Moving from 1930s Camden to a Royal Wedding "e;riot"e;, via football fights, office steeplechases and awkward dates in art galleries, London Lies is a bizarre, funny, moving and sometimes unnerving glimpse into the secret life of the city we all love and know.
One of the "e;folk wisdoms"e; that circulates among crime/mystery writers is this: While one may slaughter as many humans in pretty much any gory fashion one wishes, a writer will earn his/her readers' undying enmity should they presume to fictionally destroy a feline.
Brooke Biaz's short stories unearth the bonds between individuals and location but also wonder on the underlying connections between people and their sense of belonging.