Like a Charm
2004 • 386 pages

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KARIN SLAUGHTER, MARK BILLINGHAM, LEE CHILD, JOHN CONNOLLY, JOHN HARVEY,LYNDA LA PLANTE, DENISE MINA, PETER ROBINSON - A STUNNING COLLECTION BY CRIME FICTION'S BEST...Desire leaves a man destroyed - a young girl's curiosity reveals secrets better left hidden - an accidental encounter on a train ends violently - ambition leads to a curious exchange - an uncanny likeness changes two lives forever - A novel in sixteen chilling parts, linked by a glittering charm bracelet which brings misfortune to everyone who handles it -In Like A Charm, the cream of British and American crime writers combine for a must-have collection. From nineteenth-century Georgia, where the bracelet is forged in fire, to wartime Leeds, a steam train across Europe, the violent backstreets of 1980s Scotland, present-day London, a Manhattan taxi, the Mojave desert and back to Georgia, each writer weaves a gripping story of murder, betrayal and intrigue.


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December 11, 2008

“Like a Charm” is a great collection of short-stories from writers such as Karin Slaughter, John Connolly, Mark Billingham and Lynda La Plante. A charm braclet is central to all the stories,with each one focusing on a particular charm.

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