The Happenings depicts lives where fate intervenes in dramatic, even shocking fashion. A young woman climbs to success in the horse racing world with her Golden Retriever Gruff protecting her from violence and betrayal; an introverted engineer endures ridicule, gossip and the point of the blade of love; a former tightrope dreamer must reconcile past glories against present harshness; a boy finds out that looking after a jackdaw is not as easy as it sounds; two police partners stumble across secrets buried in a drug trade where truth is malleable; an old friend is torn apart by a tragic misunderstanding; and, with warmth, wit and unexpected cruelty, Robin E Bailey reveals how seemingly insignificant twists of fate are the ones that shape a life.