Tales of mystery and the supernatural have long stirred the human imagination. Here are twenty original stories of diabolical crimes and magical solutions featuring some of today's top science fiction, fantasy, and mystery writers. From the Elizabethan era to the far-flung future, from the interstellar realm of the Eraasian Hegemony to the Las Vegas Strip, these ingenious whodunits (or whatdunits) are sure to baffle and delight every lover of mystery and the fantastic. From WorldCat - Contents: Introduction and Afterword by Rosemary Edghill Piece of Mind by Jennifer Roberson Special Surprise Guest Appearance by ... by Carole Nelson Douglas Doppelgangster by Laura Resnick Mixed Marriages Can Be Murder by Will Graham Case of the Headless Corpse by Josepha Sherman Death in the Working by Debra Doyle Cold Case by Diane Duane Snake in the Grass by Susan R. Matthews Double Jeopardy by M.J. Hamilton Witch Sight by Roberta Gellis Overrush by Laura Anne Gilman Captured in Silver by Teresa Edgerton Night at the Opera by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller Tremble in the Air by James D. Macdonald Murder Entailed by Susan Krinard Dropping Hints by Lawrence Watt-Evans Au Purr by Esther Friesner Getting the Chair by Keith R.A. DeCandido Necromancer's Apprentice by Lillian Stewart Carl Grey Eminence by Mercedes Lackey

A classic country-house detective story with an occult twist. Family secrets aren't the only things buried in this drawing-room mystery featuring Orville Nesbit, psychic researcher. +++ If you liked this story, Orville Nesbit investigates another case in "Ecdysis" by Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald.