After reading a couple of solid mysteries, I read 'Verge' and another book by Yuknavitch ('The Book of Joan'--which I enjoyed more). These stories are all intriguing on their own, but my favorite was the one focusing on a girl who has lost a hand and is now in the process of being trained to work in the black market. All of the stories hinge upon something--a surprising revelation about the main character or an ironic ending. Some of them didn't capture me the way others did.