Sweet and Sour is an involving and varied collection of gripping and enjoyable short stories whose captivating storylines greatly enhance readers’ enjoyment. All of them feature light and dark sides of human nature. Some stories have a devilish or unpredictable twist in the tale, some show how ordinary people are driven to murder, revenge and deceit by unexpected circumstances or odd events.
Sweet and Sour includes stories by Vivien Alcock, Margery Allingham, Isaac Asimov, Bernard Capes, Roald Dahl, W. W. Jacobs, Alison Lurie, Katherine Mansfield, Ruth Rendell, Salman Rushdie and Saki.