Crafts and Life

Every year between the dates of December 1 and December 24, a strange and wonderful insanity hits Ashton Falls. Most refer to this phenomenon as Christmas Spirit, but Zoe has been around long enough to know that spirit usually translates to insanity, which brings on a phenomenon she likes to…

Zoe becomes entangled in a complex murder case involving a dead miser, tipsy turkeys, and an eclectic cast of edacious heirs, when she agrees to help Jeremy in his temporary job at a nearby turkey farm two weeks before Thanksgiving. Zoe was wallowing in self pity (having had the rescue…

January 1954. Mists cover the hills around Selchester. Someone at the research facility known as the Atomic is leaking secrets to Soviet Russia, and when nuclear scientist Bruno Rothesay goes missing, the British Intelligence Services are convinced he’s the mole. Hugo Hawksworth isn’t so sure. Then a body turns up,…

Amid a backdrop of zombies on the run and Halloween festivities, animal control officer Zoe Donovan is faced with losing something she loves in order to save someone she loves when she finds a dead body in the basement of a haunted house just two days before Halloween. With the…

Breakfast – Marmalade on bread Lunch – egg salad Dinner – Lentil ragu and pasta Snacks Supper – cheese and crackers   Drinks – Water (500 ml) x 1, tea with milk (400 ml) x 6, Calvados Weight – 22 st 6.75 lb Up at about the same time (although…

1953, and Freya Wryton is determined to discover the truth of murdered Lord Selchester’s youthful passion for the mysterious Marie Louise. Her family and his colleagues want her late uncle’s secrets to go to the grave with him, but intelligence officer Hugo Hawksworth is as curious as Freya about what…

In Jewel Bay, all is merry and bright. At Murphy’s Mercantile, AKA the Merc, manager Erin Murphy is ringing in the holiday season with food, drink, and a new friend: Merrily Thornton. A local girl gone wrong, Merrily’s turned her life around. But her parents have publicly shunned her, and…

Breakfast Lunch – egg salad Dinner  Lentil Ragu and pasta Snacks Supper – cheese and crackers Drinks – Water (500 ml) x 1, tea with milk (400 ml) x 7 Weight – 22 st 7.5 lbs Okay not too bothered about the weigh in this morning, I was up at…

High school teacher Emma Lovett is finally recovering from her first year of teaching when she discovers another dead body. As if that wasn’t bad enough, this time, someone has killed a student, Kisten Hollis. Emma and her best friend, Leslie, are desperate to solve this murder. But suspects abound.…

Breakfast Lunch – veggie sos on a sub roll Dinner – bread and cheese Snacks Supper Drinks – water (500 ml) x 2, tea with milk (400 ml) x 5 Weight – 22 st 7.25 lbs (meh) Not so happy with my weight I think it is the wine and…