Esther Williams is thirty and single. She lives with her grandmother in a small house and her life is one of routine and order; she always takes a seaside holiday each year and every Thursday she goes to the cinema alone. She does not know if she is ...
Protected from the world by her doting mother, June thought that tragedies were things that happened to other people. Then she learned the truth about her father. Unwilling to face the reality of an imperfect world, she ran away... straight in to the...
Josh and Maisie Evans are Good Samaritans and enjoy lending a helping hand to lonely elderly ladies. Auntie Flo had lived with them for years until her death, leaving the Evans's her Estate, such as it was. It is natural, therefore, when they meet Mr...
Young Bernard West's arrival at Bulmer Hall was accompanied by high hopes. He was to tutor the children of Isabel and Henry Morrison in an atmosphere of wealth and elegance. But Bernard soon realises that the mistress has ot her plans for him....
A Dark Corner is a chilling depiction of domestic horror. First published in 1971 it tells the story of Errol, a young man who finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. In a North-West London suburb on a wet evening Errol mistakenly rings t...
On the 14th floor of a London apartment bloc k live the Daltons: cheerful Dennis, his sharp wife, Vera an d their 12 year old daughter, Linda. When things begin to go wrong, Linda weaves a web of misunderstanding and confusion - leading to crisis....
On the trail of two women who rob the elderly after surreptitiously dosing tea with sleeping pills, Detective Inspector Wally Simpson has a more serious case on his hands when one of the elderly victims die...
Crime in all its devious incarnations is presented in this treat of murderous morsels dished out by old ppros and promising newcomers. Artfully crafted and impossible to put down, each story bountifully demooonstrates why these authors are la creme d...