Customer Reviews
I listened to the audiobook - By: Ish, 20 Dec 2008 
Mr. MacGregor I listened to this book as an audiobook while doing some decorating. It is excellent. It is read by Alan Titchmarsh which is great as it's not often an audiobook is read by the author, with the characters being portrayed exactly as they were intended to be. He is a first class reader, & gave his characters such a wide range of authentic-sounding voices that you could hardly believe it was the same person. It kept me engrossed all the way through. In fact, I got as much enjoyment out of his reading as I did the story!
Very disappointed - By: Erebedragons, 11 May 2008 
I have seen Alan Titchmarsh on television & I like his style. I threw this bookin the compost heap, after reading about half of it. As I could not stand the swearingin it. Why can we not have a system of gradings so I do not have to waste my time buying books with "bad" language.
Simply brilliant - By: Organic Gardener, 29 Oct 2006 It has been a very long time since I enjoyed a novel as much as I did this one. Having read many of Alan Titchmarsh's gardening books, whichin my opinion are first class, I was really surprised that he is also such a great fiction writer. The story is funny, with a lot of surprises & also a few deeper moments. This was the first novel I bought written by Alan Titchmarsh & I am looking forward to reading the other ones too.
A gripping storyline with many little surprises. - By: , 15 Jun 2001 This is an excellent first attempt by Alan (later to be followed by two more classics!) The storyline is gripping & there are many unpredictable little twists to the plot along the way. I don't find books easy to read but it's difficult to put this one down - it's the sort of book you think about during the day at work. I recommend this book without reservation.
A good novel. - By: Matt Meaney, 03 Feb 2001 
This is a good book for an author's first novel, but it lacks a certain something. It hasnn't got the same happy glow to it as his other two books have (The Last Lighthouse Keeper & Animal Instincts), but it is a good novel all the same.
