Making Ends Meet by Peter Higginbotham

<p>Synopsis:</p> <p>With more creditors than clients, the Fiona Buckingham Introduction Agency is struggling to make ends meet. Cheap do-it-yourself dating through newspaper Lonely Hearts columns has reduced the membership to almost single figures making it ever harder to match clients up. Even Fiona's secretary, two-finger typist Beverly is getting worried.</p> <p>Things start to look up when, within the space of two days, two new members join.</p> <p>Reluctant Trevor Hopkins, who likes spiders but prefers to sit downstairs on buses, has been sent along by his aging mother.</p> <p>The other new recruit, Brigadier Gregory Chadwick, a wealthy widower looking for solace, seems to take a shine to Fiona.</p> <p>Could Gregory be the answer to all Fiona's problems?</p>