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 clock to track down the members of a domestic terr...

Fifty-Minutes Flahterty presents forty-one short stories in the tradition of Sherlock Holmes-with a difference. "Fifty-Minutes" Flaherty is Holmes brought up to date, accelerated, and sprinkled with humor. Homicide Lieutenant "Fifty-Minutes" Flaherty has acquired...

Ten short stories designed to imitate and mock some of the great fictional detectives of the 20th Century in a unique and entertaining style. This is a surreal but very humorous insight into the crime genre. James Heafield and crime-solving partner Oliver Bradbury...

It is an off-hand collection of short mysteries that have happened in my life that used real people with no names and events.

It seems NYC Detectives Jon Streetson and Leo Sevine are going to have another rough day. They have been tracking a cross-dressing serial-killer for months and another body has been found. This time the body is in the East River. But they are not the only on...

THE "MISTRESS OF MANHUNTING" - ELLERY QUEEN In these eleven mystery tales, E. Phillips Oppenheim ("a master of mystery" ~New York World), the master of spy and mystery thrillers, takes us to London in the early 20th Century and the world of Clara, Baroness Linz - Eng...

"THE FIRST AND BEST BLIND DETECTIVE!" That's how the Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection hails the adventures of Max Carrados. Ellery Queen calls this first volume of his adventures, "One of the ten best volumes of detective shorts ever written!" Blinded in an acc...

This collection, holding some of Cain's finest work ever to appear in Black Mask, was first published in 1950. It opens, fittingly, with Black, an account of a mysterious stranger who winds up playing both sides following his macabre discovery in a nameless time. Als...

Three "Queen's Quorum" Keystone Mystery Classics! If you love gaslight mysteries and chases in hansom cabs or horseless carriages, and fin-de-siecle detectives, you will love this remarkable reading value. Here in one mammoth omnibus are three writers whose work was ...

Originally published in 1866 under the pseudonym "A. M. Barnard." Louisa May Alcott's novel of romance and sexual intrigue is one of her lesser-known gems. Its tone and characterizations strike a markedly different chord from her best-known works, such as "Little Wom...

Thubway Tham is a small, short-tempered gnome of a man, a professional pickpocket with an annoying lisp. But he is no mere thief . . . he is the king of his chosen profession, a master "dip" who works only in the subways of New York City. Like all such villains, he f...

Derringer Award winning short story writer Michael Bracken returns with another impressive collection of hardboiled crime fiction, including his new novella, "Yesterday in Blood and Bone." When veteran newspaper reporter Benjamin "Bucky" Weaver and Alderman William...

"Fast-paced, attention-grabbing, comical!" That's how Fallen Angel Reviews describes the work of humorist Larry Maddock. Now from the same years when he was writing the hilarious misadventures of that time-traveling symbiot Webley and his sidekick Hannibal Fortune, c...

The New York Times bestselling author of the acclaimed Nina Reilly thrillers brings her prodigious storytelling gifts to this first-ever collection of short crime fiction. From desperate housewives to hard-boiled PIs to an appearance by Nina Reilly herself, these c...

As you journey your mind into the world of dead souls . She felt someone pulling her hair and tried to fight the hand that was tugging her hair. There standing in front of the closet was this big European guy with NO HEAD! It was a hideous looking demon . A...

Emaline has been taking care of her elderly, cranky grandfather for so long, she wonders if she'll ever have a life again. When he demands a sumptuous meal, she obliges, even baking him his favorite pie. It's Johnny Banister's last meal, but the medical examiner find...

In these twelve thrilling stories, the famous London-based detective uses his astute logical reasoning to solve the most complex mysteries brought to mind. A master of disguise, Holmes occasionally takes on varied personas in order to delve deeper into difficult case...

As the city of Paris swelters in the grip of a summer heat wave, a serial killer dubbed 'The Butcher Best' stalks the dark streets of the great metropolis, despatching his victims with increasing brutality and savagery. Author Brian L Porter goes deep into the mind o...

Emaline Banister couldn't hear who was blackmailing whom in the women's room at work. The holidays were approaching and she was distracted by the need to make a dish that everyone could eat, including the people with odd dietary restrictions. Besides, Detective Harry...

In this chilling investigation of foul deeds and mysterious deaths, former police inspector, Peter N Walker leads the reader through this native countryside in search of the truth behind many unexplained mysteries and unsolved murders. Isolated moorland inns and quie...