Fiddler On The Make

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When the sleepy Scottish village of Cuddyford is colonised by well-heeled retirees and big-city commuters, Jigger McCloud, a Jack-the-lad local farmer with a talent for playing the fiddle and an eye for the ladies, isn t slow to make a quick buck at their expense. Life seems rosy for Jigger and his odd-but-loveable family, until he tries to scam a mysterious foreign millionaire, who arrives on the scene with plans to develop the area in ways that appeal neither to Jigger nor his milch cow incomers. The folk of Cuddyford, native and otherwise, promptly close ranks. Comic shenanigans, quirky characters and sinister ploys abound, but it s Bert, Jigger s scruffy little hamburger-craving dog, who turns out to be the hero of the hour as the McClouds and their beloved Cuddyford teeter on the brink of disaster.

PETER KERR, the award-winning Scottish travel writer, is the author of 'Thistle Soup' and the 'Snowball Oranges' pentad of family adventures set in Mallorca. This, his third fiction book, is a light-hearted departure from his humour-spiked 'Bob Burns Investigates' detective stories.

Writers' Forum Magazine, October 2007
Very tongue-in-cheek ... with ruthless millionaires, chinless-wonder aristocrats and bent politicians contributing to a not-everyday story of country folk.

Edinburgh Evening News, October 25, 2007
Topical...tongue-in-cheek...a countryside community at odds with an influx of 'townies'.

Majorca Daily Bulletin, September 22, 2007
A rollicking good tale ... it won't disappoint.

Bookworld Espana, October 2007
A fun tale of countryside confusion and some sly collusion.

'Coastrider' Newspaper, Costa Blanca, October 2007
Touches of (his) 'Thistle Soup' ... a simple tale, neatly told with lots of humour.