Fiction » Themes & motifs » Crime

Jane's Boyfriend Gets Kidnapped    by Monica P
Price: $1.00 USD. 960 words. Language: English. Published on April 13, 2012. Fiction » Themes & motifs » Crime.

Jane walks home with her boyfriend. A car stops. A stranger gets out. Jane is left crying. Her boyfriend has been kidnapped!
Ebony Meets The Monster    by Monica P
Price: $1.00 USD. 1280 words. Language: English. Published on March 28, 2012. Fiction » Young adult or teen » Chick Lit.

Ebony meets a homeless guy. She grows scared, She races home. She is seen by Nathan. He orders her inside.
Vendetta in Valencia    by L.H. Thomson
Price: $3.99 USD. 71490 words. Language: English. Published on March 23, 2012. Fiction » Mystery & detective » General.

When a beloved local candidate and national hero drops dead of a heart attack, his doctor can't believe it. Soon, the doc's old friend Max Castillo is on the case -- although Max isn't even sure there's a case to be on. But he's a long way from his beloved Benidorm in a bigger town, with big secrets. Can Max keep his head above seawater and save his friend's reputation?
Buried In Benidorm    by L.H. Thomson
Price: $2.99 USD. 70470 words. Language: English. Published on March 23, 2012. Fiction » Mystery & detective » General.

(4.00 from 2 reviews)
Ex-priest and newly minted agnostic Max Castillo ekes out a living as a private investigator from his houseboat in Benidorm, Spain. He's finally got a little free time ... until a big-shot turns up dead at a local golf course. Now, his former employer is calling in an old debt, and Max is neck-deep in gangsters, grifters and girls with grudges.
Final Year Tutoring    by Monica P
Price: $1.00 USD. 2020 words. Language: English. Published on March 19, 2012. Fiction » Themes & motifs » Crime.

Dionne moved to study with her tutor. She is challenged to the limit until she feels nauseated. She thinks the punishment will never stop - but it does.
Dirty Business    by John Porter
Price: $2.99 USD. 6590 words. Language: English. Published on March 15, 2012. Fiction » Themes & motifs » Crime.

Drug dealing can be dangerous. Other dealer... police investigations... self indulgence. Those are just the more glamorous hazards. But the insidious threats of greed and arrogance can do far more harm in the end, as one grower/dealer discovers. One in a series of stories from a compilation entitled A Collection Of Dirty Little Stories.
Natural Justice    by John Porter
Price: $2.99 USD. 5800 words. Language: English. Published on March 13, 2012. Fiction » Themes & motifs » Medical.

Dirty dealings in a country hospital lead to an unexpectedly natural punishment for the perpetrator. One in a series of ten short stories in the compilation entitled A Collection Of Dirty Little Stories.
Good Fences Make Good (A Dan Wilder Short Story)    by Chris O'Grady
Price: Free! 6120 words. Language: English. Published by Twit Publishing  on March 12, 2012. Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller.

(5.00 from 2 reviews)
Wilder, like any good crook, is just trying to fence some loot. Diamonds, to be exact. But now, come to find out, his fence says there's a syndicate he's gotta deal with, which means less of a cut for him. But there's just one problem: Dan Wilder likes to keep what's his.
Double Take (A Dan Wilder Short Story)    by Chris O'Grady
Price: Free! 9320 words. Language: English. Published by Twit Publishing  on March 12, 2012. Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller.

(5.00 from 1 review)
Wilder's in town casing a bank, when he gets pretty busted up by three thugs. Before he knows it, he's being dragged through an abandoned house and having his mitts stuck all over every surface you can imagine: door frames, light switches, cabinets. Turns out, the thugs want a fall guy for some job. But Wilder doesn't take the fall for anybody.
The Glorieta Pass (A Dan Wilder Novel)    by Chris O'Grady
Price: $2.99 USD. 50780 words. Language: English. Published by Twit Publishing  on March 11, 2012. Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller.

Dan Wilder is a professional criminal with no past, no ties, and no responsibilities. When Wilder shows up a day late for a knock-over job on an underground gambling parlor, he decides to spend his time in the arms of the lovely Glorieta Duncan. But she is a kept woman and her keepers are the most powerful men in Thomaston.