The Skeleton Woman
de Renee
Bogged down in the drama of a recent illness, the hurt of a serious row with her lover, and the anxiety of waiting to hear how her wall hanging has fared in the prestigious Stacy Combetition, Rose Anthony has no room in her life for anything else. But her life is about to get more complicated -- a baby is abandoned on her doorstep. Scrawled on a card in black felt tip the words 'For Rose Anthony' leave no doubt that the baby was left for her. But who's baby is it? What secrets did Rose's lat mother, Ada, take to the grave? And how can the skeleton woman make the truth come out in the end? Rose Anthony - an engaging and imperfect heroine with her fiftieth birthday looming - finds an abandoned baby outside her kitchen door. Bogged down in the drama of the impending birthday, a serious row with her lover, and the anxiety of waiting to hear how her wall hanging has fared in the Stacey Competition, there's no room for this dilemma. Scrawled on a card in black felt tip, the words For Rose Anthony leave no doubt that the baby was left for her, but whose baby is it?
