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Honeymoon With Murder [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Carolyn G. Hart
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Mystery bookstore owner Annie Laurance and detective Max Darling are finally tying the knot. However as they raise their champagne glasses, a dead body is found and Ingrid Jones, Annie's bookstore assistant, is found to be missing.
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Midnight Blue [MultiFormat]
by Ross Macdonald
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Lew Archer was out for a little target practice. Just a deserted old estate in the canyon where Archer could get away from the Hollywood rat race and sharpen his shooting skills down in the meadow. But he found two things there he wasn't expecting. One was a crazy old vagrant that had set up in dilapidated gatehouse. And two was a glittering red object on the ground. It was a red enameled fingernail that just happens to still be attached to its owner. A young blonde who was strangled, buried and... more info>> (Published: 1960)
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Being Someone Else [MultiFormat]
by J. R. Lindermuth
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Some believe violence foreign to our nature. Dan 'Sticks' Hetrick, retired chief and now consultant to the Swatara Creek police department, knows better. We put a lid on our natural tendency to violence when we started living in groups, devising moral codes to hold it in check and allow us to live in harmony with others. But, deep down in the id--the site of instinct--there's always that tendency to violence. When an out-of-state reporter is found murdered at a disreputable bar the tendency to v... more info>> (Published: 2010)
Words: 67887 - Reading Time: 193-271 min.
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The Christie Caper [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Carolyn G. Hart
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A group of Christie buffs. . .In honor of Agatha Christie's one hundredth birthday, mystery bookstore owner Annie Laurance Darling plans a week-long celebration of mystery, treasure hunts, title clues, and Christie trivia. Yet even as the champagne is chilling and the happy guests begin arriving on Broward's Rock Island, Annie feels a niggling sense of doom. But the last thing she or her guests expect is that the scheduled fun and mayhem will include a real-life murder. The unexpected arrival of... more info>>
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Hasty Retreat [MultiFormat]
by Kate Gallison
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When Episcopal priest Lavinia Grey takes her flock on retreat to the Monastery of St. Hugh, she has no idea how little chance for rest and contemplation they will find there. Her worst enemies show up, and Mother Vinnie finds herself battling the forces of sin--pride, lust, gluttony--and murder. Even her best friend, Deacon Deedee Gilchrist, loses her sense of humor when the two clergywomen face a fiery death. Mystery by Kate Gallison; originally published by Dell (Published: 1998)
Words: 54964 - Reading Time: 157-219 min.
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A Catskill Eagle [Spenser Series #12] [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Robert B. Parker
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In the detective business, Spenser sometimes has to bend the law. Other times, to break it. But he lives by his own inviolate rules. And he loves just one woman -- even though she is the one woman he's just lost.
So when Susan's desperate letter arrives, Spenser doesn't think twice. His best friend, Hawk, faces a life sentence. And Susan has gotten herself into even bigger trouble. Now Spenser has to free them both...even if it means breaking his own rules to do it.
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Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, October 2010 [MultiFormat]
by Dell Magazine Authors
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The stories in this month's issue are equally divided between s eries installments and stand-alones. Readers and publishers alike enjoy series characters, but they present writers with particular challenges. Each story must be self-contained and the characters reintroduced for the sake of the first time reader, while series fans want to enjoy some character development as well as the pleasure of seeing a familiar sleuth solve new problems in his or her inimitable way.
Stand-alones are less cons... more info>> (Published: 2010)
Words: 47063 - Reading Time: 134-188 min.
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Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September-October 2010 [MultiFormat]
by Dell Magazine Authors
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Our September/October double issue features stories by Doug Allyn, Robert Barnard, Brendan DuBois, Mary Jane Maffini, Joyce Carol Oates, Bill Pronzini, Kristine Kathryn Rush, Marilyn Todd, Dave Zeltserman, and more.
CONTENTS:
Fiction: THE SCENT OF LILACS by Doug Allyn
Passport to Crime: THE DIVERGENT MAN by Marc R. Soto
Fiction: TANGLE BEACH by David Braly
Poetry: LEGEND? by Jane Paynter
Fiction: TONTINE by Peter Turnbull
Reviews: BLOG BYTES by Bill Crider
Fiction: MR. ALIBI by Kristine ... more info>> (Published: 2010)
Words: 105435 - Reading Time: 301-421 min.
