A collection of stories by the author Frederic Raphael.
ON A SPARKLING SUMMER MORNING, reclusive master jeweller WILLIAM rushes to finish a piece for a demanding client, while in the square outside two well-dressed men, JOSH and BART, pull up in their Smart car to an odd welcome. Coloured lingerie drifts down from the sky. With quiet fury, go-getter lawyer JANET tosses these pieces out to divest herself of last night’s pain – dinner...
Follows Anna and Sebastian, work colleagues who are mistakenly believed to be a couple by a client and now they must keep up appearances to not disappoint their biggest client.
With her son Edward (Tom Hiddleston) about to embark on a volunteer trip to Africa, doting mother Patricia (Kate Fahy) wants to give him a good send-off, and gathers her family together for a getaway to a holiday home on idyllic Tresco, one of the Isles of Scilly. Edward’s father’s attendance is eagerly anticipated, though sister Cynthia (Lydia Leonard) appears to be there unde...
A descent into Hell is triggered when "Ex-Lord" Donald Brocklebank finds that he must leave Longleigh House for London to find a way to pay for the medical treatments for his wife Nancy. Alone, his over-protected, delusional, adult son, James, fancies himself in charge of the manor house with his terminally ill mother, and barricades the two of them into the house for a series ...
