HER EAGERLY AWAITED NEW NOVEL THE PLACE IS ST OSWALD S, AN OLD AND LONG-ESTABLISHED BOYS GRAMMAR SCHOOL IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND. A NEW YEAR HAS JUST BEGUN, AND FOR THE STAFF AND BOYS OF THE SCHOOL, A WIND OF UNWELCOME CHANGE IS BLOWING. SUITS, PAPERWORK AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RULE THE WORLD AND ROY STRAITLEY, LATIN MASTER, ECCENTRIC, AND VETERAN OF ST OSWALD S, IS FINALLY - RELUCTANTLY - CONTEMPLATING RETIREMENT. BUT BENEATH THE LITTLE RIVALRIES, PETTY DISPUTES AND EVERYDAY CRISES OF THE SCHOOL, A DARKER UNDERCURRENT STIRS. AND A BITTER GRUDGE, HIDDEN AND CAREFULLY NURTURED FOR THIRTEEN YEARS, IS ABOUT TO ERUPT.NNWHO IS MOLE, THE MYSTERIOUS INSIDER, WHOSE CRUEL PRACTICAL JOKES ARE GRADUALLY ESCALATING TOWARDS VIOLENCE - AND PERHAPS, MURDER? AND HOW CAN AN OLD AND HALF-FORGOTTEN SCANDAL BECOME THE STONE THAT BRINGS DOWN A GIANT? - from Amzon