An Accident Waiting to Happen

by Vincent Banville

  A few months later I read in the paper that Bertie Boyer had been given five years hard labour for arson and attempted murder.

  I lost touch with Gertie, but then, just after Christmas, a card arrived. We were invited to her wedding to one Mircea Petrescu, and I guessed she had hooked up with one of the Romanian moustaches.

  As for me, I went back to spying through keyholes and turning over people’s dirty laundry. Well, it’s a job, and someone has to do it.

  OPEN DOOR SERIES

  SERIES ONE

  Sad Song by Vincent Banville

  In High Germany by Dermot Bolger

  Not Just for Christmas by Roddy Doyle

  Maggie’s Story by Sheila O’Flanagan

  Jesus and Billy Are Off to Barcelona

  by Deirdre Purcell

  Ripples by Patricia Scanlan

  SERIES TWO

  No Dress Rehearsal by Marian Keyes

  Joe’s Wedding by Gareth O’Callaghan

  It All Adds Up by Margaret Neylon

  Second Chance by Patricia Scanlan

  Pipe Dreams by Anne Schulman

  Old Money, New Money by Peter Sheridan

  SERIES THREE

  An Accident Waiting to Happen

  by Vincent Banville

  The Builders by Maeve Binchy

  Letter From Chicago by Cathy Kelly

  Driving With Daisy by Tom Nestor

  The Comedian by Joseph O’Connor

  Has Anyone Here Seen Larry?

  by Deirdre Purcell