Publisher's Synopsis
This is a collection of short stories from mystery and crime writer M.E. Purfield, best known as the creator of the highly rated and long running 'Miki Radicci' series, which reveals Purfield's continued talent for quirky, unconventional characters struggling through realistic, tense, and desperate situations. A young girl trapped in a cage finds salvation in the darkest corner of an abandoned hospital, a thief with a bag full of stolen money hides under the cover of a serial killer's rampage, a mother blinded by fame pushes her child into the shadow of modeling, and a hit man takes one last job based on morals. These are some of the tales you'll find within the stark streets of the city to the outer reaches of South America.