What a strange little collection of short stories by Rendell—they definitely left me wanting more. Most revolved around women who take decisive action when their choices are limited, often with drastic consequences for those around them. One exception is the title story, in which a writer develops an elaborate fantasy about the cleaner in the flat he has borrowed, until she makes the mistake of giving him a gift he considers in poor taste, shattering his dream. Sometimes the endings are head-scratchers; it tools me a minute to make sense of ‘Weeds.’ But each story represents a puzzle of a life worth unraveling.