| Chesapeake Crimes Publication Date: February 2004Tales of mystery, mayhem and murder from fifteen of the Chesapeake Bay region's most talented crime writers. Includes the Agatha and Anthony award-winning story, "Wedding Knife" by Elaine Viets and a foreword by Laura Lippman. --This text refers to the Paperback edition....
| | San Diego Noir (Akashic Noir) Publication Date: May 17, 2011| Series: Akashic Noir When it’s done right, noir is a darkly delicious thrill: smart, sharp-tongued, surprising. The knife goes in at the end with a twist. San Diego Noir, a new 15-story collection by some of the region’s best writers, has all that going for it, and the steady supply of hometown references makes it even more fun.”--San Diego Union-TribuneBrand-new stories by: T. Jefferson Parker, Jeffrey J. Mariotte, Martha Lawrence, Diane Clark & Astrid Bear, Debra Ginsberg, Morgan Hunt, Ken Kuhlken, Taffy Cannon, Don Winslow, Cameron P...
| | Death Dines in Publication Date: May 1, 200416 all-new cozy culinary capers-each with a recipe!A collection of all-new stories by New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry Donna Andrews Claudia Bishop Rhys Bowen Don Bruns Meg Chittenden Nick DiChario Marcos Donnelly Carole Nelson Douglas Elizabeth Foxwell Parnell Hall Lyn Hamilton Jeremiah Healy Dean James Mary Jane Maffini William Moody Here is a generous helping of cozy murder mysteries by some of the finest writers out there. Such morsels as Claudia...
| | Landmarked for Murder Release Date: October 2, 2006There is far more to the city of Los Angeles than can be discovered through the ordinary guide books, much of it dark, dangerous, even deadly. To find those hidden, shadowy corners of the L.A., wherein reside the less-than-angelic denizens of the City of Angels, you need LAndmarked for Murder, the new anthology by members of Sisters in Crime/Los Angeles. LAndmarked for Murder is a fictional travelogue through some of L.A. most notable natural and manmade landmarks, each of which serves as the setting for ten tales of dark passions and murder. ...
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| | The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories Publication Date: August 16, 2009Most connoisseurs of modern horror fiction rate Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951) as the finest horror writer of all time. Blackwood was unsurpassed in originality, atmosphere, and characterization. His finest works still surprise and shock today's readers. ...
| | Grottos of Chinatown: The Dorus Noel Stories Publication Date: March 16, 2009| ISBN-10: 1935031082 | ISBN-13: 978-1935031086Dorus Noel spent years in the Far East, and had the torture scars to prove it. Now he was back in NYC, working undercover in Manhattan's Chinatown, confronting the most insidious crimes and criminals imaginable. Burks' Chinatown is a society of strange alliances, a place of dark menace and mystery, an urban nightmare of secret passageways riddling the district like rabbit warrens, a new world under the shadow of China's past. Collected for the first time are all 11 Dorus Noel stories from the pulp, All Detecti...
| | Sherlock Holmes: The American Years Release Date: February 2, 2010A compelling volume of original tales concerning Sherlock Holmes’ legendary time in America With an introduction by Leslie S. Klinger, editor and compiler of all three volumes of the Annotated Sherlock Holmes, this collection of ten original stories brings light to one of the least examined periods in the life of the great detective—his time in the former colonies, the United States. This Holmes is a youthful one—a young man not yet set upon his course in life and in his famous lodgings at 221B Baker Street. In Richard Lupoff ’s ...
| | Crimespotting: An Edinburgh Crime Collection Publication Date: June 15, 2010All the short stories in "Crimespotting" are brand new and specially commissioned. The brief was deceptively simple - each story must be set in Edinburgh and feature a crime. The results range from hard-boiled police procedural to historical whodunit and from the wildly comic to the spookily supernatural. ...
| | Best Eaten Cold and Other Stories: A Murder Squad Anthology Publication Date: May 1, 2012A collection showcasing the short story talents of the collective known as the Murder Squad—featuring several award-winning and highly acclaimed crime writers The Murder Squad all share a special passion for crime, which is reflected in this superb new volume of previously unpublished tales. Funny and sad, atmospheric and dark, ingenious and frightening, each of the 13 stories in this collection—two or three from each contributor—will thrill lovers of crime fiction. In "The Habit of Silence", DI Vera Stanh...
| | Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #1 Publication Date: May 13, 2008An advance edition of Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #1 features fiction by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Carole Bugge, Ron Goulart, Marc Bilgrey, Edward D. Hoch, Hal Blythe, and Jean Paiva. Features by Kim Newman, Lenny Picker, Mrs Hudson, and Marvin Kaye. ...
| | Monkology: The Ivan Monk Stories ...
| | Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #2 Publication Date: April 20, 2009The second issue of SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY MAGAZINE includes contributions from Darrell Schweitzer ("The Adventure of the Hanoverian Vampires"), Marc Bilgrey ("You See, But You Forget"), David Waxman ("Tough as Diamonds"), Ron Goulart ("The Mystery of the Flying Man"), Gary Lovisi ("A Study in Evil"), Jean Paiva ("Max's Cap"), M.J. Elliott ("A Reputation for Murder"), and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ("The Musgrave Ritual"). Plus the usual features and columns! ...
| | Act One Audio: Mysteries Publication Date: September 2003| Series: Act One Immerse yourself in a world of adventure, intrigue, and imagination with Act One Audio: Mysteries, the enthralling, contemporary anthology of original drama created especially for audio. Each of these 9 tales on 3 compact discs comes to vivid life, utilizing state-of-the art recording equipment, a full cast of professional actorsincluding special guest stars from the realms of television and film, complete sound effects, and music. So, go ahead and dim the lights. Or get ready to grip that steering wheel a little tighter. Turn up ...
| | The Writer's Club Publication Date: September 8, 2002Here is a short story mystery collection about four women writers that form The Writers Club. Each writer faces mysterious happenings in her life. Taylors beloved bridal chest, a wedding gift from her husband suddenly has new names carved into it. A baby monitor warns Jenna, while working on assignment, that someone is following her. Jenna is working on an investigative report concerning a famous dating service that has a scandal brewing. Amy finds an old letter in a secret drawer of a writing desk she has refinished. This letter describes a relationship th...
| | The Best American Mystery Stories 2002 (Best American) Publication Date: October 15, 2002| Series: Best American Mystery Stories Bestselling novelist James Ellroy introduces this year's collection of the finest mystery writing. Many of the contributors herein are novelists themselves, displaying their talents in short story form: Michael Connelly tells a fatal tale of revenge in "Two-Bagger." In Joe Gores's "Inscrutable," the Feds beat the Mafia at their own game. Stuart Kaminsky demonstrates how horribly wrong things go when a robber gets cocky in "Sometimes Something Goes Wrong." And Robert B. Parker shows just how important Jackie Robinson's ...
| | Suitable for Hanging: Selected Stories Publication Date: January 24, 2004MYSTERY & SUSPENSE FROM AN EDGAR WINNERThe creator of Judge Deborah Knott and Lieutenant Sigrid Harald and the winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel, Margaret Maron is one of the finest contemporary mystery writers.Maron has a sensitivity about how time and place influence people and events.In Marons work the mystery story is as concerned with people as well as with puzzles.Suitable for Hanging contains twenty of Margaret Marons best uncollected short stories, beginning with an early tale of a hitman trying to escape from the mob, to her newes...
| | The Isaac Quartet: Blue Eyes, Marilyn the Wild, The Education of Patrick Silver, Secret Isaac Publication Date: June 7, 2002The Isaac Quartet contains four detective stories from an internationally acclaimed master of the genre. Blue Eyes, the first book in Jerome Charyn’s legendary crime series, introduces Isaac Sidel — the toughest, most incorruptible police inspector in the biz. In Marilyn the Wild, Isaac confronts the hot-headed daughter of the first deputy police commissioner. The Education of Patrick Silver tells the story of a giant shoeless Irishman who becomes just another pawn in the war between Isaac and a gang of Peruvian pimps. And in Secret Isaac, a scar o...
| | White House Pet Detectives: Tales of Crime and Mysteryat the White House from a Pet's-Eye View Publication Date: August 1, 2002The tradition of pets in the White House goes all the way back to the Founding Fathers. From the parrot and foxhounds of George Washington to Spot and Barney, the current canines of the Bushes, the First Family's animal companions have always had a special place in America's heart.These various (and often exotic) animals have enjoyed the special privileges of living in the nation's capital, giving them access to the scenes of power. So when something goes awry in the White House, who better to solve it than these pet detectivesDid Rex, Ronald Reagan's King Cha...
| | Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine 3 Publication Date: December 14, 2009The third volume of "Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine" features "A Volume in Vermillion," by Kim Newman, plus fiction by Bruce I. Kilstein ("Watson's Wound"), Darrell Schweitzer ("The Death of Falstaff"), Stan Trybulski ("Tough Guys Don't Pay"), Hal Charles ("Vacation from Crime"), Jean Paiva ("Workout"), and Peter King ("Mayhem in St. Mary Meade"). Plus nonfiction by Lenny Picker ("The Non-Solitary Cyclist"), Gary Lovisi ("Notable Holmesian Paperback Pastiches & Other Oddities"), and Bob Byrne ("Meet Nero Wolfe"), as well as features by John H. Watson, M.D...
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