BEFORE I TRUST YOU Daisy White

Ruby and Mary live above the hairdressers that they work in. This is Brighton 1965.

They treat themselves to a day at the races and are horrified when a young woman

apparently throws herself in front of the horses in the style of the suffragettes. Is this

an act of suicide or is there more to it. Ruby was very close to the railings when it

happened and she can’t get the images out of her mind. It’s sometimes hard to pictures

how different things were in that time. Not only no mobile phones but very few homes

even had a landline- telephone boxes were the norm. Ruby and Mary’s boss Johnny

is gay- something that wasn’t legalised for another four years. Detective work and

forensics were very basic- fingerprinting just about existed. This makes for an

interesting read as to how things were done differently and how people lived and

managed in what we now see as such basic times. A man is murdered and a horse

is stolen. Are the three incidents connected and if so - how? I enjoyed this, a delve

into the past (and no , I can’t remember that far back!) and of a more sedate way

of life. A steady, easy read.

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