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A Dream of Death    by Harrison Drake
Price: Free! 66810 words. Language: English. Published on June 3, 2012. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Police Procedural.

0.75 star(4.75 from 4 reviews)
OPP Detective Lincoln Munroe is coming up empty. As a serial killer terrorizes the area surrounding London, Canada, Lincoln finds himself at a standstill waiting for the perfect killer to make his first mistake. While the body count rises without any leads, Lincoln is haunted by dreams of discovering skeletal remains in the forest beneath a bloody knife - dreams with a link to a decades-old crime.
East Coast    by John McFetridge
Price: Free! 8720 words. Language: English. Published on May 7, 2010. Fiction » Mystery & detective » General.

0.5 star(4.50 from 6 reviews)
EAST COAST is THE WIRE in a rural setting as RCMP Sgt. Jerry Northup works to keep his narcotics squad motivated in the seemingly unwinnable war on drugs while raising three kids with his wife, Isobel.
Merrie Axemas: A Killer Holiday Tale    by M. R. Sellars
Price: Free! 24010 words. Language: English. Published by WillowTree Press  on December 15, 2010. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Police Procedural.

(5.00 from 10 reviews)
Little Merrie Callahan is all grown up now. She doesn't believe in Santa anymore. But she still has an axe to grind with the man in the red suit... MERRIE AXEMAS is an intense sampling of the novel IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER. It brings you to the edge, taunts you with unanswered questions, and hangs you with an alternate ending.
Steampunk Holmes: Legacy of the Nautilus    by P.C. Martin
Price: $3.99 USD. 31040 words. Language: English. Published by Noble Beast, LLC  on February 19, 2012. Fiction » Science fiction » Steampunk & retropunk.

0.75 star(3.72 from 18 reviews)
In an alternative Steampunk universe (c.1885), the plans for Captain Nemo's mysterious Nautilus submarine have been stolen from the British Secret Service. There is only one man who can solve the case, Sherlock Holmes. With his bionic side-kick Doctor Watson, and his brilliant and lethal sister, Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock unravels a mystery that will shake the foundation of the British Empire.
The Baying Witness    by Anna Drake
Price: Free! 1710 words. Language: English. Published on October 22, 2009. Fiction » Mystery & detective » General.

(4.00 from 5 reviews)
A missing man, a distraught sister, and a baying hound combine to send Sheriff Delton Ross on a hunt for a killer.
El Perro Negro    by Mikel Santiago
Price: Free! 13100 words. Language: Spanish. Published on April 1, 2010. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Short Stories.

0.25 star(3.33 from 3 reviews)
El viejo soldado tiene una historia que contar. Una historia que comenzó en el horror de la Segunda Guerra Mundial pero que ahora viaja a través del tiempo, buscándole, reclamándole una vieja deuda. Paul, el joven enfermero del sanatorio, es su único amigo y confesor.
Filthy Night    by William Zanzinger
Price: Free! 73390 words. Language: English. Published on October 9, 2011. Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller.

0.5 star(4.40 from 5 reviews)
“He looked down at the dead man’s blood seeping across the carpet, and decided it wasn’t time for cocktails.” A stormy night: Paul Brightland needs a specialist to find the men who attacked his daughter. St Cloud needs Brightland’s money and a chance to forget his troubles. But soon, as he is dragged into London's underworld, he will discover his troubles are only just beginning...
69 Keeney Avenue    by Coolidge Templeton
Price: Free! 52390 words. Language: English. Published on July 17, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths.

(4.00 from 3 reviews)
A young woman from Russia comes to the small New England town of West Hartford, Connecticut to work for the mysterious Pavlovich family. Young Sonia Godunov dreams of becoming a chef in her new country. She soon becomes romantically involved with the youngest of the three Pavlovich brothers. Sonia's dreams and her sanity are threatened by the dark secrets that lie in the heart of 69 Keeney Avenue.
Baiting & Fishing    by Meredith Rae Morgan
Price: $1.10 USD. 96260 words. Language: English. Published on April 25, 2010. Fiction » Mystery & detective » General.

(5.00 from 2 reviews)
A newspaper reporter investigates the circumstances of a corporate scandal, and finds the woman of his dreams. Is she his perfect match or a murderess? Is he a heel or a hero?
Not a Very Nice Woman    by John Eider
Price: Free! 76240 words. Language: English. Published on May 5, 2012. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Police Procedural.

(3.00 from 1 review)
A woman is found dead in her room at the care home she lived in, strangled and left lying on her Chinese rug. The death is motiveless, the room otherwise untouched, expensive objects left unstolen; meanwhile, even the fellow residents admit their friend's life was largely a mystery to them, with "decades left unaccounted for". It is left to the detectives to solve her mystery.