| Short Stories - Download the collection here. Queen’s Pawn Gambit - The Canadian Security Intelligence Service coaxes a former secret agent out of retirement to perform one last job in Moscow. Fair Swap - A woman with a boorish husband has an affair. If the husband finds out, he’s likely to beat up her lover, unless, of course, the woman gets rid of the husband. Critics Corner - A group of three authors meet regularly to critique each other’s crime stories. However, in real life, one of the group is planning a perfect crime. Thicker Than Water - A wealthy widower woos a frustrated housewife. To resolve the situation, she decides to make herself available by arranging an accident for her husband. Not to be Trifled With - A divorced man receives a call from his ex-wife, who offers him the chance to get even with the guy who cuckolded him. She has the perfect plan of revenge – too perfect. Fifth Target - A bomb explodes on a bus in Ottawa. After New York, Madrid, Bali, and London, is Canada the terrorist’s fifth Target. Curse - When his mother dies, a man’s sister reveals to him the strange circumstances of his birth and the curse that has followed him from his mother’s womb. Plain Dane - A man falls in love with a woman who regards herself as plain and unremarkable. She’s ends up finding out something about herself. Pialou – A man goes in search of an African foster child he has supported for ten years but never seen. |
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