A CUT ABOVE

For Kacie Cooper, life in Leicester in 1959 is almost perfect. Jobs are plentiful, shops are filled with the latest fashions and dance halls are packed with people jiving to rock’n’roll hits. Kacie is the top stylist in a reputable hair salon and her machine-mechanic husband, Dennis, is dreaming of the big time with his band, Vernon and the Vipers. Only one thing mars her happiness: her parents’ constant disapproval that she doesn’t have a “proper” job or a more respectable husband, like her sister Caroline.

But when Caroline turns up on Kacie’s doorstep asking to stay for a while, it’s clear that her sister’s marriage has been far from idyllic. It is a revelation that plunges Kacie’s own life into chaos and threatens everything that matters…

“Filled with lively characters and compelling action” Books Magazine