With Malice Toward All

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An anthology of mystery stories by the Mystery Writers of America.A taste for malice? Then feast on this cornucopia of crime. Twenty-four stories present a spectrum of the sinister ranging from the subtle art of impersonation to blackmail to the purest of all forms of malice—murder. Foreword / Robert L. Fish — The merciful / C. L. Sweeney, Jr. — Long shot / Henry Slesar — The letter of the law / Don Knowlton — Every litter bit hurts / Michael Avallone — Strictly diplomatic / John Dickson Carr — The impersonation murder case / Miriam Allen deFord — Always a motive / Dan Ross — The orderly world of Mr. Appleby / Stanley Ellin — Number One / John Holt — The release / Cornell Woolrich — The house at the end of the lane / Browning Norton — Command performance / Anthony Boucher — End of the day / Jane Speed — The reference room / John D. MacDonald — Sauce for the gander / Morris Hershman — Mr. Wickwire’s widow / Mignon Eberhart — Death by the numbers / Ed Lacy — The accident / Julian Symons — String of pearls / Robert Bloch — E = Murder / Ellery Queen — DARL I LUV U / Joe Gores — The inquisitive butcher of Nice / James Holding — The ring with the velvet ropes / Edward D. Hoch — Angelica is still alive / Walter Snow