Meet the shameless women of a certain age who kick over the traces in the most unsuspected ways. Gwen Hullah's collection of compendious stories-wherein these pages you will meet the Silver Splitters who, like the orchid dares to bloom while its keeper is away on holiday. "She Kissed It Worse"-a very plain widow with very deliberate ways; who knows the value of medicinal herbs and deadly plants... "Daggers Drawn"-a Women's Institute secretary who takes perverse pleasure in usurping an old rival-the reinstated chairwoman, and finds herself much read about in a most unsuspected way... "Keen To Shoehorn"-where a wife's ultimatum leads to a husband's ultimate trap... "Spaghetti Hat"-a sophisticated lady who knows the worth of simplicity, wherein, connections between her alibi must not be examined...
