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Escape Artist

by Mark Sullivan

"A compelling, page-turning blend of spy and caper fiction: it's Robin Hood for the twenty-first century.” –Jeff Abbott 

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


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...


The Best American Mystery Stories 2012

by Otto Penzler & Robert Crais

A collection of the best mystery writing published in 2011 culled from a variety of sources.


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....


The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: 5

by Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg

Editors Ed Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg have scoured the world to present the biggest and most consistently entertaining collection of crime and suspense stories from across the globe. Their first-rate picks...


The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: 2

by Ed Gorman

It’s not easy to collect, in a single volume, the finest mystery and suspense fiction the world has to offer, but The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: Second Annual Collection rises to that challenge,...


Transgressions Vol. 4

by Sharyn Mccrumb, Joyce Carol Oates, Anne Perry & Ed McBain

New York Times bestsellers Sharyn McCrumb, Joyce Carol Oates, and Anne Perry each provided a brand-new, never-before-published tale for this unique collection of stories edited by New York Times bestselling...


The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: 4

by Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg

More than 200,000 words of the best mystery and suspense fiction from around the world

The world's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories

Each year, editors Ed Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg cast their net far and wide,...


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...


Wake Me Nots : Please Don't Disturb Me Till I Find Out What Happens! Eighteen Mystery Tales & THRILLERS!

by Brenda Chaput

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If you want to read mystery chillers, pick up Wake Me Nots: Please Don't Disturb Me Till I Find Out What Happens!

Wake Me Nots contains 18 short mystery thrillers, engrossing tales about different...


A Lack of Temperance

by Anna Loan-Wilsey

From Anna Loan-Wilsey comes the first installment of a new historical mystery series featuring Hattie Davish, a traveling secretary who arrives in a small Ozark town only to discover her new employer has disappeared....


Dead Man's Hand: Crime Fiction at the Poker Table

by Otto Penzler

If ever a subject begged to be associated with crime it is gambling, writes Otto Penzler in his introduction to this collection of short stories set at the poker table and beyond. In Walter Mosley’s Mister...