Crime & Mystery Short Stories


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New Authors and collections. Following the great success of 2015's Gothic Fantasy, deluxe edition short story compilations, Ghosts, Horror and Science Fiction, this latest in the series is packed with detectives, mystery and murder. Whodunnits and mysteries from classic authors are cast with previously unpublished stories by exciting budding contemporary crime writers. Classic authors include Ernest Bramah, G.K. Chesterton, Wilkie Collins, Richard Harding Davis, Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, R. Austin Freeman, Jacques Futrelle, Anna Katharine Green, Arthur Griffiths, E.W. Hornung, Maurice Leblanc, Jack London, Arthur Morrison, Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur B. Reeve, Mark Twain, Edgar Wallace, Victor L. Whitechurch, Israel Zangwill.




First Class Murder


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A murdered heiress, a missing necklace, and a train full of shifty, unusual, and suspicious characters leaves Daisy and Hazel with a new mystery to solve in this third novel of the Wells & Wong Mystery series. Hazel Wong and Daisy Wells are taking a vacation across Europe on world-famous passenger train, the Orient Express—and it’s clear that each of their fellow first-class travelers has something to hide. Even more intriguing: There’s rumor of a spy in their midst. Then, during dinner, a bloodcurdling scream comes from inside one of the cabins. When the door is broken down, a passenger is found murdered—her stunning ruby necklace gone. But the killer has vanished, as if into thin air. The Wells & Wong Detective Society is ready to crack the case—but this time, they’ve got competition.




Two-minute Mysteries


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A collection of 158 mini-mysteries in which readers play Dr. Watson to master-detective Dr. Haledjian.




Detective Mysteries Short Stories


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Private Eyes with eagle eyes and rare skills, PI's and gumshoes, bloodhounds and sleuths, the shadowy arts of the detective have intrigued us since tales of the Pinkerton Detective Agency and Sherlock Holmes. Add some treachery, intimacy, and a little murder to the mix and you'll find a powerful series of dark stories from classic and contemporary writers. This new title in our successful Gothic Fantasy Short Stories collection contains a fabulous mix of classic and brand new writing, with contemporary authors from the US, Canada, and the UK. The contemporary authors featured in this anthology are: Daniel Brock, Elliott Capon, Philip Brian Hall, Tina L. Jens, Tom Mead, Marshall J. Moore, Pat Morris, Amelia Dee Mueller, Trixie Nisbet, Patsy Pratt-Herzog, Michele Bazan Reed, Lesley L. Smith and Cameron Trost. Classic authors include Margery Allingham, Robert Barr, Anthony Berkeley, Matthias McDonnell Bodkin, William Evans Burton, G.K. Chesterton, Carroll John Daly, Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Eustace and Edgar Jepson, J.S. Fletcher, R. Austin Freeman, Jacques Futrelle, Susan Glaspell, Anna Katharine Green, Thomas W. Hanshew, E. and H. Heron, Herbert Jenkins, Maurice Leblanc, L.T. Meade and Robert Eustace, Arthur Morrison, Baroness Orczy, Catherine Louisa Pirkis, Melville Davisson Post, Edgar Wallace, Hugh C. Weir, Mrs Henry Wood.




Murder Among Talking Fools And Other Mystery Short Stories


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This second volume of hilarious, socially incorrect 'who done it' mystery short stories by Charles E. Schwarz is filled with unforgettable Dickensian characters and is a joy as the readers try to spot the villain. This is best illustrated by the title's story, Murder Among Talking Fools, where, in a bar, desperate lonely people engage in outrageous exaggerated fictions about themselves until one is shot. From first to last, the fast pace of these eight short stories never diminishes but keeps the reader page turning, laughing and guessing until the ending.




Dummy's Murder Between Hands and Other Mystery Short Stories


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A collection of 12, some new, some previously published satirical, and/or politically incorrect mysteries which will challenge your mind, tickle your funnybone, and shock your sensibilities. The judges of World Wide Writers' Contest comments as appearing in Writers' Forum regarding Dummy's Murder Between Hands, "A marvelously funny murder mystery in the classic Agatha Christie mold. The narrator is a kind of Lord Peter Wimsey who solves the murder and has his readers in stitches on the way a take-off of the classic murder mystery."




Mystery Short Story Collection Volume 3


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5 gripping, unputdownable mystery short stories from the imagination of Connor Whiteley. An International Bestselling writer, Connor presents 5 very fun and outstanding mystery stories in this one volume. Includes: · Death for the wife · Invitation to deceit, secrets and lies · Never getting back together · Assassin’s problems · Dangers Of Opened Windows Love gripping mystery fiction? Love great stories? Connor gives you both layered on thick in this amazingly fun collection. BUY NOW!




The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: 4


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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, across the seas, throughout the world to catch the best-the most suspenseful, most original, intriguing, confounding, downright entertaining stories of crime and mystery. Edgar winners from the U.S., Silver Dagger winners from the U.K., and stories from elsewhere as well come together here in a bountiful crop of great stories by the best in the business, including Lawrence Block - Jon L. Breen - Stanley Cohen - Bill Crider - Jeffery Deaver - Jeremiah Healy - Clark Howard - Susan Isaacs - John Lutz - Sharyn McCrumb - Ralph McInerny - Anne Perry - Bill Pronzini - Donald E. Westlake and many others. This book's a killer! At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.




Mystery Short Story Collection Volume 1


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5 gripping unputdownable mystery short stories. BUY NOW! Embezzler In The Room A Pet Food Company. An Angry Boss. An Embezzler in the room. Every boss hates embezzlers. Penelope Froster hates someone stole from her. She calls the suspects. Penelope meets them late one night. Can Penelope find the truth before it’s too late? If you enjoy enthralling amateur sleuth mysteries that will keep you reading late into the night, read this short story! Stealing a Chance At Freedom A Trapped Wife. A Loveless Marriage. A Chance At Freedom. Sometimes stealing is survival. Annie Franklie hates her imprisoned life. She wants freedom. Annie plots her chance. Can Annie steal her chance at freedom? Mated At The Morgue Not really dead, not really alive. Luke finds himself one fine day in a morgue and the man of his dreams walks in to start his autopsy. In just moments his wonderful body will be cut open. And he can’t move to stop him. Glassblowing and Death A Glass Blower. A Prestige Prize. A Killer Instinct Unleashed. Today I become a killer. My creations are stunning. I enter a prestige award. I have to win. How far will I go? Theft of Independence A Freed Scotland. A Dangerous Theft. One Woman To Save Her Country. Everything can be stolen. Even elections. Detective Amy Sawkins wants to celebrate Scotland’s freedom. She investigates a theft. She fears Scotland’s future. Can Amy save her country? If you love gripping tense mysteries with a political twist, you need to read this! BUY NOW!




Mystery Short Story Collection Volume 5


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5 gripping, unputdownable mystery short stories from the imagination of Connor Whiteley. An International Bestselling writer, Connor presents 5 very fun and outstanding mystery stories in this one volume. Includes: · A Mummified Way To Go · Feeling About The Fraudster · Dark Dependency · Attempt Burning · Finding Sarah Love gripping mystery fiction? Love great stories? Connor gives you both layered on thick in this amazingly fun collection. BUY NOW!