John Rutter

Approval follows would-be parents David and Cici through a series of forays into the past as they go through the motions of applying to adopt a child. Their story builds a picture of hope, vulnerability and fear as David is put under intense and intrusive scrutiny during their battle against faceless bureaucracy. From family background and early experiences to adult relationships, he is forced to revisit uncomfortable — sometimes painful — episodes,...

"Haven't we met before": Law student Emily Winton survives an assault perpetrated by a man who believes she wronged him in a previous life. She assists the investigating detective, who suspects that her attacker has already committed murder as a result of his psychosis. "Try to remember": A supposedly wrapped up murder case comes back to haunt a small town 15 years later when all the witnesses who testified start dying. "A crime of passion": Frederica...