Sheep's Clothing

(Paperback)

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Grace Bradby meets Janice in Holloway Prison. Grace is doing six months for larceny and Janice,three for the most recent of a series of clumsy shopliftings. Once both women are released, themore hapless Janice very quickly becomes accomplice to a scheme conniving Grace devised during herlast weeks in prison: posing as representatives of the Social Services Agency, the two women beginvisiting elderly people, falsely promising increased pensions.

The scheme proves watertight, and the women frequent betting shops, libraries, Bingo halls,supermarkets, jumble sales, the Post Office (on pension days) and park benches (in fine weather),as they mark out their next target.


But it's not long before one victim, Miss Frimwell, is found dead of an over- dose, launching adetective investigation. What ensues is a sinister tale of greed and misplaced trust, furthercomplicated by a romantic entanglement gone awry. Dale masterfully dissects the little cruelties oflife as her characters roam the streets of London, forcing us to consider the question: whatharm can it do to have a chat and a cup of tea

Reviews

'Queen of the eerie, Celia Dale takes you on an unforgettable tale.' - Stylist
'A perfectly sinister read.' - Vogue

Author Bio

Celia Dale was born in 1912 and was once a secretary toRumer Godden, and also worked as a publisher's advisor and a book reviewer. Her first novel, TheLeast of These, was published in 1943, and she went on to write twelve others. She won the 1986Crime Writer's Association Veuve Cliquot Short Story Award for 'Lines of Communication', whichappears in her only short story collection, A PersonalCall and Other Stories. She died in 2011