Malice Domestic: An Anthology of Original Traditional Mystery Stories

Nancy Pickard, Rosalind Greenberg

Pocket Books, 1994 - Fiction - 240 pages

Following the success of Malice Domestic 1--recipient of the Agatha Award for Best Short Story and called "outstanding" by Publishers Weekly--acclaimed author Nancy Pickard serves a feast of original traditional mystery stories in classic Agatha Christie style. Featured writers include Wendy Hornsby, Dorothy Cannell, Joan Hess, and Nancy Pickard herself.

Contents

• Cast Your Fate to the Wind: 22
• Fannies Back Fence Caper: 41
• His Tears: 64

About the author

Nancy Pickard is best known for her Jenny Cain mysteries. Her first novel was "Generous Death", and she began writing the culinary adventures of Mrs. Potter when the creator of the character, Virginia Rich, passed away in the mid 1980's. Rich's husband found a box of notes and newspaper clippings that were related to books that Virginia had hoped to write and they included a few first drafts of chapters. Pickard's relationship began with Rich when, as a fan, she wrote a letter to her after finishing "The Cooking School Murders." They were both mystery writers married to cattle ranchers. After her death, Rich's husband wanted to find another writer to continue Virginia's work, which eventually led to Pickard. The unfinished manuscript for "The 27-Ingredient Chili Con Carne Murders" was continued by Pickard and published in 1993. Before her death, Rich wrote "The Cooking School Murders" (1982), The Baked Bean Supper Murders" (1983), and The Nantucket Diet Murders" (1985). The other Eugenia Potter novels written by Pickard were "The Blue Corn Murders," which turned the character Mrs. Potter into a more vigorous older woman, followed by "The Secret Ingredient Murders." Pickard is the past president of Sisters in Crime and received the Anthony, Macavity and Agatha awards for five of the ten novels in her popular Jenny Cain series. She was also a two-time Edgar Award nominee and a winner of the American Mystery Award. Martin H. Greenberg was born in 1942. He received a doctorate in Political Science in 1969 and was a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin until 1995. Over the course of his long and prolific career, Greenberg has published around 1000 anthologies and has worked with numerous best-selling authors including Isaac Asimov, Tom Clancy, Stephen King, Anne McCaffrey, Sue Grafton, Scott Turow and Dean Koontz. He has won numerous awards including the Horror Guild Award in 1994, the Deathrealm Award in 1996, the Bram Stoker Award in 1998, and the Prometheus Special Award in 2005. He also received The Ellery Queen Award for lifetime achievement in mystery editing and the Milford Award for lifetime achievement in science fiction editing.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Malice Domestic: An Anthology of Original Traditional Mystery Stories; Volume 3 of Malice domestic
• Authors: Nancy Pickard, Rosalind Greenberg
• Editors: Nancy Pickard, Jane Chelius, Martin Greenberg
• Publisher: Pocket Books, 1994
• ISBN: 0671738283, 9780671738280
• Length: 240 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Collections & Anthologies; Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General