Eight Murders In the Suburbs
by Roy Vickers
It could happen in any normal English town . . . A young wife complains of her husband?™s fussy little habits; but trying to mend his ways leads to the gallows . . . A businessman with the best intentions befriends an elderly old woman, with no thought of robbing her ?" let alone killing her . . . A kind-hearted young man kisses a woman out of chivalry, leading to the destruction of two lives . . . And a lonely old woman learns a lesson of how to deal with her enemies from the actions of her only friend ?" a cat . . . Praise for Roy Vickers?™ short story collections ‘Roy Vickers is one of the masters of the detective short story . . . he has produced stories that rank with the finest contemporary crime writing?™ New York Times ‘The beauty of these meticulous tales lies in their similarity to real life crime. Each story, you feel, could have happened?™ Dublin Evening Herald