This is a very funny book, with a fast plot and a host of amusing characters, including an irritating and verbose vicar, a Russian botanist and a Brummie café owner, whose idiosyncrasies of speech are cleverly captured.

In this sequel to Hidden Feelings, the exciting adventures of Lori and Julie continue. The young women struggle through dilemmas and various relationships, while experiencing their unbidden desire for each other. They long for time to enjoy the laughter and the fun filled adventures they experienced during the summer. As they search for ways to share precious moments together, they are suddenly faced with danger. Lori heard a noise downstairs like glass breaking. Then she heard the kitchen door closing. Definitely someone was in the house. She quietly went out into the dark hall, leaving Julie in the bedroom, talking on the phone, and unaware of the intruder. Lori heard a bump, as someone whacked their shins on the coffee table, and she heard a whispered, Damn! The raspy male voice caused her heart to jump into overdrive. She looked around in the darkness hoping to see something she could use, like a baseball bat, but there was nothing. Quiet but heavy footsteps started up the stairs

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1982.

Life is splashing along for Hooker, as he cruises the South end of San Jose in his custom built 1959 Marmon tow-truck with his trusty side-kick Box, snoring between the seats. The serious end of fall has settled into a myriad of jumpstarts and drivers re-learning how to park in the middle of rain-washed freeways. Blood ally is working overtime on its name. A rash of “suicide by oncoming car” takes over as IBM starts another round of layoffs that runs a cold blade through the lower ribs of the indentured Santa Clara valley. Mudslides make recoveries of wrecks over cliffs—dicey; and the unusual cold has done unkind things to many people. But for Hooker and the local police—it is just another fall with colder rain. A car recovery over a muddy cliff turns up a dead body; or more exactly—four skeletons, and bags of curious jewelry and gold statues. It would all be a “walk away” for Hooker, but one of the skeletons is sporting a watch and dog tags that make it personal; very personal. And then Hooker desperately wishes for the warmth of summer. The Squirt is back and gets some hot attention, as some old bones heat up a cold case that never saw the light of day. This could change everything.

The Unbidden Guest is one of the most celebrated novels by English author and poet E. W. Hornung. Like many of his other famous works, this story of an uninvited guest follows Australian themes depicting an interesting yet lifelike picture of the country's society.