Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes

This really is my month for catching up on old friends, virtual and real. Finally today, someone who has been to the Bingergread Cottage in real life. Please welcome, Sue Barnard (massive applause from us two, the orphans hooting and whistling plus barking from Lily).

Welcome home, Sue. So, grab a glass and tell us what you have been up to.

Thanks Ailsa. [Pauses to refill glass] A ta santé! (Yach’mat – Breton, reply)

Since I saw you last June, Crooked Cat published my second novel, Nice Girls Don’t. It’s a romantic intrigue set in 1982, and the story centres around a quest to uncover family secrets. My third novel, a murder mystery set during an am-dram production of Julius Caesar, is due out some time this summer – watch this space for more details.

I’m currently working (very slowly!) on a time-slip novel based on an old French legend.