Review: Six stories is not enough. We want more!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 11, 2013
Imagine you're at the bus stop, or waiting at your GP surgery, or have only a few minutes available. You'd like to read something, but don't feel like starting a new book, or continue reading a full novel. You could do with a short read, something brief that entertains you, something with a beginning and an end. Well, this is exactly the kind of thing you need. A collection of short stories, 1,000 words each. It takes you about 10 minutes to read each one of them.Chase Williams used to be police officer in Scotland Yard. For reasons not yet revealed, he moved to Italy and he's now working for an import/export Company in Tursenia, a lovely medieval city.There are six crimes depicted, one for each story. They are quite unusual crimes, and yet credible. Somehow Chase finds himself involved, often unwillingly. I loved the way he faces these bizarre situations, his attitude towards the local people and his dry British sense of humour. He's never awkward, despite the fact that his cultural background is very different. He fits in well, and his ironic take on Italian life is quite endearing. Probably because of his past, he's able to figure out what is going on in the various situations he faces.  This book is a little gem, I'd love to read more about this author.