While best known for his twenty-four novels, Jeffery Deaver is also a short story masterâhe is a three-time recipient of the Ellery Queen Readerâs Award for Best Short Story, and he won the Short Story Dagger from the Crime Writers Association for a piece that appeared in his first short story collection, Twisted. The New York Times said of that book: âA mystery hit for those who like their intrigue short and sweetâŠ[The stories] feature tight, bare-bones plotting and the sneaky tricks that Mr. Deaverâs title promises.â The sneaky tricks are here in spades, and Deaver even gives his fans a new Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs story.
Deaver is back with sixteen stories in the tradition of O. Henry and Edgar Allan Poe. His subjects range from a Westchester commuter to a brilliant Victorian England caper. With these intricately plotted, bone-chilling stories, Jeffery Deaver is at the top of his crime-writing game.