Quotes from Margaret Mayhew

Frog End, reduced to a single pub and no shop, might appear to be the sort of boring place where nothing much happened but, as he had discovered, this was far from the case. Beneath the placid surface swirled a positive maelstrom of intrigue, scandal and misbehaviour, with a surveillance network to rival the Russian KGB in its ruthless efficiency...

Whatever their names or pedigree, snowdrops were something to look forward to - the earliest and bravest of the brave spring bulbs, defying the winter gloom.

open up the lifelines

whatever they were about. The Colonel said, 'Has her suitcase been found?' 'Not much hope of that.

retreat to Dunkirk. I didn't hear for nearly