15 new stories, each with an intriguing ending, explore murder, revenge, prison escape and twelve other major crimes. A professor, out to avenge his wife's murder, figures out that there is only one way to beat the Mafia. An assassin agrees to eliminate the greatest hitter in baseball history but has second thoughts. A man drowns his rich aunt but finds that she just won't stay under. A businessman arrives home to find a charming teenage thief relaxing in his living room. A veteran second storey man tries for one last painting... Each story keeps you wondering until the very end.