A Crocodile Handbag: "Hey! Zeus!!", #3

By Janette Davies

The third book of three short stories from the "Hey! Zeus!!" collection. Short bursts of fun fiction from Janette Davies

An Honourable Man

When a child goes missing and the mother is the prime suspect, it takes a very special man to stand up to his superiors and fight for the underdog.

A Crocodile Handbag

Boys will be boys, but when it comes to insulting one's family, Liam takes care of things in his own way!

Cutting a Rug

Oh the agony of being a teenager in a modern society. Vieve is learning to cope with growing up, with the aid of her father's girlfriend.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Janette Davies
• Release date: May 2, 2016
• ISBN: 9781533751324

Janette Davies

A British Brummie by birth, Janette now lives in Almeria, Spain, with husband, Colin, where they are currently renovating a village house. To date she has written two novels set in Southern Spain, a Self Help Book and has also contributed to various anthologies. She is still trying to grow her own bottle of wine. Website: https://janettedavieswriter.wixsite.com/website-1

Book preview

Welcome to A Crocodile Handbag

The third set of three short stories from Hey! Zeus!! By author Janette Davies.

If you’re a fan of funny short stories, you’ll love these three humorous blasts of fiction looking at family life in a quirky, conversational style.

Also in this series:

Snowdrops for Phoebe

Angels

All Saints’ Day

JULY: AN HONOURABLE MAN

‘W here’s Billy?’ His mother asked.

‘Don’t know. He said he was running away.’ Ann answered. ‘’Spect he’ll be back by dinnertime. I don’t know why he’s getting so upset about the new school. He’s only got to go tomorrow and then it’s the summer holidays. It’s not as if we’re having lessons or anything, - it’s Sports Day and you know how he loves running about. Don’t worry, Mum, he’ll be back soon.’

‘Perhaps it wasn’t such a good idea moving house yesterday and you all going to a new school tomorrow just for one day. Go and call Ricky, we’ll start eating our dinner now and I’ll save his and he can have it when he comes in.’

At two o’clock in the afternoon, Pat Smith called her two eldest children and said that they should go out and try to find Billy. ‘Will you two go and look in the park and I’ll go to the school and see if he has gone there. Come back to the house in an hour. I’ll have to be home then because they