Blogs in November 2022

Death of a Secretary 20th November 2022

Trudy Thornton’s body is run over on the A12 in the early hours of the morning, but DCI Millson’s attempts to find the killer are hampered by her secretive nature. One suspect is her boss, Charles Howard, an Under...

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A Fatal Reunion 5th November 2022

John Dennison died quietly; silence disturbed only by the sound of his legs threshing the bedsheets as the man astride his chest choked him. DCI Millson suspects that Dennison’s killer is Albert Smedley, the jealous husband heard quarrelling with...

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The Book Lady 5th November 2022

Even the most respectable people have secrets. Sometimes those secrets get them killed. Janet West and Laura Stebbing operate the mobile library that travels the villages of north-east Essex on a schedule as precise as a railway timetable. Janet...

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A Cousin Removed 12th October 2022

Max Douglas murders his wife on a pleasant Sunday afternoon in June. He kills her with the easy assurance he does everything else and has witnesses to say her death is an accident. Chief Inspect Millson is suspcious but...

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Without a Trace 27th September 2022

Eight-year old Maisie Brown disappears during Tanniford’s annual fete. Tanniford lies in the bend of a river and the only road out is over the railway bridge which was closed during the fete. DCI Millson believes Maisie has been...

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