I met some wonderful people at a charity event who ran a farm for the street children in Brazil. I was touched by their dedication and deeply moved by the plight of these underprivileged children.

From that event The Rio Conspiracy was born. This year, 2014, as Brazil is constantly in the news let’s not forget these disadvantaged children whose survival is under constant threat.

Rio

Travel weary as she was, Kate Berrisford walked decisively through Rio de Janeiro airport, pulling her wheeled suitcase. Her cousin Julie was dead.

Julie had known every twist and turn of that cliff path.

She had jogged along it daily.

How could it have happened?

It was odd that Rio’s Chief of Police, Senhor Rodrigo Ganzi, had not granted permission for the postponement of Julie’s funeral. He had also been evasive about releasing the information on the person who claimed to have seen Julie fall; insisting in every telephone conversation that there was no reason for her to come to Brazil.

But she had come…