"The Queen is Dead, Long Live the Queen” was originally published in 2005 in Thou Shalt Not Kill: Biblical Mystery Stories, edited by Anne Perry. “Have you ever thought the Bible was ancient history, and you have heard it all before?” Perry asks in her introduction. “Believe me, you haven’t heard it this way. These are all new and highly individual insights into the oldest stories of passion, intrigue, mercy and judgement, love and hate, going as far back as the first murder in history.”
“When Anne invited me to contribute to this unique anthology, I decided to have fun," Marcia said. "I took the story of Cain and Abel and turned it on its head. It’s still about sibling jealousy, but this time, the rivals are sisters—Claire, who actually writes the mystery novels that appear under her sister’s name, and Arabella, the younger, prettier face featured on the jacket cover.”
