Newly-retired Jess finds that it is still possible to have adventures: stewarding at the Glastonbury Festival, appearing on a teatime quiz show, distributing the prizes at a writing competition held in a haunted barn, and volunteering with a children's charity in Romania.
Jess continues to try to help her friends with various difficulties, but discovers that her assistance is often inappropriate and unappreciated. Then she finds herself on a storm-tossed cruise ship in the middle of the Baltic Sea with an ageing débutante and young cage fighter....
The New Forty is the final instalment of small town oddness from the Pennine village of Berringden Brow
