Secrets, Searches and Discoveries
Crime & Justice · inspired by real events

The Errand Left Unfinished

A face on a supermarket tabloid makes Marion Bell leave her shopping unfinished. Two years later, a television broadcast brings the memory back. In this historical novel, a former neighbor must decide what she knows well enough to report.

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Cover of The Errand Left Unfinished
Genre
Crime & Justice
Audience
Adult readers
Chapters
15
Fiction status
inspired by real events
Editorial responsibility
My Life Story Editorial

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Chapters

  1. 01The Groceries
  2. 02The Name She Knew
  3. 03Five Names
  4. 04A Private Question
  5. 05What She Told Ruth
  6. 06The Years in Between
  7. 07The Face on Television
  8. 08An Address Is Not Proof
  9. 09The Favor
  10. 10After the Call
  11. 11What Established It
  12. 12The Familiar Name
  13. 13Five Verdicts
  14. 14What the Appeal Asked
  15. 15The Cost of Being Right

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