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LUCKY DIP
A collection of short stories from travels to Israel and Uganda as well as many other tales, old and modern, from across the UK. * An Irish Circus girl leaps from a dizzying height; * A farewell tea brings fear in an upmarket hotel; * A Flying Scotsman screeches to a juddering halt; * Partition in Israel, even in a place of shared ancestry; * Conflict and confusion around Uganda; * Early life tales of George Gilbert and Robbie Glendenning, heroes of "Cornish Conundrums"; * A new tale of William Shakespeare, special agent ; and many more. Relax and plunge in for a Lucky Dip. Only a few of these are crime stories. Top short-story writer Iain Pattison says of the first, Londonderry Heir: ". . . a marvellous detective story, with a clever twist ending; tightly written, intriguing, well paced, expertly structured . . ." Some pictures relating to the locations of some of the stories are shown on the left. |