Life's Hard - Wine Helps!: A Surprise for Christine

Thursday 19 February 2015

A Surprise for Christine

A Surprise for Christine is a collection of short stories.

A Surprise for Christine

The collection was originally published under the title Twelve of the Best, but my publisher thought that it was time they were given a new title and a brand new cover and hopefully a whole new lease of life.

The stories are light-hearted, very easy to read and would fit in nicely with your coffee break. (if you manage to get a coffee break in your busy day)

Anyway if you are looking for a quick read, then A Surprise for Christine could be something you might be interested in.

They seem to have finished digging up the streets in Kelso or at least I thought they had. But it now seems that there was something not quite right because they are at it again. The pavement outside the Town Hall is up again. I think this must be about the third time they have fiddled around outside there.
Could they possibly be looking for something a workman left behind? Or more importantly, could they be looking for one of the workmen?

Is it possible that when they did a head count at the end of the day, they found that one man was missing and had to come back and start looking for him? Okay, I know it sounds stupid and probably is, but why do they have to keep tearing up the areas that have been done once or even twice before unless they are missing something?

I play the lottery online and the other day I received an email to say my ticket had been lucky. I was to go to my account and find out how much the ticket was worth. As it turned out, I have won £25, which is very nice, but wouldn't it have been wonderful if there has been a few more noughts on the end. I could have seen our family were okay and set up a fund for our gorgeous nephew. But it wasn't to be - at least not this time. But you never know - one day...

I think that is all for the moment, except to wish you all good luck in whatever you do.

Have a great day

Cheers!!

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Death on Tyneside

Agnes Lockwood returns to Tyneside after spending a few months abroad. On her first visit, she gained quite the reputation as an amateur sleuth, as she helped the police solve a murder.

Now, she is simply looking forward to meeting again with Alan Johnson, a DCI with the Newcastle police force. Having missed him while she was away, she is hoping their relationship will continue to blossom.

But on her first day back in the city, she gets caught up in another murder. This time, her intrusion into the police investigation pushes Alan Johnson’s patience to the very limit.

Murder on Tyneside

Recently widowed Agnes Lockwood is spending a few days on Tyneside in Northeast England, keen on catching up with her past. But after only a few days at the hotel, an expensive item of jewelry is stolen.

After more jewelry goes missing, Chief Inspector Alan Johnson is assigned to the case. During the investigation, Alan recognizes Agnes as a friend from schooldays and they rekindle their friendship – with Agnes bombarding him with questions about the case.

After having dinner together one evening, they find a body lying on the roadside. Fearing for her safety, Alan warns Agnes to stay away from the case: theft is one thing, but murder is something else.

But being an inquisitive woman, Agnes can’t resist getting involved... too involved.

Only Twelve Days

This heartwarming story is set in a time when computers and mobile phones were still in their infancy.

It's almost Christmas, one of the most wonderful times of the year. Nearly everyone is eagerly looking forward to spending the festive season with their loved ones. But what about those who are facing Christmas alone?

Bill and Sally are two such people. Both are shy and lonely; left behind when the rest of the country was caught up in the changes of the swinging sixties. Will they avoid the holiday season as they usually do, and spend it alone? Or this year, just for a change, will Christmas catch up with them?

Though this story is set during the run up to Christmas, it is a tender love story to be enjoyed at any time of the year.

The Trojan Project

Sarah and her family's peaceful night is disturbed when a strange light rises from behind the Cheviot Hills, and a green mist descends across the valley. Its swirling tendrils, seeming to bear a life of their own as they snake across the land, can only be an omen of something sinister and evil.

Her fears seem confirmed when her husband fails to return home from working on the land, and when he is still missing the following morning, she and her children set out to search for him. A terrifying discovery awaits her in the valley below her home and before long, Sarah and her children find themselves caught up in a desperate search, not only for her husband Pete, but also for the meaning of the green light. Finding herself pursued by the military, she slowly begins to realize her life, and the lives of those she loves, are in mortal danger.

The Trojan Project takes us into a nightmare world where no one is quite what they seem, and trust becomes a word with little meaning. Beware the green light in the sky; you never know what it hides!

Her fears seem confirmed when her husband fails to return home from working on the land, and when he is still missing the following morning, she and her children set out to search for him. A terrifying discovery awaits her in the valley below her home and before long, Sarah and her children find themselves caught up in a desperate search, not only for her husband Pete, but also for the meaning of the green light. Finding herself pursued by the military, she slowly begins to realize her life, and the lives of those she loves, are in mortal danger.

The Trojan Project takes us into a nightmare world where no one is quite what they seem, and trust becomes a word with little meaning. Beware the green light in the sky; you never know what it hides!