Deefer, an obedient dog, has been told by his owner to ‘stay’, which he dutifully does. He patiently awaits his owner’s return while life goes on around him, but as the day goes on, what will happen if his owner doesn’t return? And why has he been told to ‘stay’ next to a suitcase?

Fran Harlow and Ellie McKenna are sisters (and best friends) born a year and a day apart. Fran has two grown-up sons and lives in Berkshire.

She works as an associate creative director/copywriter for an advertising agency in central London. When she’s not writing, she loves to hike, kayak or go travelling.

Ellie is the younger sister. She has been an art director, a graphic designer, a private investigator and an imagineer at Heston Blumenthal’s ‘The Fat Duck’.

She has two grown-up children and lives in Kent, where she loves to paint and draw.