A collection of stories written over a number of years. They range from comic to darkly psychological, from a few hundred words to several thousands, from rural Cornwall to the Solomon Islands. some will make you laugh.
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11 kirjaa tekijältä Ian Searle
Two years after the end of the war, the people of the Sussex village of Hartsfoot are still coming to terms with peace. When newcomer Duncan Frome sets up in business, he is viewed with suspicion, but it is more established residents whose secret activities lead to murder. Inspector Edward Blundell, ("The Bear"), investigates.
1953 Two women move into the Old Mill in the village of Belham. Why are they using assumed names? When one of them is brutally murdered, and the other disappears, DI Blundell and his team are drawn into extensive enquiries. For the young DC Wendy Brown it becomes an exciting experience which could help her climb the promotion ladder.
Mary Field and her husband Greg are about to leave Australia for a lengthy holiday in Europe, when Mary learns she has inherited a property in a small village in the south of England belonging to a distant relative Judge Lucien Malpas. On arriving in England they discover that the Judge has been murdered, tracking down the killer brings them closer to the community and bounds them to lasting friendships but for Mary the experience is both challenging and life-changing.
The suspicious death of a newly appointed headmaster at a private boarding school in Sussex leads to the discovery of fraud which threatens the very future of Greenacres School. Set during the summer of 1960 the action is seen through the eyes of a young graduate who has taken a new job at the school the chief investigating officer, DCI Blundell.
It's not every day that your father presents you with a tumbledown building and the funds to convert it into a hotel. It's not every day, either, that you learn his financial empire was built on theft. In this warm romantic story young entrepreneur Tom Hammond takes on the challenge but the struggle to survive and succeed in a small town community threatens to defeat him when major setbacks arise from his dysfunctional family. The experience affects his health and forces fundamental changes in his personal relationship.
Ralph Cobden's refusal at the age of eighteen to take over the family farm has disastrous effects and leaves him with a burden of guilt. By his early thirties he suffers a series of losses that destroy his mental well-being. Grief results in eccentric and potentially self-destructive behaviour. Professional help and the loving support of close friends are needed for him to survive. The result is an uplifting story of triumph over grief.
After the death of his wife Louise, Frank Whitaker faces many changes in his life, coping with his loss is one, but now the challenge of finding his own true identify becomes even more important.
Jim Grainger has spent the last 25 years carefully distancing himself from his past, burying memories of his school days under the weight of work, marriage, and routine. So when an invitation to his old school’s reunion arrives, he dismisses it without a second thought. But his wife, Gemma, intrigued by this part of his life he never speaks about, encourages—then insists—that they attend. Reluctantly, Jim gives in, unaware that this night will unearth secrets that have been hidden for decades.