The first volume in the Seven Deadly Sins series, Speaking of Lust is a collection of oustanding short stories on that exceedingly deadly sin known as lust. From James W. Hall's voyeuristic Fulbright fellow at a Jesuit university in Bilbao, Spain, obsessed with an exotic fifteen-year-old girl to Block's four characters--a soldier, a policeman, a doctor, and a priest--who share labyrinthine tales of passion and murder at a weekly bridge game, these stories are as beguiling as they are clever.

Speaking of Lust is a compelling anthology that will entertain and amaze readers with the power of desire raised to sinful proportions.

Contents:

• Crack by James W. Hall
• The Girls in Villa Costas by Simon Brett
• I’m Not That Kind of Girl by Marthayn Pelegrimas
• The End of It All by Ed Gorman
• A Theme for Hyacinth by Julian Symons
• Hot Springs by James Crumley
• Do With Me What You Will by Joyce Carol Oates
• Hero by Jeremiah Healy
• Ro Erg by Robert Weinberg
• Sauce for the Goose by Gil Brewer
• Every Morning by Richard Marsten
• I’m in the Book by Loren D. Estleman
• Hell on Wheels by Thomas S. Roche
• A Handgun for Protection by John Lutz
• All That Glitters by Joan Hess
• The Man Who Shot Trinity Valance by Paul Bishop
• The Age of Desire by Clive Barker
• Speaking of Lust by Lawrence Block