One of the world's great storytellers and author of the international bestseller Honor Among Thieves presents a collection of twelve inventive and ingeniously plotted stories. Each make superb use of "red herrings, " or misleading clues, and offer magnificent twists and surprises.

A collection of stories with a twist. With richly drawn characters and ingeniously plotted story lines, each of the stories ends with an unexpected turn of events, including: an imprisoned man certain that his murder victim is still alive; a female driver relentlessly pursued by a menacing figure in another vehicle; a young artist gets the biggest break of her career; an Iraqi on Saddam’s death list pays an involuntary visit to his homeland.

Each tale gives the protagonist an opportunity to seize, a problem to solve or a danger to avoid. How will they react? How would you? Buried in each story is a red herring—which Archer challenges the listener to uncover.