Why Aren’t They Screaming

Loretta Lawson needs to escape London. Diagnosed with glandular fever and ordered to rest, she sets off for the countryside and the apparently idyllic home of Clara Wolstonecraft – children’s author, strident peace activist, and distant acquaintance in possession of a spare room. It’s the perfect set up – as long as Loretta doesn’t mind sharing her space with the peace activists currently camped out nearby.