A deadly discovery

WOULD you look at the man!” Maggie said. She wasn’t much to look at herself, being as black as sin from the coal dust. She’d just finished a shift at the colliery screens, picking lumps of coal out of

WHAT was the man thinking of when he did his shopping? Jessie thought. Two huge, brown paper parcels spilled food on to the kitchen table. Enough to feed a family for a fortnight at least. Slices of t

WASN’T it you who used to work behind the bar at the Frog and Lettuce?” Susan Tallboys looked up. She’d been fastening the buttons of her overcoat, suppressing her dislike of its worn fabric and its m

THAT’S ridiculous! I’m your assistant! Why won’t they let me go, too?” Pat glowered at Jon. They’d been bringing each other up to date with the day’s events over Mrs Perry’s evening meal of lamb chops

SISSIE sighed with relief as a wintry Oban came into view. Her Morris Minor was behaving, but it always felt good to complete the long drive from Glasgow. The sea was sparkling and the air frosty as t

JAMIE MASON returned to the village, an arm and leg still in plaster, but a single crutch tucked determinedly under his good arm, convinced that he would soon be back down the pit. As was always the c