This is one of those rare books that makes an utterly horrible character compelling. Like John Fowles' The Collector or Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr. Ripley, this novel shows you the world through the eyes of a sociopath, and somehow draws you into that cold, dark, fascinating world.
Maud is an irascible 88-year-old Swedish woman with no family, no friends, and... no qualms about a little murder. This funny, irreverent story collection by Helene Tursten, author of the Irene Huss investigations, features two-never-before translated stories that will keep you laughing all the way to the retirement home.
Ever since her darling father's untimely death when she was only eighteen, Maud has lived in the family's spacious apartment in downtown Gothenburg rent-free, thanks to a minor clause in a hastily negotiated contract. That was how Maud learned that good things can come from tragedy. Now in her late eighties,…
Cirsova Publishing is proud to present Small Worlds, a brand new anthology from short fiction master Misha Burnett.
Small Worlds has all of the hallmarks of Misha Burnett’s fusion of SFF with classic weird, inviting the reader into the uncanny realms where the mundane has been pervaded by the strange, but also brings to the table his unique brand of white-knuckle thrilling adventure.
