A Game of Hide and Seek

About the Book

A Game Of Hide And Seek starts with a family get together on Christmas eve. As the adults continue to party, the children, along with Gran, decide to play the game hide and seek. While hiding in the cellar a knock at the door turns their game into a survival plan. The callers turn out to be escaped prisoners.

The children's parents are tied up but they don't let on to the men about the children in the hope that they can escape. However the children decide that rather than escape and put their parents in further danger they start putting plans together to free them.

Emma, the youngest at 11months old, not realising the danger has a hard time keeping quiet. The men hear her giggles and mistake her for a ghost. This works in the children's favour and so they develop a way to keep the men worried. Chris, 11 years old, finds himself the main link with what's happening upstairs and also the one who has to risk getting caught when food, drink and a mobile phone are required.

A hole is made where the original coal hole was allowing Sam, who is 6 years old, to escape and sabotage the steps at the front and back of the house.

Finally, with police standing by, Gran, Chris and Olivia, who is 7 years old, make their way upstairs to release both sets of parents. All goes well until they are discovered and their exit is blocked. Their only hope is to get back downstairs and to block off the doorway. Once safe they signal for the police to move in.

About the Author

I was born in Yorkshire but now live in Lancashire. I have three grown up children and four grandchildren all of whom are very dear to me. In my life, so far, I have done some rather adventurous things all starting in my late thirties. From abseiling and parachuting to rock climbing and recently travelling to one of the remotest areas of Kenya. It was this visit to Kenya that turned my world around. I worked for many years as a manager within the field of adult learning disabilities. The key to our visit which included my husband Michael and my son James was helping children. Now my work revolves around my grandchildren and writing, thanks to a very understanding husband.