Review: Tough and Tender
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 2, 2012
What sets Nigel Bird's work apart from other crime fiction is his ability to see the beauty in terrible situations.  The title story in particular is perfectly told.  Funny, sad, angry - it runs the gamut of emotions, and leaves you devastated by the ending.Mr. Bird is capable of brutal storytelling and a lot of these stories speak to man's thirst for revenge but again and again I was impressed by the author's ability to balance the tough with the tender.This collection will not disappoint and just might take you by surprise.