Chapter 1 Pearly Kings and Queens

Book four of THE RACHAEL O'BRIEN CHRONICLES, a novella, takes Rachael on a summer trip to England accompanied by an old family friend, a guy pal from college, and her grandmother. Expecting a soothing change of scenery, she encounters trouble instead when a valuable gold oyster brooch in her possession provokes a frightening series of confrontations with shady characters who want it because of the secret it holds.

Rachael embarks on an odyssey through the English canals in a narrowboat to elude danger and unearth the scandalous past and stunning hidden meaning contained within the mysterious piece of jewelry in Paisley Ray's TOAD IN THE HOLE.