Death by decapitation of a public relations executive at a hotel opening, deaths by poison darts used by grannies against political/cultural foes, and multiple deaths from a lethal eugenics program by an otherwise normal-looking department store all provide a crime-related mystery link between three exciting novellas.In each novella, the characters come up against a nemesis from unexpected sources, experience a series of violent events, and are finally forced to confront surprising twists.
Two high school teachers become vigilantes.A pair of high school teachers kill a trio of financial wrongdoers and paste a summary paper judgment stating “The Consumer” on the victims’ foreheads. But when they cease their vigilante acts, due to social changes in their lives, they are faced with a copycat killer who has different motives. Now they must decide whether to try and foil this less principled killer at the continuing risk of being caught themselves.