A collection of short stories by Catherine Evans, author of The Wrong'un and All Grown Up. Compelling, funny and acutely observed, each story is uniquely entertaining and holds a mirror up to human frailty and magnificence.

All Cats Are Grey In The Dark: a couple of underage drinkers feel the hand of fate at work.

Miss Higginbottom: The formidable games mistress of a girls' boarding school is suddenly confronted with an unpalatable truth about her whole existence.

Dirty Weekend: An elated man drives to the airport in his Porsche to spend an illicit weekend away with his luscious bit on the side. What could possibly interfere with his anticipatory pleasure?

By George: An old drunk takes a shortcut through the churchyard home, taking a little detour to water his dastardly Uncle Jack's grave.

Godspeed, Speedwell: A hitman has to dispatch a lady on a train. Is it sexist to say that he's never had to kill a woman before?

The e-book includes the initial excerpt from Evans's second novel All Grown Up, the story of a fifteen-year-old girl having an affair with a middle-aged man, who believes her to be an independent woman of twenty-two.