A Professional Vendetta

Oxford University Biology Professor ‘Eddie’ Higgins is a veteran of student street demonstrations against environmental destruction and big business.
In his sixties Eddie is still an eccentric but passionate environmental activist well-known for his total disregard for personal appearance and finds himself acting as the ‘scientific adviser’ to a local company, Vital Cosmetics, run by its new and vivacious chief executive, Isobel Johnson. It doesn’t start well.
“Yours is an industry dogged by ...