'There are stories here which will make you shudder, and which will linger long in the mind'

Ian Rankin

Passion. Obsession. Revenge.

A stunning collection of chilling short stories from the queen of the psychological thriller.

White nights of passion and revenge in St. Petersburg.

A bingo-hall tyrant trapped by masked intruders.

The sleazy flipside of the international publishing scene.

Nineteen nail-biting, intense and intricately plotted crime stories from one of the UK's greatest psychological thriller writers, this diverse collection demonstrates the scope of Val McDermid's imagination and her immense powers as a storyteller.