Village Secrets

'Rebecca Shaw mixes all the ingredients for a winning novel of village life' - TIMES 'Sending up the British stereotypes...that Americans often relish, she seems to be writing with Yankee anglophiles in mind' - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY The inhabitants of Turnham Malpas await the arrival of the new village school head with avid curiosity. At first, Kate Pascoe seems ideal. She's young, pretty and obviously loves her job. But after she introduces meditation classes for her ten-year-olds, and even tree-hugging, the villagers begin to think again. When lights are seen in Sykes Wood at night, a dog long dead appears to come to life, and there is a sudden, shocking death, the village is plunged into a state of superstitious dread. And always at the eye of the storm is the head teacher - Kate Pascoe.