Mapton Strikes Back

by Sam Maxfield

This book was previously published under the title Mapton Rising Mapton Strikes BackThe hilarious follow up to Mapton on SeaWhen rumours of a potential swingers' caravan camp start to circulate in Mapton-on-Sea, outspoken pensioner, Gina, leaps into action, forming protest group the Mapton Knights. Determined to 'Keep Mapton Decent' the residents soon find their town is a hotspot of scandal and long-buried secrets. As events spiral farcically out of control, Mapton becomes a circus of media attention, but no one's quite sure who is cracking the whip.Welcome back to Mapton. It might be the off-season but tears, laughter and eccentricity are as switched on as Mapton’s Christmas lights.

363 pages, Paperback

Published February 15, 2021

About the author

Sam Maxfield attempted to write her first full-length novel at eleven. She grew up in Canada and England. She moved seven times before she was eight years old and spent much of that time in her own imagination spinning stories. Sam holds a BA in English and History, as well as an MA in Creative Writing. She taught English Literature for twenty years and still runs creative writing workshops.

More than anything Sam loves stories. She devours most genres, fiction and non-fiction.
She is currently finishing the last book in the Mapton-on-Sea trilogy: The Last Resort, Mapton Rising, and Make it Mapton.

Previous novels include the magic-realism Western, West of the Sunset, Victorian detective story The Army of Righteous Deliverance, and Maddie's Magic Christmas, her first book for children. She is a contributor to various magazines and newspapers.