The Hound of Death and Other StoriesA collection of macabre mysteries, including the superlative story The Witness for the Prosecution Twelve unexplained phenomena with no apparent earthly explanation A dog shaped gunpowder mark; an omen from the other side; a haunted house; a chilling seance; a case of split personalities; a recurring nightmare; an eerie wireless message; an elderly ladys hold over a young man; a disembodied cry of murder; a young mans sudden amnesia; a levitation

This bittersweet

retired music teacher

she may never escape the City of Bridges and Bones alive

are ritualistically murdered and dumped

or sacrifice them all for the truth about his wife

from the winner of the 2014 Costa Short Story Award

Matt reluctantly agrees to take a look but won't promise a result

Despite the climate activists' best efforts

both literal and metaphorical

beautiful but wild

Lost Girls

an intellectual who joins the Vichy government