Following the success of Malice Domestic 1— recipient of the Agatha Award for Best Short Story and called "outstanding" by Publishers Weekly— acclaimed author Mary Higgins Clark serves a feast of original traditional mystery stories in classic Agatha Christie style. Featured writers include Amanda Cross, Frances Fyfield, and K.K. Beck. The stories included here are:

• " Who Shot Mrs. Bryon Boyd?" by Amanda Cross

• " The Return of Ma Barker" by Gary Alexander

• " Even Steven" by Taylor McCafferty

• " Cold and Deep" by Frances Fyfield

• " A Romance in the Rockies" by K.K. Beck

• " Goodbye, Sue Ellen" by Gillian Roberts

• " Kim' s Game" by M.D. Lake

• " The Neiman Marcus Body" by Lecretia Grindle

• " Water" by Sally Gunning

• " Arsenic and Old Ideas" by Jan Grape