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Life is starting to look up in the London caf where Rosie lives with her beloved Aunt Maggie and Uncle Bert. It is 1954, rationing is over, and Roger Bannisters four-minute mile is the pride of England. But the Widow Ginger couldnt care less. An ex-GI with an ice-cold stare and fresh out of military prison, the Widow has come to settle some unfinished business with Bert. The Widows looking for his share of the profits from a wartime scamand a little vengeance for his years in the clink. Rosie soon learns that where theres smoke, theres fire, and it will take more than divine intervention to save the neighborhoodand Rosies familyfrom the Widows vengence.

Charting the further misadventures of the characters from the acclaimed “Not All Tarts Are Apple,” Pip Grangers newest story of Londons underworld shows her storytelling at its best.