A Slight Diversion

Where WATCHING HORSEPATS FEED THE ROSES was a deliciously dark sequence of cameos and quirks of cruelty, related in a terse, quintessentially English sardonic voice, A SLIGHT DIVERSION is altogether warmer and (as its title implies) lighter in tone.
The book is narrated by Fiona, a humorous self-deprecating twenty-seven year old solicitor, who hasn't had much luck with love and still misses her beloved dead dad. In her own eyes she is a gaffe-prone disaster, but in fact she is an attractive, efficient young professional whom others see as being a touch icy.
A colourful cast of characters and a fast-moving, sometimes farcical, sometimes emotion-ridden plot combine to create a richly rewarding read - one that confirms Caroline England as a writer to follow.