Anna Campbell

Every page features a sidebar containing items for children to spot and say aloud

a stripper who imagines moments from her life as if they were movie scenes

her world is shattered

and dignity of its telling

From a Surgeon's Diary Leo Tolstoy Anna CampbellSet in the rambling rural countryside of nineteenth century England, this selection of stories takes the reader through a myriad cast of suspicious characters and scenarios. Meet the widow anxious to bury her husband before the autopsy. Meet the artist who's brushes have never been used. Meet the bedridden drunk who contracts lead poisoning from a pub miles away. These strange stories are designed to baffle the mind and entertain the crime buff and