Hi Josie

Do you remember a few years ago when we visited Agatha in Cholsey

You said then that you would like to write crime fiction

But you never got around to it

What wasted years as if this gem is anything to go by

You apologised for copying my minimalist style

You have stolen nothing it is like using the colour red

There is something remote about this story

A crime lost in history

The subject is raw but although foul

You treat it in a matter of fact way

Were both share the same views

About male homosexuality

But you do not sensationalise the murder

Do try to write some more of these

Or if you already have written others

Please forward them to me

On another subject

I have purchased Mummy’s present

Dennis contacted me and said that six dolls

Based on the Dagenham Girl Pipers

Had shown up and would I be interested

I jumped at the chance as Mummy loves her dolls

These dolls are some years old but in pristine condition ***

You can never go wrong as Mummy and dolls are a great mix

I notice that you have sent something from Greece

Mummy mentioned it on the phone yesterday

*** Dennis actually sold me eight dolls

But two were slightly damaged

So I have set them aside for you

They are both in your room wrapped in white tissue

For some unknown reason it reminds me

Of the P.D.James novel

Shroud for a Nightingale

They are awaiting your return sis

And please send me some more respectable photographs

As you are after all the daughter of a vicar

Re the missing commandments

If you trip over them be sure to let me know

Travel safely

Please apart from the respectable photographs

Send me some railway photographs

Joe xxx