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A Deadly Injustice

by Morson Ian

A Nick Zuliani Mystery set in Kubilai Khan's court - Cathay, 1268. Nick Zuliani, Venetian adventurer and newly appointed Investigator to the Mongol Emperor, is sent to investigate a murder in a remote town....


A Tinkers Damn

by Darryl Wimberley

As the nation readies to enter WWII, Tink Buchanan has one concern: his personal battle to regain the land, and home, that are his birthright. A generation earlier the Ogilvies had forced his father to turn...


Checkout Time

by Lee Hammerschmidt

Jasper, a semi-retired senior citizen, is the night-shift desk clerk at a sleazy "no-tell" hotel. In debt to local mobster Nick Picante due to his gambling problem, Jasper is forced to participate in one last...


Bread of Deceit

by Jim Vanore

Two high school-age brothers appear inseparable outwardly, with Jack always looking out for his younger sibling, Lou. This is a difficult time in life for both, and one small crisis will test the foundation...


Dark Entry

by M.J. Trow

First in the thrilling new Kit Marlowe historical mystery series - Cambridge, 1583. About to graduate from Corpus Christi, the young Christopher Marlowe spends his days studying and his nights carousing with...


Cold Cruel Winter

by Chris Nickson

Second in the highly-acclaimed Richard Nottingham historical mystery series 1732. Richard Nottingham, Constable of the City of Leeds, is grieving the death of his daughter, but he must rouse himself from his...


Between the Dark and the Daylight

by Ed Gorman

Crime fiction's biggest names have been rounded up for a truly impressive collection of 2008's best short stories. Featuring authors like Michael Connelly, Charlaine Harris, and 2009 Edgar Award winner T. Jefferson...


Falconer's Trial

by Ian Morson

Master William Falconer returns in this chilling and atmospheric medieval murder mystery. - Oxford, April 1272. The Lady Ann Segrim has been murdered, and a Regent Master has been taken at the scene of the crime,...


Falconer and the Death of Kings

by Ian Morson

Master William Falconer returns in this chilling and atmospheric medieval murder mystery. - Oxford, January 1273. When Regent Master William Falconer receives a cryptic message from Friar Roger, an old friend...


The Rajah's Emerald

by Agatha Christie

James has found himself at the fashionable resort Kimpton-on-Sea, all due to the persuasion of his girlfriend Grace, who during the last few months of their courtship has become more difficult to deal with....


Philomel Cottage

by Agatha Christie

The recently married Alix Martin is obsessed with a recurring dream of her new husband’s murder. Each time she can see the murderer clearly, and it’s the mild-mannered man she had previously been engaged...


The Man in the Mist: A Tommy & Tuppence Adventure

Tommy &Tuppence #8

by Agatha Christie

The rather disgruntled pair of Tommy and Tuppence are sequestered in the Grand Adlington Hotel, having made a pig’s ear out of their latest case. But, while mournfully sipping cocktails, with Tommy oddly dressed...


The Red Signal

by Agatha Christie

At a séance, Sir Alington, a venerable expert of the mental condition, is pestered by Mrs. Eversleigh about the importance of the sixth sense. Soon, a young man named Dermot is drawn in and tells them both...


The House at Shiraz: A Parker Pyne Story

Mr. Parker Pyne #2

by Agatha Christie

Mr. Parker Pyne is having trouble trying to get to Beirut, what with his rusty linguistic skills and the less-than-comfortable travelling arrangements. But, with the help of a German pilot, Herr Schlagel, he...


The Gate of Baghdad: A Parker Pyne Story

Mr. Parker Pyne #3

by Agatha Christie

Just as boredom is setting in on his long trip by motor coach across the desert to Baghdad, Mr. Parker Pyne reads about the case of the missing Mr. Long, the famous defaulting financier who, as the papers would...


The Harlequin Tea Set

Harley Quin & Satterthwaite #4

by Agatha Christie

Waiting for his car to be fixed, Mr. Satterthwaite sits in a tea shop called the Harlequin café, thinking of his friend Harley Quin, whom he hasn’t seen in many years. Then, in a burst of sunshine, the very...


The Case of the Missing Lady: A Tommy & Tuppence Adventure

Tommy &Tuppence #7

by Agatha Christie

When a six-foot-tall tan giant of man comes into Albert Blunt’s International Detective agency, Tommy and Tuppence—married couple and detective aficionados—are in for a treat. Not only has Mr. Stavansson...


The Love Detectives

Harley Quin & Satterthwaite #2

by Agatha Christie

Mr. Satterthwaite and Colonel Melrose are comfortably ensconced in the Colonel’s study when the phone suddenly rings. Someone has been murdered, and, as the county chief constable, the Colonel lets Satterthwaite...


The Mystery of the Spanish Chest

by Agatha Christie

Major Hastings and Hercule Poirot are not interested in the mystery of the Spanish Chest, which has been reported in the papers so often that it seems to be an entirely closed case. But, when Hastings persuades...


Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds

by Agatha Christie

Hercule Poirot is about to tuck into a very traditional English supper with his old friend Bonnington when a lone diner sparks his interest. Like clockwork, the man has eaten at the restaurant on Thursdays and...