The Warfleet Chronicles
The Warfleet Chronicles are a mix of humour, piquancy, bitterness, caution, cunning and surprise. They may have a deceptively lulling beginning, but often an alarmingly macabre twist, or darkly comic ending.
The town itself has a distant bloody past, current 'Euro' connections, new housing 'development' and a shifting, faintly criminal population. This includes many DFLs, drawn to its colourful houses and even more colourful reputation, along with many who were born - and will die - there. A first glance at its promenade with dogs, pebbles, sailing boats, cottages, beach huts, cliffs, a pier and a Tudor castle, might reinforce the belief that there is honey still for tea - but dig below the cheery seafront and a dark subterranean life is quickly uncovered: a life of post-modern morals.
The tone mixes comedic charm and edge. A community where we should feel safe has the unexpected power to startle and shock. A sort of Tales of the Unexpected meets Bridgerton.
What really goes on in the coastal town that they forgot to shut down? More than meets the eye, that's what. "Warfleet's not an exciting town..." so says one of the many brilliantly drawn characters within.
Acclaimed author Carole Hayman unearths what lies beneath in her entertaining series of short stories set in the fictional town of Warfleet. Whose secret is the darkest? What hangs in the balance behind closed doors?
Wittily scathing and often surprising, these 19 stand-alone tales capture the vagaries of outlier living. Does anyone really belong here? Is the DFL guilty merely due to provenance? Can people who have moved to a town to get a slice of the (slow) good life really rub along together?
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