This volume contains the invited papers and selected contributed papers presented at the biennial International Symposium on ELECTRON COLLISIONS WITH MOLECULES, CLUSTERS AND SURF ACES held at Royal Holloway, University of London from 29th to 30th July, 1993. This Symposium was a Satellite Meeting of the XVIII International Conference on the Physics of Electronic and Atomic Collisions (ICPEAC) and follows a 16 year tradition of Satellite Conferences in related areas of collisions held in association with previous ICPEAC's. In the past each of these electron -molecule symposia covered the broad field of electron-molecule scattering at rather low energies, but also included hot topics. This time as well as covering the whole field, well defined electron collisions with clusters and with particles in the complex potential of a surface were emphasized. Not many details are known about such collisions, although they become more and more important in surface characterisation, plasma-wall interactions, electron induced desorption and reorganisation of adsorbed particles. Recently, much work, theoretical and experimental, has been devoted to electron collisions with rather large carbon, silicon and halogen containing molecules. These problems are of relevance in plasma assisted thin film formation and etching of surfaces and can now be approached with advanced theoretical methods and experimental equipment.

This volume contains the invited papers and selected contributed papers presented at the biennial International Symposium on ELECTRON COLLISIONS WITH MOLECULES, CLUSTERS AND SURF ACES held at Royal Holloway, University of London from 29th to 30th July, 1993. This Symposium was a Satellite Meeting of the XVIII International Conference on the Physics of Electronic and Atomic Collisions (ICPEAC) and follows a 16 year tradition of Satellite Conferences in related areas of collisions held in association with previous ICPEAC's. In the past each of these electron -molecule symposia covered the broad field of electron-molecule scattering at rather low energies, but also included hot topics. This time as well as covering the whole field, well defined electron collisions with clusters and with particles in the complex potential of a surface were emphasized. Not many details are known about such collisions, although they become more and more important in surface characterisation, plasma-wall interactions, electron induced desorption and reorganisation of adsorbed particles. Recently, much work, theoretical and experimental, has been devoted to electron collisions with rather large carbon, silicon and halogen containing molecules. These problems are of relevance in plasma assisted thin film formation and etching of surfaces and can now be approached with advanced theoretical methods and experimental equipment.

Murder brings together a suburban community's embezzlement, prostitution, bigotry, perversion, and black humor in this intense drama. Take a close look into the dark heart of suburban culture. Behind the phony smiles, lie chilling thoughts of murder, embezzlement, prostitution, bigotry, and perversion. This is spiced with black humor. When a sex murder is discovered, the suspects crawl out of the walls. We have a lawyer and his trophy wife, a civic leader with political aspirations, his wife who has her own agenda, the owner of a construction company, and the editor of a scandal rag, who's in love with a supermodel. When their secrets are finally exposed, all of their stories come together in a shocking conclusion.

When wealthy sophisticated Asher is drawn into investigating a sex-murder mystery with a vulgar New York PI, hilarity ensues. He is forced to acknowledge the seedy side of life as he races against time to solve this case to save the life of a Long Island socialite. Why did this man's relatively young wife die of a heart attack? Is there a pill that will truly give a woman a four hour orgasm? Let me describe Asher St. James. When the story starts, the sole purpose of his existence was to lead a life of quiet refinement. He was born into old money on his staunch, New England father's side. His mother is a Jewish, New York jet-setter. Needless to say, it was confusing for him to have made his confirmation and bar mitzvah in the same year. He found the solution to this quandary by turning to the philosophy of Buddhism. When he goes to his penthouse in New York City, he is suddenly drawn into a maelstrom of violence and sexual proclivity by DG Castellano, a private investigator that was hired for the sole reason of his not having any connection to Long Island high society. Anonymity is of the essence. The two of them are aided in their investigation by Asher's supercilious valet, a dark-skinned man of Asian descent, and a mystery unto himself. The banter among these three is rich in laughter. As the dramatic essence of the crime is revealed, Asher slowly evolves into a better, caring person. Look for Asher's first appearance in Theron and the Amazon, the second book in the Theron series.