Stopover and Other Stories for a Rainy Night

COZY AND NOIR ...
★★★★★Very Creepy |Verified Purchase] Actually spawned dreams at night after reading. Beware of women who live in tents and bake pies.....

A private detective is on a personal errand of revenge when he makes the mistake of stopping at an abandoned diner. . . . Arnold Knight is sure he's spotted a crime in the neighborhood through binoculars, to the annoyance of his sister and the police. . . . Two men are stuck in an elevator and one decides to tell a scary story, props and all, to pass the time. . . . A new warden uses a Tarot card to uncover a woman's escape from a foolproof cell . . .

Short stories--from detective and police procedural to the cozy amateur sleuth--come to life in the pages of this collection.