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A wonderful new series from Helen Phifer begins with One Left Alive. Morgan Brookes is a police officer at the start of her career but with her sights set on CID. She is out on her first independent patrol when she gets called to a house with a woman’s body hanging outside. There is no […]

Hello and welcome to the brand new blog linky…#ParentPower You don’t need to be a parent to join in but family friendly posts are essential. Have you any parenting hacks, recipes or gift ideas to link up with us? What books or days out have you enjoyed recently? Have you got any words or wisdom […]

The house next door is burning down and Vanessa notices that her stepdaughter Mia is missing. Has she run away, been kidnapped or is she in the burning house…? We begin with the disappearance of Mia and the immediate aftermath of the fire. Then we are taken back in time to the start of Vanessa’s […]

We tried to make the most of the last weeks of summer before school FINALLY re-opens! Many places are partially closed but not offering any reduced tickets so we wanted to find somewhere that was mostly open for visitors. The Chiltern Open Air Museum is just that, out in the open air, with plenty of […]

DS Smith’s life is back on an even keel after a turbulent year. His wife and daughter have moved back in and they are looking forward to a long Christmas holiday together. But then the phone rings and Smith and Whitton are called back to work for a murder investigation. Two more bodies are discovered […]