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Society of the Nines (Society Series #1)    by Danielle Bourdon
Price: Free! 75000 words. Language: English. Published on November 11, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths.

0.25 star(4.25 from 4 reviews)
The wig, the fear, and the weapon; those are the first things Private Investigator Mahayla Breland notices when Emma Chapin walks in her door. Shortly after, Mahayla finds herself embroiled in a missing persons case with darker, more sinister repercussions than she could have ever imagined.
A Midnight Clear    by Allan Ansorge
Price: $1.99 USD. 12820 words. Language: English. Published on November 11, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » General.

A Christmas prequel to the Bay Harbour Mysteries. If you've ever wondered what Bay Harbour was like before Carl's accident this novella will take you there and introduce you to Moss & Gibby, the wannabe bad men of Bay Harbour.
Murder in the Pulpit    by Bert Brun
Price: $0.99 USD. 57100 words. Language: English. Published on November 11, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Police Procedural.

Four Unitarian Church churchgoers , including new lesbian minister Alicia Holmes, die after the Sunday service when they drink arsenic-laced coffee. Rookie bi-racial Police Chief Donald Ginsburg, job on the line in a small southern town, sifts through sixty possible suspects before spinning a web to trap the crafty killer.
Operation Sanctify    by Stephen Howells
Price: $2.95 USD. 46760 words. Language: English. Published on November 11, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » General.

Bill works for a British government agency on a freelance basis doing long term surveillance operations but is currently without a portfolio. The call to action is a welcome one but he is unaware that the subject matter will awake in him his old love of cycling and a new love for Italy.
New Holland    by Saul Pope
Price: $2.99 USD. 62390 words. Language: English. Published by Espresso Books  on November 11, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » General.

Jonathan David is a private investigator in St. Petersburg, living alone with his Ladybird books. He is offered $100,000 to investigate the kidnap of the city governor, but immediately suspects the person who has hired him – the governor’s wife. However, as the story unfolds he begins to realise that there’s considerably more to the case than he first thought…
Travelling Light    by JL Morin
Price: Free! 77170 words. Language: English. Published on November 11, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths.

Travelling Light, by the award-winning author of Sazzae, who was nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 2011. “This drama is captivating. It richly portrays the texture of today’s libertine Europe and the dehumanizing, violent traffic in women and girls as sex commodities.” — AMBASSADOR MARK P. LAGON, Ph.D. Former U.S. Ambassador to Combat Trafficking in Persons
Fatal Rejection    by Bob Moats
Price: $0.99 USD. 53400 words. Language: English. Published on November 11, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Police Procedural.

Could an author hate an editor so much that he would want to murder her? A new thriller about stalking a victim across the country and a serial killer bent on making his last murder his ultimate goal, the person he hates the most. Bob Moats is the author of 20 novels. This book takes him to a new genre, serial killings and it views from two different perspectives, the killer and the victim.
Jelly Game    by Colin Rock
Price: $0.99 USD. 70250 words. Language: English. Published on November 10, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » General.

The team from 'PrimeLine' TV have pretty well sewn up the 'jelly game', that dubious area of journalism featuring Elvis, aliens and sex scandals, but they're made for better stuff. They get the opportunity with an International Antarctica ecology conference. Survival calls for subterfuge, deviousness, cunning and courage. A bit of luck might come in handy, too.
Last Breath    by Michael Prescott
Price: $2.99 USD. 87170 words. Language: English. Published on November 10, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » General.

C.J. Osborn was ten years old when the boogeyman came for her. Ever since, she has feared his return. Now an LAPD cop, C.J. faces danger every day on the streets of Newton Division - "Shootin' Newton," the city's roughest territory. But the greatest danger lies in C.J.'s own home, where a stranger's eyes are watching her - a stranger who plans to finish what he started sixteen years ago ...
Sins of a Nation    by Don McGraw
You set the price! 92410 words. Language: English. Published on November 10, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled.

(5.00 from 2 reviews)
The presidential race is deadlocked--until murder tips the scale. Now Janelle Harcourt, an ambitious young attorney, finds evidence connecting the Presidential front-runner to the crime. Determined to bring justice,she embarks on a twisting trail of discovery that leads to three of the nation’s most powerful political figures. A trio intent on keeping her silent by whatever means possible.