Valerie Holliman

A gung-ho ex-military man pursues a secret life of crime, culminating in the kidnapping of a teenage heiress.

Why does Sylvia Payne, with her successful husband and luxurious home, get in such a flap about her daughter's schoolfriend coming to visit?

Barbara lives in a fantasy world of trying to become a great woman pilot like her heroine, the late Amy Johnson.

A man taking the train to work one morning is overcome by melancholy memories and morbid fantasies.

Charles Crow-Finch is a disorganised lawyer in debt; his son Rupert comes to bail him out. Rupert's girlfriend Cavatina buys Charles' practice and installs Rupert as the new boss.

A blind man is tormented by a mysterious visitor who moves into his house and kills his dog but seems only interested in playing vicious mind games.