The List of Suspicious Things - PREM1ER Edition

'What if we decided to try and find him? ' 'What on earth are you on about? ' she said. 'How are we going to catch the Yorkshire Ripper, when the police haven't even managed to? '

I sighed. Her questioning my ideas was a recent and unwelcome element to our friendship. But it was a valid point. How would we catch him? We needed some sort of plan, a way of gathering clues and putting them into order.

I thought about what the policeman had said about structure, and then about Aunty Jean and her notebook, and the idea I had hardened like toffee. I knew exactly what we needed to do.

'We'll make a list,' I said. 'A list of the people and things we see that are suspicious. And then . . . And then we'll investigate them. '

The List of Suspicious Things is a tender and moving coming of age story about family, friendship and community. Sometimes the strongest connections are found in the most unlikely of places.