Briefly: Debut novel by Bournemouth author published by imprint devoted to discovering new novelists.

Innovative tale that focuses on three families. Pansy and Martin Oxford, a stolid pair with three children, and friends Beth and Josh Waterford and their children and dog book a farm holiday in adjoining cottages.… and discover they did not know teach other as well as they thought.

Tension erupt when the Oxfords discover the Waterfords are swingers after Josh oversteps the mark. Meanwhile, all’s not well at the home of the farmer either.

The device that makes the novel unusual is that the author stops the plot to make observations and involve the reader.

All the characters are flawed and your sympathy ends up with the dog and farm cat who at least find a way to co-exist peaceably.