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The trusty ‘whodunnit’. The book that has fascinated and filled people’s empty hours. We all like a mystery and this is my précis of the genre. Like music uses twelve notes to create a myriad of songs, crime fiction conjures up a million twists to a limited number of plots.

This is a complete beak up of a relationship and by the look of it, it’s turned a little nasty. There’s no reconciliation here and the protagonist is going to have to get out of town...and he ain’t coming back!

A relationship is faltering, and maybe nearing its end. However, one of them is clinging to a belief that there could be a reconciliation. There is tenacity, hope and a belief that it’s not over until the large lady start her song.

A number of years ago I lived in a flat that was owned by a professional woman who lived in the room above. Throughout the night, I would hear the banging of typewriter keys reverberating through the ceiling above. It transpired that she was writing poison pen letters and sending them to the relatives and friends of people she knew. I moved away from the area, but I often wonder what became of her.

This is an indulgent, enjoyment of falling in love. The rush and the excitement, the abandonment and the lack of fear at doing something stupid. When you’re in love, there’s a smile that you can’t scrub off.