Thriller

After her lunch, Jinnie headed back to the garden office determined to produce a spreadsheet showing the approximate costs of setting up a new table d’hôte restaurant. She wasn’t exactly an expert with constructing a [more…]

On the evening of the last day of the cruise, as usual, everyone gathered on the balcony outside Jinnie’s cabin for their pre-dinner drink and canapés. For once the twins were with them, Izzy had [more…]

Jinnie woke and looked at her travel clock. It was 07:15 and she could hear the twins happily chatting in their bedroom. She got out of bed and went to say Happy Christmas to them. [more…]

On the way back from visiting the two new Aunty JoJo’s sites, Jinnie expressed her satisfaction at how well things in Barbados were going to Belinda. Belinda asked if she had plans for more branches [more…]

The luggage had arrived at the suite shortly after Ajay had left them and despite his saying that it was part of a butler’s duty to unpack for passengers, Jinnie didn’t fancy a stranger doing [more…]

Over a Sunday lunch of Mrs Walsh’s delicious roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, Jinnie and Penny told their parents of their Christmas and New Year cruise plan. Penny said they were only telling them now [more…]

Jinnie and Paolo arrived at what she now thought of as the head office and leading branch of Aunty JoJo’s Chicken Shack. Jinnie was staggered, if anything the queues outside were now even longer with [more…]

Jinnie stood in front of the suite’s full-length mirror and inspected herself. Her summer dress looked good, and her makeup was immaculate, those lessons from Melissa were paying off. Paolo was sitting in an armchair [more…]

Jinnie settled into the First Class compartment on the Thameslink train from Hadley Wood to Moorgate. It was just like the old days when she commuted into the Cross, but she now could afford to [more…]