Chrisdina Nixon: 2 books

Their day arrives in the dark, bringing realisation that the movements on a clock are irrelevant to the outcome of life. Catherine and the young girl haven't slept. They are complete strangers but Catherine clings to the cold child and wonders what to pray for. Time to stop or End? 

“No matter how I tell you this story, it will always end the same. I know all sorts of games. Games with different rules. I can play Murder in the Dark. I can play it so well. Be very still. I won’t make a giveaway sound. Pick me. I can keep secrets. I said nothing in the letter about my fears for my daughter’s life. There was no need. She was safe now.”