Yup, and I've read it. I've sent a response by email- but I'll post it here as well- just to be sure.

I like it. Right at the end where the son comes back in I got a little prickling of the scalp. So he loves his mother really.

And he has inherited her gift.

I like Mme Raya's voice. The prissiness, the over-sweetness. She's a dear old duck but you understand why her son might find her a trial.

The one thing I wanted more of was the murderer. I guess I wanted to hear in more detail about him and Alice and why he killed her. Also the longer he raves the more we're kept in suspense.

But it's a super story.