Time for Murder

No mystery collection is complete without this set of spine-tingling tales from six renowned British writers. Turn down the lights for these devilishly clever tales that take you from English drawing rooms and a boys' prep school to a luxury spa and a snowbound hotel-for murder and other wicked surprises. Fay Weldon's Bright Smiler stars Jane Asher (Brideshead Revisited). Sylvia Syms (The Queen) is radiant in The Murders at Lynch Cross by Frances Galleymore. Claire Bloom (The Chatterley Affair), Amanda Root (The Robinsons) and Charles Dance (Bleak House) star in This Lightening Always Strikes Twice by Michael Robson (The House of Eliott). Judy Campbell (The Forsyte Saga) appears in Dust to Dust, penned by Charles Wood (Iris) Additional titles are Mister Clay, Mister Clay by Antonia Fraser and Gordon Honeycombe's The Thirteenth Day of Christmas.

Bright Smiler by Fay Weldon
Checking into a luxurious health spa, screenwriter Avon Eve is looking forward to a full week of complete rest and rejuvenation-until she meets high-strung Sonia, a maniacally cheerful masseuse with good reasons for revenge and a mind for murder.

The Murders at Lynch Cross by Frances Galleymore
A snowbound hotel. Five guests, apparent strangers who might have some connection. Staffers with dark secrets. An anonymous note slipped under the door. Oh, yes-and an escapee from a nearby prison on the loose. Is it any wonder that a dead body turns up?

Mister Clay, Mister Clay by Antonia Fraser
Prep school teacher Matthew Clay can't stand the taunts of his unruly charges: "Mr. Clay, Mr. Clay, who are you going to kill today?" But after a particularly troublesome lad winds up dead, the childish rhymes seem far more sinister.

This Lightning Always Strikes Twice by Michael Robson
When James Latimer agrees to tutor 19-year-old Sarah Penwarden, he just wants to supplement his meager teaching salary. However, he quickly finds himself caught up in the Penwardens' abnormal family dynamics, including madness and murder.

The Thirteenth Day of Christmas by Gordon Honeycombe
Trying to enjoy a quiet Christmas season card game with friends, Gilbert and Evie Smith suffer the interruptions of their son, Richard, a recovering mental patient. Richard's intrusions soon go beyond merely embarrassing and become murderously threatening.

Dust to Dust by Charles Wood
"Middle-aged lady of good family and some wealth wishes to correspond with a serious single gentleman . . ." So read Margaret Tutting's lonely-hearts ads. Little do her suitors suspect how serious a commitment they make when they meet Margaret, her mother, and their man Strapp.