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