Alice is nineteen-years-old, fed up with her small town life, her dead-end job and an embarrassing mother. Alice takes off and heads down to Florida. Not long after her escape her car breaks down. Two good samaritans seem to appear out of nowhere and offer to drive Alice the rest of the way. Bill and Sandra are middle-aged retirees traveling the country in their RV. Sandra takes Alice in, as if she were her own daughter. But as the miles pass, Alice...

Sixty-year-old Hetty Wainthropp discovers a natural talent for sleuthing and sets up shop as a private eye in the Lancashire countryside, with teenaged Geoffrey as her eager sidekick.

A late night knock at Victoria Miller's door changes her life in ways she could never have imagined. Her teenage nephew Bobby is seeking refuge from a deeply troubled and often violent home life.