Sinister Shorts Author:Perri O'Shaughnessy The acclaimed author of the Nina Reilly thrillers brings us her first-ever collection of short crime fiction... From desperate housewives to hard-boiled PIs to an appearance by Nina Reilly herself - many appearing in print for the very first time - set the mood and ratchet up the suspense as only Perri O'Shaugnessy can. — Here are some ... more »of O'Shaugnessy's most sinsiter and compelling characters yet: a college student who devises an ingenious method for getting her sexy teacher's attention.. a haunted ex-homicide cop who takes a long walk into his blood-shadowed past in a tale of brutal murder and escalating violence..a model wife who surprises both herself and a bothsersome furnace man when she is confronted with an unaccceptable ultimatum...From classic whodunits to winding thrillers to an experimental tale in which Gertude Stein becomes a detective in a murder case, Sinister Shorts shows us life at its most menacing, murderous, and unbearably suspenseful.
The Long Walk Success Without College Dead Money O'Shay's Special Case House Afire His Master's Hand Gertrude Stein Solves a Mystery The Furnace Man Trio The Second Head Chocolate Milkshake The Young Lady Juggernaut The Couple Behind the Curtain Sandstorm Tiny Angels To Still the Beating of Her Heart Lemons A Grandmother's Tale« less