THE EXPECTED NEVER HAPPENS... A lover calls unexpectedly on his mistress and watches another man leaving her flat. He accuses her of being unfaithful, quarrels with her, strikes her. She dies. Leaving unnoticed, he tips off the police to ensure the other man is arrested and charged . . . Has he achieved the perfect murder? A TANTALIZING OPENING TO A TWIST IN THE TALE Conside THE EXPECTED NEVER HAPPENS... A lover calls unexpectedly on his mistress and watches another man leaving her flat. He accuses her of being unfaithful, quarrels with her, strikes her. She dies. Leaving unnoticed, he tips off the police to ensure the other man is arrested and charged . . . Has he achieved the perfect murder? A TANTALIZING OPENING TO A TWIST IN THE TALE Consider also: a wine-tasting with a bizarre difference, a game of sex with a beautiful stranger, a violent row in a golf clubhouse bar, a rivalry founded on eating cornflakes ... just some of the openings in this cunningly constructed, fast-moving, entertaining set of stories from the bestselling author of our time.