Farther afield

The end of term arrives and Miss Read is looking forward to the weeks ahead, but on the very first day of the long summer holiday she falls and breaks her arm. Instantly all her plans are in tatters. Then her friend Amy comes up with a plan: and so it is the two of them leave Fairacre for the island of Crete. The change of scene provides a welcome break for both women, and when Miss Read returns, refreshed, to Fairacre, she is ready to tackle the problems that await her.