HOME BEFORE DARK

Allie Carpenter, a rising young pianist goes missing during a celebratory evening with friends at a nightclub. I would be most grateful for feedback on mistakes in everything from typos to chronology, things which don't "gel" This is the umpteenth edit and as I need to get it BACK on the site as FAST as possible, I am going to double-bunk chapters where they fit inside the 5000 word limit and try to post once every 24 hours.) THE FIRST POSTING IS CHAPTERS 1-2

• Chapter 1 - CH 1 CELEBRATION & CH 2 ONCE UPON A TEDDY BEAR"strongest_start_two myster..."
• Chapter 3 - AN EMPTY PIANO"Brie wakes on Saturday morn..."
• Chapter 4 - ONCE UPON A FATHER & PRELIMINARY ENQUIRIES CHAPTER 4 & 5"Ch 4 ONCE UPON A FATHER Al..."
• Chapter 6 - IMAGES OF A LOST CHILD"Late on the Saturday aftern..."
• Chapter 7 - RIDING THE WILD PONY"Allie has a nightmare of an..."
• Chapter 8 - THE RECKONING"Eloise goes to see Allie's ..."
• Chapter 9 - A STAMPEDE OF SISTERS"After the concert on Saturd..."
• Chapter 10 - A RUSSIAN INTERLUDE & PHONE CALL AT THE WITCHING HOUR CHAPTERS 11 & 12"TWO CHAPTERS IN THIS POSTIN..."
• Chapter 12 - BLOOD ON THE FLOOR"Allie awakens from a drugge..."
• Chapter 13 - SECRETS"Detective Inspector Susan P..."
• Chapter 14 - DO OR SHE'LL DIE"Eloise receives a frantic a..."
• Chapter 15 - SLEUTHING"Having decided to do his ow..."
• Chapter 16 - CH 16 BUT I DID, CH 17 BRISBANE COURIER MAIL & CH 19 REPERCUSSIONS"Chapter 16: But I Did: Geor..."
• Chapter 19 - CH 19 RETREATING FROM THE HEAT & CH 20 NO FLOWERS BY REQUEST"CH 19 Allie's had enough an..."
• Chapter 21 - CH 21 A SURFEIT OF OLD GOATS"CH 21: Detective Inspector ..."
• Chapter 22 - Ch 22 HIDE AND SEEK & CH 23 PAINTING BY ROTE"Brie swaps cars with a mate..."
• Chapter 24 - CH 24 THE NUMBERS GAME & CH 25 ILLUSIONS"CH 24: Eloise wakes up afte..."
• Chapter 26 - CH 26 RESTLESS SPIRITS & CH 27 DOING COFFEE"Pam is shocked when she fin..."
• Chapter 28 - CH 28 ON THE MOUNTAIN & CH 29 A PRECARIOUS POSITION"CH 28: Eloise spots the man..."
• Chapter 30 - DAMAGE CONTROL & RE-GROUPING"CH 30 Pam arrives to talk t..."
• Chapter 33 - CH 33 SHREDDING THE WITNESSES & CH 34 CRASH & BURN" CH 33: Detective Inspect..."
• Chapter 35 - DUBIETY" Brie wakes at 3.30am Th..."
• Chapter 36 - CH 36 THE WEAKEST LINK & CH 37 A TIME OF DESPERATION"CH 36 Detective Inspector ..."
• Chapter 38 - IN THE FRAME"After SOCO (Scenes of Crime..."
• Chapter 39 - JUST ROUTINE"Brie is skulking at the fis..."
• Chapter 40 - CH 40: ROOM TO MOVE & CH 41: A BIT OF A GLITCH"Eloise and James finally ce..."
• Chapter 42 - A JUST REWARD"James heads out to inspect ..."
• Chapter 43 - CONFESSIONS AND COLLECTIBLES"Detective Inspector Susan P..."
• Chapter 44 - CH 44 ARMAGEDDON & CH 45 AFTER DARK"As dusk folds into night, t..."
• Chapter 45 - AFTER DARK "Allie Carpenter, a rising y..."
• Chapter 46 - CH 46 MEETING ALLIE CARPENTER & CH 47 HELLO FATHER & CH 48 CLOSURE"CH 46: Susan calls at the h..."
• Chapter 49 - ROUNDING UP MY LIFE"Allie comes to terms with w..."