OFF THE RECORD by Sue Welfare Some of the best literature written is about mistaken identity and this is no exception. When divorced mum of two Liz agrees to help out friend Claire by interviewing renowned artist Jack Sandfi, and hopefully setting her back on the tracks of a journalistic career, she is expecting a reclusive and eccentric man. Instead, running late after her train is delayed, she walks in to the hotel to find an endearing and gorgeous man - not at all the raddled figure she's been imagining. Nick is nervously waiting in a hotel for an interview, observing the flamboyant behaviour of a group of loud and entertaining drunks and reading the Jack Sandfi exhibition catalogue when in walks the woman he is here to meet, nothing like he'd imagined her, nowhere near as aggressive as she's sounded on the phone and much more attractive than he'd supposed. It is only when Nick is called to reception and given a message from the woman he was actually supposed to meet that he realises there has been a mistake but by then he doesn't want to embarrass Liz and decides to carry on the pretense that he is who she thinks he is. What harm could come from it? What happens is a catalogue of mishaps and pretensions and who knows where it will end! Throw into the mix the unmistakable attraction between Nick and Liz; a man eating woman who wants Nick's talent in and out of the workplace; Liz's annoying ex-husband; her straight talking best friend;the wiliness and plotting of the real Jack Sandfi and his jealous and much put-upon life partner and you have a real romp of a read as a case of mistaken identity leads to one incident after another with hilarious consequences and an ultimately happy end for all. A true comedy of errors that will delight any reader.