Simon Chilvers

PC Simpson has a dream of doing nothing all day except windsurf but this gets tested when his father pressures him into spending more time working at the family business and when he starts a romantic relationship with a female rock and roll singer.

A thief with a large amount of cash dies at a bed and breakfast owned by two elderly women. They decide to keep the money but disposing of the body proves extremely difficult because due to their own phobias and hang-ups, the ladies cannot leave their house for long periods of time. The situation is further complicated when an investigator begins sniffing around.

A group of Germans living in the UK, including assimilated citizens and Jewish refugees, is shipped to an Australian POW camp at the start of WWII.