Invitation to murder : [18 stories by today's top mystery writers!

Challenge to write a story based on the premise of a young woman found murdered in her apartment, eighteen top mystery and suspense writers--including Bill Pronzini and Loren Estleman--contributed to this unique collection. Reprint. Anthology of stories edited by Ed Gorman. Eighteen popular mystery and suspense authors--including Loren Estleman, Joan Hess, Barbara Paul, Judith Kelman, Andrew Vachss and Jan Grape--accepted the challenge of creating original stories based on this simple, yet intriguing premise: The body of a young woman is found in her apartment. Each of the eighteen contributors was given the same ultra-basic plot element--the body of a young woman is found in her apartment--and asked to write a story in which that element plays some sort of pivotal role