Days up the River




 Summary of short stories in Days up the River. This collection of short stories in available on lulu.com.

Why did Lascelles Ingram refuse to invite other teachers from his school to his father’s funeral? What did the principal find out when he called in the police? Read the full story in False Papers.

Was Syd a kleptomaniac or was he easily convinced to do bad things by his friends? Read further in The Young Shoplifters 1.

Three years ago Debra and her friend, Chanella were fooled by two guys. Now it seems to be happening to both girls again. Read the full story in Christmas Love.

Man feels that he is being cheated out of his earning by his former associate. But his associate seems to be holding all the aces while he can hardly afford to pay his bills. Will he sink further into debt? Read further in the The Highflyers.

If I had followed my former classmates and Duckie’s  too, I would have believed that he was rotting away in some American prison on several charges. But he was very much in Jamaica, we had worked at the same company for nine months before he got a better job in Montego Bay. This all happened a year sgo, so somebody had to be lying. Read the full story in I attended a dead man’s Wedding.

Alton can’t understand the reasons why he lost his job. In the latest staff appraisal his immediate supervisor said he was doing a good. He also told him that he wanted him to continue in the department. Read further in The Forgiving.

After taking in any amount of alcohol, Cardoza, Dawnette’s father is liable to go absolutely crazy. And that’s what he did when he heard that his eighteen year old daughter was pregnant for assistant teacher, Berris Fletcher. Can Berris get out, or will Cardoza make him pay for what he has done to his daughter? Read the full story in The Running Away Man.

When Carline’s dead body was found in a dry river bed, suspicions immediately fell on her boyfriend, Denzil Barned. After all he was the one who had found her body. Young, ambitious Detective, Peter Brown, is convinced that he has an open and shut case and is determined to win more stripes for himself by pinning the murder on Denzil. Read the full story in The Body in the River.

Why did Myra return to Jamaica? She had run away from Dixie, claiming that he was a con artist and trickster. Had she returned home to share in his good fortune and could her life be in danger? Read more in The Story of Dixie Jonas.

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