Asking for Trouble, Simon Wood
Asking for Trouble, Simon Wood
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Asking for Trouble

Author: Simon Wood

Narrator: Luke Daniels, Amy McFadden

Unabridged: 4 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/13/2012

Synopsis

Not every crime is committed with intent, but each has one thing in common: the guilty party was asking for trouble.In “Making Ends Meet,” Richard can’t stand the idea of supporting his deadbeat in-laws anymore, so he decides to remove them from his life—permanently. Matt is ready to reform his brawling ways, but the group he joins doesn’t turn out to be a typical 12-step program, in “The Taskmasters.” “Protecting the Innocent” features Nick, who fails to heed the warnings of his girlfriend’s possessive brother. And with “A Gun in the House,” Leah refuses to move from her beloved home, leading to protective measures with disastrous results. These and six others send out the invitation for disaster—one that’s gladly accepted.The ten taut tales in this collection from award-winning crime-fiction author Simon Wood are rife with good intentions gone bad—and bad intentions gone worse. Filled with jaw-dropping twists and turns, Asking for Trouble is a wild ride that will leave readers clamoring for more.

About Simon Wood

Anthony Award–winning author of a dozen books as well as over 150 published stories and articles, Simon Wood is an ex–race car driver, a licensed pilot, an animal rescuer, an endurance cyclist, and an occasional private investigator. Having dealt with dyslexia from an early age, Wood’s ambition has been met with rave reviews for his previous publications, including Accidents Waiting to Happen, Dragged into Darkness, Working Stiffs, Paying the Piper, We All Fall Down, Asking For Trouble, The Fall Guy, and numerous others published under his horror pseudonym, Simon Janus. Originally from the UK, Wood moved to the US in ’98 to share his world with his American wife, Julie—and a longhaired dachshund and four cats.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Debbi

All it takes is one bad decision to send a person down the wrong path. And, as the introduction to this anthology points out "[n:]ot every decision belongs to the criminally minded. Some belong to the ill-informed, the weak and the plain unlucky. In these tales, trouble isn't an indiscriminate force......more

Goodreads review by Lesa

10 story stories. Thought this will be a good way to get to know this author's writing. Suspenseful stories mixed with some murder and more. Some were okay some stories were predictable at times. Enjoyed overall.......more

Goodreads review by Dawn Andrewes

awesome book of short stories! loved it with some unexpected twists along the way! well worth a read! Great job Simon!......more

Goodreads review by Paul

One of the best short story collections I have ever read! I enjoy short stories now and then, as a break from full-length novels, but I find many anthologies to be hit-and-miss, with some of the stories being kinda lame. Even those by my favorite authors rarely satisfy with every single story. This......more

Goodreads review by Kathy

I grew up reading short stories by Alfred Hitchcock and I still read AH!!! Simon’s short stories are reminds me of AH. Scary, page turners and gets the hair standing up on the back of your neck. The first book I read by Simon was Working Stiffs and I was hooked. I have read all of his books and I re......more

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