Used book – The Golf Murders, Patricia Highsmith, Emmanuelle de Lesseps

Ken Minderquist is no longer the same man since he took a bullet meant for the President of the United States, for whom he serves as economic advisor.

For example, he believes he sees mermaids on a golf course. But has the change taken place within himself or in the eyes of others?

Alone on a desert island, Sarah and Henry's lives are turned upside down the day they discover bottles full of a vigorous amber liquid, originating from Scotland, in crates salvaged from a shipwreck.

In ten stories, ranging from the cruelty of "The Mermaids of the Golf Course" to the humor of "The Elixir of Scotland," the great novelist, a keen analyst of the soul's strangest folds, moves from shivers to smiles and from irony to tenderness. And she will astonish those who thought they knew everything about her talent...