Janice Gallen

The Fifties was a time of family closeness; a time of community support: a simple time. Yet, lurking beneath this laid-back exterior lay the narrow morality and culture affecting many families. Will Polly Carpenter find the courage to take a stand against the restrictive values of a small 1956 coal-mining village? Will she be able to hold her fa...

Old people are meant to die ... That's their destiny... Meg and Clyde Pilley join the local bowls club and volunteer with Meals on Wheels, but they meet turmoil they hadn't bargained for. A bowls player drops dead, and the bitter almonds smell indicates cyanide poisoning. Then Meg is overwhelmed by cigar smoke when no one is around. She realises...

Death, drug dealers and deception... Retired couple, Meg and Clyde Pilley, enjoy a quiet life in a their suburban Sydney home. Or do they? After a friend asks for help with a philandering husband, card reader Meg solicits Clyde as an amateur private eye. While following the errant husband Clyde is devastated to discover some unpleasant truths ab...