Blame- Patricia Dixon- Crime/psychological fiction 

A book of crime, and a read of hope. Many yeas ago Frankie and her two

friends were witnesses to a murder. The perpetrator Herbert was caught

and imprisoned. He is now due to be released and thinks he would have

got away with it had it not been for “ three interfering girls''. Margaret

has always liked Herbert and on his release he is going to move in with

her. For the last fourteen years she has been shunned by the community

for being on the side of a known murderer. Frankie also had a close call-

with a knife when she lived in Elkdale. She has now changed her name

and moved away but is about to make a much larger move- to France

where no one will know her background and she can finally put the

past behind her where it belongs however she has just begun a new

relationship- something she has steered away from but Jed seems

very different from her previous experiences. Herbert wants to seek

revenge but time isn't on his side as he has terminal cancer. 

I so loved this. There are several threads in this: one of crime, one

of past crimes, one looking to the future and one of bitterness and

blame- all clevely interwoven. A woman of hope wanting to put the

past behind her as many of us do, but those all so surprising glimpses

of something that reginite and fan the flames of what has gone

before and what still may stand in our way. I loved Frankie and the

very positive determination of Jed as the guiding light. Justice?

That you’ll have to read to find out and maybe even decide for

yourself. The past is behind us, step into the future.

One to remember, one stunning read.

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