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More Than Just a Hairdresser

Nia Pritchard  All books by Nia Pritchard

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Shirley runs a mobile hairdressing service from her Liverpool home. Ably assisted by her camp-as-a-row-of-pink-frillies sidekick, Oli, she trims and colours the locks of young and old, fraught and fancy-free, in the local pensioners' home and on the production line of Henshaw's factory (while the boss's back is turned towards the eighteenth green). She's good at her job, keeping her customers happy and not just on the hairdo front. The under-dryer gossip is harmless enough, though until Shirley and Oli are encouraged to use the tools of their trade to covertly trail a client's philandering hubbie. Operation 'D&M' is the start of an unusual sideline for our perm-wielding duo, a cut above the usual shampoo and set…

"Enjoyed it loads. A good juicy read!" Margi Clarke

"One to watch" The Bookseller

ISBN: 9781870206853

Language: English

Category: Novels  Fiction  Humour  Romance  Crime  

First published by Honno in : November 2007