The Book Band

Publisher: Seraphim Editions
Genre: fiction; short stories; crime; mystery
Format: paperback; 248 pages
Price: $19.95

Jean Rae Baxter spins a collection of tales about the odd, the bent and the murderous.

Review: "The stories seduce us with their orderly `next door neighbour' setting. Each one captures the feeling that sometimes justice is too easy on the criminal. The resolution of one story pushes you to turn the page into the next one." - Don Graves, The Hamilton Spectator

Review: "In ultimate authorial twists of malice, Jean Rae Baxter vanishes abruptly at the end of the steep climb she's taken you along and you, the reader, find yourself all alone on the verge of the cliff with an amazing view, never closer nor more distant than your eyes can see. Her endings are open and breathtaking and contribute excellently to the overall impression that each piece is chiseled so as to make the most of the short story form ... A Twist of Malice is a delightfully twisted read."              - Iuliana Andriescu, Quick Brown Fox

Review. "Jean Rae Baxter proves that the short story is not only alive and well, but ready to pounce from a dark corner upon the unsuspecting reader. These fourteen burnished diamonds offer sinister examinations of the darkness of the human soul ...This book is to be savored and re-read ..." - Lou Allin, Amazon Review

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