It’s always too early to quit.

Tragedy strikes ten friends on holiday in Cornwall leaving them reeling with the knowledge that the crime was committed by one of them...

School Holiday Sleuth – Idyll Interrupted. The Making of a Mystery.

I knew I wasn't going to get away this summer. Family commitments, jobs that needed doing, rugby training, and a host of other responsibilities made any kind of holiday unrealistic. So I decided to do something completely different with my time and write a crime fiction murder mystery blog to be published in instalments and…

Idyll Interrupted. The Making of a Mystery.

I knew I wasn't going to get away this summer so I had the bright idea to write a crime fiction murder mystery blog...

School Holiday Sleuth – Idyll Interrupted – 6

It took one more day with Anna, and enquiries back at the station, before Blandford agreed that they were ready to invite everyone to join him in the garden on the warm summer evening, the last of their holiday. Waves crashed onto the beach below indicating wind out at sea and an imminent change in…

Idyll Interrupted – 6

It took one more day with Anna, and enquiries back at the station, before Blandford agreed that they were ready to invite everyone to join him in the garden...

School Holiday Sleuth – Idyll Interrupted – 5

There was a momentary pause while Blandford took in the enormity of this small bag. He stood up stiffly and moved towards the door. “Perhaps we could break for a moment?” He signalled another police officer into the room and ushered Anna out and into the kitchen to make a cup of tea. “Right.” Blandford…

Idyll Interrupted – 5

There was a momentary pause while Blandford took in the enormity of this small bag...

School Holiday Sleuth – Idyll Interrupted – 4

The full moon lit the way back up the cliff for Anna and Barry and they chatted quietly as they made their way up the steep path. They were close to the house when Anna stopped. “That makes me so cross,” she hissed. “What’s that?” “Can you give me one of those poo bags that…

Idyll Interrupted – 4

The full moon lit the way back up the cliff for Anna and Barry and they chatted quietly as they made their way up the steep path...

School Holiday Sleuth – Idyll Interrupted – 3

The meal that evening was the first time they were all together again since the barbeque on the beach, and it felt like a world away. Blandford had, once again, left for the night leaving a colleague guarding the door. The day had been a long one but as Anna had bought the makings of…