Mystery Writers of America grand master Phyllis A. Whitney— author of more than 70 best sellers— presides over a salon of the wittiest writers of mystery in this fifth sparkling entry in the Malice Domestic series. The contributors to this collection deliver skillfully plotted crime writing that is a credit to the Agatha Christie tradition. Short stories include:
• ' A Parrot Is Forever' by Peter Lovesey

• ' Accidents Will Happen' by Carolyn Wheat

• ' Bugged' by Eve K. Sandstrom

• ' The Bun Also Rises' by Jill Churchill

• ' Hill People' by Dean Feldmeyer

• ' Double Jeopardy' by Eileen Dreyer

• ' Vivian by Moonlight' by Medora Sale

• ' Crossed Keys' by Patricia Moyes

• ' Barbecued Bimbo' by Susan Rogers Cooper

• ' Honeymoon' by Nancy Atherton