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Sarah Hilary

Sarah Hilary is the author of the DI Marnie Rome book series.

THE COTTAGE IN THE WOODS • by Sarah Hilary

September 19, 2011Every Day Fiction 28 Comments

At the police station, the first thing we did was call in a cluster of experts. That’s by-the-book. The psychologist said, “Test case. Extraordinary. Unheard of.” “Appalling,” was the dentist’s verdict. “The most horrendous neglect.” The doctor sided with the… Continue Reading →

Mystery / Suspense, Stories fairytales, Hansel and Gretel, police, Sarah Hilary

WATER’S EDGE • by Sarah Hilary

December 10, 2009Every Day Fiction 42 Comments

It’s gritty at the shore, gets between the toes. The lake waits, the skin of it blistering under a low-slung sun that makes mirrors of flat pebbles, the fastenings on bikinis, metal bottle tops. You think you see the sun’s… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories beaches, perinatal loss, Sarah Hilary

INVISIBLE MEND • by Sarah Hilary

October 14, 2009Every Day Fiction 25 Comments

It works into me, the thread I’m using, fine as the hair from a baby’s head. I never notice as I stitch, concerned with the promise I’ve made. I advertise in the corner shop and the post office: ‘All reasonable… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories aging, pride, Sarah Hilary

BURIAL OF THE BELLS • by Sarah Hilary

September 2, 2009Every Day Fiction 52 Comments

On hearing of the Japanese invasion at Simanggang in 1941, and remembering the scrabble for metal in the last war, Mathie hid every tool he owned behind panels in the roof of his home. This way he calculated he’d have… Continue Reading →

Historical, Stories Malaysia, missionaries, prisoners of war, Sarah Hilary, war, World War II

THE VIEW FROM OLYMPUS • by Sarah Hilary

January 1, 2009Every Day Fiction 57 Comments

When they decided old Nye was no longer capable of living alone, they offered him a ‘nice room in a lovely home’. He chose a park bench at the top of Primrose Hill. Not long after that, he met up… Continue Reading →

Fantasy, Stories aging, Aphrodite, Dionysus, homelessness, Mount Olympus, Sarah Hilary

KANTI CHOOSES SANTA • by Sarah Hilary

December 25, 2008Every Day Fiction 32 Comments

The advert had stipulated ‘Bring your own boots’. Kanti looked at the men’s feet. Most wore wellies. One had work-boots, dusty at the toes. The man at the far end wore Doc Martens. She referred to the list on the… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Literary, Stories Christmas, discrimination, Santa Claus, Sarah Hilary, working in retail

ME AND THE MOUSER • by Sarah Hilary

November 18, 2008Every Day Fiction 39 Comments

The cat is squalling again, the thin sound just human enough to trigger my maternal alarm. I’m halfway out of bed before I remember there’s no crying child in the next room; no one here but me and the mouser.… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories cats, grief, infant death, Sarah Hilary

REVENGE OF THE RIVER GODS • by Sarah Hilary

October 23, 2008Every Day Fiction 44 Comments

Tamas, dark river Bringing the Isis to the London Eye Sailing the skulls of babies out to sea. *** Under the empty stare of the London Eye, in the shadow of Westminster Bridge, two men in Savile Row suits were… Continue Reading →

Mystery / Suspense, Stories murder, police, River Thames, Sarah Hilary

TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS • by Sarah Hilary

September 25, 2008Every Day Fiction 43 Comments

Stella hates Tuesdays. Her grandmother, Alice Eva, died on a Tuesday. Now Stella must hang a rope around Alice Eva’s bed and let strangers in to mutter and fret, “Lovely needlework this, Gill.” “Please stay this side of the rope,”… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories family, Sarah Hilary

Interview with Sarah Hilary

September 1, 2008Every Day Fiction 34 Comments

Welcome to our special 1st  anniversary issue of Every Day Fiction! Every month, we’ve interviewed our most read author for that month, so on our anniversary we thought it was only appropriate to interview the author whose work has received… Continue Reading →

Interviews Sarah Hilary

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