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This page lists crime fiction anthologies published in the annual Malice Domestic series of "cozy" crime short stories that ran between 1992 and 2001 and then from 2015 to the present.

Malice Domestic 1

Presented by: Elizabeth Peters

1992

The contents are:

• Introduction : The Four Hs: Hearth, Health, Home, And Homicide (Joan Hess)
• An Idea Whose Time Had Come (Elizabeth Peters)
• The Perplexing Puzzle Of The Perfidious Pigeon Poisoner (Charlotte Macleod)
• Windkill (D. R. Meredith)
• The Cottonwood Creek Caper (Diane Mott Davidson)
• Angel On The Loose (Valerie Frankel)
• The Ties That Bind (L. B. Greenwood)
• Nice Gorilla (Charlotte And Aaron Elkins)
• Take Care Of Yourself (Janet Lapierre)
• The Last To Know (Joan Hess)
• Henrie O.’S Holiday (Carolyn G. Hart)
• Night Visitor (Audrey Peterson)
• Homebodies (Barbara Paul)
• Happiness Is A Dead Poet (Sharyn McCrumb)
• The Jersey Lily; Or, Make Me Immortal With A Kiss (P. M. Carlson)

Malice Domestic 2

Presented by: Mary Higgins Clark

1993

The contents are:

• As It Was in the Beginning (Mary Higgins Clark)
• Who Shot Mrs. Byron Boyd? (Amanda Cross)
• Dog Television (Robert Barnard)
• Goodbye, Sue Ellen (Gillian Roberts)
• Even Steven (Taylor McCafferty)
• Water (Sally Gunning)
• You Never Know (Sarah Shankman)
• The Return of Ma Barker (Gary Alexander)
• A Romance in the Rockies (K. K. Beck)
• Checkout (Susan Dunlap)
• The Nieman Marcus Body (Lucretia Grindle)
• Anna and the Snake People (Ed Gorman)
• ...That Married Dear Old Dad (Margaret Maron)
• Parris Green (Carole Nelson Douglas)
• Kim's Game (M.D. Lake)
• Arsenic and Old Ideas (Jan Grape)
• Cold and Deep (Frances Fyfield)

Malice Domestic 3

Presented by: Nancy Pickard

1994

The contents are:

• The Dying Light (Taylor McCafferty)
• Cast Your Fate to the Wind (Deborah Adams)
• Fannie’s Back Fence Caper (Susan & Bill Albert)
• His Tears (Marilyn Wallace)
• Sign of the Times (Nancy Pickard)
• The Family Jewels (Dorothy Cannell)
• The Trouble with the Shoot (Camilla T. Crespi)
• Double Delight (L.B. Greenwood)
• High Heels in the Headliner (Wendy Hornsby)
• Make Yourselves at Home (Joan Hess)
• Cara’s Turn (Marlys Millhiser)
• Highwater (D.R. Meredith)
• Gentle Reader (Sharyn McCrumb)

Malice Domestic 4

Presented by: Carolyn G. Hart

1995

The contents are:

• Real People, Real Passions (Carolyn G. Hart)
• Mister Smithereens (Ralph Mcinerny)
• Regrets Only (Rochelle Majer Krich)
• Dirty Dancing (Carole Nelson Douglas)
• Rule Of Law (K.K. Beck)
• Put Out The Light; Or, The Napoleon Of Science (P.M. Carlson)
• Killer Fudge (Kathy Hogan Trocheck)
• Ashes To Ashes (Linda Grant)
• Knife Of The Party (Annette Meyers)
• The Dog Who Remembered Too Much (Elizabeth Daniels Squire)
• Waiting For Pixie (Mignon F. Ballard)
• Sign Of The Times (Patricia Sprinkle)
• The Murder Game (Jean Hager)

Malice Domestic 5

Presented by: Phyllis A. Whitney

1996

The contents are:

• Mysteries Of Manners, Labors Of Love (Phyllis A. Whitney)
• Conventual Spirit (Sharan Newman)
• Double Jeopardy (Eileen Dreyer)
• Shelved (Barbara D’Amato)
• Takeout (Joyce Christmas)
• Crossed Keys (Patricia Moyes)
• Ham Grease Jimmy And The No Shirt Kid (Sue Henry)
• The Death Of Erik The Redneck (Toni L. P. Kelner)
• The Bun Also Rises (Jill Churchill)
• Hill People (Dean Feldmeyer)
• Barbecued Bimbo (Susan Rogers Cooper)
• Honeymoon (Nancy Atherton)
• Vivian By Moonlight (Medora Sale)
• A Parrot Is Forever (Peter Lovesey)
• Married To A Murderer (Alan Russell)
• Bugged (Eve K. Sandstrom)
• Accidents Will Happen (Carolyn Wheat)

