Charlotte's Reviews > Twisted: The Collected Short Stories

I loved this collection of short stories by Jeffrey Deaver. Each story, from first to last, epitomizes why Deaver is the master of the whiplash twist in storytelling. Each story was littered with clues that gave things away, but you only realized it once you came to the very end and were startled into thinking, "Wait, what?!".

The stories also ended in such a way that left you to imagine what would come next, were it a full-length novel. A surprising reverie would descend on me from time to time as I read each story in turn, and I would have to shake myself out of my fascination with the last story and become immediately enchanted by the one following. Deaver lulls you into a state of fascinated curiosity before springing the denouement in a such a way that you are completely thrown off, then ties off the story in a way that begs you to continue it yourself.

All in all, an excellent read!