In the title story of this collection Alysson was raised to believe in a sisterhood of women. She is plunged into a world where the 'sisters' are twisted. Women set her up at work by a malicious prank. A manager tries to molest her. These events occur in the stories set in a fictitious agency where she is a badly treated casual. In 'Bad Neighbours' Trudy Alysson the owner of the property and most of the street are victimised any hour of the day and night by a rowdy drug fiend Trixie. while police and public health agencies are only concerned about Trixie's civil rights and political correctness. Unexpected allies come up with a shady solution. Alysson meets a sinister character in 'Death at a Railway Station' and a few snake charmers in 'The Snake Charmer'. In the final stories a feisty red-haired private investigator Kristy tracks down various mysterious characters including a runaway house wife Isobel Lindsay a university student and his mysterious wife Tamsin. Kristy also searches for a mysterious hacker who isn't what he seems. She is put in danger by a shady character in 'The Cult'.
