This latest collection of short stories from Honno showcases a wide range of imaginative takes on what constitutes crime fiction. From bodies buried under the patio to old ladies with enviable inheritances, a Chandleresque pastiche to police procedurals and fathers with an undue interest in their daughters, Welsh women writers prove themselves adept at taking an innovative sideways look at man's inhumanity to man - and more especially, woman.In Man and Boy a brother and his sisters become entranced by the forbidden glamour of a gun with terrifying consequences; in Tailings a violent incident from the past is uncovered throwing lives into disarry and in Christmas Present a member of the oldest profession bites off more than she can chew when looking for a way out ... With stories from new and established short story writers theres something here for fans of psychological chillers, police procedurals, crime noir to armchair cosies.
