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Alice is reunited with Luke, the son she gave away 27 years ago. He found her after having his own child. Now Luke needs to negotiate a new relationship with his birth parents and be sensitive to his adoptive mother. Alice agrees to help out with childcare so that Luke’s partner Hannah can return to […]

Women are being murdered with metal balls in their throats. Detective Inspector Dan  Lockhart is convinced he is dealing with a serial killer but is battling his superiors to make the links. He asks his psychologist Lexi Green for her input. Dan is dealing with his own demons from the army and the mysterious disappearance […]

  It seems a little strange to review this book on Mother’s Day as it has such a powerful theme about motherhood. Erin was just 14 when she became pregnant. She was forced to give away her baby daughter and hid her secret from her husband and children. On her 40th birthday, her long lost […]

    In summer 1933, Kitty Underhay travels to see her estranged family at Enderley Hall and gets caught up in a theft and murders linked to national security. I enjoyed the 1930s setting and the historical detail and attitudes seemed realistic and well researched. There are overtones of Agatha Christie in terms of the […]

Garlic has so many health benefits plus it keeps vampires away! This is a quick and easy recipe that is both vegan and gluten free. 1 onion or leek, or a bunch of spring onions, chopped 10-12 mushrooms 200g rice 2-3 garlic cloves or a tablespoon of garlic paste or puree 1 stock cube and […]