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Deadly Pawn    by W. M. Stahl
Price: $3.99 USD. 69370 words. Language: English. Published on May 14, 2013. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled.

It was curiosity that found him on the street in the rain that night waiting for the person that had invited him there. When the owner of the pawn shop is murdered it would be curiosity that would get him to help his longtime friend in finding out who did it. Curiosity killed the cat they say, but then again they don’t know Dawson.
Who Done It?    by Theresa Jenner Garrido
Price: $6.99 USD. 63340 words. Language: English. Published by Martin Sisters Publishing on May 14, 2013. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths.

What could be better than a week at the beach? Retired teacher Alex Matthews is eager to accept an invitation to join her friends at a newly-renovated bed and breakfast on tiny Turtleback Island, off the coast of South Carolina. Recently widowed, Alex looks forward to sun, sand, surf … peace and quiet … fresh air … But no one said anything about murder.
Manipulation    by Gary Williams
Price: $2.99 USD. 57780 words. Language: American English. Published by Suspense Publishing  on May 14, 2013. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Police Procedural.

The Fenners discover they’ve won the lotto and dream of a lavish life. They tell no one and hire driver, Riley Lake, to take them across the state. As Detective Larsen investigates murders, the clues point to Lake. For the Fenners and Lake, the journey will be fraught with sex, greed, and murder. Only when Larsen digs into Lake’s past will a question arise: Who is the hunter and who is the prey?
Test Testing Testing    by Chris Matson
Price: $5.99 USD. 129790 words. Language: English. Published on May 14, 2013. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical.

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A Pearl for Her Eyes    by Brad A. White
Price: $2.99 USD. 53600 words. Language: English. Published by Blue Oranda Publishing  on May 14, 2013. Fiction » Fantasy » General.

His last case ended with three legendary Muses buried on a hillside. Now private detective Jake Conrad is trying to put his life to rights with an ordinary case - proving to a millionaire that his young wife is straying. But the mythical world now knows about Jake. When a dragon wants Jake simply to find his missing pearl, how can he refuse the job? Of course, nothing involving dragons is simple.
Live to Regret    by Terence Faherty
Price: $5.99 USD. 65760 words. Language: English. Published by The Mystery Company  on May 13, 2013. Fiction » Mystery & detective » General.

Owen Keane, former seminarian turned metaphysical detective, is in over his head at the Jersey shore. Hired to help a grieving widower who refuses to rejoin the world, Keane finds himself in a resort town haunted by the long-ago death of a real lady in the lake. Somewhere in the town's dark past, Keane must discover the clues he needs to solve the mystery of a broken life.
Hell's Cold Furies    by Charles Bechtel
Price: $3.99 USD. 83810 words. Language: English. Published on May 13, 2013. Fiction » Mystery & detective » General.

Book Two in the series: Join Drew Nolan, reluctant detective, again. This time our former Philly cop lands his butt in a saddle on a dude ranch in Montana where, needing some relief, he finds himself staring down at a half-eaten corpse. Unlucky hiker wandered off a cliff? Nolan wishes that was all it was. Unfortunately for him, the fellow has a story to tell, and only Nolan hears it.
A Hole in the Water    by Charles Bechtel
Price: $3.99 USD. 83180 words. Language: English. Published on May 13, 2013. Fiction » Mystery & detective » General.

Meet Drew Nolan, reluctant detective. "A Hole in the Water" is the first of six books in a series about a former cop turned Charter Boat captain living in Key Largo. What he wants is to be a bum, away from it all. What he winds up is a guy who finds himself too often in the middle of other people's messes. He tells his stories with ironic humor and a bit of self-deprecation.
Creatures of Dust    by Scott Hunter
Price: $0.99 USD. 79100 words. Language: English. Published on May 13, 2013. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Police Procedural.

An undercover detective goes missing and the body of a young man is found mutilated in a shop doorway. Is there a connection? DCI Brendan Moran’s suspicions are aroused when a senior officer insists on handling the investigation himself. Moran finds himself coming back to the same question again and again: is he leading his team up a blind alley?
Woman at the Well    by Eunice Loecher
Price: $0.99 USD. 54350 words. Language: English. Published on May 12, 2013. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths.

Zita Stillman’s New Year’s Eve celebration includes fireworks-- and a new murder. When her best friend, Zinnia Blossom Winwood becomes a suspect in the investigation, Zita’s normally trouble-free life develops overwhelming complications.