My Review
Miss Winn is the latest collection of short stories by Rosemary Mairs.
I really enjoyed Rosemary Mairs’s previous short story collection, A Recycled Marriage, so was keen to read this too. Miss Winn is a solid collection of excellent short stories about a range of characters and topics such as: con men, murderers, traffic wardens, lonely old women, carers, an adopted boy finding his real mother, and tales of luck running out, as in the ‘Pinter Genes.’ You definitely don’t want to come across the old hag in ‘Waiting.’ Some of my favourites: Rev Ricky, The Portrait, Memory Tap, Flick The Slick, (con man,) Bobby Dazzler (adopted boy finding his mum,) No one will know, (mushroom allergy! This I found interesting as my daughter has this allergy! And I know how dangerous this can be!)
Miss Winn (about a conniving fraudstar and lonely old women, great twist!)
Just One – peanut allergy. Perfect Day – wedding – jealousy. Bad boy Blade, Waiting – wicked hag.
Pinter Genes – luck running out.
Buster – gold diggers!
In her sleep, about a traffic warden!
My favourite of all was ‘Buster,’ and Miss Winn as they both include really great twists in their tales!
My rating: 5 stars 🌟 highly recommended
M J Mallon YA Author and Poet 