IN CONVERSATION WITH Veronica HENRY

‘There are so many characters in the world’

If you’ve ever dreamt of owning a beach hut or spending a night on the Orient Express, you may well have read one of Veronica Henry’s books, set in gorgeous surroundings. She has written 20 novels dealing with very real situations, and her latest, The Impulse Purchase, sees three generations of women take over the running of a pub.

Veronica, who has three grown-up sons, lives in Woolacombe, North Devon, with her miniature schnauzer, Zelda.

I like to take them on a journey, so I invariably start with a setting, which you can tell by the title of my is set in Somerset, which is very ‘now’. It’s tempting lots of Londoners because it has so much to offer. It’s rural and traditional, quite arty and foodie.