Deceit and Settling in the West
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Settling in the West
St John’s Eve
Darkness was falling as Kate hurried back to the farmhouse. A cold wind swept in from the Atlantic bringing with it light rain.
“That you honey? I’m in here,” Sean shouted when he heard the latch on the heavy door lift.
“What can I tell him? Will he believe me or will he justify this too?” Kate thought as she placed her blue anorak onto the coat rack in the brightly lit hallway. She walked into the comfortable sitting room heaving a sigh of relief. Sean looked up from his book; he gazed at his pretty wife, her blonde hair trailing over her shoulders.
“What’s wrong love you’re out of breath?”
“The villagers have lit fires along the road. It will only take a strong wind and the woods will be set alight, it all seems strange and unnatural to me,” Kate replied. “Is Brendan OK?” she added anxiously.
“He’s fine, he’s sleeping, but this teething business doesn’t suit him. Come and sit down love, I’ll make a cup of tea.”
It worried Sean that Kate didn’t understand the traditions or ways of the surrounding countryside. He’d tried to explain the superstitions and myths that went with the environmental culture, but he felt she had an obsession of reading more than there was into a situation. The two-storey house was near completion and the farm was paying off. This was not the time to be thinking of moving back to
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Settling in the West is a story of three young Kate, the youngest of the girls moved to Kate misses her sister and feels that Mary needs support after she receives a letter from her saying Tom was in the nursing home… again. Sean came to Kate’s assistance when she had a car accident, whilst driving through Sean realised that he was in danger of losing his family, home and way of life. Sarah was the middle sister. She only ever yearned to marry and settle down in Deceit is a turbulent love story full of twists, turns, murder and deceit. Did Dr Burrows murder his wife or is Det. Fisher setting him up? Fisher is besotted with Martha who is the childhood sweetheart of Dr Burrows.
About the Author
Ann Cullen was born in
In 1962 Ann married a
In 1987 she joined the Birmingham Post & Mail as a copytaker, where she worked until she was made redundant in 2007. She had many articles, theatre and holiday reviews published.
She wrote a cookery column for 18 months for a local Irish community paper.
In 2002 she wrote a short cookery book A Taste of Ireland based on meals her mother and grandmother cooked. Her book is available at Birmingham City Library.
Ann is a frequent visitor to the West of Ireland where two of her daughters live. She lives in Erdington,
Deceit and Settling in the West is her first book of short stories. Ann is currently working on a novel.