Book Overview

A perfect collection of short stories for Dell Shannon fans and mystery lovers everywhere, featuring eight cases of her popular Lieutenant Luis Mendoza, alongside six intriguing non-series tales.

Mysteries include the case of an exasperated husband who may have murdered his nagging wife - but would he have killed his beloved pet as well? A young girl dies in an ''accident'' when a parked truck slips its brakes and slams into the house where she''s staying. And a nursing home resident suspects that old age is not the only thing eliminating his neighbours.

''My favourite American crime-writer'' New York Herald Tribune