Lucky Dip — David Burnell

Celebrate life in all its ups and downs. Skip round its Perils and scowl over its Predicaments. Stories from Yorkshire to Cornwall, from Jerusalem to Jericho, from Uganda's airport to its remotest interior: * An Irish circus girl leaps from a dizzying height; * A farewell tea party brings fear in an upmarket hotel; * Love springs from thorns in a refuse disposal tip; * A Flying Scotsman screeches to a shuddering halt; * Tales of partition in Israel, even in a building of shared ancestry; * Early life tales of “Cornish Conundrum” heroes, George Gilbert and Robbie Glendenning . . . And many more. Relax . . . and plunge in for a Lucky Dip. Top short-story author Iain Pattison said of the first story of this collection, Londonderry Heir: “. . . a marvellous detective story, with a clever twist ending; tightly written, intriguing, well paced, expertly structured...”