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Tradeorders@troubador.co.uk0116 279 2299Prices and specifications are provisional and are subject to change without notice. 18/07/2024Sales: Star Book Sales LLP T: 01404 515050E: enquiries@starbooksales.comOrders: Troubador PublishingRaised in a pit village in Derbyshire, Steve Lunn now lives in Oxford, where his debut novel, The Price of Dormice, is set. He worked on hill farms, and in software design and education, and co-founded Southern England%u2019s first community-owned wind farm. Steve writes and campaigns on environmental issues, actively engaging in conservation and. He shares his life with artist Imogen Rigden, their extended family, and a young dog.Publication: 31st OCTOBER2024ISBN: 9781835740552Price: %u00a39.99Binding: PaperbackFormat: 216 x 138 mmExtent: 432 pp Illustrated: None Thema: FF CrimeAuthor & book location: Oxford%u2022 The Price of Dormice is an entertaining, comedic-crime novel set in Oxford following %u2018ordinary%u2019 Mick and his peers in their quest to protect a nature reserve from destruction. %u2022 Perfect for fans of Janice Hallett, Richard Osman, Steve Sheppard. When Mick's life is almost ended by Oxford's influential chief planner Conrad, the near-miss and ensuing violence awaken his sense of justice. Conrad, deeply embedded in Oxford's elite, colludes with venerable St Mark's College in their sale of a 650-acre farm for development. Strategically located in the OxCam Growth Arc, the development will involve bulldozing a nature reserve and its dormice.Mick joins fellow ordinary people in protest. Meanwhile Conrad's wife Kimberley demands a divorce and extends a helping hand to Mick. Tragedy strikes when two people, believed to be Conrad and Kimberly, die in a suspected arson attack on their home.Mick becomes prime suspect. Unable to prove his innocence, he realises truth hardly matters in this game of privileged versus powerless. The privileged set the rules, forcing Mick and friends to resort to blackmail and guerrilla tactics. Amidst murders, romance blooms, yet the fate of the dormice hangs in the balance.ISBN 978-1-83574-055-29 7 8 1 8 3 5 7 4 0 5 5 2THE PRICE OF DORMICESteve Lunn