After just a couple of chapters I gave up trying to find a genre in which this novel would fit. It's eccentric and original and full of innovative charm. The author pays homage to everything from A Christmas Carol to Casper to The Amazing Mr Blunden and any number of classic Ealing Comedies. There's even a pantomime baddie! A book to read and cherish and then read again.

I found the writing difficult to read. The story delves in without introducing the characters, so I found it a bit difficult to follow.

This is great. What an original concept and how cleverly executed. By turns funny and tragic, this book captures the joy of friendship over time and how a shared goal can shape people’s lives. This is a really well written book and the author paces it well, shifting focus cleverly as the story progresses.

A fantastic story about two veterans trying desperately to deliver a verbal will given by a fallen soldier at Normandy. It should be a straight forward task, only our main characters, Goodman and Saunders did not get the poor soldiers full name. Filled with twists and unexpected visitors, this book will take you on a journey to help fulfill one man's final will and testament to assure the safety, security and future of his family.

Charlie Goodman survived the war alive, but with issues. One of those issues is a verbal will that he and Detective Inspector Saunders were witnesses to in Normandy. Unfortunately, they did not get the chap's complete name so were unable to send it to his family. Then Saunders brought in a radio to the shop where Charlie works. Getting that working brought the ghost of Charles Caird in contact with Charlie. Now the two of them are off on a journey to Scotland to give the verbal will to Charles's fiance. In Scotland, Fiona, the aforementioned fiance, is fending off the grasping hands of Charles's relative, Ivan, who is in line to inherit the Castle and its grounds unless a will turns up according to British inheritance law (think Austen in Pride and Prejudice). So, dear reader, set back and enjoy the shenanigans of Charles and Charlie as they find their way north for the confrontation worthy of a farce or at least a pantomime out of a Dickens's tale!