Murder on the Marshes (Tara Thorpe Mystery, #1)

by Clare Chase

She’d learnt a long time ago that you couldn’t always eliminate what threatened you, yet somehow you had to find a way to carry on. That meant learning to cope – both practically and emotionally. You got power from knowing you hadn’t been beaten. And from learning how to protect yourself.

It reminded Blake of that cynical old maxim: ‘It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.’

A time when you could make decisions that would affect your whole life, without having the maturity to fully understand your actions.