'Curtis Colt didn't kill that liquor store woman, and that's a fact. It's not right that he should have to ride the lightning - that's what prisoners call dying in the electric chair. Curtis doesn't belong in it, and I can prove it.' But can Curtis's girlfriend prove it? Murder has undoubtedly been done, and if Curtis doesn' t ride the lightning for it, then who will?
These seven short stories, by well-known writers such as Dashiel Hammett, Patricia Highsmith, and Nancy Pickard, will keep you on the edge of your seat.
- Death Wish
Lawrence Block
- Death Christmas Eve
Stanley Ellin
- The Heroine
Patricia Highsmith
- Ride the Lightning
John Lutz
- The Lipstick
Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Lazy Susan
Nancy Pickard
- The Gutting of Couffignal
Dashiel Hammett