Family and Other Ailments: Crime Stories Close to Home

Blood ties. The family we've been given, the friends we make, the loves we keep, and those we lost. The twenty-six stories in Family and Other Ailments teeter on the brink, hover at the periphery or even the possibility of crime. Under a soft light and at an angle, they're all love stories. The collection opens with "e;Spy Head,"e; a tale of friendship after a crushing trauma. In "e;Texas Two-Step...