Grand Union

When Women’s Aid worker Daphne Randall stormed out of the Council Chamber on a wintry January evening, throwing her political career away in the process, she had absolutely no intention of giving veteran journalist Harry Biddulph an interview, let alone a bed for the night.

Three months later the pair are in mortal danger. Aided by Daphne’s inside knowledge of local politics and the troubling implications of welfare reform, Harry’s investigation of an apparent suicide has uncovered financial scandal, high-level corruption and murder.

When a series of unsettling incidents suggest that The Potteries are no longer safe for either of them, Daphne and Harry decide to leave town.

Surprisingly slowly...