by Joan Hess
First published 2000
Joan Hess presents a collection that pairs Agatha Christie's classic "The Case of the Discontented Soldier" with fourteen original stories inspired by the mystery queen herself. Contemporary mystery writers including Robert Bernard, Jan Burke, Kate Charles, Marjorie Eccles, Teri Holbrook, Gwen Moffat, Marcia Talley, Dorothy Cannell, Charles Todd, Ann Granger, Walter Satterthwait, Carolyn Wheat, and Susan Moody craft tales of domestic murder and mayhem. The stories explore familiar settings turned sinister. Nursing home residents devise deadly solutions for persistent complainers. Parish women shower their priest Father Luke with fatal affection. An impatient heir grows tired of waiting for Aunt Marigold's weak heart to fail naturally. These traditional mysteries celebrate the art of murder in ordinary places, where ordinary people harbor extraordinary malice.
Genres: domestic-fiction, mystery, crime, agatha-christie, cozy-mystery, short-story-collection
Vibes: cozy, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, ordinary-people-harbor-extraordinary-malice
224 pages · Paperback · Avon Twilight