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Manchester Crime Thriller
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Maggie Waterford finds a handbag outside the park with her name and phone number inside. Who does it belong to and how does she know her?

After a dull and lonely summer Maggie knows she has to find the owner. So with the help of her conspiracy theorist best friend, she encounters jewellery thieves, angry musicians, a murderer and an almost helpful Detective Inspector. 

Will she find the owner of the bag and finally come to terms with her own family problems in this crime thriller set in Manchester?
Humorous Manchester Women's Fiction
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Vicky is nearly fifty, happily single and convinced men are only useful for sex and moving heavy objects.
 
But when her best friend, Helen, falls downstairs and ends up in hospital, Vicky realises a man might be a good idea to help her into, and through, her old age. And she'd better find one while she still has her own teeth.

​But the only man she's ever loved is Mike, Helen's husband.

When Helen promises her a spa weekend if she can find a man to bring to Mike's birthday party in two weeks, Vicky goes through the agonies of speed dating, blind dates, relationship counsellors and checking out the players at the local hockey club.

But is a free spa weekend worth all the hassle?
Humorous memoir
A humorous and almost honest reality tale about being brought up in the 1960s in a household with three generations of ‘new’ men: my grandad, my uncle, my dad and my three brothers. I couldn’t help but be self-sufficient and capable and as I made my way in the world, I saw no reason to waste my time searching for my own man, except maybe for sex and moving heavy objects.

Having travelled around the world teaching, working in IT and singing in some inappropriate places, I found myself turning fifty in perfectly pleasant Cheshire and wondering if it might now be time to find a partner to help me into, and through, my old age. But what would be the cost? Physically, mentally, emotionally and financially.

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