The short stories are
1) Breaking In - where a burglar gets more than he bargained for when he breaks into a London house.
2) Strangers On A Train - where a mugging on a train doesn't go to plan.
3) Inspector Zhang and the Hotel Guest - where the Singaporean detective solves a mystery.
4) Cat's Eyes - the backstory of a Bangkok go-go dancer.
About the author: Stephen Leather is one of the UK's most successful thriller writers. He was a journalist for more than ten years on newspapers such as The Times, the Daily Mail and the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. Before that, he was employed as a biochemist for ICI, shovelled limestone in a quarry, worked as a baker, a petrol pump attendant, a barman, and worked for the Inland Revenue. He began writing full time in 1992. His bestsellers have been translated into more than ten languages. He has also written for television shows such as London's Burning, The Knock and the BBC's Murder in Mind series. Two of his books, The Stretch and The Bombmaker, were made into movies.
Short Fuses (2012) is free on both Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com
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