A chance encounter with a stranger, Priscilla Blunt, seems to offer Nina Crowther an escape from her problems. Middle-aged, struggling to recover from the shock of her husband divorcing her to marry a younger (and pregnant) woman, Nina happily falls in with Priscilla's idea to house-sit for...Read more
After being accused of a rape he did not commit and being ostracized by his community, Philip Winter seeks cover with an Animal Rights group, until another woman crosses his path with revenge on her mind.Read more
Jerry and Peter have been successfully conning vulnerable householders for years. But then Jerry decides to try the straight and narrow, getting an honest job in a chip shop. Once there he meets Imogen, pregnant and temporarily living with her step-grandmother, Charlotte Frost. In his new...Read more
A country village, a family home, a quiet evening...
When two armed intruders break into the Jarvises’ country house, the lives of Derek, his wife Janet and daughter Hannah are to be changed forever. Fearing for their safety, Derek offers no resistance, but one of the men is not...Read more
Denis is living on the edge of society; neglected and unwanted, he scrapes by on his earnings as an odd-jobber. His is the sort of desperation that will tip into lawlessness at the drop of a monkey wrench. A chance encounter with Len, inmate of the local open prison, enables Denis to prove...Read more
Although she hadn't seen her god-daughter for several years, Isabel feels duty-bound to help when Emily gets into trouble and takes her under her wing. To her surprise Emily is determined not to be a sponger and gets herself a job as nanny. Emily discovers her charge is illegitimate, the...Read more