Touchy SubjectsHow do you make conversation with a sperm donor? How do you say someone's novel is drivel? Would you give a screaming baby brandy? In what words would you tell your girlfriend to pluck a hair on her chin? Touchy Subjects is about things that make people wince: taboos controversies secrets and lies. Some of the events that characters crash into are grand tragic ones: miscarriage overdose missing persons a mother who deserts her children. Other topics

Rumpelstitskin

Less clear are the reasons for secretary Gerald Hadleigh's fierce objections to seeing the man - a face from his past - again

Over the decades

He means to drive the griffins from his domain - whether by negotiation or brute force

where hopes are dashed and dreams are made

Among the newcomers is Lieutenant Pilgrim Penn

love and togetherness

the roar of the crowd and the fanfare of trumpets ringing in his ears

but most of all

Unfortunately for Mercy

who steps from the pages in all her charm

'Another creepy thriller from a modern master' - Daily Mirror