What qualifies as a Malice Domestic mystery? "'Malice' is self-explanatory, I trust," writes the acclaimed Elizabeth Peters in her introduction to this outstanding collection. "'Domestic' distinguishes the personal and private aspects of crime from the public and impersonal. Our murderers don't kill for the fun of it (serial killers) or for a misguided ideal (assassins and terrorists) or for pay (hired hit men). They only do in people they know and love (or hate)."

Gathered in homage to the most beloved crimewriter of all, Dame Agatha Christie, Malice Domestic 1 presents today's best mystery writers at the top of their form.

Contents:

• Malice Domestic - An Idea Whose Time Had Come by Elizabeth Peters
• The Perplexing Puzzle of the Perfidious Pigeon Poisoner by Charlotte MacLeod
• Windkill by D.R. Meredith
• The Cottonwood Creek Caper by Diane Mott Davidson
• Angel on the Loose by Valerie Frankel
• The Ties That Bind by L.B. Greenwood
• Nice Gorilla by Charlotte and Aaron Elkins
• Take Care of Yourself by Janet LaPierre
• The Last To Know by Joan Hess
• Henrie O.'s Holiday by Carolyn G. Hart
• Night Visitor by Audrey Peterson
• Homebodies by Barbara Paul
• Happiness is a Dead Poet bySharyn McCrumb
• The Jersey Lily; or, Make Me Immortal With a Kiss by P.M. Carlson

Presented by Elizabeth Peters, edited by Martin H. Greenberg.