WOMEN IN PERIL - A COMPENDIUM OF STORIES Five stories in the usual Hughes style depicting the pain, terror and shame of beautiful English women in various degrees of peril from sadistic men and women yet maybe discovering an element of unwanted lust in their predicaments FORCED TO OBEY: a mother must demean herself to obtain the release of her kidnapped daughter. CAPTURED: a married couple are captured by gangsters in London. THE INTERVIEW: a family have to undergo a humiliating interview by England's new 'rulers.' I HOSTAGE: a woman's diary of her incarceration by terrorists. KIDNAPPED ON-LINE:a wife is kidnapped and her images fed to her husband to encourage a ransom.