From contemporary crimes to historical whodunits, here are classic and charming mysteries in the grand tradition of the television show, Murder, She Wrote. Contributors include Anne Perry, Margaret Maron, Susan Dunlap, and 14 other top authors.

The cadaver waltzed at noon /Deborah Adams -- Both feet / Teri Holbrook -- The stupid pet trick / Margaret Maron -- A lady should avoid murder / Ann Granger -- The ghost who died dancing / Margaret Lawrence -- Daughter of compassion / Veronica Black -- Murder, she did / Gillian Roberts -- The uncrowned King of Ireland; or, a most toad-spotted traitor / P.M. Carlson -- Up the garden path / Joyce Christmas -- The miser of Michely Hall / Jeanne M. Dams -- Tipping the scales / Leslie O'Kane -- Ghost busted / Susan Rogers Cooper -- Brodie and the regrettable incident of the French ambassador / Anne Perry -- Beauty is only skin deep / Gallagher Gray -- In memory of Jack / Elizabeth Daniels Squire -- A surfeit of deadlines / Susan Dunlap.