The No.1 Greatest Crime WriterIt's not just the men who come off badly in this short, sharp shock of a collection . . . Each story is more appalling than the next, deadpan in tone and dripping with black humour Very wicked, very funny and - this being Highsmith's mission in life, as far as one can tell - very unsettlingThese little tales are tremendous fun, glorious hand grenades lobbed at the reader by a gleeful, cackling Patricia HighsmithFor eliciting the menace that lurks in familiar surroundings, there's no one like Patricia HighsmithThese are extraordinary stories . . . etched in acid and unforgettable . . . Highsmith is a mistress of a fine and dangerous art. Let the reader beware