Four novellas for a rainy day: Lily (Historical/Paranormal), The Pilates Class (Humorous), The Noise Effect (Suspense), and Cruising Danger (Thriller).

Eve and Leigh Chandler are a newlywed couple who move into a new house on a council estate. Living next door is Mark Denny and also his two teenage sons, who play loud music incessantly and have noisy all-night parties. Eve and Leigh are driven to distraction by the noise, and complain to the council about Mark Denny. The complaint causes a frightening chain of events to occur, which will change Eve and Leigh's lives forever.

Dr. Beth Nichols ist schwanger und glucklich verlobt mit Liam Darrah, einem befreundeten Arzt. Als sie eines Abends nach einer Spatschicht auf dem Heimweg vom Krankenhaus ist, ahnt sie nicht, dass sie von Ex-Patient Edwin Evans verfolgt wird. Nachdem sie betaubt wurde, erwacht sie in Edwin's Keller, wird dort gegen ihren Willen gefangen gehalten und bringt dann dort ohne medizinische Hilfe ihr Kind zur Welt. Trotzdem versucht Beth, positive Haltung zu bewahren, da sie spurt, dass Liam dort draussen immer noch nach ihr sucht. Jede Nacht schaut sie empor zur Gluhbirne, die nie ausgeschaltet ist...

18 short stories about significant life events; birth, death, marriage, change of career, addiction, ageing, and more.

At the grand old age of 92, my mother Dot suddenly starts telling me that she loves me. I am quite dumbstruck at these outbursts of emotion, as she has never mentioned the fact before in all of my 58 years. Over the entire course of my lifetime we have often argued bitterly, and have never really seen eye-to-eye over anything. I squirm with the inner knowledge that she wants me to reply in a similar vein, but try as I might, I cannot. The guilt I feel at being unable to grant Dot her wish is overwhelming. As Dot's health deteriorates more towards the final chapters of her life, I take on the...