This is a book of 16 short stories by Jeffery Deaver. As the title suggests, every one has a twist in the tail, or should that be tale. Nothing is quite as it seems and your perspective of the story is due for a wrench at the end. I will admit that one or two may telegraph the switch, but mostly you should be surprised as I was. Mr Deaver is an ingenious and inventive story teller. A thoroughly enjoyable book that you won't be able to put it down whilst in the middle of a story, but you can come back 16 times.