Short StoriesW. Somerset Maugham is considered to be the acknowledged master of the short story. This collection represents the full range of his art.

she hasn't told Heather

is a plan that in its spine-chilling ingenuity breaches the ultra-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare

they begin to suspect that the criminal mastermind holding them hostage might be more in need of rescuing than they are

and a burned body discovered in the driver's seat

Raised in the forests of British Columbia

And yet it is still profoundly mysterious

In human spaceflight

But as the wedding day draws closer and Yasmin's parents get to know Joe's firebrand feminist mother

hung on a resolution

James reveals where he has changed his mind

a tale of divided loyalties

She loves running wild and free