Books by Eleanor Berry

The year is 2054, after two nuclear holocausts have plunged Britain into a sunless future. Survivors visit Highgate Cemetery to pay homage at the shrine-like vault of Rex Malone and his family. Once a poor Czechoslovakian peasant and war hero, Malone rose to become a wealthy publisher, speculator and philanthropist.

Meanwhile, on a remote Scottish island prison, warders discuss 101-year-old Natalie Klein, serving a life sentence for a mysterious murder committed before her life became entwined with Malone's. A crooked funeral director in her youth, Natalie befriended Malone and, out of loyalty, helped him achieve his ambitions through devious and unconventional means.

As long-buried secrets threaten to reach the gutter press, the story unfolds as a powerful, moving and often hilarious tale of lust, murder, blackmail, friendship and twisted loyalty.

Originally published under the pen name Eleanor Beckman, this novel was written between 1984 - 1985 (before the business regarding the Mirror Pension Funds). It was also available under the alternative title The Bouncing Czech & the Good Man About the Hearse.