Mrs Tim Gets a Job by D. E. Stevenson

With husband Tim stationed in Egypt and her children at boarding school, Hester Christie -affectionately known as ''Mrs Tim'' and based loosely on D. E. Stevenson herself - finds herself at a loose end, until her friend Grace takes her at her word and finds her a job with the formidable Erica Clutterbuck, who has opened a new hotel in the Scottish Borders. Once there, Hester’s initial ambivalence disappears in a swirl of problems and situations with hotel guests and old friends alike, including serving as fortune-teller at the local fête and aiding and abetting romantic schemes, not to mention the reappearance of the debonair Tony Morley.

Historical,Fiction