Mystery & Detective / Short Stories

The Art of Rendition

by Mark Sullivan

"With Robin Monarch, Mark Sullivan has created a Jason Bourne for the new millennium" —James Rollins

Mark Sullivan, the co-author of James Patterson’s Private Games, has, in Robin Monarch, created a compelling...

The Nightgown

by Brad Parks

Shamus and Nero award-winning author Brad Parks takes readers back to the beginning of investigative reporter Carter Ross’s career with this intriguing prequel short story. Only 24 years old and still a wide-eyed...

Brotherhood

by Mark Sullivan

"Diabolical! Filled with twists, turns, crosses and double-crosses, Sullivan delivers a harrowing international thriller" —Lisa Gardner

Robin Monarch is a man with a complicated, secret past and a very...

An East End Murder

by Charles Finch

From the acclaimed author of the Charles Lenox series of mysteries, including the Agatha-nominated novel A Beautiful Blue Death, comes a riveting short story of death and detection on the East End.

It’s the...

Beneath the Book Tower

by Steve Hamilton

Before the tragic event that made him seek refuge in a remote corner of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Alex McKnight was a Detroit police officer.  It’s a warm summer night, and Alex is out riding the night...

Calories (A Diana Andrews Mystery)

by Albert Tucher

Can't a working girl make a few dollars on Thanksgiving without tripping over a murder victim and taking heat from the cops? Prostitute Diana Andrews should know by now--the answer is always no! A holiday short...

A toast to the river Kura

by Fausto Rampazzo

Based on a true story. A seamy individual goes in search of Antonio Russo, a freelance journalist in the Georgian capital. Troubled meetings, shootings and violence will mark its inexorable descent into hell....

A toast to the river Kura

by Fausto Rampazzo

Troubled meetings, shootings and violence mark a sordid individual's descent into hell, while he searches the Georgian capital looking around for Antonio Russo, an Italian freelance journalist. Based on a true...

While Bugles Blow!

by L. Ron Hubbard

Launch into the action with this gritty tale.  An American lieutenant in the French Foreign is caught in the middle of an ancient feud between the Jeppas of the Atlas Mountains and the bloodthirsty tribe of...

The Magic Quirt

by L. Ron Hubbard

Old Laramie’s a good cook, but not good for much more than that. He’s about as heroic as Walter Brennan on a bender. But his luck—and his life—are about to take an amazing turn. Getting his hands on...

Killer's Law

by L. Ron Hubbard

Unlock your Inner Sherlock... Sheriff Kyle of Deadeye, Nevada has traveled to the nation's capital to personally bring evidence against one of the state's wealthiest copper kings. But instead of giving his findings...

Red Death Over China

by L. Ron Hubbard

Heroes, honor and impossible odds. American pilot John Hampton is an in-between—he stands for nothing definite, cares about nothing, and knows nothing he wants.

Owing allegiance to no nation, Hampton hires...

Old Flames Sometimes Die

by Hamilton Waymire

Romy was his high-school sweetheart; then she broke his heart. Twenty-five years later, she drops by his office as if nothing has happened, and asks for protection. Despite Romy's considerable charms, L.A. private...

Child's Play

by Carl Metzger

When a young man meets a woman in a bar, he believes she wants to have a baby and share a life together. Fatherhood, however, can be a mighty scary thing, and his alarm and anger grow as he develops a relationship...

False Alarm

by Rekha Ambardar

When Officer David Zellner is called in to investigate a burglary at a jewelry store, he soon discovers that although the employees and owner seem happy on the outside, each of them has their own motive for...

Slay Belles: A Blackbird Sisters Mystery (An eSpecial from New American Library)

by Nancy Martin

A classic Blackbird Sisters novella, available digitally for the first time!

Whoever coined the phrase “Shop till you drop” certainly never meant “Shop till you drop dead.” But premier personal shopper...

Arrow From Nowhere

by Robert Leslie Bellem

There was only one man on the set who could have shot the arrow, yet Dan hated to think Jeff could be guilty. Motive tumbles over motive, and suspect waltzes around with suspect-but there still remains the question:...

The Girl in the Portrait

by Rekha Ambardar

Peggy Maynard goes down to the basement one morning to find her husband working on the painting of a young woman. He covers the painting as if to conceal it from her. Then, one day, both Will and the painting...

Hardly Knew Her

by Laura Lippman

New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman has been hailed as one of the best crime fiction writers in America today, winning virtually every major award in the genre. The author of the enormously popular...

Framed

by Nancy Springer

For picture framer Veronica Phillips, the most dangerous thing that happens to her on a typical day is a sheet of glass breaking or getting cut by an errant wire. When a key comes out of the back of a picture...