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!

I Do    by Ashley Kozlowski
Price: Free! 550 words. Language: English. Published on April 29, 2013. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Short Stories.
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"I Do" is a flash mystery; or, in other words, a really short story. In this flash mystery we have Ariel, happy as can be at her wedding! But... something isn't right here....

The Virtues of Madness    by Thomas Carpenter
Price: $2.99 USD. 15850 words. Language: English. Published on April 28, 2013. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical.
When the Magistrate of the Rhakotis District calls Heron of Alexandria—the greatest inventor the city has ever known—to help him solve the mystery of a rain of frogs, he learns what value there is in the virtues of madness.

Fatal Mistress – a 10-minute short story    by Ian Fox
Price: Free! 2680 words. Language: English. Published on April 28, 2013. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Short Stories.
Gary Nelson has problems with his father-in-law, the CEO and majority holder of the Trionid Corporation, who likes to make life difficult for Gary, the finance director of the same company. His father-in-law’s sudden violent death puts Gary in the CEO’s shoes. But now that Gary has everything a person could possibly want, he gets bored. Finally, he realizes how to spice up his daily life. ...

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.

Katie and the Stolen Map Mystery    by P. Katherine Barkley
Price: $0.99 USD. 23750 words. Language: English. Published on April 26, 2013. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Short Stories.
A mysterious new neighbor, an old treasure map, thieves that are always two steps ahead. It all adds up to the second Katie Carter mystery story! Katie agrees to track down a treasure hidden in her neighborhood years ago and then takes on a second case when an inventor is kidnapped along with his latest invention. Can she handle two cases at once, and is there a strange connection between the two?

The Destruction of a Goddess    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $2.99 USD. 8400 words. Language: English. Published by WMG Publishing  on April 26, 2013. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Police Procedural.
Vi thought trying to teach complicated choreography to inexperienced middle-aged men made for a bad day. But when a Portland homicide detective shows up at Vi’s dance rehearsal, she quickly realizes that bad dance moves pale in comparison to the scrutiny of an experienced investigator seeking suspects in a murder.

The Shocking Truth    by Christine Chianti
Price: $2.99 USD. 5430 words. Language: English. Published on April 25, 2013. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Short Stories.
Harwich Police Detective Monica Carson has seen plenty in her career. But when she reports to the scene of what appears to be an unattended death of a wealthy matron, she finds more questions than answers. Doing what she does best, tracking down the answers, causes political friction. The deceased's family just wants to mourn their loss. Monica needs to bring the responsible party to justice.

Improbable Cause    by Rena Burgess
Price: $0.99 USD. 4290 words. Language: English. Published by Temporary Midnight on April 24, 2013. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Short Stories.
The world was watching as the lights went out in New Orleans during the biggest football game of the year. The official report blamed the outage on a faulty relay device. But what if it had a different cause?

Terminos y Condiciones de Ventas de Alma.    by Lyther Martes
Price: Free! 1130 words. Language: Spanish. Published on April 23, 2013. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Short Stories.
La verdad es que nadie nunca tiene la menor idea de como empezar. En algún lugar del planeta tierra, hay una servilleta, y en esa servilleta estaba la fecha exacta del fin del mundo....