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"A sharp social comedy" John Mortimer, MAIL ON SUNDAY The residents of the Close were pre-occupied with crime - prevention of it. It was all those out-of-work teenagers on the nearby council estate, hanging around, stealing and joy-riding, that provoked Paul Mathieson to establish a Neighbourhood Watch scheme. Of course, their own minor crimes were harmless - travelling without a ticket on the underground, the occasional experimental use of certain substances, driving home just slightly over the legal limit. These were nothing compared to what went on in the Estate. But then there was Jenny's little discovery when she advertised flute lessons: she found a nice little earner in a rather unexpected way...
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The residents of the Close were much concerned with crime--preventing it, that is. With all those out-of-work teenagers on the nearby council estate hanging around, stealing, joy-riding and goodness knows what else, it was just as well that they were setting up a Neighbourhood Watch scheme.
Not that the inhabitants of the Close did not have their own little activities, of course, but these were hardly the same thing. If Jenny and Alan's daughter was caught traveling on the subway without a ticket, and their son was doing a little experimenting with certain substances, and Laura didn't see the need to declare her earnings from hiring out her house to a film crew, and Jenny drove home only just over the legal limit--well, these were quite different matters, not to be compared with what went on in the Estate. And then there was Jenny's discovery, when she advertised flute lessons, that she could work up quite a nice little scheme in a rather unexpected way...
As the leafy London street resounded to the efforts of its citizens to keep crime at bay, Jenny realized that it was her marriage, rather than her property, that needed watching.
Not that the inhabitants of the Close did not have their own little activities, of course, but these were hardly the same thing. If Jenny and Alan's daughter was caught traveling on the subway without a ticket, and their son was doing a little experimenting with certain substances, and Laura didn't see the need to declare her earnings from hiring out her house to a film crew, and Jenny drove home only just over the legal limit--well, these were quite different matters, not to be compared with what went on in the Estate. And then there was Jenny's discovery, when she advertised flute lessons, that she could work up quite a nice little scheme in a rather unexpected way...
As the leafy London street resounded to the efforts of its citizens to keep crime at bay, Jenny realized that it was her marriage, rather than her property, that needed watching.
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- PublisherF A Thorpe Pub Ltd
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 075316518X
- ISBN 13 9780753165188
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages302
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