Meticulously plotted and packed with Child's trademark action and suspense, a collection of 20 short stories shows the author's mastery of the short form, and they've never been gathered before now

Bodyguard -- Greatest Trick of All -- Ten Keys -- Safe Enough -- Normal in Every Way -- The .50 Solution -- Public Transportation -- Me & Mr. Rafferty -- Section 7 (a) (Operational) -- Addicted to Sweetness -- Bone-Headed League -- I Heard a Romantic Story -- My First Drug Trial -- Wet with Rain -- Truth About What Happened -- Pierre, Lucien, and Me -- New Blank Document -- Shorty and the Briefcase -- Dying for a Cigarette -- Snake Eater by the Numbers