There is something strange about the night-time comings and goings of the new housemate in a New York apartment. While in the Wetlands of New Zealand, a husband's disappearance is about to make his tear-less wife extremely rich. Money, however, may not be the sole motivation for the barbaric murder of an adulterous gambler in South Africa's Sun City Hotel.
In Dominic Butler's fourth collection of crime based short stories no corner of the globe appears to be without its shadows, no person entirely without guilt in their hearts or blood on their hands.
In Dominic Butler’s fourth collection of crime based short stories the rocks have been upturned and the worms exposed.
A little darker than his previous three collections, all corners of the globe have here in been exposed as the shadowy and mysterious places that they really are.
How far will the jealous Hollywood actress go to ensure the failure of her fabulous friend? What was the true meaning of the millionaire business tycoons last words? And from where, exactly, did the pulped corpse baking on the hot rocks of the Grand Canyon come from?
Perfect for both advanced students of English and fans of crime fiction, these stories are…to die for.