Piranha to Scurfy

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Title Piranha to Scurfy
Author Ruth Rendell
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre(s) Crime/Mystery short stories
Publisher Hutchinson
Released 7 September 2000
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Preceded by Harm Done
Followed by Adam and Eve and Pinch Me

Piranha to Scurfy is a short story collection by British writer Ruth Rendell, published in 2000. The collection takes its unusual name from the first story featured, which itself is named after a volume of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.

[edit] Contents

The volume contains 9 short stories and 2 longer novellas:

  1. Piranha to Scurfy (novella)
  2. Computer Seance
  3. Fair Exchange
  4. The Wink
  5. Catamount
  6. Walter's Leg
  7. The Professional
  8. The Beach Butler
  9. The Astronomical Scarf
  10. High Mysterious Union (novella)
  11. Myth (NB: not included in the US edition)