A Partridge in Pear Tree: Twelve Days of Winter

The first story in a collection of interlinked tales of crime and retribution laced with dark humour, set around the festive season.

Billy Partridge wasn¿t really cut out to be a cat burglar, but it was `do the job, or come up with thirteen grand by Thursday, or have both legs shattered¿.
`Do the job¿ seemed the least worst option.

But he¿s about to find out just how bad the least worst option can be...

©2011 Stuart MacBride (P)2011 HarperCollins