by Jeffery Deaver
short story collection
published 2003
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He’s dazzled us. He’s deceived us. And here is the short sharp shock treatment. Brilliantly twisted short stories from the number one Deaver. Writing a story is a much more ambitious undertaking than writing a novel. The nuances are essential, there is no room for unnecessary characterization or for redundant explanations”. Thus Deaver defines the characteristics of these sixteen stories, which in a few pages contain all its best peculiarities.
A beautiful woman goes to extremes to rid herself of her stalker; a daughter begs her father not to go fishing in an area where there have been a series of brutal killings; a contemporary of the playwright William Shakespeare vows to avenge his family’s ruin; and Jeffery Deaver’s most beloved character, criminalist Lincoln Rhyme, is back to solve a chilling Christmastime disappearance.
Diverse, provocative, eerie and inspired, this collection of Jeffery Deaver’s best stories exhibits the amazing range and signature plot twists that have earned him the title “master of ticking-bomb suspense” (People). With nods to O. Henry and Edgar Allan Poe, these beautifully crafted pieces, never before compiled in one volume, pulse with subtle intrigue and Deaver’s incomparable imagination.
This collection includes sixteen stories, including one Lincoln Rhyme Christmastime story. The titles of the stories are:
Without Jonathan
The Weekender
For Services Rendered
Beautiful
The Fall Guy
Eye To Eye
Triangle
All The World’s A Stage
Gone Fishing
Nocturne
Lesser-Included Offense
The Blank Card
Together
The Widow of Pine Creek
The Kneeling Soldier
The Christmas Present
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