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The Devil in Me

The Devil in Me

Short Stories

Summary

A teacher loses one of her pupils somewhere in the London Underground.
A catwalk model reveals the grisly secret of looking good.
Slacker friends are forced into action over an accidental murder.
A bomb's aftershock is felt fifty years later.
Sex toys become instruments of fate.
The suburbs are besieged, star scandals are revealed, epic tragedy turns to triumph and a cry for help flares briefly in the night...

Black comedy, high farce, dark revelations...they all go to make up Christopher Fowler's mind-blowing collection of immoral tales.

Reviews

  • Superb
    Time Out

About the author

Christopher Fowler

Christopher Fowler was the multiple award-winning author of almost fifty novels and short story collections, including the celebrated Bryant & May mysteries. His other novels include Roofworld, Spanky, The Sand Men and Hot Water. He has also written two acclaimed memoirs, Paperboy (winner of the Green Carnation Prize) and Film Freak, plus The Book of Forgotten Authors and Peculiar London, Bryant and May's singular and eccentric guide to the city. In 2015 Chris was awarded the Crime Writers Association's coveted 'Dagger in the Library' for his body of work. He lived in London and Barcelona. Diagnosed with cancer just as the UK went into lockdown in 2020, Chris died on 2nd March 2023.
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