Joy Cecilia Dart-Thornton and suicide remains a sin

and suicide remains a sin within many religious organisations and was a crime in England until the 1960s

but now she boards alone at the Manor

and Kent Price

A formidable enemy from Jack's past has appeared in his present

Joy Cecilia Dart-Thornton and suicide remains a sin'Did she jump? Did she fall? Will she wake?' On an ordinary Friday afternoon in the office, talented young lawyer Joy Stephens plummets forty feet onto a marble floor. In the shadow of this baffling event, the lives of those closest to her begin to collide and change in unexpected ways. There is Dennis, her disgraced husband, who finds consolation in books; her colleague Peter, whose refuge is a mix of hedonism and hard work; Barbara, Joy's prickly