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Shocked at the amount of homeless in Fareham, Karen takes a job at the local hostel where she meets support worker Gemma, an acquaintance from her past. When a young female resident is attacked, the the amount of finger of suspicion falls on Falklands veteran Harry who was spotted running from the scene. Or was it John, living rough in the woods, who is resisting help from the homeless team? Karen discovers him sleeping in her shed and offers him help but when he runs away, she follows and soon finds herself once more in danger. Meanwhile, Molly, fleeing with her young daughter from an abusive marriage finds life even harder when she loses more than the roof over her head. At the hostel she meets Wes, a friend from her past and now an outreach worker. Will their revived friendship help her situation, or make things worse, when her husband Rob scours the streets of Fareham determined to win her back at any cost?Shocked at the amount of homeless in Fareham, Karen takes a job at the local hostel where she meets support worker Gemma, an acquaintance from her past. When a young female resident is attacked, the the amount of finger of suspicion falls on Falklands veteran Harry who was spotted running from the scene. Or was it John, living rough in the woods, who is resisting help from the homeless team? Karen discovers him sleeping in her shed and offers him help but when he runs away, she follows and soon finds herself once more in danger. Meanwhile, Molly, fleeing with her young daughter from an abusive marriage finds life even harder when she loses more than the roof over her head. At the hostel she meets Wes, a friend from her past and now an outreach worker. Will their revived friendship help her situation, or make things worse, when her husband Rob scours the streets of Fareham determined to win her back at any cost?

Another volume from Christine Lawrence's tales of hauntings, nightmares, murder and imaginings of the darkest kind, many of which were written and performed at Portsmouth's spoken word events for DarkFest, Holmes Fest and BookFest.

Set during the First World War in Portsmouth, Grace is working as a parlourmaid at Mrs Simpson's grand home. Her future changes when her mistress encourages Grace to take up nurse training in the Borough Asylum. Grace isn't sure and her parents forbid her to even think about it, but when Mrs Simpson offers to take Grace to the asylum to look around, she begins to wonder if she should go anyway.