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528 pages.
Summary: Part one: Jealousy: London -- The Jealousy man -- The line -- Trash -- The confession -- Odd -- The earring -- Part two: Power: Rat Island -- The shredder -- The cicadas -- The antidote -- Black knight.
Summary: A dark, thrilling short-story collection about twisted minds and vengeful hearts, from a true master of suspense. A detective with a nose for jealousy is on the trail of a man suspected of murdering his twin; a bereaved father must decide whether vengeance has a place in the new world order after a pandemic brings about the collapse of society; a woman finally overcomes her intimacy issues through a dark encounter with her Peeping Tom neighbour; a hired assassin pits his wits against his greatest adversary, another assassin, in a dangerous game for survival; and an instantly electric connection between passengers on a flight to London may spell romance, or may spell something more sinister.