This is the 9th in the Turnham Malpas series. As always a delight to read with wonderful 'returning' characters.Back Cover Blurb:The villagers of Turnham Malpas are celebrating their annual Stocks Day when an unwelcome visitor arrives. Bryn Fields, one-time licensee of the Royal Oak, fled the village four years ago under the worst possible circumstances. The villagers are determined to find out why he is back - and are not at all happy to discover that he plans to use the village as a key attraction for visiting Americans.For the rector and his wife, Peter and Caroline, there are more serious problems to cope with when their twin children start asking about their real mother. Having agonisingly accepted the result of Peter's indiscretion ten years before, Caroline finds that facing up to it again now is almost more than she can bear....