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Mel Parish

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British-born suspense writer Mel Parish finds intrigue even in everyday happenings. She is fascinated by how one seemingly small decision can have dramatic repercussions, a fascination she explores in her stories of ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. Fortunately, the characters in her head are the ones who have to deal with the fall-out while she leads a relatively normal life - or at least, what she considers normal.

Mel wrote her first book at the age of twelve when she took her English teacher’s instructions to write a story with more than one chapter literally and ended up with a young adult mystery novel. The passion for writing was temporarily eclipsed by the needs of career, marriage, and family, but was reignited when h
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Trust No One

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The Anniversary

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Ulterior Motives

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Silent Lies

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Motive For Revenge

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Walking the West Highland Way - Day 2 - Bridge of Orchy to Glencoe Mountain Resort

 


On Day 2 on The West Highland Way, we were rather hoping for sunshine as our journey would take us across Rannoch Moor which my guide book, The West Highland Way by Terry Marsh had a rather dire warning about - "In the right conditions, it is quite simply a wonderland, but one that could become a nightmare with any adverse change to the conditions."  Given the unpredictability of Scottish wea

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