Like A CharmWith each crime writer picking up the story in their usual locale, each of the authors tell a gripping story of murder, betrayal and intrigue. Running through each story is a charm bracelet which brings bad luck wherever it's found. Set in locations ranging from nineteenth century Georgia to wartime Leeds, the book features stories from contributors such as Peter Robinson (writing about 1940s Leeds), Fidelis Morgan, Lynda La Plante (1970s Britain),

but when their world begins to clash with that of human beings

the atheistic Daniel is wrestling with something his 'cold philosophy' cannot explain - something unearthly he thought he saw while swimming for help in the Pacific

'There's something you should know before we go any further: my heart is in the wrong place

Theres the noisy braying affair of Idleass and Hot Donk

Jill Dawson's powerful new novel captures the mysteries of childhood

With the embers of war cooling to a precarious peace across Europe

oyster-shell roads

a fatwa signals a different ideological faultline and a refugee seeks safety in Wychwood

And when her former housekeeper is the victim of a violent attack

thought-provoking novel about two sisters who must reclaim themselves after their lives are dramatically upended from one of our finest authors

About the lynching over in Marvel

It is a task which proves to be fraught with extraordinary and unforeseen difficulties