Malice Domestic 6

Presented by: Anne Perry

1997

The contents are:

• A Dance with Life, Death... and Laughter (Anne Perry)
• The Corbett Correspondence (Edward Marston & Peter Lovesey)
• Like to Die (Catherine Aird)
• Immortality [Sebastian Grady] (Jon L. Breen)
• Ways to Kill a Cat (Simon Brett)
• Mea Culpa (Jan Burke)
• The Gentleman’s Gentleman (Dorothy Cannell)
• Malice Among Friends (Sarah Caudwell)
• True Confessions (Kate Charles)
• Abstain from Beans (Lindsey Davis)
• Time’s Wingèd Chariot (Marjorie Eccles)
• Alternative Reality (Anthea Fraser)
• Come Sable Night (Kerry Greenwood)
• Murder Mid-Atlantic (Edward Marston)
• City Boy (Susan Moody)
• One in Every Family (Betty Nathan)
• The Two Ladies of Rose Cottage (Peter Robinson)
• Sweet Fruition (David Williams)

Malice Domestic 7

Presented by: Sharyn McCrumb

1998

The contents are:

• Introduction, The Cosy Nostra (Sharyn Mccrumb)
• Jane And The Spoils Of Stoneleigh (Stephanie Barron)
• Getting Robert (Eleanor Taylor Bland)
• Monsieur Pamplemousse Tells The Tale (Michael Bond)
• A Simple Philosophy (Harlan Coben)
• Unhappy Medium (Carola Dunn)
• After All (Hazel Holt)
• The Village Vampire And The Oboe Of Death (Dean James)
• Rock Of Ages (Gillian Linscott)
• Murder At The Soiree (Amy Myers)
• Mystery Man (Jennifer Rowe)
• Writer's Revenge (Barbara Burnett Smith)
• A Deliberate Form Of Frenzy (Daniel Stashower)
• The Error Of His Ways (Margaret Yorke)

Malice Domestic 8

Presented by: Margaret Maron

1999

The contents are:

• Introduction: Down These Clean Streets: A Look At Domestic Malice (Margaret Maron)
• Venus Rising (Nevada Barr)
• My Dinner With Aunt Kate (Amanda Cross)
• Just So Much Garbage (Mary Daheim)
• Jack And Jill, R.I.P. (Jonathan Gash)
• V-2 (Edward D. Hoch)
• The Golden Rounds (Susan Holtzer)
• Just Only One Little Mystery-Pistery (H.R.F. Keating)
• Aunt Agatha Leaving (Susan Kenney)
• The Deadly Glen (Alanna Knight)
• Time Share (Janet Laurence)
• Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight (Miriam Grace Monfredo)
• Defender Of The Faith (Sister Carol Anne O'Marie)
• Just Stunning (Abigail Padgett and Douglas Dennis)

Malice Domestic 9

Presented by: Joan Hess

2000

The contents are:

• Introduction : The Four Hs: Hearth, Health, Home, And Homicide (Joan Hess)
• The Case Of The Discontented Soldier (Agatha Christie)
• Nothing To Lose (Robert Barnard)
• The Man In The Civil Suit (Jan Burke)
• The Murder At The Vicarage (Kate Charles)
• Peril At Melford House (Marjorie Eccles)
• Drawing To A Close (Teri Holbrook)
• The Dark Tower (Gwen Moffat)
• Conventional Wisdom (Marcia Talley)
• What Mr. Mcgregor Saw (Dorothy Cannell)
• The Man Who Never Was (Charles Todd)
• Murder At Midday (Ann Granger)
• A Mishap At The Manor (Walter Satterthwait)
• Oh, To Be In England! (Carolyn Wheat)
• Oliphants Can Remember (Susan Moody)

Malice Domestic 10

Presented by: Nevada Barr

2001

The contents are:

• Introduction (Nevada Barr)
• The Tell-Tale Tattoo (K. K. Beck)
• A Note of Note (Simon Brett)
• People Who Sit in Glass Houses (Susan Dunlap)
• Turnaround (Carolyn Hart)
• Acting Tips (Melodie Johnson Howe)
• A.B.C.D.E.A.T.H. (M. D. Lake)
• The Sea Cave (Martha C. Lawrence)
• Away with the Fairies (Peter Lovesey)
• The Choice (Margaret Maron)
• Junior High Samurai (Sujata Massey)
• The Would-Be Widower (Katherine Hall Page)
• Daisy and the Christmas Goose (Anne Perry)
• Lucky Devil (Nancy Pickard)
• Down the Garden Path (Elizabeth Daniels Squire)