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Hair of the Dog [MultiFormat]
by Cindy Davis
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Angie needs more than a little 'hair of the dog' the morning after her neighbor is killed--when she's accused of the crime. Angie Deacon thought her vacation in Weirs Beach, New Hampshire would be relaxing. But the dog next door would not stop barking. Finally she confronted the owner, Simon York at the local diner. Their 'discussion' ended in a near knock-down drag-out. The next morning he is found dead. And she's the prime suspect. Angie must seek out the real killer before they stuff her be... more info>> (Published: 2010)
Words: 86673 - Reading Time: 247-346 min.
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The Imaginary Blonde [MultiFormat]
by Ross Macdonald
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Lew Archer was in a dismal mood when he checked into a sleepy motel. He had just lost the man he was trailing and then got into a crazy highway chase with a Cadillac. Now he just wanted to get some sleep. But his thoughts of sleep ended when a screaming brunette woke him with her screams and a hand covered in blood. It looked like a murder, but where was the victim? And Lew Archer only had one suspect―an imaginary blonde that nobody seems to have seen. (Published: 1953)
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The Neighbor [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Lisa Gardner
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 From a master of suspense comes a chilling new novel that explores the dangers lurking closer than you think. Because even in the perfect family, you never know what is going on behind closed doors.... This is what happened... It was a case guaranteed to spark a media feeding frenzy--a young mother, blond and pretty, disappears without a trace from her South Boston home, leaving behind her four-year-old daughter as the only witness and her handsome, secretive husband as the prime suspect. In the... more info>>
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In the Spirit of Murder [Claudia Hershey Mystery Series Book 1] [MultiFormat]
by Laura Belgrave
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A dead psychic on Halloween night. Heroin filtering into the town's schools. A sullen ex-con with a beef of his own, and a legislator with secrets to protect. Not what homicide detective Claudia Hershey expected when she moved to Indian Run, a smudge on Florida's map. But there's no turning back when the killer makes things personal. (Published: 2010)
Words: 77871 - Reading Time: 222-311 min.
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Deadly Associations [Claudia Hershey Mystery Series Book 3] [MultiFormat]
by Laura Belgrave
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When a hostage situation in a gated community turns deadly, Detective Claudia Hershey is spun into an investigation where the only certainties are deceit and betrayal. Whether she can restore tranquility to the quiet Florida town and salvage her career depends on the community's newest residents--and who among them stays alive. (Published: 2010)
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Homicide Trinity [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Rex Stout
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The orchid-growing gourmet Nero Wolfe and his confidential assistant, Archie Goodwin, dine on a three-course feast of murder. The menu in the first case is a double helping of lethal instruments. In the second, an embarrassing situation develops when Wolfe's own soup-stained tie becomes a deadly weapon. Finally, Rex Stout proves that one can indeed have too much money, when a healthy serving of greenbacks and a ham actor lead Archie to an unpleasant discovery: a poor dead soul who may or may not... more info>>
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In the Best Families [Secure eReader (recommended)]
by Rex Stout
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The aging millionairess has a problem: where is her young playboy husband getting all his money? To help find the answer, Archie infiltrates a party at her palatial estate. But her late-night murder ruins the festive mood...and a letter bomb from a powerful crime boss makes Nero Wolfe do the unthinkable--run for his life. Suddenly Archie finds himself on his own, trying to find a killer without the help of his old mentor. For to all appearances, Wolfe has vanished. The career of the world's most... more info>>
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Live to Tell: A Detective D. D. Warren Novel [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Lisa Gardner
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He knows everything about you—including the first place you’ll hide.
On a warm summer night in one of Boston’s working-class neighborhoods, an unthinkable crime has been committed: Four members of a family have been brutally murdered. The father—and possible suspect—now lies clinging to life in the ICU. Murder-suicide? Or something worse? Veteran police detective D. D. Warren is certain of only one thing: There’s more to this case than meets the eye.
