Val McDermid 
Stranded 
Short Stories

‘There are stories here which will make you shudder, and which will linger long in the mind’ Ian Rankin Passion. Obsession. Revenge.A stunning collection of chilling short stories from the queen of the psychological thriller.White nights of passion and revenge in St. Petersburg.A bingo-hall tyrant trapped by masked intruders.The sleazy flipside of the international publishing scene.Nineteen nail-biting, intense and intricately plotted crime stories from one of the UK’s greatest psychological thriller writers, this diverse collection demonstrates the scope of Val Mc Dermid’s imagination and her immense powers as a storyteller.