The Good Mayor

... he walked up the green marble staircase to his office. He liked those stairs. He liked his office. He liked the dark wooden panelling inside and the big shuttered windows that looked across the fountains in the square ... He liked his comfortable leather chair. He liked the coat of arms on the wall with its image of a smiling‚ bearded nun. Most of all‚ he liked his secretary‚ Mrs Stopak. Set in the little town of Dot in a forgotten part of the Baltic‚ this is the story of Tibo Krovic‚ the good and honest Mayor of Dot‚ and his love for his secretary‚ the beautiful‚ lonely but married‚ Mrs Agathe Stopak. In the quiet‚ respectable town of Dot‚ there is nothing that Tibo can do about his love for Mrs Stopak but one day‚ when she accidentally drops her lunch into a fountain‚ everything changes and their lives will never be the same again. The Good Mayor is a novel of love‚ loss‚ magic‚ friendship‚ wonderful food‚ a brass band‚ an Italian witch‚ a large lawyer‚ an occasional dog and a car chase that takes place at walking pace.