A letter to... my naughty lump

This is a cosy crime mystery with a difference – where you’re the detective! Read the story and then use your powers of deduction to identify the killer as well as their method and motive for a chance to win £500

The September sun was still warm when I reached the familiar stretch of beach. I glanced up at a messy display of cotton-wool clouds in the sky. They were bobbing randomly overhead and I almost felt I

I knew something was bothering my daughter, but I never imagined the truth to be so harrowing…

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