Danielle Burton is a survivor, a dedic... more info>>
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The Guilty Ones [MultiFormat]
by Ross Macdonald
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Lew Archer didn't like his client, J. Reginald Harlan, M.A. Of course Archer generally didn't like people whose names started with a single syllable. Harlan hired Lew to find his sister. A respectable school mistress that has run off with a bohemian artist type. But he finds more than what he expected when he has a corpse literally dumped on him! (Published: 1952)
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The Judas Goat [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Robert B. Parker
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Spenser has gone to London--and not to see the Queen. He's gone to track down a bunch of bombers who've blown away his client's wife and kids. His job is to catch them. Or kill them. His client isn't choosy.But there are nine killers to one Spenser--long odds. Hawk helps balance the equation. The rest depends on a wild plan. Spenser will get one of the terrorists to play Judas Goat--to lead him to others. Trouble is, he hasn't counted on her being very blond, very beautiful and very dangerous.
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Whose Body [MultiFormat]
by Dorothy L. Sayers
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The very first Lord Peter Wimsey mystery novel finds the debonaire sleuth investigating the strange case of the corpse in the bathtub...who may not be who he seems! (Published: 1923)
Words: 58524 - Reading Time: 167-234 min.
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Alone and Afraid [MultiFormat]
by Karen Lewis
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Life hasn't been easy for Shannon Knight, raised by a single mother, money's been tight, but it's about to get a whole lot worse. When her mother uproots them, to be with a boyfriend, then suddenly goes missing, it leaves Shannon facing homelessness in a strange city where she knows no one. Convinced that this man is responsible for her mother's disappearance, Shannon sets out to prove it, with surprising consequences. (Published: 2010)
Words: 10410 - Reading Time: 29-41 min.
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Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, August 2010 [MultiFormat]
by Dell Magazine Authors
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Our August issue features 10 great stories, including a Black Mask entry from Ken Bruen ("Colt") and new tales from reader favorites Clark Howard ("Escape from Wolfkill") and Robert Barnard ("Lovely Requiem, Mr. Mozart"); as well as William Bankier, John H. Dirckx, Jean Femling, David A. Knadler, Jutta Motz, Mehnaz Turner, and Elizabeth Zelvin.
CONTENTS:
Fiction: ESCAPE FROM WOLFKILL by Clark Howard
Fiction: ANTS AND FLOWERS by Jean Femling
Passport to Crime: THE CLEARING by Jutta Motz
Poet... more info>> (Published: 2010)
Words: 60266 - Reading Time: 172-241 min.
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Fer-de-Lance [Secure eReader (recommended)]
by Rex Stout
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As any herpetologist will tell you, the fer-de-lance is among the most dreaded snakes known to man. When someone makes a present of one to Nero Wolfe, Archie Goodwin knows he's getting dreadully close to solving the devilishly clever murders of an immigrant and a college president. As for Wolfe, he's playing snake charmer in a case with more twists than an anaconda -- whistling a seductive tune he hopes will catch a killer who's still got poison in his heart.From the Paperback edition.
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Quietly Dead [Claudia Hershey Mystery Series Book 2] [MultiFormat]
by Laura Belgrave
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They look like tragic accidents: An old woman drowned in her tub. An old man drowned in a pond. But when Florida Detective Claudia Hershey looks beyond the evidence, someone looks back--someone who will stop at nothing to silence her from seeing what was there all along ... (Published: 2010)
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A Father's Ghost [MultiFormat]
by Robert H. Cherny
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The geeky young owner of a small Boston electronics store who has his life turned upside down when he visits a woman's apartment down the hall from his own in search of food for a stray kitten he has just picked up. The woman's sister embroils him in a vendetta against her father's hate crime murderers and drafts him into her small task force using social networking tools and the Internet to track and trap a serial rapist who targets single mothers with small children. Some things are what they... more info>> (Published: 2010)
Words: 30585 - Reading Time: 87-122 min.
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A Policeman's Lot [MultiFormat]
by Gary M. Dobbs
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Think you know the Jack the Ripper story? Think again! Inspector Frank Parade carries out his daily duties in the Welsh industrial town of Pontypridd, duties complicated by the unprecedented presence of 500 members of Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show encamped outside the town, not to mention the thousands attending the show every day. A series of depraved murders quickly makes things even more complicated. Buffalo Bill stands squarely in his path when Parade tries to investigate the likely... more info>> (Published: 2010)
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