"Murder & Other Acts of Literature" - Edited by Michele Slung - 1st EDITION 1st PRINT Hardcover w/Dustjacket - Published in 1997 by St. Martin's Press - 345 pages - book is in NEAR MINT condition; DJ is very good. This great anthology has 24 unforgettable and chilling stories by some of the world's best-loved, most celebrated writers; many of whom you wouldn't think had written any stories involving murder and mayhem. Contents: Montraldo by John Cheever The Hitch-Hikers by Eudora Welty Success or Failure by T.H. White Naguib Mahfouz by a person unknown How Did I Get Away with Killing One of the Biggest Lawyers in the State? It Was Easy by Alice Walker The Hotel of the Idle Moon by William Trevor Anthony Trollope by Aaron Trow The Fat Man by Isak Dinesen Mr. Loveday's Lttle Outing by Evelyn Waugh The Johore Murders by Paul Theroux A Journey by Edith Wharton Miss Forbes's Summer of Happiness by Gabriel García Márquez The Macbeth Murder Mystery by James Thurber A Double Tragedy: An Actor's Story by Louisa May Alcott Un Crime Maternel by Fay Weldon Mary Postgate by Rudyard Kipling The Walker by Patrick O'Brian Country Lovers by Nadine Gordimer Monk by William Faulkner The Widow and the Parrot: A True Story by Virginia Woolf My Maiden Brief by W.S. Gilbert An Act of Vengeance by Isabel Allende In Vino Veritas by A.A. Milne The Portobello Road by Muriel Spark. There is some minor edge wear on the DJ (see the scan) and the price is clipped from the front flap, but this book is still in verynice condition. No collection of murder anthologies items is complete without this outstanding book. Check out the scan for the cover and so you can judge the condition for yourself (the book in the scan is the one you will get). You can try to buy this book for less money from one of those eBay booksellers with hundreds, if not thousands of negatives (you know the ones I refer to) and be lucky if the book is delivered to you in the stated condition (if you even get it at all), or you can buy it from me and be assured of a prompt delivery and of receiving a high quality item true to the condition indicated. You won't be disappointed. All previous buyers of my crime anthologies books have been completely satisfied. I have many others available; please inquire. The book will be sent via Media mail shipping in the USA. I will combine shipping to reduce charges for multiple items. If you purchase more than one item, please wait until I send you an invoice with the appropriate combined shipping discount. Credit cards are accepted through PayPal.com. Please see my auctions and my eBay store for hundreds of books and a wide variety of sports and non-sports collectibles. All items are packed with care to insure safe delivery. Please contact me if you have any questions. 5-22-20 -- 24.2