What a superb collection of short stories from the Mistress of Crime. I didn't actually realise when I started reading this book that there were 4 stories and was getting quite engrossed in the first one when it ended and I was plunged into yet another beautifully written piece!
If anything these stories are even more clever than her full-length ones, because she manages to cram in all the fascinating plot, suspects and final scene into a few pages with exactly the same amount of panache and excellence! Added to which they are short and sharp, leaving you wanting more and only by reading another immediatly can you feel better. She really is a genius at work.
My favourite story was 'Murder in the Mews' followed closely by 'Dead Man's Mirror' which both had absolutely brilliant storylines and amazing twists which as always, knock you out and make you go 'It was there all the time and I never saw it', that for me is the mark of a true genius.
Started 26th March
Finished 29th March
