From the author of * The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time*

From the author of * The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time*

'Superbly gripping' Sunday Times**

'Terrifically compelling' Guardian**

'A brilliant collection' Daily Mail**An expedition to Mars goes terribly wrong.

A seaside pier collapses.

A thirty-stone man is confined to his living room.

One woman is abandoned on a tiny island in the middle of the ocean.

Another woman is saved from drowning.

Two boys discover a gun in a shoebox.

A group of explorers find a cave of unimaginable size deep in the Amazon jungle.

A man shoots a stranger in the chest on Christmas Eve.'The real redemption in these superbly gripping stories comes from their canny human detail, and the vivid, unsettling clarity they bring to our lives.’* Sunday Times*