Like a Charm Book

_________________________________________Desire leaves a man destroyed – a young girl's curiosity reveals secrets better left hidden – an accidental encounter on a train ends violently – ambition leads to a curious exchange – an uncanny likeness changes two lives forever.A novel in sixteen chilling parts, linked by a glittering charm bracelet which brings misfortune to everyone who handles it. In Like A Charm, the cream of British and American crime writers combine for a must-have collection. From nineteenth-century Georgia, where the bracelet is forged in fire, to wartime Leeds, a steam train across Europe, the violent backstreets of 1980s Scotland, present-day London, a Manhattan taxi, the Mojave desert and back to Georgia, each writer weaves a gripping story of murder, betrayal and intrigue._________________________________________Crime and thriller masters know there’s nothing better than a little Slaughter:‘I’d follow her anywhere’ GILLIAN FLYNN‘One of the boldest thriller writers working today’ TESS GERRITSEN‘Her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivalled’ MICHAEL CONNELLY‘Passion, intensity, and humanity’ LEE CHILD‘A writer of extraordinary talents’ KATHY REICHS‘Fiction doesn't get any better than this’ JEFFERY DEAVER‘A great writer at the peak of her powers’ PETER JAMES‘Raw, powerful and utterly gripping’ KATHRYN STOCKETT‘With heart and skill Karin Slaughter keeps you hooked from the first page until the last’ CAMILLA LACKBERG‘Amongst the world‘s greatest and finest crime writers’ YRSA SIGURÐARDÓTTIR

Like A Charm : Paperback : Cornerstone : 9780099462255 : : 03 Jun 2004 : Brings together some of the best selling Crime writers in the World to create a collection of short stories of murder, betrayal and intrigue. Each story in this book is interlinked by a charm bracelet which makes its way into each tale bringing bad luck wherever it is found. The authors' tales are set in their usual city and era of choice.