From award-winning author BV Lawson comes five short tales of crime and suspense about the dark choices people make when their backs are against a wall: BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD: A sheriff's deputy and a nun hold the fate of a meth dealer in their hands VIOLIN KARMA; A down-on-his-luck former violinist takes fate into his own, scarred hands NO GOOD DEED: A forensic linguist becomes obsessed with solving the puzzle of a missing Moravian deed that might be the key to murder THE PAW OF THE RIGHTEOUS: A homeless man killed by a hit-and-run finds unusual after-death advocates in a minister and his cat TOUCH OF DEATH: In the Derringer Award-winner "Touch of Death," a hitman with unusual skills just wants to be left alone Praise for BV Lawson's short fiction:"One of the best shorts I've read this year. Scary and triumphant in the bleakest kind of way with two of the best characters I've read." - AJ Hayes, author of the Mad Dog and Englishman series"We've had the pleasure of reading these tales and can enthusiastically recommend them." - Omnimystery News"Awesome story. Beautifully written...you have really written something special." - Terrie Farley Moran, author of the Read 'Em and Eat Café and Bookstore series