Head Start

Description

Former headteacher Jane Cowan is making every effort to settle into her home in Wrayford, taking advantage of any spare time during the summer holidays to visit local National Trust properties. On one of its rare open days, she also visits a private stately home, Stockdene Court and realises it will make a wonderful stop-off on her habitual cycle rides. But the next morning, as she passes the gates of the Court, she is sure she sees not animals but people scurrying from a stock waggon. Knowing the conditions from which some illegal immigrants are escaping, half of her wants to turn a blind eye, but when gunshots and a heart-wrenching scream break the morning's calm, she realises she is now involved in a very troubling situation.

JUDITH CUTLER began writing at an early age, and after studying English Literature she worked as a teacher in Birmingham for many years. She is the author of two series set in the Birmingham area featuring Detective Kate Power and teacher and amateur sleuth Sophie Rivers.

'A finely crafted plot filled with twists and turns ... Head Start is a fast-paced, first-rate puzzle of a mystery with an appealing heroine.' - Kittling Books