''Twisted'' () is a

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collection of

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writer

Jeffery Deaver Jeffery Deaver (born May 6, 1950) is an American mystery and crime writer. He has a bachelor of journalism degree from the University of Missouri and a J.D. degree from Fordham University and originally started working as a journalist. He lat ...

. The book was published by

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in 2003 and features 16 short stories, including one featuring Deaver's fictional detective Lincoln Rhyme.

Stories

# Without Jonathan # The Weekender # For Services Rendered # Beautiful # The Fall Guy # Eye To Eye # Triangle # All The World's A Stage # Gone Fishing # Nocturne # Lesser-Included Offense # The Blank Card # The Christmas Present (an original Lincoln Rhyme story) # Together # The Widow of Pine Creek # The Kneeling Soldier

More Twisted

A second collection of stories entitled '' More Twisted'' was published in 2006 by

. This collection contains fifteen previously published stories together with another new Lincoln Rhyme mystery.

References

* Deaver, Jeffery: Twisted ()

External links

* 2003 short story collections Works by Jeffery Deaver American short story collections Crime short story collections {{2000s-story-collection-stub