Would little Annie ever be happy again,after losing her mother and father who hated her?She was so frightened of them that she ran away and hid in her local church, slept on a bench with just a packet of biscuits and water to live on. Her only friend was Tommy, but then Patch comes into her life a dog who also has lost his owner and is in need of love. But Patch is a clever dog and uncovers lots of mysteries in the village of Burgh St Paul.