Case histories, by Kate Atkinson

Not a collection of short stories, although it starts out feeling that way, but a maze that eventually links the characters to murder. Like a connect-the-dot puzzle, the picture remains fuzzy until close to the end of the book. I really liked the chapters where Atkinson begins with an assumption, and as the writing progresses you feel you've been included in a secret. Good writing, well drawn characters. I'll have to go back and re-read her other works.