Debbie Taylor – författare

Rissa Cosby is killed, a horrible accident, or is it murder? While the family is still mourning, Thomas Cosby remarries, much to the anguish and objections of his family.

Katherine Cosby, Thomas'' mother, is the first to suspect Evelyn of murdering her daughter-in-law. Nellie, Thomas'' oldest daughter is unhappy with her father and becomes a traveling companion with her grandmother Katherine who is a local mid-wife.

A Christian family, the Cosbys try to accept the new Mrs. Cosby and deal with the challenges of living in rural Kentucky in 1842.

Set in a Tyneside fishing village, Herring Girl moves effortlessly between 1898 and 2007 as twelve-year-old Ben finds himself the unlikely conduit for Annie, a herring girl who lived – and died – a century earlier. As Ben tries to unravel the puzzle of Annie’s death, he is drawn irresistibly into her long-vanished world.Bringing the startling story of Annie’s life and curious death vividly to life, this brilliantly realised historical mystery introduces a cast of unforgettable characters, and reveals how the secrets of our past are never too far away.

Set in a Tyneside fishing village, Herring Girl moves effortlessly between 1898 and 2007 as twelve-year-old Ben finds himself the unlikely conduit for Annie, a herring girl who lived – and died – a century earlier. As Ben tries to unravel the puzzle of Annie’s death, he is drawn irresistibly into her long-vanished world. Bringing the startling story of Annie’s life and curious death vividly to life, this brilliantly realised historical mystery introduces a cast of unforgettable characters, and reveals how the secrets of our past are never too far away.