‘Pension porn’ novel outstrips 50 Shades

Ignored by reviewers when first published last year and given neither promotion nor publicity, an unknown writer has shot to the top of Amazon’s fiction charts with a book which could be described as “pension porn”.

Following hot on the heels of bondage book 50 Shades of Grey, which has sold 40 million copies worldwide and has been dubbed “mommy porn”, another saucy tale has crept up the charts.

British author Hilary Boyd’s Thursdays in The Park features a 60-something who meets the man of her dreams while watching her grandchildren in the park.