At the end of "Pushing Envelopes" psychologist Clive Mewles was heavily implicated in an incident that left middle manager Marcus Friend in a sorry state. Now Clive, newly installed as the first curator of the Psychologists' Hall of Fame Museum, must face up - except he mustn't face up - to what his assistant Julie Owens is sure is his doppelganger. Julie herself, rather too knowledgeable about what psychologists have to offer, is consulting a philosophical counsellor about her gambling habit. After a trying time at a Brighton conference made worse by a heckler, Clive decides that a stroll on the South Downs Way will relax him, a big mistake. By the River Ouse two men materialize and tip him into the river. He's a poor swimmer and the current is strong. What will become of him, not to mention the doppelganger? Marcus, now on the mend and in the vicinity, may have grown sceptical of the value of reading and writing but he can see, and he can run. Does he have a part to play? Meanwhile Julie's early sessions with the new kid on the block have thrown up more than she bargained for: how will she cope when the relationship reaches flashpoint?
And all the while the renegade guru and heckler, Sri Blenkyavan, former colleague of Clive, Marcus and Julie and once known to them as Jamie Blenkiron, is plotting as if his life depended on it, and which it might. "Chekyll and Ide" is the sequel to Pushing Envelopes. "Ten a Penny", the third in the "Treading Treacle" trilogy, will follow.
- ISBN10 1905886209
- ISBN13 9781905886203
- Publish Date 10 January 2007
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 26 March 2007
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Troubador Publishing
- Imprint Matador
- Format Paperback
- Pages 192
- Language English