Asking for Trouble

The road to crime begins with a single decision--the wrong one. Not every decision belongs to the criminally minded. Some belong to the ill-informed, the weak and the plain unlucky. In these tales, trouble isn't an indiscriminate force of nature. It's a manmade occurrence that comes when called upon.

In Making Ends Meet, Richard is so tired of supporting his deadbeat in-laws that he decides he's going to cut them out of his life--for good. Jamie Lassen is just Protecting The Innocent when he tells Chris Forbes to stop dating his sister. A Fender Bender with a drug dealer's car puts Todd in hock with the mob and a kingpin makes Todd responsible for a much larger debt. The Taskmasters picked Matt out just at the right time. Tired of his dead-end life, he was looking for someone to help him turn his life around.

These tales and others prove that ASKING FOR TROUBLE is a case of good intentions gone bad and bad intentions gone worse.

Praise for Simon Wood:
"He writes like a dark demented angel."
-- Ken Bruen, author of PRIEST

"Simon Wood packs his books with suspense, surprises & superb storytelling."
-- Ed Gorman, author of SLEEPING DOGS

"Wood's ability to spin the commonplace into the quirky and then into the deadly puts me in mind of Roald Dahl's gift for the same."
-- The Drowning Machine

"Simon Wood offers a literary roller coaster ride that thrills and terrifies on every page."
-- Sean Chercover, author of TRIGGER CITY

"When Simon Wood is at the wheel, hang on for a page turner."
--Chris Grabenstein, author of HELL HOLE

"A supremely gifted writer."
-- Jason Pinter, author of THE MARK

"Simon Wood is the 'Gary Oldman' of mystery fiction."
--Tony Broadbent, author of THE SMOKE