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"Skillfully weaves murder, greed, traditional customs, bonding and betrayal into a gripping read." - Chronicle-Journal In one volume for the first time, this bundle presents the first five novels of the Meg Harris Mystery series by R.J. Harlick. Meg Harris, an amateur sleuth who drinks...

Is there really such a thing as an innocent person? Teachers, cops, mothers, wives ─ everyone has a moment of crisis; when things could go either way. From the prostitute with no way out, to the bitter author and the cop who just wants his leave, the characters in this collection all reach...

An Amish Bed and Breakfast Mystery with RecipesPennDutch Mysteries #2“Bubbling over with mirth and mystery.” –Dorothy Cannell“A delicious treat!” –Carolyn G. HartMagdalena Yoder, chaste and abstemious proprietor of the Pennsylvania Dutch Inn, agrees to let a Hollywood crew film at the inn...

Goodnight, Sweet Prince Mystery surrounds the death of Queen Victoria's grandson England, 1892. Victoria, Queen and Empress, is in the 54th year of her reign, when her grandson Prince Eddy, eldest son of the Prince of Wales, is found slaughtered in his bed at Sandringham. Terrified of more royal scandal,...

Longlisted for the 2017 McIlvanney Award for Scottish Crime Book of the Year Two Women, One Quest, Grave Consequences. When Maggie Laird's disgraced ex-cop husband suddenly dies, her humdrum suburban life is turned upside down. With the bills mounting, she takes on his struggling detective...

“As for books,” Sir Oswald said, “I don’t care for them. Unless I get hold of a good detective story. The tracing out of crime always has a curious fascination for me.” Frank Carlyn quarrelled with his gamekeeper Jack Winter, and then appeared agitated. Soon after, Winter was found...

Some secrets won't stay buried... THE LOST ____________ Private Investigator Harry Lind doesn't believe in ghosts. Little Grace Harper went missing over twenty years ago and missing girls can't just reappear. Or can they? Reporter Jess Vaughan is convinced Grace is still alive, but she's...

NOMINATED FOR THE ANTHONY AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED CRIME, MYSTERY, AND THRILLERS OF 2018 —LitHub ONE OF THE THE BIGGEST MYSTERY AND THRILLERS OF SPRING 2018 —BookBub ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2018 —MysteryPeople "A series not to be missed.” -Megan Abbott...

A very special price -- since Book One is free, anyway... The Man with the Crooked Eye: A not-so-simple cheating boyfriend investigation turns into murder and robbery. Plus, there's a $250,000 lottery payoff up for grabs -- if somebody is willing to cover up a piece of evidence. The...

***WINNER*** Western Writers of America 2019 Golden Spur award for Best Short Fiction "Buck's Last Ride" One of Canada’s great unsung crime writers, Therese Greenwood is a two-time finalist for the Crime Writers of Canada’s Arthur Ellis Award for Best Short Story...

Black Cat Mystery Magazine is a new journal devoted to the best in mystery short fiction. Crime? Noir? Cozy? Private eye? You'll find all genres present and accounted for -- with new tales by the best writers of today! The first issue features contributions by Art Taylor, John Floyd, Alan Orloff, Kaye...

Description What could be more innocent than a crossword puzzle? A game to while away an idle hour, a diversion for the lonely. And yet its cunning formula could still be turned to sinister purpose. The curious crossword devised by Mr. George Winterton turned out to be part of a game for high stakes...

Art thieves are hitting North Bend’s wealthiest residents with a vengeance, and the most sophisticated security systems can’t seem to stop them. The homeowners are outraged, and the sheriff’s office is baffled. How do the thieves know which valuables lie behind those stone walls and iron gates,...

Glancing at her more closely, he noticed dark stains on her white gown. Horror-struck, he bent over her for a moment, and realised that it was unmistakably a corpse. Little Polly Spencer liked to visit her hiding place up on the London rooftops, to escape a scolding or worse from her stepmother....