When Reg and Mavis Holmes advertised for a lodger, several applicants retreated as soon as they heard there was a young baby in the house.
But Miss Trubb’s reaction was different: `When she had seen the pram in the hall and Mavis had told her about Joy, her stern, rather lifeless features had glowed with a sudden radiance, an inner happiness that shone in her faded eyes and trembled in her voice.’
But the peaceful, happy days of this young couple and their baby are soon to be shattered. How can Miss Trubb’s interest in their new baby be as innocent as it seems? For Reg and Mavis soon learn that they’ve entrusted their blooming 6-month-old daughter to the protection of a convicted child killer . . .
- ISBN10 1447221338
- ISBN13 9781447221333
- Publish Date 17 May 2012 (first published 12 May 1988)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 19 January 2022
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Pan Macmillan
- Imprint Macmillan Bello
- Format eBook (EPUB)
- Pages 192
- Language English