“Aida watches Dennis open his tobacco pouch and stuff his pipe. As a child she was entranced by the process, and the glamorous stink of it, the special words: flake, shag, shank, dottle. He told her that each pipe had its own ghost, which is the taste when you suck it, empty and cold. Sometimes he let her taste the ghost.” LoveTruthRelationshipsPowerfulSacrificeLiesLoss Of IdentitySecrets And LiesForbidden ConnectionsCross Generational Book:A Particular Man Source: A Particular Man
“To think how thrilled she was when she took the job to have to sign the Official Secrets Act. It seemed so deliciously cloak and dagger, and she thought she'd become privy to important national secrets, or at least something interesting. But it's all piffle, baffling as hell and twice as boring.” WarRomanceDarkMemoryHistorical FictionYearningHauntingFamily DramaForbidden ConnectionsPost Trauma Book:A Particular Man Source: A Particular Man
“She hurries out of the hammering rain into the puddled shelter of St Pancras. As arranged, he's waiting outside WH Smith, and her heart jerks like a bad dog on a lead.” PowerfulHistoricalLegacyConnectionHauntingEmotional DepthSurvivor S GuiltMoral DilemmasForbidden ConnectionsEmotional Thriller Book:A Particular Man Source: A Particular Man