Cath Staincliffe is a crime writer and author of the Sal Kilkenny private eye stories. She is also the creator and scriptwriter of Blue Murder, ITV's hit detective drama starring Caroline Quentin, and writes the 'Scott & Bailey' books based on the popular ITV1 police series.
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Manchester, 1960. When you're young, unmarried and pregnant, in a shaming society that will never understand, there's only one place left to go. St Ann's mother and baby home. That's how restless Joan, who dreams of a glamorous new life in the Big Smoke, ... SEE MORE