Tessa Barrie

December 18, 2018

Happy Christmas from Cassie the Blog Dog

April 1, 2018May 13, 2018

The Changing Faces of Cassie the Blog Dog

February 22, 2018March 1, 2018

The Shorkie Diaries – 22nd February 2018

February 22, 2018

Ollie’s Busy Day

Tessa Barrie’s Lost Blogs: TESSA BARRIE'S LOST BLOGS

EXTRACT FROM Just Say It – Delicious Ambiguity

The reading of Arthur’s Will was expected to be straightforward and that he would dutifully leave his fortune to his grieving widow. A few minutes before her outburst, Lisa had been fighting to control her anger and Elizabeth, as usual, was the focus of her irritation. She’d arrived late, dressed like the Queen about to meet a head of state but, thankfully, not wearing a hat. She waited for the solicitor to pull up a chair for her and sat in wide-eyed anticipation waiting for the reading to start, whilst stifling the odd theatrical tear.

EXTRACT FROM Just Say It – Fisticuffs at Fanny’s

It is the 8th of October 1980, and it’s Lisa Grant’s twenty-first birthday. She has recently been reunited with her father, Fergus, who lays on a party for her at her favourite restaurant in Soho, Fanny’s Bistro. The tables are hastily rearranged to accommodate one uninvited guest, Lisa’s mother, Elizabeth. Towards the end of… Continue Reading →

EXTRACT FROM An Honest Review – Character Insight – DCI Humphrey Middleton

‘Working up until the end, were you?’ He asked, watching Jocelyn’s face as if expecting a reaction. When he was alone with a corpse, he always liked to chat with them. After assuring them he would find their killer, he enjoyed a bit of one-sided banter with them, as well as the odd laugh.

‘If you made a note of whodunit, that would be useful. It would make my life a lot easier.’

There were two empty glasses and a cocktail shaker on the bedside table. Humphrey picked the shaker and shook it. It was empty. Holding one the glasses to his nose, he sniffed it.

‘Juniperus communis.’ He said, looking at Jocelyn again. ‘You obviously liked your gin. Still the party girl, then?’

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