One Bad Twelve — Matthew Iden

A group of Mafia wiseguys sweat it out as they wait to hear who's snitched on them in "Up a Rung", a disturbed woman loses more than her mind in "Possession", and a postman's larcenous streak gets him in a terrible mess just a few days before Christmas in "Special Delivery". There are just a few of the thirteen tales that had to be bribed, shoved, and bullied into ONE BAD TWELVE. These stories -- chock full of dirty motives, relentless ambitions, and a lop-sided view of the world -- aren't used to being pushed around. Read them, buy them, or ignore them...just don't turn your back on them. ONE BAD TWELVE is the master collection of the stories found in Three Shorts, Three the Hard Way, Three on a Match, and Three of a Kind as well as a short story unique to this volume, "Sixteen Steps". Includes a Story Notes appendix detailing the background and motivation for all the stories, as well as an excerpt from the medium-boiled detective series debut, A REASON TO LIVE.