Malice Domestic 11

Presented by: Katherine Hall Page

2016

The contents are:

• Conventional Wisdom (Marcia Talley)
• Djinn and Tonic (Neil Plakcy)
• The Vanishing Wife (Victoria Thompson)
• The Right to Bare Arms (John Gregory Betancourt)
• Message in a Bottle (Su Kopil)
• Anonymous (Kate Flora)
• What Goes Around (B.K. Stevens)
• The Hair of the Dog (Charles Todd)
• The Best-Laid Plans (Barb Goffman)
• A Dark and Stormy Light (Gigi Pandian)
• The Clue in the Blue Booth (Hank Phillippi Ryan)
• Wicked Writers (Frances McNamara)
• Coverture (KB Inglee)
• Dark Secrets (Kathryn Leigh Scott)
• Tarnished Hope (KM Rockwood)
• Not Forgotten (L.C. Tyler)
• Boston Bouillabaisse (Nancy Brewka-Clark)
• Killing Kippers (Eleanor Cawood Jones)
• Elemental Chaos (M Evonne Dobsonv Outside the Box (Ruth Moose)
• The Perfect Pitch (Marie Hannan-Mandel)
• Two Birds with One Stone (Rhys Bowen)
• A Gathering of Great Detectives (Shawn Reilly Simmons)

Malice Domestic 12

Presented by: Charlaine Harris

2017

The contents are:

• The Blackness Before Me (Mindy Quigley)
• Honest John Finds a Way (Michael Dell)
• Spirited Death (Carole Nelson Douglas)
• Home Front Homicide (Liz Milliron)
• The Unseen Opponent (P. A. De Voe)
• The Black Hand (Peter W. J. Hayes)
• The Trial of Madame Pelletier (Susanna Calkins)
• Eating Crow (Carla Coupe)
• Mr. Nakamura's Garden (Valerie O. Patterson)
• A Butler is Born (Catriona McPherson)
• Night and Fog (Marcia Talley)
• The Seven (Elaine Viets)
• The Lady's Maid Vanishes (Susan Daly)
• You Always Hurt the One You Love (Shawn Reilly Simmons)
• The Hand of an Angry God (K. B. Inglee)
• The Cottage (Charles Todd)
• The Measured Chest (Mark Thielman)
• He Done Her Wrong (Kathryn O'Sullivan)
• The Corpse Candle (Martin Edwards)
• Death on the Dueling Grounds (Verena Rose)
• The Barter (Su Kopil)
• Mistress Threadneedle's Quest (Kathy Lynn Emerson)
• A One-Pipe Problem (John Gregory Betancourt)
• The Killing Game (Victoria Thompson)
• The Tredegar Murders (Vivian Lawry)
• Summons for a Dead Girl (K. B. Owen)
• The Velvet Slippers (Keenan Powell)
• The Tragic Death of Mrs. Edna Fogg (Edith Maxwell)
• Crim Con (Nancy Herriman)
• Strong Enough (Georgia Ruth)

Malice Domestic 13

Presented by: Nancy Pickard

2018

The contents are:

• The Barrister's Clerk (Michael Robertson)
• The Belle Hope (Peter DiChellis)
• Arroyo (Michael Bracken)
• Muskeg Man (Keenan Powell)
• The End of the World (Susan Breen)
• To Protect the Guilty (Kerry Hammond)
• Dying in Dokesville (Alan Orloff)
• The House in Glamaig's Shadow (William Burton McCormick)
• Summer Smugglers (Triss Stein)
• The Jamaican Ice Mystery (John Gregory Betancourt)
• Death at the Congressional Cemetery (Verena Rose)
• Cabin in the Woods (Sylvia Maultash Warsh)
• Mad About You (G. M. Malliet)
• What Goes Around (Kathryn Johnson)
• Summer Job (Judith Green)
• Death in a Strange and Beautiful Place (Leslie Wheeler)
• We Shall Fight Them (Carla Coupe)
• Marigold in the Lake (Susan Thibadeau)
• Murder on the Northern Lights Express (Susan Daly)
• Czech Mate (Kristin Kisska)
• Keep Calm and Love Moai (Eleanor Cawood Jones)
• Isaac's Daughters (Anita Page)
• A Divination of Death (Edith Maxwell)
• Payback With Interest (Cheryl Marceau)
• Island Time (Laura Oles)
• If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Murder (Josh Pachter)
• The Breaker Boy (Harriette Sackler)
• Death on the Beach (Shawn Reilly Simmons)
• Ridgeline (Peter W. J. Hayes)
• Ho'oponopono (Robin Templeton)