All it takes is one bad decision to send a person down the wrong path. And, as the introduction to this anthology points out "[n]ot 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."

As indicated, the people in Simon Wood's ASKING FOR TROUBLE aren't (for the most part) particularly evil. They're under some form of duress or simply duped into thinking they're doing the right thing. Unfortunately, they fail to think their actions through and end up in trouble over their heads.

This collection of ten stories explores just how wrong things can go based on one simple misstep or dark impulse.

The stories include a wide range of protagonists and scenarios, from the beleaguered Richard in "Making Ends Meet," who makes a fateful decision about his mooching in-laws, to the even-more-beleaguered Todd (appearing in a partial reprise of "Fender Bender" from Wood's WORKING STIFFS anthology), who earns a drug kingpin's ire when he leaves a dent in the wrong car.

Wood has an extraordinary talent for ending his stories with a dark twist. He writes clean, vivid prose that not only creates suspense, but paints an entire picture.

Read the entire review at http://thebookgrrl.blogspot.com/2010/07/wrong-decisions-lead-to-disaster-in.html ( )