A crumbling castle, an ancient manor house with hidden clellars, a young single woman, who leads a double life, and three mysterious evacuee children, this book has all the hallmarks of a WWll thriller - but without too much brutality.
When the final draft is complete the next stage is finding a publisher. Then there will be a need for a structural edit. That's when the real work starts.
The occasion was a sad one, but a chance meeting and conversation meant clarifying a memory and ultimately strengthening a chapter - even if it involved a significant re-write.