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A holiday helping of murder heats up this sweet, seasonal mystery from the author of All Fudged Up—includes a yummy recipe exclusive to this ebook!
Ho-Ho-Ho-Homicide
This Christmas, event planner Jenn Christensen has come back to the winter wonderland of Mackinac Island, Michigan, to race for charity in the Santa Fun Run, rekindle her love for CSI tech Shane Carpenter,...
A holiday helping of murder heats up this sweet, seasonal mystery from the author of All Fudged Up—includes a yummy recipe exclusive to this ebook!
Ho-Ho-Ho-Homicide
This Christmas, event planner Jenn Christensen has come back to the winter wonderland of Mackinac Island, Michigan, to race for charity in the Santa Fun Run, rekindle her love for CSI tech Shane Carpenter,...
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At a local teashop, a lady journalist encounters a brilliant detective who's able to decode and solve some of the city's most complicated crimes. This is a thrilling narrative, that hinges on the unique dynamic between its two protagonists.
Polly Burton is a young journalist who stumbles across an elderly man at a London teashop. She soon discovers his peculiar personality and dazzling intellect. Through a series of conversations, they discuss...
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"The Eight Strokes of the Clock" is a collection of eight short stories by Maurice Leblanc. The stories have his most famous creation, Arsène Lupin, gentleman-thief, as the main character. The eight stories, even though independent, have a leading thread: Lupin, under the name of Serge Rénine, trying to conquer the heart of a young lady, solving eight mysteries on the way. This early work by Maurice Leblanc was originally published in 1922 and we...
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Father Brown is an insightful sleuth who travels far-and-wide to solve a new set of mysteries that require his unique skills and wisdom. This selection of short stories also includes a variety of locales from Italy to Cornwall and everywhere in between. Once again, Father Brown has found himself at the center of the action. The Wisdom of Father Brown is the follow-up to G.K. Chesterton's first entry, The Innocence of Father Brown. The sequel builds...
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Aventures extraordinaires d'Arsène Lupin volume 06
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"Lupin," I said, "tell me something about yourself." Arsène Lupin is known as a friend to the poor and an enemy of the rich. but how did he gain his formidable reputation?
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2020
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Ex-bestselling author Stewart Hoag is after a tell-all Hollywood diary in this short mystery from the Edgar Award–winning author.
Once upon a time, Stewart “Hoagy” Hoag was a celebrity author married to a famous actress. But after a serious case of writer’s block, Hoagy lost it all. Now, with nobody but his loyal basset hound, Lulu, by his side, Hoagy intends to get back on top by transcribing the...
Once upon a time, Stewart “Hoagy” Hoag was a celebrity author married to a famous actress. But after a serious case of writer’s block, Hoagy lost it all. Now, with nobody but his loyal basset hound, Lulu, by his side, Hoagy intends to get back on top by transcribing the...
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The third installment in the irresistible adventures of A. J. Raffles, the thief who gives crime a good name For weeks, Bunny Manders has scoured the sporting papers, looking for word of his vanished friend-the cricketer, playboy, and gentleman thief A. J. Raffles. A mysterious message lures Bunny to a darkened side street, where he finds Raffles in filthy clothes, with an unkempt beard. The amateur cracksman has been lying low in the empty townhouse...
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History never forgets...
The newest arrival at a care home for the elderly carries an air of mystery that even an ex-WW2 Resistance fighter can't resist trying to solve.
Then matters take a sinister turn...
The Reckoning forms part of the Case Files series of short crime stories from USA Today bestselling author Rachel Amphlett.
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Eight stories of murder, starring one of the most brilliant armchair detectives of all time from the author of the Rabbi Small Mysteries Before creating the widely popular Jewish sleuth Rabbi Small, Harry Kemelman authored a series of short stories featuring another quick-witted and wisecracking amateur sleuth: college professor Nicky Welt. Collected in The Nine Mile Walk, the Nicky Welt stories are a mix of ingenious logic puzzles and brilliant...
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This story appears in the short story collection, What Leads A Man To Murder
Spurn the curse, reap the nightmare.The name on his driver's license was George Henry, but people called him Chief.He had the bloodline, the heritage, the native skills. And no desire to live up to the name.Until the day he helped murder an innocent girl.Prize-winning author, Joslyn Chase, introduces Chief Redfish in a captivating story of murder on the Hood Canal. Fascinating...
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A rare eighteenth-century encyclopedia reveals a murderous secret in this short story by the CWA Diamond Dagger-winning author of A Shock to the System.
For Professor Derrick Rounsevell, antique books can bring the past into the present, through not only their content but also telling traces left by previous readers. In the case of his newly-inherited copy of Bibliotheca Classica-an obscure eighteenth-century encyclopedia-peculiar markings reveal...
14) Collared
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Bowers and Frankie are about to experience their first St. Valentine's Day as a couple. With her favorite steak awaiting her at La Hacienda Chop House, what could go wrong? When a service dog walks through the door giving off very bad vibes, Frankie's sure the evening isn't going to go as planned.
15) King's Christmas
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Riley King made a life-changing decision several years ago, leaving the Jersey shore for the warm weather and friendly atmosphere of North Carolina. The move leaves him lonely, hundreds of miles from friends and family for Christmas. He decides to decorate his semi-finished house to boost his melancholy spirits. In this origin story, King journeys to the mountains seeking a fresh Fraser fir. Instead he discovers a strong link to his past and a young...
16) Special Delivery
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When someone strangles the life out of cantankerous postal employee Abigail Watts, Deanna Wilder is certain that an odd phrase uttered by the victim on the day of her death holds the key to solving Abigail's murder. Unfortunately for her daughters, Roxanne and Vanessa, Deanna turns the investigation into a family affair.
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One of the few things that brothers Edward and Nicholas Harlow agree on is a traditional Christmas celebration. When Edward decides to scrap conventions in favor of current fashions--including a pre-decorated tree from Kaiser Tree Farms--his decision sets off a series of mishaps that lead to the theft of his tree and the death of a Kaiser employee. As Nicholas and Edward attempt to track down the thief, one of their top questions is Why would anyone...
18) One Bad Egg
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When author Edward Harlow offers to host an Easter egg hunt for St. Michael's Group Home, his secretary and brother, Nicholas, bears the brunt of the workload, which includes placating an overbearing event organizer, wrangling orphans on a sugar high, and managing a gigantic Easter Bunny with a bad attitude. Then someone dumps a body in the laundry hamper, and both brothers scramble to discover the culprit before the killer can strike again. A holiday...
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If only Mrs. Battencourt's diamond necklace hadn't disappeared, then she'd still be willing to make a donation to MGC Middle School. Teacher Sheila Baker only knows one person nosey enough to track down the lost gems, and crime reporter Evan Miller is happy for the chance to get back into Sheila's good graces. As a bonus, read the first chapter of "The Body Guy", an Evan Miller novel.
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The Thinking Machine (1907) is a short story collection by Jacques Futrelle. Published at the height of his career as a leading popular detective and science fiction writer, The Thinking Machine collects stories that originally appeared in such publications as The Saturday Evening Post and the Boston American. Celebrated for his brisk storytelling and mastery of suspense, Jacques Futrelle was lost at sea on April 15, 1912, while returning from Europe...
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