‘Debbie’s Gift’ is the twelfth in the ‘Saltbury Chronicles’ series and tells of a friendship so strong that almost no sacrifice is too great.  As the cover blurb puts it:

            Global Rock mega-stars ‘Xeroed’ have been together since they were at Saltbury High School back in the 1970’s, but only two of the original members, guitarist Debbie Stewart and drummer Charlie Hides, are still alive in their late forties.  They are each the other’s oldest and dearest friend, or very nearly, and Charlie is also the devoted god-father of Debbie’s daughter Hazel, his best-ever drum student.  There’s almost nothing that one wouldn’t do for the other and when Charlie’s marriage to Stevie starts to unravel, Deb volunteers to give them the most precious gift imaginable, despite her wife’s reservations: a bombshell that’s dropped by Hazel’s incorrigible baby sister, Sofie, who’s been eavesdropping again.

            In the meantime, Hazel’s beloved fiancé, Annie, continues her slow recovery from a poisoning.  Her equally beloved big sister, Roisin, becomes ever more a supermodel.  Their own band, ‘Fauld’ stands on the cusp of stardom.  A certain film company wants to recruit Haze and her design student friend Aimee, while Brenda wants Haze to be a goddess: in fact a whole crowd of goddesses, and that’s an offer you don’t get every day.