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The Cuckoo Club

 

One chef's deflated souffle, is another chef's frittata. Can Róisin Connor encourage her boss, Alex, to apply the same principles to his life?

Amongst the dated decor and padded banquettes of The Pink Pig Café, waitress Róisin (Raz) Connor struggles with the three men in her life. Foremost is cafe owner, Alex Dearly. There’s his cousin, the celebrity stylist Gabe Locksmith and lastly, there’s a corpse.

Alex is the love of her life though it seems unrequited, but right now it’s the corpse, Alex’s father, William, who is causing Raz the most concern. A wreath with a note pledging everlasting love from unknown ‘C’ arouses her suspicions. Is ‘C’ the mysterious veiled mourner who attends his funeral?

When Alex's old school chum, Sandra Montford-Jones appears on the scene, William’s widow, Maggie, starts acting even more oddly than usual. Raz makes an unlikely link between Sandra and the recently departed.

She's forced to keep her suspicions to herself as Alex becomes increasingly dependent on Sandra. Raz confides in Gabe, but it appears he too is keeping secrets.

What follows is a bitter-sweet tangle of love, lies and divided loyalties.

Reviews  -
(Obviously I'm cherry-picking the nice things said about it!)
 
I was very impressed...had me laughing out loud...Raz is an endearing character with a ditzy appeal but the writer hasn't fallen into the cliche of making her helpless - Katie Williams, Elspeth Cochrane Personal Management
 
Great fun - Darley Anderson
 
I love the humour - Hazel Cushion, Accent Press Publishing Ltd
 
Written with great humour (some terrific one-liners). The characters are well portrayed and do their part on advancing the plot which in my experience is not all that common - Peter Buckman, Ampersand Agency
 
An extremely funny yet sensitive piece of writing. Raz is a wonderful character - Golgonooza
 
Pitch perfect dialogue - Jean Saunders, Writing Magazine
 
Beautifully written...humorous without being cliched - Romantic Novelists' Association
 
An acute sense of humour...a number of hooks to keep the reader interested and eager to know what happens next - Michael Legat, literary professional on YouWriteOn, sponsored by Arts Council, England.
 
Publishers should be fighting their way to her door - My mother.

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