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Hmm... yes, that's really interesting... so the parking of SJL's company car opposite another Sturgis property for sale in Stevenage Road was a coincidence?

The AS book states that DL and SJL had arranged to meet at her flat if he was back in London on time, but he was 'delayed' returning from Worthing. SJL's visit to her parents did not last the whole evening, so they talked on the phone instead. I don't know about the DV book.

But the AS book says that there was an arrangement for AL to join SJL at her flat if he was back from Worthing in time on the Sunday, but he was delayed. Also, they were going to a party on the Tuesday (?) night (Park Lane?).

For me, the CV 'Sarah',/'Policeman' phone calls stood out the most as highly odd in the post-abduction part of the AS book - and that includes the Mr Kiper and the deserted BMW coincidence! I don't believe that two experienced officers would have mislaid the info on route back to the police...

Yes, my mind keeps returning to the police officers who apparently didn't turn over the information from the PoW landlord about the phone calls and the number for 'Sarah'. Something very odd there, I think. But maybe DV's book will open up possibilities I haven't even imagined.

Yes. Tempers can flare either way - and a man will usually be physically stronger - whoever attacks first. I just wonder where all this took place. The couple seen arguing in the Stevenage Road area is interesting, but I can't help wondering why the man who 'looked like James Galway' and...

NB, SJL's later flatmate, quoted from 1988 article: 'For a few weeks before SJL went missing, the phone would ring but all I could hear was somebody just breathing for a few eerie moments before they rang off. I kept asking "Who's there, please?", but there was never any answer.'

Quote from 1988 mag article article (I will leave the name out): Another former flatmate.......... is convinced SJL had a secret group of friends no one knew about - and only now has she voiced her belief. 'When I lived with SJL there were always people calling who had nothing to do with the...

According to the 1988 mag article, SJL shared her flat with a younger female before the guy. No idea about the 'putting pressure on' guy - SJL's family have added a lot of additional information over the years that I don't recall the press featuring at the time. DL alerted the police to certain...

I have an old magazine here from 1988 in which two of the people she shared her flat with spoke of phone calls for SJL from people - and they had no idea who they were, though I think they knew her circle of friends - the 'Putney Set', etc. They recalled this in '88 - but it's not in the AS book.

I must be honest - I'm completely at sea as to what SJL's motivations were. Which, ironically, leads us back to the secrecy thing.

It's only conjecture, but I think SJL's upbringing led her into habits of secrecy. The AS book reveals that DL took determined action to break up SJL's relationship with somebody she deemed 'unsuitable' when SJL was in her teens, sending SJL abroad. I have a chum who is the son of a very...

I understood that SJL spoke to AL on her phone on the Sunday evening from her flat. But this Amazon review claims: 'She saw him briefly Sun afternoon but then side-lined him again and that evening went to another man’s flat, from which she rang him for a brief chat.' Does anybody know if there...

Absolutely - it was ordinary, everyday life then. The pill and the end of National Service had sparked a youth revolution. As the AIDS era got underway, the attitude in my peer group was to continue to have 'fun' - but take extra precautions.

Thanks - I have ordered it. I'm not sure I like DV's style at all - he's said various things about the SJL era historically in general that are rubbish (I'm talking about gender issues in the 1980s) and seems to miss the point that somebody who is obviously psychopathic - not just 'male' - is...

I think there was still a great hangover from the days of 'keeping things nice' in those circles in the 1980s - and in DL and PL's age group and it was a bit of a strait jacket. Nowadays, there seems to be a lot of that around when discussing things too. Say the wrong thing, even the wrong words...

Can I just ask - I haven't read DV's book yet, would people recommend it? Does it bring new evidence to light, and is it a useful pointer in finally resolving what happened to SJL?

I wonder if he just assumed or thought it had been said? He was a journalist, not a police officer. I'm a writer and confusion can slip in - as I've proved here! :)

AS quotes some of the diary entries and it doesn't really sound like her. As I say, she could have moved - of that I'm 100% convinced, having worked in male/female workplaces since I left school in 1981. It was probably a vanity thing - and if the firm suggested it, she could have refused...

Yep, thanks for that. 'The estate agent manager remembered SJL coming behind his desk to pick up the keys...' It is on page 6. No direct quote from MG though.