A letter to... a real beauty

Walking around the room, Lucy Ashton watches people gently arrange stems of dahlias, snapdragons and rosemary. The air smells faintly of lavender. Someone leans over to compliment a neighbour’s bouque

AFTER Louisa’s funeral, her friends and neighbours gathered together in September Cottage. Her home, just like the church had been, was full of autumn flowers. Louisa had been born in September, which

EVERY time I smell the sweet scent of September air, I am transported back to Alderley Cottage. I am walking up the garden path strewn with grass and twigs towards a faded blue painted door with a bro

Ellie’s new friend made a suggestion – and it was bloomin’ marvellous

Like the stars of the Thursday Murder Club, moving to a retirement home was the start of something far more exciting than living alone for Rob and Maxine Beck...

A near-fatal car crash led to Rachel’s motorway revelation…