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A Plague of Zombies: An Outlander Novella

by Diana Gabaldon

Diana Gabaldon, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the acclaimed Outlander series, delivers a captivating tale of history and suspense, with a touch of the supernatural, featuring Lord John Grey. This novella,...


Crazy Tales of Blood and Guts

by Teresa Solana & Peter Bush

A collection of ingenious, always witty and sometimes gruesome mystery short stories by one of Spain’s best crime writers.


Strangers: An Exclusive Short Story

by Camilla Grebe & Åsa Träff

From the internationally bestselling authors of Some Kind of Peace, this eBook features an original short story, “Strangers,” plus bonus materials, including:

· Extended excerpt from Some Kind of Peace,...


Reckless

by Allison Brennan

Two suspicious hikers …

An unmarked grave …

A missing child …

FBI trainee Lucy Kincaid's spontaneous weekend camping trip with her boyfriend, P.I. Sean Rogan, turns into a deadly nightmare when they come...


Who's There?: A Nurseryland Mystery

by Herschel Cozine

Nurseryland's best (and only) private eye has been involved in many cases surrounding nursery rhyme and fairy tale victims, but this is the most baffling of all. How does one find a person who isn't there? This...


The Face in the Mirror

by Rhys Bowen

Molly Murphy—Molly Sullivan, now that she and Daniel are finally married—is bored. Having given up her detective agency when she married, she now finds that her life is much less exciting, her days an endless...


Going Where the Wind Blows

by Jan Christensen

Someone killed Bill, and whoever it was stole all the money. Rita Mae came to San Francisco in the late 1800s with her man to find a better life, never mind the fact that said new life involved plans to rob...


Open and Shut

by J. R. Lindermuth

Domestic disturbance calls to the residence of Booth and Stacey Keiser aren't uncommon. Keiser, a State Police trooper, is known for his volatile temper, and his wife has often been the target for his rage....


Triple Threat

by Jeffery Deaver

From Jeffery Deaver--the New York Times bestselling author of the upcoming Lincoln Rhyme novel THE KILL ROOM (on sale June 4, 2013)--come three powerful new short stories.

In "Fast", Kathryn Dance races against...


The Jurors Who Knew Too Much

by Gail Farrelly

Sixty-somethings Lorna and Ike are jurors in a murder trial. They soon find they like each other and begin hanging out together in the courthouse. When they realize they may have some inside information on the...


Bruno and the Carol Singers: A Christmas Mystery of the French Countryside

by Martin Walker

Martin Walker has created a delightful, internationally acclaimed series of mysteries featuring Bruno, chief of police of the small French village of St. Denis.

 

“A gentle reminder to slow down and smell...


Any Taint of Vice

by Dana Stabenow

In this terrific story from New York Times bestselling author Dana Stabenow, PI Kate Shugak is pulled into the mean streets of the Anchorage underworld to find Alyeska University president Victor Boatright's...


Surprise Larceny

by S. Furlong-Bolliger

Frank had it all figured out: a few under-the-the table money transfers, a new identity, and a plan to live out his retirement years a self-made man. He would have succeeded too, if it weren't for an untimely...


The Friend

by Mary Jane Clark

Like a billion people on earth, aspiring actress Piper Donovan is a fervent Facebook follower. But what she doesn't know is that a "friend" is following her. Possibly . . . stalking. A fan who starts by using...


Risk

by Jamie Freveletti

When biochemist Emma Caldridge applies for kidnapping insurance, it's denied. Sebastian Ryan, the risk analyst for the insurance company, takes one look at her history of winding up in the wrong place at the...


A Gift of Gold

by Jacquelynn Luben

Lucia is a voluptuous beauty, so who could imagine she would fall for Happy Jack, a middle-aged gambler and racketeer, with a wife and children? But fall she does, into a relationship going nowhere. After 20...


Fish Nets: The Second Guppy Anthology

by Ramona DeFelice Long

Fish Nets: The Second Guppy Anthology, dredges up even more thrills, chills, and gills. Like its predecessor, Fish Tales, this collection of mysteries by members of Sisters in Crime's "Guppies" group features...


Cathedral Windows: A Someday Quilts Mystery (A Penguin Special from Plume)

by Clare O'Donohue

It’s the holiday season, but things are heating up in Archers Rest

Christmas is just around the corner in the Hudson Valley. Nell and her friends at the Someday Quilts shop should be making eggnog and finishing...


Don't Get Mad, Get Even: 15 Tales of Revenge and More

by Barb Goffman

What do a bullied girl, a Christmas Town elf, a sheriff, and the biblical Job have in common? They're a few of the characters who take center stage in these stories of revenge, comeuppance, and the search for...


The First Mystery Megapack: 25 Modern and Classic Mystery Stories

by Marcia Talley Talley & Nora Charles

Hours of great reading await, with mystery and crime tales from some of the 20th century's most renowned authors, including Johnston McCulley (creator of Zorro), Sax Rohmer (creator of Fu Manchu), G.K. Chesterton...