The murder plan seems so neat, so clever. How can it possibly fail?And when Sonia's stupid, boring little husband is dead, she will befree to marry her handsome lover. But perhaps the boring littlehusband is not so stupid after all . . . Murder plans that go wrong, a burglar who makes a bad mistake, a famous jewel thief who meets avery unusual detective . . . These five stories from the golden age of crime writing are full of mystery and surprises.