Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled

Looks Can Kill    by cliff mcgoon
Price: $1.99 USD. 63130 words. Language: English. Published on May 23, 2013. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled.

Retired cop Chet McGarey feels put out to pasture but rediscovers his detective talents and reconnects with his high school sweetheart when he unmasks a killer aboard a 1950s reunion cruise.
Eye For An Eye (Detective Pulp Fiction Short Story)    by Bernard Schaffer
Price: Free! 6120 words. Language: English. Published on May 23, 2013. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled.

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A pulp fiction romp through 1950's New York City, full of that old-time tough-guy mystique where everything is one big shade of grey.
Smoker - A Boone Butters Adventure    by Scott S. Phillips
Price: $0.99 USD. 10720 words. Language: English. Published on May 22, 2013. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Short Stories.

In the third Boone Butters crime story, the big man Boone journeys to Hollywood to help his old friend Burt shoot his latest adult film. Burt’s producer has been causing trouble, and it’s up to Boone to keep the guy in check. Surrounded by naughty actresses, wannabe studs, and his faithful sidekick Shandi, Boone’s about to learn that bigger trouble is headed his way — and it’s carrying a gun.
Sea No Evil: A Crag Banyon Mystery    by James Mullaney
Price: $2.99 USD. 53230 words. Language: English. Published on May 17, 2013. Fiction » Humor & comedy » Parody.

Crag Banyon is a two-fisted P.I. with a heart of gold and a liver of stainless steel. This time out, a fishy client with a whale of a case puts Banyon in hot water.
Deadly Pawn    by W. M. Stahl
Price: $3.99 USD. 69370 words. Language: English. Published on May 14, 2013. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled.

It was curiosity that found him on the street in the rain that night waiting for the person that had invited him there. When the owner of the pawn shop is murdered it would be curiosity that would get him to help his longtime friend in finding out who did it. Curiosity killed the cat they say, but then again they don’t know Dawson.
Espíritos Afogados    by Scott Nicholson
Price: Free! 6570 words. Language: Portuguese. Published by Haunted Computer Books  on May 12, 2013. Fiction » Horror » Ghost.

Um escritor aceita um trabalho em uma ilha remota no Oceano Atlântico, onde encontra uma mulher misteriosa que pede sua ajuda. Mas logo ele descobre que ela está presa no passado e pode estar tentando atraí-lo para que junte-se a ela sob as ondas, para sempre. Um conto de 5.300 palavras.
Une Solide Constitution    by Scott Nicholson
Price: Free! 3940 words. Language: French. Published by Haunted Computer Books  on May 11, 2013. Fiction » Horror » Ghost.

L’amour d’un homme pour sa femme l’empêche de la quitter, même après sa mort. Comme Rendall lui manque, son esprit reste fort – jusqu’à ce qu’il réalise que l’amour éternel pourrait bien être l’amour le plus égoïste de tous. Une histoire de fantasy paranormale écrite par Scott Nicholson, l’auteur bestseller international des Amants de la Brume et d’autres livres.
The Mindbender    by keith lawson
Price: $0.99 USD. 64340 words. Language: English. Published on May 9, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » Hard sci-fi.

A lone gunman fires indiscriminately at customers in a café but his horrendous crime is only the beginning. Is he simply insane or could his mind be controlled by a strange and powerful unknown entity? Frank Harman, a career detective has faced petty criminals, vagrants, villains and murderers but this case takes him to a whole new and unexpected level.
Roadhouse Money    by Ken Hattaway
Price: Free! 19690 words. Language: English. Published on May 6, 2013. Fiction » Mystery & detective » General.

Dallas Worth has become the second convict mistakenly released by the Nevada Department of Corrections for the year. Wishing to lay low before fleeing the state and in need of cash, he agrees to look into a matter for a woman involving the death of her husband.
Brotherly Love (An Anthony Carrick Mystery)    by Jason Blacker
Price: $1.49 USD. 15610 words. Language: English. Published on May 5, 2013. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled.

Brotherly Love is An Anthony Carrick mystery. There's a small park in the tony Holmby Hills, not far from Beverly Hills, called De Neve Square Park, where a man (Ray Hope) lies dead. Capt. John Robers of the LAPD Homicide Unit is investigating and he calls in his old friend, Anthony Carrick to help.