loopyloulaura

  A quiet street disrupted by the sound of gunshots. A family home that has become a prison. A race against time to prevent a tragedy… The Family Across The Street is a stand alone psychological thriller set in Australia. The book is written from four perspectives: former bad boy Logan, nosy neighbour Gladys, Katherine […]

I don’t know about you but I love cooking with wine as it feels very grown up! The combination of wine, cream and oil makes a deliciously golden sauce for pasta (or rice if you want). This creamy vegan mushroom pasta was one of my favourite pasta sauce recipes before I went vegan so I […]

A tragic love story set in Auschwitz between an SS officer and a Jewish woman he saved from the gas chambers. Based on a true story, Franz and Helena fall in love under the most unlikely circumstances, both risking death for this illicit love… The Girl in the Striped Dress is the third book I […]

  Jo Hughes is teaching astrology at Alcott College in the Cotswolds. But her idyllic life is interrupted when she discovers the body of a colleague. It appears that Seb killed himself but Jo isn’t convinced. Then a second colleague goes missing. She contacts her old friend and colleague private investigator David Macy to help […]

Last Monday we celebrated our first day out of the summer holiday, later than planned due to Matthew’s self isolation. To cheer him up, we decided to go to STEAM in Swindon. We purchased tickets in advance as this is necessary as part of the Covid guidance to reduce numbers to allow social distancing. Masks […]