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Murdermobile    by B.B. Cantwell
Price: $2.99 USD. 53120 words. Language: English. Published on May 20, 2013. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths.

It’s 1990s Portland, and bookmobiles still roamed the Earth. When the head librarian's body is found in the bookmobile, it's no longer business as usual for intrepid librarian-on-wheels Hester McGarrigle. Does the murder have anything to do with the book-banning group with which the old woman was entangled? Hester and dishy Detective Nate Darrow track clues in a cozy summer read spiked with humor.
The Red-Headed League (Annotated)    by Arthur Conan Doyle
Price: $0.99 USD. 11120 words. Language: English. Published by Gray Cadence Publishing House  on May 20, 2013. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Short Stories.

After qualifying for a peculiar job because of his fiery red hair, Mr. Wilson becomes suspicious of his employer and consults Sherlock Holmes. Holmes and his loyal friend Dr. Watson are soon involved in one of the most unusual cases they've ever come across, and to succeed they must outwit one of London's cleverest con artists. (Includes footnotes and a biographical essay on Arthur Conan Doyle.)
Shotgun Saturday Night - A Dan Rhodes Mystery    by Bill Crider
Price: $3.99 USD. 79230 words. Language: English. Published by Crossroad Press  on May 20, 2013. Fiction » Mystery & detective » General.

Sheriff Dan Rhodes knows it's going to be a bad day when Bert Ramsey arrives at the jail with a neatly wrapped arm and lays it on Dan's desk. He has another out in the truck, he tells the sheriff, and "a couple of legs, too, but they don't match up." Then there's the tattoo, and the motorcycle gang, "Los Muertos," and Dan Rhodes is in up to his boot-tops.
Too Late to Die - A Dan Rhodes Mystery    by Bill Crider
Price: $3.99 USD. 83000 words. Language: English. Published by Crossroad Press  on May 20, 2013. Fiction » Mystery & detective » General.

Everyone knew her. A lot of them like her. One of them killed her. Jeanne Clinton was a pretty and well-liked woman—though in her younger days she'd been known to be a bit wild. But she married an older man and settled down to a quiet, respectable life. Now she is dead, brutally murdered in her home.
Lawyers Never Lie    by Teri Kanefield
Price: $5.99 USD. 67760 words. Language: English. Published on May 19, 2013. Fiction » Mystery & detective » General.

Susan believes once she cleans up the mess left by a contractor-turned-con artist, her life will return to normal. But things go from bad to worse. Her archrival from college brings a bogus lawsuit against her. The police arrest her husband for a crime he didn’t commit. Susan struggles to put the pieces together and comes face to face with the reason there are all those lawyer jokes.
Halls of Ivy: Pathfinder    by Roland Nunez
Price: $2.99 USD. 133720 words. Language: English. Published on May 19, 2013. Fiction » Mystery & detective » General.

"Halls of Ivy: Pathfinder" is the second book in the mystery thriller series "Halls of Ivy". A doctoral student investigates a string of student suicides on a college campus and discovers a darker university secret. Despite endangering herself and others, she sets out to put to an end to the corruption.
Greenwood Tree    by B Lloyd
Price: $4.99 USD. 96460 words. Language: English. Published by Grey Cells Press on May 19, 2013. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths.

” ‘Well, what do all mysteries have?’ said Aunt Isobel. ‘Money, mistresses, and murder.’ A complex, multi-layered story unlike any other, full of whimsy, horror, and mystery, shifting between the centuries and from source to source, until all the threads are finally drawn together by the imperturbable Miss Warren.”
Death of the Marked    by Karl Tutt
Price: $3.99 USD. 29400 words. Language: English. Published on May 19, 2013. Fiction » Mystery & detective » General.

Angel’s been in trouble before. Now she’s gone. Nothing unusual, but this time Fritz is convinced it’s serious. He calls on an old cruising friend for help. It's the Ghostcatcher. As T.K. and his friends dig deeper, the bodies pile up. A rescue seems in order. Sunny and Chris know the plan is ill-conceived and fraught with danger. But it may be the only way to save Angel from a hideous death.
The Anti-Cousin    by TIMOTHY WAHOME
Price: $0.99 USD. 64710 words. Language: English. Published on May 19, 2013. Fiction » Science fiction » Utopias & dystopias.

Depicting quasi robotic technology, with human features, at intrigue with a shadowy political grouping, warring with apolitical mastermind suspects, in a postmodern EA nation, THE ANTI-COUSIN is Book 1 of the Series The Rise and Fall of the Computeligents.
Night Falls in the Gorge: A Pacific Northwest Mystery    by Myrna Daly
Price: $2.99 USD. 73990 words. Language: English. Published on May 18, 2013. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths.

The trip promises five days of hiking and exploring the Columbia River Gorge, with lodging and gourmet dinners at a small inn. On the first evening a late arrival makes a dramatic entrance. Four people in the dining room recognize her, and two of them turn white. The next morning her body is found at the base of a waterfall.