What qualifies a story as a Malice Domestic Mystery? "Malice is self-explanatory, I trust, " writes the acclaimed ELIZABETH PETERS in her introduction to this outstanding collection. "Domestic' distinguishes the personal and private aspects of crime from the public and impersonal. Our murderers don't kill for the fun of it (serial killers) or for a misguided ideal (assassins and terrorists) or for pay (hired hit men). They only do in people they know and love (or hate). "