The M To Z Of Fantastic Escape Routes

AS REALITY darkens we are drawn to the light of fantasy, and this tough year offers almost too many soft options. Last week this column began a cut-out-and-keep guide to the best escapism of 2009. Here is part two.

Your Week Ahead

A full moon in sensitive Cancer could activate emotional explosions this weekend. And with Mercury going retrograde technological disruptions are on the cards, so until February 2 back up computer files, double check arrangements and don't take risks on the road.

Blood River - Part Eight

Kate, on a river cruise tour on the Danube one year after her husband Larry's death in a boating accident, was shocked to meet him in Vienna. He told her he had survived the accident, but lost his memory until just a few weeks ago. Meeting in secret at successive stops along the river, Larry wanted her to sell up and move with him to Greece, but when confronted by Kate's friend Debra, he admitted he had staged the accident in order to escape a Sydney crime family whose money he had lost. When ...