I have set up thereat slideshow - its looks great but.. when clicking on the "read more"  the first and last slide simple show the slideshow followed by the article.  The second and third article actually shows just the article (which is what I want)
I can't see anything in the back end to configure this.

Also there is no way to reorder the slides ?  the order column simply shows the order and there is no way to edit this.

See www.spinningmoon.com

Did you add a link at the first and the last slide?

According the ordering issue these are the right steps:

1. In the "slides" list, filter a certain category from the drop down, located on the right, above the slides list.
2. Now you see the slides for that particular category. Hit the "Order" table header, so manual ordering is enabled.
3. Drag a slide from the 4-directional arrow to re-order it.
That's it :)

excellent! -  got the ordering. :-) a Big thank you!
will check the links thing ..