Thank you Netgalley for an ARC for this book in exchange for an honest review. I really enjoyed this book since there's a few short stories and it's a change from the usual books that I read. There were 2 stories that was just ok but overall very entertaining.

A crime anthology, what could go wrong? Not much actually and I'll be completely honest, even though I finished this in 2 days (non stop reading), I really didn't find much about this horrorifying or thriller like at all. Now I know that in short stories the author needs to get alot of information in a small amount of words, however I really didn't get the shock value from these stories, that I would expect. I did however enjoy the varying lengths of the stories as that kept me engaged and wanting to read the next one (this was especially apparent with the first short story which I now want to read the follow on book). As this was an anthology, I can't quite talk about the type of writing, however I did feel all the authors wrote in the same way. I did like the fact that we had crime stories from business to small towns to the military and that wide range kept me engaged.

A good anthology but needed more thriller and gore for me personally.

Another genre I enjoy which isn't for everyone is short stories and this was a great little collection.

The book is worth reading just for A.A. Chaudhuri's offering - The Encounter - alone, it was fantastic!

I wasn't sure about the way each story seemed to be a taster for the author's other work's which was talked about at the end of each story. Rather than a book of stand alone short stories, this made it feel a bit more like a press release or an advert. However, I did enjoy the stories and it was a quick, easy read.

I was expecting a range of exciting short stories but this actually seemed to be a book of tasters. After almost every story we were invited to read more about this character or continue this story elsewhere.

I love short stories and will gladly look up further works by authors I enjoy. This wasn’t so much a book as an advert. The stand out story was by AA Chaudhuri. A whole story, fast paced and with good twists and turns, I had hoped the whole book would be like this! If only.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for my copy of this book.

This was a varied and fun collection of short stories. As with all short story collections, some stories are better than others, but this book is worth the read for the AA Chaudhuri story alone. I also really enjoyed “Room 228.” This book has everything: amnesia, British police procedurals, a haunted hotel, a trial before the Judge Advocate General, to name just a few. From the cover and description, I expected this to be more of a collection of courtroom thrillers or procedurals, but this book has a little bit of everything. A tasty British stew of potboilers. A fun read and a great way to discover some new thriller writers. Now I am off to find everything else by AA Chaudhuri to add to my “Want to Read” list.

Thanks to NetGalley, Lume Books, all the authors and the editor for a fun read.