Why has a well known architect’s daughter been kidnapped? And why does an innocent school reunion set off a chain of deadly events?

From dark secrets in Tudor Liverpool to a sinister visit to the Paris morgue in the 1890s and a job interview at an allegedly haunted castle that is not all it seems, this eclectic collection of short stories, set in the past and the present, takes the reader on a breathless journey of mystery and intrigue.

Including the award-shortlisted Les Inconnus and A Man of Taste, Dark and Merciless Things (with a foreword by Martin Edwards) brings together ten short tales from Kate Ellis, author of the Wesley Peterson novels and a mistress of the short story mystery.