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Martin Miller's novel The Wookey Hole Affair tells the story of Tarmin Rimell, owner of Millers Hotel and Academy in London, and his newly acquired venture, Glencot Hotel in Somerset. A free spirit with an unquenchable love of finery and antique acquisitions, Rimmel's gratifying life is hampered by predicament - his embarrassing baggage of a wife, Gayle. Deeply unhappy with his marital situation and humiliated by his wife's affair with a local yoga instructor, the option of divorce becomes both paramount and pressing. But at what cost? Unwilling to hand over his beloved antiques and the fruits of his hard labour, Tarmin Rimell hatches a scam with his erudite friend, Professor Bundy, to raise enough funding to be rid of her.
With little spare capital to hand, they settle on a hamfisted scam aimed at duping the mega wealthy Austrian Art collector, Nathan Hunt, who has unwittingly crossed their paths. Hunt – a manic and ruthless acquisitor of ancient artefacts – is duly tipped off that there are unearthed burial sites and collections of religious iconography to be found in the grounds of certain stately homes in the Somerset region. As the web is woven around him, Hunt is sucked into the environs of Glencot, unwittingly aided by his favourite London escort girl, Amanda – planted by the canny Austrian as a worker mole in Rimell's country hotel.
Is there really a stash of important artefacts lying undiscovered in the carved out rocks beyond the deep cellars? And what of the reported oil potential of the surrounding land? Hunt may believe that he is on a quest to millions, but will he actually take the hook and part with the cash?
Rimell's road to marital freedom takes some thrilling and often unexpected turns along the way. Woven into the story is the theft of an oil masterpiece, lashings of passionate romance and sex, and all entwined with generous scoops of infectious humour. The Wookey Hole Affair is a wonderful story that manages to entertain, feed the imagination and introduce Miller's hotels, all in one lively adventure!
You can order your pre-publication signed copy now
The first 100 signed copies sold comprise a numbered limited edition
price: £16.99
size: 220 x 140 mm
extent: 256 pages, hardbound
publication date: 5th July 2007
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