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A Passing Curse    by C. R. Trolson
Price: Free! 143730 words. Language: English. Published on April 8, 2013. Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense.

(3.00 from 1 review)
Homicide detective Reese Tarrant leaves the LAPD under a cloud of suspicion that he murdered serial killer Richard Lamb, dubbed by the media as the Anaheim Vampire for draining the blood from thirteen women. Because Lamb had once worked for billionaire Ajax Rasmussen, Reese drives up the coast to Santa Marina and Ajax's palatial mansion overlooking the Pacific.
The Bill Travis Mysteries Sampler    by George Wier
Price: Free! 124290 words. Language: English. Published on July 5, 2012. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled.

(4.00 from 1 review)
Includes the complete text of The Last Call and excerpts from Capitol Offense, Longnecks & Twisted Hearts, The Devil To Pay, Death On The Pedernales, Slow Falling, Caddo Cold, and Arrowmoon, along with Author's Notes, short stories, and an essay.
The Second Bat Guano War    by J.M. Porup
Price: Free! 100460 words. Language: English. Published on November 5, 2012. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled.

0.25 star(3.33 from 3 reviews)
Rats ate his baby while he partied in a disco. Now Horse is a drugged-out expat teaching English to criminals in Peru…plus doing the odd favor for the CIA. When his Agency contact goes missing, Horse uncovers his friend’s involvement with a group of terrorists who want to kill off the human “disease” infecting the earth. Can Horse find his friend in time? And when he does—will he want to stop him?
An Innocent Among Them    by Jack Allen
Price: $3.95 USD. 112710 words. Language: English. Published by Burping Frog Publishing  on December 6, 2010. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled.

A small terrorist cell operating in a college town targets Jen Dvorak, a pre-med student with a weakness that makes her vulnerable. She is turned into a weapon for the terrorists. Josh McGowan’s only weapon is a courage that drives him to disobey orders to protect her, even if the cost is his own life.
Shooting Crows At Dawn    by David Grace
Price: $4.95 USD. 124330 words. Language: English. Published on May 11, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Police Procedural.

(5.00 from 2 reviews)
Election day is near and Sheriff Jubal Dark's failure to solve a two-year-old murder is likely to cost him his job. Now, three escaped killers racing for the border murder a local family. Dark no longer has any time to worry about the election. He's willing to trade his star, and even his life, if that's what it will take to bring these murderers to Texas Justice.
Midnight Mass    by Andrew Delaplaine
Price: $2.99 USD. 125200 words. Language: English. Published on September 14, 2010. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Police Procedural.

It’s Christmas Eve. It’s New York. And it's just after midnight when Det. Lt. Mary Freeman stumbles upon the aftermath of an unbelievable robbery of New York’s historic Trinity Church downtown. After impressing the mayor, she finds herself part of the Task Force assigned to catch the robbers, leading her into a vortex of violence that eventually rips apart every part of her life.
9 Gold Bullets    by Christopher G. Moore
Price: $7.95 USD. 102960 words. Language: English. Published by HeavenLakePress  on January 4, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled.

A priceless collection of 9 gold bullet coins issued during the Reign of Rama V has gone missing along with a Thai coin collector. Local police find a link between the missing Thai coins and Calvino's childhood friend, Josh Stein, who happens to be in Bangkok on an errand for his new Russian client.
TDROMC The Dirt Roads of Madison County:    by Jack Henderson
You set the price! 119460 words. Language: English. Published on October 1, 2010. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled.

When Sgt. Justin(Brow)Tyme discovers irrefutable evidence, far behind enemy lines, that his partner and comrade in arms was not killed in action, but murdered, the complexion of the Vietnam War, for him, changes drastically. "Brow" cannot leave his partner's death unavenged. There are those who must pay, those who must talk..... but all must die! The burden of justice rests upon his shoulders.
Comfort Zone    by Christopher G. Moore
Price: $5.95 USD. 102390 words. Language: English. Published by HeavenLakePress  on December 22, 2010. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled.

Twenty years after the end of the Vietnam War, Vietnam is opening to the outside world. There is a smell of fast money in the air and poverty in the streets. Business is booming and in austere Ho Chi Minh City a new generation of foreigners have arrived to make money and not war.
A Very Cold Day for a Very Cold Murder    by Anthony Perham
Price: $4.95 USD. 126790 words. Language: English. Published on August 10, 2010. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled.

(4.00 from 1 review)
Tyne and Wear are suffering from a severe lack of police officers and so Inspector David Charles and Sergeant Malcolm McKarn are sent up there from London to investigate the death of a young woman whose body has recently been found dumped in a little used country lane. And David is not best pleased when his investigation is hampered by people who should be doing everything they can to help.