Includes:- The Fallen Curtain and Other Stories (1976) – winner of the Edgar from the Mystery Writers of America. ‘Here we have a natural storyteller’ Times Literary Supplement- Means of Evil and Other Stories (1979) – five classic Wexford cases. ‘Demonstrates that the classical short story is by no means dead. Ruth Rendell has given us five gems’ Daily Telegraph- The Fever Tree and Other Stories (1982) ‘These can only add to her high standing in the world of crime writing…Ruth Rendell keeps us fascinated as she weaves her web.’ Woman and Home- The New Girlfriend and Other Stories (1985) – winner of the Edgar from the Mystery Writers of America. ‘Her range is extraordinary…a shocking fusillade of finales’ Sunday Times