The Little Theatre By The Sea

Interior designer Faye Forrester is about to travel to Sardinia to undertake her first assignment – restoring an 1820s theatre to its former glory. The commission has come from old friend Charlotte, with whom she spent a summer in Italy, both romancing Neapolitan men. Charlotte stayed to marry Fabio Odini, who runs a hotel in the mediaeval town of

Deriu. Ley casts her characters with gusto – shady black-eyed bandit-types, unmarried men living with their mothers, plus an Alpha Male behind the wheel of an Alfa Romeo. She also sets the stage with secrets. Faye was lead to believe that Il Piccolo Teatro was owned by Charlotte and Fabio’s friends, brother and sister Marisa and Alessandro Rinaldi. But according to angry locals, the building belongs to the townsfolk, and Faye finds herself caught in a late spring of discontent. As the fighting threatens to spoil Faye’s sojourn in the sun, things aren’t much better in England. Her parents’ 36-year-old marriage has broken down. The descriptions of Sardinian cuisine are mouth-watering.