A Choice of Murders

The only thing more varied than how people are killed is the many, many ways people try to get away with this terrible crime. Now masterful mystery writer Dorothy Salisbury Davis brings together 23 classic stories of crime and suspense, whodunits and detective stories from some of the finest authors of the 1950s.

Ross Macdonald’s classic P.I. Lew Archer takes a chilling case in California, where the mob isn't the only deadly thing under the West Coast sun. Margaret Millar brings us the tale of the couple next door who ensnares their neighbor in a tangled web of love and deception. Margaret Manners invites us to a bar for a drink and a quick little story of a con man who got what he deserved—and how the man accused of his murder walked free. And Michael Gilbert's brilliant detective Gladwyn Hughes must get to the bottom of an ambassador assassinated in front of forty-five witnesses before a war breaks out in Europe over the murder.

Twenty-three stories of criminals, victims, and always, always multiple choices of murder…

Featuring stories by:

ROBERT ARTHUR

LAWRENCE G. BLOCHMAN

ANTHONY BOUCHER

WENZELL BROWN

ANDREW CARVE

MIGNON G. EBERHART

STANLEY ELLIN

ANTHONY GILBERT

MICHAEL GILBERT

RYERSON JOHNSON

HELEN KASSON

JAMES A. KIRCH

ROSS MACDONALD

MARGARET MANNERS

STEPHEN MARLOWE

MARGARET MILLAR

STUART PALMER

JOHN BASYE PRICE

ELLERY QUEEN

MARC SEYMOUR

RUTHVEN TODD

LAWRENCE TREAT

ROBERT TURNER