I had thought I’d be able to get this review out around the date of publication, but unexpected things came up and I didn’t make my self-imposed plan. As it turned out, reading a book of short stories over a longer time is not a bad thing.

I thank Netgalley for a chance to read this book before publication. I did start before publication but things came up and I did not finish until last night.

I liked this book for many reasons. I was initially attracted to this book because Ann Cleeves is a wonderful writer and I had read several of her novels in the past few years. I enjoyed her 2 stories in this anthology.

The anthology included 21 short stories by Ann Cleeves, Martin Edwards, Kate Ellis, Margaret Murphy, Chris Simms, Cath Staincliffe, John Baker, Chaz Brenchley, and Stuart Pawson. My expectation was that I would probably like a few but it turned out that I liked almost all.

A few I really liked so there are few authors I was not previously familiar with so now I have a few additional writers to check out. This was a bonus I did not expect. If you like short stories and British Crime stories, this is the book for you.