LAZY SUSAN By: Nancy Pickard

One day Susan Carpenter decides to learn to shoot a gun, and tells her husband Stan Carpenter. The reason for the decision of Susan, is that they stole $ 50 the same dayhe received his pay, she thought so well deserved by both effort in their work, but she knew she was lazy, so they called the lazy Susan. She was so brave for the theft she had done that he decided to take advantage of this, and prepared in case one day she happened again.

After weeks of training, she decides in the form of revenge do the same to another person, for the same reason goes to the cinema. Clearly analyzes an old man, and Susan steals. With that she feels more satisfied and not concerned about his $ 50 and her bad mood.

THE GUTTING OF COUFFIGNAL By: Dashiel Hammett

The Continental OP has been hired to guard presents given at a wedding, on a small and exceedingly exclusive island called Couffignal. In order to

live on the isle, an income in the millions is expected. Late at night, as a storm is raging, the lights go out across the island, followed by the sounds of gunfire. The hired detective is asked to go down to see what is causing the scene. Rain is pouring down. He discovers an armed car has come across the bridge, which has been blown u

p to prevent any outside forces impeding the robbers' escape or the rescue of the denizens, and a machine gun is firing on anyone in sight. The rest of the gang members rob the houses, stealing millions. The only way off the island is by boat, but when the Op tries to explore the bay, he is shot at by another machine gun. Throughout it all, an escaped political refugee, Princess Zafrina, accompanies the detective as he elusively chases the robbers in the rain. He tries

to recruit the citizens to help him, but observes "You can't fight mach

ine guns and hand grenades with peaceful villagers and retired capitalists."

Finally, he realizes he has crossed paths with the same people over and over. Upon this discovery, the Op deduces that someone

was using the noisy and sporadic shooting to create the illusion of a large robbery, when instead it was a small job between only a handful of men. Chasing one of his perps, the Op twists his ankle and can hardly walk. He spots a crippled young man, forces him into a chair, gives him $5 as collateral, and takes the crutch out of his hands to aid his ability to walk. Upon ret

urning to the safety of the Princess' home and being tended to, the Op finally understan

ds that Zafrina is the mastermind behind the entire plot and is robbing her neighbors.

RIDE THE LIGHTNING By: John Lutz

No one thought Curtis Colt had been railroaded for the shooting of a liquor store owner, least of all St. Louis private investigator Alo Nudger. It had been an open-and-shut case of cold blooded murder, and the people of Missouri were just waiting for Colt to be strapped into the electric chair—after all, three eyewitnesses couldn't be wrong.

But as time runs out on the convicted killer, Nudger receives a call from Candy Ann Adams, Colt's fiance, who insists he's innocent, because she knows who really pulled the trigger. Despite his better judgment, Nudger takes the case, finding the trail cold and witnesses colder still. But, just as he prepares to abandon the case and leave Colt to his fate, Nudger comes across new evidence that convinces him that maybe Candy Ann is right, maybe the wrong man has been sentenced to 'ride the lightning'.

THE HEROINE By: Patricia Highsmith

When Lucille's mother dies, she decides to leave, forget everything an start again.Westchester reaches the Christiansen family home and is hired as the nanny of twochildren who live there. Their names were Nicky, nine years, and Heloise 6 years.Lucille to start working there, she begins to cling to these children as a haven to forgetthe past that had been hard.

When you receive your first payment, which was $ 20, she burned, think of an idea to maybe run in the family that Christiansen and have a secure future with children to care for them.

Lucille decides to burn the Christiansen house, and so be it as a heroine for saving the children, and so parents would know when she loved the children. The day Lucille's house burning gasoline used to burn it, but realizes cuanodo that the fire is reachingcuartoo of children, she finally retracts and does not save the children.