All hands on deck

ARE you still available to look after the twins next week?” Jill winced as she heard her sister Claire’s question. She turned away to fill the kettle, trying to avoid eye contact. “Tell me you haven’t

JOSH dabbed expertly at the cut he’d just finished sewing up. He’d made a neat job of it and it should heal very nicely, leaving only a line. It wouldn’t be seen, anyway, once the cat’s fur grew back.

SOMETIMES it felt as if I was the only competent one in the family. Take our big American trip, for instance. Everyone – my husband and all the kids – had been bungling it from the start. I suppose th

Nothing much happened in the village DS Dottie Reed was posted to – until a body was found

COCKLES! Winkles!” Ellie heaves her heavy wicker basket higher on her arm and looks hopefully at the bank holiday crowds. They wander along the pier and wait in line for one or other of the pleasure s

A school reunion – could Pippa really face an encounter with the class bullies again?