Bridgeford Community Choir is in crisis. Numbers are down. The choir leader is missing. The tea urn is behaving in an ominous fashion. And there's a competition to win.All hope rests on two new recruits. Tracey Leckford sounds like a pop star, but is hiding a big secret. Bennett Parker is the perfect tenor, though baffled by the modern world. Both feel quite lost, and alone. But if they can somehow work together, they might just save the choir, their community.... and even each other.'Witty and brilliantly observed, with a passion for the pop song and an undertow of real warmth'Kirsty Wark'A treasure trove of bittersweet comic moments and wonderfully sympathetic creations'Daily Telegraph 'Charming and very funny'Good Housekeeping 'Can a disparate group of accidental "life soloists" bring harmony where there is discord? Fans of Glee or Gareth Malone's The Choir will recognise this funny, enjoyable novel's trajectory'Sunday TimesISBN: 9780349139319AbacusEbook logoFSC logoCategory: Fiction

Gill Hornby is a writer and journalist. Her first novel, THE HIVE, was a Sunday Times bestseller. She lives with her husband, Robert Harris, and their four children in Kintbury, Berkshire.