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Katie and the Mystery of the Vampire    by P. Katherine Barkley
Price: $0.99 USD. 24470 words. Language: English. Published on May 16, 2013. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths.

It's Carl's birthday, and Katie has promised to help him with his school report on the history of vampire mythology. But their research gets interrupted when Carl's history teacher turns up dead. He appears to have been killed by an actual vampire. Can Katie prove that vampires don't exist in her first ever murder mystery?
Katie and the Case of the Missing Rookie    by P. Katherine Barkley
Price: $0.99 USD. 24610 words. Language: English. Published on May 15, 2013. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths.

Cathy's looking for a good medical school to attend, but the one she's picked out seems to have a lot of problems. A missing student, drug abuse among the sports teams, and a conspiracy to keep it all hidden. Can Katie solve the mysteries and help clean up the school?
Katie and the Golden Egg Mystery    by P. Katherine Barkley
Price: $0.99 USD. 24350 words. Language: English. Published on May 14, 2013. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths.

It's Christmastime in the Carter household, and Katie has found the perfect gift for her mother. Unfortunately, someone else has found it too - in her shopping bag! When the golden egg goes missing, Katie must find it again before Christmas Eve. Will she be able to track down the thief and learn what's so unique about this particular gift?
Katie and the Great Twin Mix-Up    by P. Katherine Barkley
Price: $0.99 USD. 24900 words. Language: English. Published on May 11, 2013. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Short Stories.

A long-lost friend returns to the Carter house for a visit, but something strange is afoot. Peter and his twin brother Jack seem to be mixed up in a mystery. When one of Katie's own family members gets mistakenly pulled into the danger, it becomes personal, and she takes a trip south to straighten things out. Can she unmix the mix-up? Find out in the fifth Katie Carter mystery story!
Katie and the Mystery of the Witch's Curse    by P. Katherine Barkley
Price: $0.99 USD. 25430 words. Language: English. Published on May 9, 2013. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths.

Katie and her brother and sisters head to the nearby town of Salem to research a school history paper and find themselves tangled up in the mystery of an ancient curse. The locals are certain that they are being haunted by the ghost of a long-dead witch. Can Katie solve the mystery and prove that there are no such things as ghosts?
Nothing Man    by Marc Lowe
Price: $0.99 USD. 23680 words. Language: English. Published on May 8, 2013. Fiction » Literary collections » American / General.

Nothing Man is the follow-up to Marc Lowe's collection, "Sui Generis" and Other Fictions (2010, ISMs Press). "Lowe’s stories hack body and mind apart and sometimes put them back together in a new way. They disrupt comfortable logic and expectation with a Surrealist-infused Gothic prose tinged with hints of Borges and Poe." Rob Stephenson, author of Passes Through
Fox Five: a Charlie Fox short story collection    by Zoe Sharp
Price: $4.59 USD. 38000 words. Language: British English. Published on April 30, 2013. Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller.

FOX FIVE is a collection of stories by the highly acclaimed crime thriller writer, Zoë Sharp. All feature her ex-Special Forces soldier turned self-defence expert and bodyguard, Charlotte ‘Charlie’ Fox.
L'Estate del diavolo    by Luigi Milani
Price: $4.99 USD. 22230 words. Language: Italian. Published by Delirium Publishing  on April 30, 2013. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Short Stories.

Dopo il successo di “Seasons” e di “Ci sono stati dei disordini”, Luigi Milani torna a regalarci una raccolta di racconti. Il tema in questo caso è un po’ dark, con atmosfere che spaziano dal noir alle storie di fantasmi, accarezzando un po’ tutta la sfera dell’horror senza scendere mai nei dettagli, lasciando un’aura di mistero e spazio all’immaginazione del lettore…
Katie and the Canding Kidnapping    by P. Katherine Barkley
Price: $0.99 USD. 24600 words. Language: English. Published on April 29, 2013. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Short Stories.

In this third installment in the Katie Carter Mystery Series, Katie's aunt and uncle go missing, and her family is called to the scene to help in the search. The local sheriff is convinced that the missing couple are dead, but Katie is determined to find them and prove that they are alive and kidnapped. With the help of a spunky young cousin and the rest of her family, she's on the case!
Tales of Mystery and Suspense    by R.G. Crossley
Price: $3.99 USD. 26590 words. Language: English. Published by 53rd Street Publishing  on April 27, 2013. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Short Stories.

R.G. Crossley presents five tales of mystery and suspense. He introduces you to a big city PI faced with conspiracy and murder, to a small town writer walking into the middle of a robbery, to a lonely old man who must decide to take sides when friends are threatened. An anthology of tales designed to take you to the dark places where crime thrives and courage is tested.