ability, to understand Timothy's emerging collapse, reveals himself as selfish, shallow and ambivalent. Sally, Roger's wife is confused and angry. When he leaves, she escapes to the sanctuary of Waldringhythe Abbey, where she encounters the powerful allure of Father Ewan.
It is over a century since Sherlock Holmes made his first appearance, and readers throughout the world still clamour for more of his exciting adventures. We are happy to announce that seven stories from the despatch-box of John Watson, M.D. have recently come to light. In them you will meet such characters as the Reverend Nathaniel Flowerdew, vicar of Great Mowl; Professor Hendricks and his aquarium; the Right Honourable Robert Bonnington Smythe, once expected to become Premier of England; and the man in the red flannel waistcoat who was at both ends of the street at the same time. 'My mind is like a racing engine, tearing itself to pieces because it is not connected up with the work for which it was built,' Holmes said of himself in his darker moments. In these stories the engine is fully engaged and at full throttle as Holmes brings all his daring and intelligence to bear on the puzzle of the Quiet Crescent, the case of the Apprentice's Notebook, and other mysteries in this collection.
