Jones'd    by Linda Rae Blair
Price: $0.99 USD. 17350 words. Language: English. Published on January 13, 2013. Fiction » Mystery & detective » General.
Murder investigation via the dog's perspective, this humorous mystery has Jones providing background information on the goings on in the Andrews household. His views on work, people and situations are bound to give the reader a giggle as Press and the rest of the Virginia team try to find the killer of a young woman who didn't exist just a very few years before she's found on Press's beach--dead!

Solitude Separations    by Saundra McKee
Price: $1.99 USD. 11150 words. Language: English. Published on January 10, 2013. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths.
The daughter that Dana gave up for adoption comes back into her life seeking help in finding the killer of the man she loved. When a young Amish man from Solitude meets a similar fate, Dana and her Amish friend Fannie fear the deaths are connected and seek justice for the grieving families. This is the 19th in the Amish Country Murder Mystery Series.

Kung Fu Shuffle..A Mystery Times Kids Series (Stories Geared 4 Boys)    by Christine Szymanski
Price: Free! 11350 words. Language: English. Published on January 7, 2013. Fiction » Children’s books » Fiction.
The Mystery Times series is geared towards male readers with short, action pack stories that are filled with laughs, fights, and references to things that interest todays males. While educating them in historical times, places, cultures, and people, in a cool way that they won't even notice.

You are Going to Die, Love Mom    by Keith Allen
Price: $0.99 USD. 5330 words. Language: English. Published on January 5, 2013. Fiction » Mystery & detective » General.
After receiving a mysterious note from his deceased mother, Jeremy Wixler races to solve the riddle his mother has laid out. If he does not, tomorrow will be his last day.

Murder in Glen Ridge    by R Bremner
Price: $1.69 USD. 7450 words. Language: English. Published on January 2, 2013. Fiction » Mystery & detective » General.
Glynnis Muldaur has been murdered on the streets of Glen Ridge, an upscale neighborhood, one snowy evening. A determined woman wends her way through the mystery, with help (or hindrance) from her psychiatrist husband, from a gorgeous next-door neigbor (who may or may not be having an affair with her husband), and from the murdered woman's spouse.

A Missing Tourist in Mexico    by Dennis Herrick
Price: $0.99 USD. 4890 words. Language: English. Published on December 31, 2012. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Short Stories.
He seems a bit disorganized, but Detective Esteban Verde is ready for the challenge when an American scuba diver is reported missing at the tourist community of San Carlos, Mexico. Verde juggles the Federal Police, his own sergeant, and a distraught widow—if that's what she really is. This 17-page short story was inspired by the author's own vacation to San Carlos.

Scaffolds    by Evan Cobb
Price: $1.99 USD. 5320 words. Language: English. Published by Vauk House Press  on December 31, 2012. Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller.
For Dan, the restoration job means more than money, it means a chance to work past the accident that took his young wife’s life. Yet it also means seeing Nayoni again, and facing feelings he has never moved beyond. Not when she married a rich architect - and certainly not now - as Nayoni reaches out to Dan - the only one who can help her escape the living hell of her existence.

Hunting Season    by Dennis Herrick
Price: $0.99 USD. 2920 words. Language: English. Published on December 31, 2012. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Short Stories.
A short story of 10 pages. An Indian from Jémez Pueblo is shot and killed while hunting for rabbits to feed his family. The police think the shooting is just a hunting accident, so it's up to an Albuquerque newspaper reporter to prove what really happened.

Murder in the Church    by Robert Ladd
Price: Free! 4750 words. Language: English. Published on December 31, 2012. Fiction » Mystery & detective » General.
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Someone killed Charlie Young. Police Chief Cal Brady has but one clue: a black and white photo of the deceased inscribed with a cryptic message. Amateur sleuth Dani Birch helps Brady decipher the message, but her discovery leads to a string of murders thought to be unrelated. A serial killer is on the loose, and his next intended victim: Dani Birch herself.

Salvaging Scottwell    by Abra Staffin-Wiebe
Price: $0.99 USD. 11550 words. Language: English. Published on December 30, 2012. Fiction » Science fiction » Hard sci-fi.
In this feel-good, near-future science fiction novelette, Max is an obsolete robot cop dog in charge of a poor neighborhood. When a local streetwalker is murdered, Max takes it more seriously than the human cops. Then an unscheduled update gives him abilities the powers-that-be never intended him to have.