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The Secret Locket by Suzan Stainforth (view source)
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Librarian Penny Knight was surprised when she came home on one day and found a jacket belonging to her twin brother Joseph hanging in the hall. He was ''supposed'' to be in Moscow for six months, working as a croupier. When she went through to the lounge he was lying on the sofa and her immediate reaction was that he was playing a trick on her - until she got closer and realised that there was something dreadfully wrong. And then she saw the blood. His last words were that he was innocent - and that she should look for a necklace in his jacket pocket. He died before he reached hospital. Penny and her parents were devastated - and then they realised that they were being watched.
Every first draft of a novel is perfect, because all it needs to be is ''completed'', but that's when the hard work starts as editing resolves plot holes and copy editing irons out the misused words, grammatical and spelling errors and finally proofreading puts a shine on the manuscript prior to publication. Unfortunately some authors are so buoyed by completing the first draft that they dash to publication and that is what has happened with ''The Secret Locket''. There are the bones of a very good story here but it needs a great deal more work before it becomes an enjoyable read.