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Book

And thereby hangs a tale

Call Number

  • THRILLER ARCH (OSH)

Edition

1st U.S. ed.

Publication Information

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2010.

Physical Description

301 p. ; 24 cm.

Summary

Fifteen short pieces are set in various world regions and include "Members Only," in which a young man's life is transformed by a Christmas cracker.

Notes

Stories gathered "while on my travels around the world. Ten of them are based on known incidents ... while the remaining five are the result of my imagination"--Foreword.

Contents

  • Stuck on you
  • The queen's birthday telegram
  • High heels
  • Blind date
  • Where there's a will
  • Double-cross
  • 'I will survive'
  • A good eye
  • Members only
  • The undiplomatic diplomat
  • The luck of the Irish
  • Politically correct
  • Better the devil you know
  • No room at the inn
  • Caste-off.