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Are You Positive?    by Stephen Davis
Price: Free! 116400 words. Language: English. Published on October 3, 2010. Fiction » Drama » American.

(5.00 from 1 review)
Ripped from the headlines of today's news, "Are You Positive?" is a fictitious courtroom drama in the style of John Grisham. 26-year-old Tyree Johnson stands accused of first degree murder in Greenville, South Carolina. But his murder weapon is not a gun or a knife; it's HIV. “Everyone diagnosed HIV-Positive absolutely must read this book. The rest of us should too.” - Dr. Goddard, CO.
Wrongful Death: The AIDS Trial    by Stephen Davis
Price: Free! 89400 words. Language: English. Published on October 3, 2010. Fiction » Drama » American.

(5.00 from 3 reviews)
"WRONGFUL DEATH: The AIDS Trial" is the true story of how government lies and incompetence, gross medical malpractice, and unbridled greed by a drug company cost 300,000 American lives in just ten years. "It reads like a cross between a John Grisham thriller and an informative scientific treatise on AIDS." - D.D. Steele, Attorney, California. "A legitimate page-turner." - Dr. Harvey Bialy, Mexico
Dandy Detects: A Victorian San Francisco Story    by M. Louisa Locke
Price: $0.99 USD. 7330 words. Language: English. Published on April 17, 2010. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical.

0.75 star(3.71 from 7 reviews)
It's 1879, San Francisco swelters under a heat wave and Barbara Hewitt, a reserved school-teacher, uncovers a mystery with the help of a dog named Dandy. This short story is set in the gas-lit Victorian world created by Locke in her historical mystery, Maids of Misfortune. For those of you already familiar with that world, welcome back, for those who are not, welcome!
The Rune House    by L.J. Hutton
Price: Free! 114990 words. Language: British English. Published on October 17, 2012. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical.

0.75 star(4.75 from 8 reviews)
In 1574 a strange house is built in the shape of an ancient rune, one of whose ambiguous meanings is an invitation - but an invitation to what? In the present day, Robbie thinks all he has to worry about is the new detective joining him on the cold case unit. Yet with a growing list of disappearances and murders, Robbie and Drake find themselves drawn to the history of the house and its secrets.
The Hound of the Baskervilles Retrained    by Artemis Conyn Doyle
Price: Free! 59190 words. Language: English. Published by Jekkara Press  on August 7, 2010. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths.

A Shyrlock Holmes story. When Dr Mortimer asks for the help of famous consulting detective Ms. Shylock Holmes and her stalwart companion Dr Joan Watson, they may have expected some dark family secrets to be uncovered—but not the black Hellhound of the moors! A Gender Switch Adventure.
Always a Cold Deck    by Robert Bruce Stewart
Price: Free! 69190 words. Language: English. Published on June 29, 2012. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical.

0.5 star(3.50 from 2 reviews)
Part mystery, part parody, Always a Cold Deck is the first Harry Reese Mystery. In July 1900, he is sent to Buffalo to look into a fire that’s destroyed a grain elevator. But when Harry uncovers a smuggling operation, the case morphs into something more serious. He crosses into Canada and back, accompanied by a curious young woman who seems to be conducting an investigation of her own.
Quatrain    by John Medler
Price: $0.99 USD. 133490 words. Language: English. Published on January 13, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical.

0.5 star(4.57 from 14 reviews)
In 1557, Nostradamus published a collection of four-line rhyming prophetic verses called “quatrains.” The initial collection was supposed to have 1000 prophecies. However, only 942 survived--until now. Can a cynical college professor and his two rebellious teenagers find the 58 lost prophecies of Nostradamus and use them to stop an impending terrorist attack, and will anyone believe them?
Double Exposure    by Jim Stinson
Price: Free! 50370 words. Language: English. Published on August 22, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical.

“Stoney Winston works the slummy outskirts of the movie business, directing cheap local commercials, writing training films and industrials, and submitting always-rejected feature scripts. Murder and danger dog Stoney’s quest, which ends in a tricky and gut-wrenching climax. A masterful, colorful mystery.” Booklist, starred review.
Out of Time    by Monique Martin
Price: Free! 97940 words. Language: English. Published on June 20, 2010. Fiction » Romance » Time travel.

0.5 star(4.40 from 5 reviews)
Professor Simon Cross has spent his life searching for evidence of vampires and avoiding emotional entanglements. When a mysterious accident transports Simon and his assistant, Elizabeth West, back in time, Simon finally finds both the proof that he's been looking for, and the romance that he hasn't. Simon and Elizabeth's developing relationship is tested by demons real and imagined. In 1920s Man
Low Angles    by Jim Stinson
Price: Free! 51250 words. Language: English. Published on April 3, 2012. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical.

(4.00 from 1 review)
Against his better judgment, Hollywood foot soldier Stoney Winston arrives at a flea-bitten desert Hamlet to help Diane LaMotta direct her first feature, a no-budget indie action potboiler titled Cycles from Hell. He finds the production being killed by sabotage that turns into stabbing, near-drowning, and violent death.