Fracas at the Blue Orchid

'Fracas at the Blue Orchid' is a novel which deals with some adult topics in a light-hearted and humorous manner. It is 'easy reading'. It features in a relaxed, West Country sort of way, the complicated and intertwined lives of a group of friends that are all members of the Penwithian Coracle Sailing Club. The story centres on their adventures and that of their acquaintances. It shows how lives in this coastal village move in a semi-chaotic fashion through many hilarious twists and turns as they all proceed, relentlessly and inevitably, towards 'Fracas at the Blue Orchid'. Much to their total amazement, our unlikely heroes find themselves, in common with the other members of the stag party, arrested, thrown into police cells, interviewed, charged and finally convicted.