Jeanne Laffan

An old wartime tragedy is still affecting the lives of two families including Rachel, Phyllida and Andras.

The Blakes and the Armitages have been friends for years, sharing the ups and downs of life and of parentage. Then the teenage and punkish Giselle Blake falls for the charms of the eldest Armitage son. X rated, contains offensive language and explicit sex.

Eight children, whose lives began in Shancarrig school, keep their special memories although leading very different lives;

Five very different women meet in hospital and the result is enduring friendships but also deep rivalries. Later, as they continue to meet, tensions increase, culminating in the suspicious death of one of their number.

Just before World War 2 Bridie came to live with her grandparents in Edinburgh. Her days were to be quietly filled with her job at the florist and the occasional evening class. There was also her writing; nobody could stop that.

But Edinburgh was growing restless, dangerous and changing. And Bridie’s growing political awareness, her eager participation with life and with the many people she met meant that things never stood still around her. In those dragonfly years she began to struggle out of a straitjacket of domestic and social restraints – only to find that the friendship which was helping her soon imposed restraints of its own.

It seemed that in her fight for independence Bridie was losing almost everything she had been fighting for. And all the time, the possibility of another War was becoming a terrible reality.

The body in the boat appeared to be a woman's but was that of a man. Whilst his wife is away, Inspector Pitt investigates this bizarre murder with the help of his mother-in-law.

A well written varied collection of short stories.

The true story of a trainee nurse in the 1920's. After qualifying the author travelled with her husband to China, Africa, the West Indies and Singapore.

In the summer of 1365 a man is murdered in the shadow of York Minster. Owen Archer is asked to investigate but soon finds himself ensnared in a plot devised by very powerful masters.

Twelve ingenious, witty mysteries from Agatha Christie at her best.

The Hermitage, a 'refuge' in Provence, has been used for centuries by the Catholic Church to hide its secrets from the world. Marguerite wants to restore the Hermitage to its rightful place in the community, but a corrupt priest is determined to stop her.

Stella works as an agony aunt for a teenage magazine. Her many friends often come to her for free advice on their own problems, assuming she has none of her own but, when her glamorous friend from university comes to stay on the break-up of her own marriage, Stella’s life develops all sorts of complications. X rated, explicit sexual content and strong language.

A child is killed after running between two parked cars and into the path of a car travelling at just 28 miles per hour. The coroner declared that it was no one's fault. Even so Maude, the 25 year old driver, blamed herself and lived for ten years punishing herself. Only a stranger's knock at the door convinces her that there might be something to live for!

Selina Bruce's father is dead, but when she sees a photograph that leads her to believe that he is alive, she flies off to Spain to find him. Once there she discovers the truth about herself and her fiance.

In 1946, Evelyn Sert, a 20 year old hairdresser from Soho sets sail for Palestine. Once in Tel Aviv, where many people are starting a new life, Evelyn re-invents herself and with her lover, Johnny, finds herself at the heart of a dangerous game.

A West Country spinster sets her sights at Winston, poacher and rogue of the village.