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Certainly not Doreen - who works for Boots in Adams Enterprises and thinks him just wonderful...

Could the strange lodger be plotting the downfall of the irrepressible, outrageous, and larger-than-life Adams clan

A Family Affair is the fifth in Mary Jane Staples's Adams Family series.

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Boots Adams celebrates his 60th birthday in style with an old-fashioned Cockney knees-up, even if Gemma, James and the rest of the younger people insist that the music has to be rock and roll.

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It's 1959, and Boots Adams and his wife Polly are at their favourite Camberwell pub when they witness with horror a sudden and vicious attack on the barman, Joe, by a knife-wielding thug.

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Excitement is running high in the Adams family. Mr Finch, after a long career in secret government work, is to be knighted. Chinese Lady is overwhelmed by the excitement, her grandson Paul, working for the Young Socialists, is ashamed about it all, and Sammy is waging war against denim jeans.

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Wartime saga focusing on the Adams family. It takes us to Devon in 1941 among the evacuees.

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It is 1953 - Coronation year - and like all of Cockney London the members of the Adams family are looking forward to the celebrations.

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The beginning of a wonderful saga telling the story of a Cockney family in peace and war from multi-million copy seller Mary Jane Staples. Will the Adams family - gutsy, tough and cheeky - pull through

Down Lambeth Way is the first in Mary Jane Staples's Adams Family series.

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It was June 1916 when Sergeant Boots Adams of the Royal West Kents, together with his men, was billeted on the Descartes farm in Northern France.

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A chance encounter with a British journalist leaves Anne with a secret that must be smuggled out of the country, and Anne knows that she must forsake her beloved Vienna and with her children flee to Britain.

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The 1950s are in full swing, and the Adams family is blessed with many new additions. Boots and Sammy are kept up-to-date by the Adams youngsters, some of whom are now working in the family business. Sammy, meanwhile, has trouble with the newly-formed trade union at his factory, and the shadows of the war continue to haunt the family.

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The war is only into its second year, but already it has claimed one victim from the Adams family. And love is in the air - for young and old alike - as the Adams family refuse to let Hitler get the better of them.

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When fiery Bridget Cummings advertised for a lodger, she did not expect a policeman to apply for the room. She wasn't fond of the coppers, but her younger brother and sister moved P C Fred Billings in the moment Bridget's back was turned, and she seemed to have little say in the matter. Still, she had to admit that she was glad of his company.

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In this conclusion to the Adams family saga, the author has captured the love and spirit of Cockney life. Here again are all the characters from "Down Lambeth Way" and "Our Emily", led by Sammy, King of Camberwell, pulling his family into the good times at last.

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Mr Finch had never told the rest of the Adams family - except for Boots - the secrets of his past, or what kind of work he did for the government, and he decided not to tell them about the slightly sinister telephone calls either.

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A must read for fans of Cecelia Ahern, Fiona Valpy and Katie Flynn - this is an enthralling and gripping romantic adventure from the multi-million copy seller Mary Jane Staples.

READERS ARE LOVING NATASHA'S DREAM!

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The pair find themselves at a hospital run by the famous Edith Cavell, who agrees to treat the major while offering them both refuge and a false identity - she names the young girl Anna.

However no one is safe, and as details of Anna's true identity emerge, the enemy's net tightens.

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By Sunday Times bestseller Mary Jane Staples, this is the gritty and uplifting next instalment in the Adams Family saga. A mystery that will culminate - along with Will's personal problems - on the night of the wedding.

On Mother Brown's Doorstep is the fourth in Mary Jane Staples's Adams Family series.

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The continuation of a wonderful saga telling the story of a Cockney family in peace and war from multi-million copy seller Mary Jane Staples.

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A young woman arrives who is intent on ruining Sammy Adams' winter fashion show, and Sammy must deal with her unwelcome attention. Boots has to find a solution when one of his female employees tells him about a sinister visitor, but he doesn't realize that his family are being observed.

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There was a new family in Browning Street, Walworth - the Harrisons.

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Tim Parkes was three when his parents were killed in a train crash and he went to live with his Aunt May, first in New Cross, and then to Walworth where the living was cheaper. They managed splendidly - and then came the war. When Tim got posted to Suffolk he wasn't too pleased - Suffolk was Country, not like London at all.

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Everyone liked Sergeant Joe. Quite a few people wondered why he didn't get married. But it wasn't until he bumped into Dolly Smith that he met a girl who made an impression on him. She was running from a vicious-looking thug and a sinister foreigner who seemed to think she had stolen something valuable.

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It takes all the well-known Adams ingenuity and determination to outwit the thugs in the Fat Man's pay.

Meanwhile, an attractive blonde woman shopping in the market has caught Boots's eye. But Polly does not need to feel apprehensive - the sight of this woman has stirred the worst of memories for Boots, from the darkest days of the war.

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When Sammy Adams hears about the supermarkets that are all the rage in the USA, he decides to find a suitable site in South London and open one. Memories of World War II are never far from the surface for the members of the Adams family, but now the younger ones are spreading their wings.