Trigger Warning by Neil Gaiman

One of my top five authors, Neil Gaiman is consistently inventive. From Sandman to American Gods and every place in between (Good Omens, the collaboration between Gaiman and Terry Pratchett is still a book that I can reread and find something new, I do not recommend taking it on a plane journey though, your laughter may annoy the person next to you) .

I picked up a copy of Trigger Warning weeks ago, another collection of short stories, with a warning at the front which is longer than most of the stories. Knowing that I had at least one Sherlock Holmes story and even a Doctor Who short to look forward to I planned to savour it one story at a time.

Didn't happen, I read the whole thing in one sitting. Trigger runs the gamut from a little poetry, to scary bedtime stories, skewed fairy tales, life changing honey, the battle of 2012  and Shadow (from American Gods) as well as the 11th Doc and Amy Pond and of course the world's greatest detective.

If you can read just one story and put the book down you have way more self control than I do. Just dive in, head first and enjoy Gaiman's playful imagination.

Killer Come Hither, Louis Begley

How far would you go to catch a killer?

Captain Jack Dana a  Marine brought home after being severely wounded in combat channels his experiences into writing.  His Uncle Harry, a partner in a leading New York law firm and closest thing Jack now has to a father gives Jack the space to write and the time to heal, he also helps him find a publisher. Jack is firmly in his debt and with two bestsellers under his belt, travels to Brazil to get to work on a third. Jack returns to terrible news, days after he left for Brazil, Harry hanged himself at his Sag Habour home. 

Harry's boss tells Jack that Uncle Harry was losing his mind and had to be retired to save his and the firm's reputation. Unable to swallow that line Jack starts to dig. Harry's remains now fit into an urn but he was smart enough to leave a trail for Jack to follow. With the help of Kerry Black, Harry's close associate and Scott Prentice, Jack's former college buddy turned CIA spook he traces Harry's death to one client in particular; a right wing blowhard who is about to take his network of companies public, while secretly continuing to fund terrorist organisations overseas. Before Jack can take him down he'll have to deal with a Slav hitman, vines of corruption that lead to the house and the senate and media slurs on his uncle's reputation. Jack uses those same media to set a trap for Harry’s killer, with himself as the bait.