Diamonds in the Dust

By: Beryl Matthews

Narrated by: Annie Aldington

The three Bentley children are used to fending for themselves. Their widowed mother has been forced to take a night job at Grant's clothing factory and sees them only at breakfast and on Sundays. But at nearly 18, with a job of her own, Dora is well able to look after her younger siblings.

Then one morning their mother fails to appear for breakfast. When the gatekeeper at Grant's factory tells Dora that no one by the name of Harriet Bentley has ever worked there, the children grow worried. Knowing that their mother wouldn't deliberately deceive them, they enlist the help of a neighbour, a former policeman, to help them investigate.

©2007 Beryl Matthews (P)2008 Soundings

Critic reviews

"Catherine Cookson fans will love this." ( Woman's Own)