Shy Maddy has always struggled to find her voice, so when she gets an anonymous note saying 'I know your dad's secret', she bottles up her fears inside...
Frankie Parsons is 12, going on old man. An apparently sensible boy, he carries a drumbeat of worrying questions that steadily gain volume in his head...
When Alton's ageing, blind uncle asks him to attend bridge games with him, he agrees. Alton's mother thinks it might secure their way to a good inheritance...