Sadly as she is no longer with us this will be the last title from Jilly Cooper and unfortunately it was a disappointment. Actually as I don't even like football I probably should not have considered this one. Naively the title did not give away the main subject away to me, just the fact it was Book 11 the final volume of the Rutshire Chronicles, attracted me. In 'Tackle' Rupert Campbell Black returns along with his wife Taggie who is recovering from breast cancer. Despite still having his racing stables he has now invested in a football club and without a real storyline it is really just a précis of the lives of the many unmemorable characters. To me a lot of it was boring due to the subject matter and the fact so many of the characters were just so annoying. I have not read any of Jilly Cooper's novels for a very long time, though I have watched and enjoyed the TV adaptation of 'Rivals'. Maybe that is why I wanted to find out more about where the stories had taken the Campbell Blacks in this final volume. 'Tackle' certainly does not have the author's normal bubbly personality showing through in her written words as it did so much in the many books I have read of hers over the years.