Contents
The collection contains nine stories:
- "A Pair of Yellow Lillies"
- "Paperwork"
- "Mother's Help"
- "Long Live the Queen"
- "Dying Happy"
- "The Copper Peacock"
- "Weeds"
- "The Fish-Sitter"
- "An Unwanted Woman" (an Inspector Wexford story)
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