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Eggs on offer at Fourth novel draws on the dark side of local locations
Studley Grange After spending the last six months in her home town with family, researching and writing her latest novel, Stone
Each child paying a visit to Butterfly Cold, crime author Jen Hilborne’s Swindon sojourn came to an end in mid-March, when she reluctantly returned
World at Studley Grange Craft Village from Haydon Wick to California.
over Easter will receive an Easter egg Jen’s first three books are all set in advertising agency caught up in a
(subject to availability). San Francisco where she has lived for scandal after two senior executives
In addition to seeing the butterflies the past fifteen years. are killed in suspicious circumstances.
flitting about the hothouse, Studley But as she was approaching her Jen is fascinated with the psy-
Grange is home to a family of otters, fourth novel Jen said she felt drawn chological motivations behind the
a clan of meerkats, guinea pigs, goats, to giving it a UK setting. “I didn’t want actions of her characters, and she
turkey, ducks and lots more farmyard to be stereo-typed as only writing is intrigued by the darker side of
favourites in an outdoor animal pad- about the West Coast. I needed to glamorous businesses. Speaking of
dock. draw inspiration from home, but it the rural setting of her book she said:
See details in the advert below or was a challenge getting used to British “I’ve definitely brought the dark side
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STUDLEY GRANGE BUTTERFLY WORLD
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Visit Butterfly World and experience the Admission Charges: The Golf Course
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more farmyard favourites in our outdoor daily 10am-4pm Bookings now being taken for Fathers Day Lunch
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