Pas-de-deux

A satire, set against the background of adventures in the hospitality trade. In the quiet and timeless hamlet of Birton Sodbury, Hacker Black has re-built the reputation of the local pub. A new arrival, Euphony Blurr appears a thrusting and dynamic business woman, but her past includes a long period as a call-girl after being thrown out of a leading accountancy firm. She converts a derelict farmhouse into an up-market restaurant but clashes with the local authority and some of the long-standing village residents. The "old sods", as these residents describe themselves, see Euphony as a threat to their carefully guarded way of life. It looks like the restaurant could go belly-up – especially when the drunken chef writes off some customers'' cars in the yard ... See www.grettonbooks.co.uk/books-fiction/pas-de-deux/