Fiction » Mystery & detective

Sub-categories: General | Women Sleuths | Short Stories | Hard-Boiled | Police Procedural | Historical | Traditional British |
Judgment Day    by Patricia Shannon
Price: $3.99 USD. 66910 words. Language: English. Published on July 26, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » General.

Janine Day is devastated when her fourteen-year-old daughter commits suicide after being sexually assaulted by a man she first met in a chat room on the Internet. Jan decides that the law and the courts aren’t doing enough to stop these vicious criminals from preying on gullible teenagers, so she seeks her own justice. In her own way.
Darkness Descending: A Mimi/Gianna Mystery    by Penny Mickelbury
Price: $2.99 USD. 76740 words. Language: English. Published on July 25, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths.

(5.00 from 1 review)
Politics, religion and gender identity collide in this fourth Mimi/Gianna mystery. Police Lt. Gianna Maglione, head of the Hate Crimes Unit, finds that there's enough hatred to keep her employed for a lifetime. Ace reporter Mimi Patterson, tired of writing about corrupt government officials, finds that corruption is an equal opportunity evil--it exists everywhere, including in "safe" places.
Gumshoe Casefiles: Case 132    by Adam Slade
Price: $0.99 USD. 5180 words. Language: English. Published on July 25, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Short Stories.

Frank Peterson, city-block renowned phony private eye, is pulled into track down a serial killer who decapitates her victims after sex. He can't decide which is more disturbing; the crime scene photos, or the local cafe's attempt at a BLT. (Short story number one in the Gumshoe Casefiles series)
9 Twin Brothers Bail Bond Mysteries    by R.T. Lawton
Price: $2.99 USD. 45300 words. Language: English. Published on July 25, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Short Stories.

Clients of the Twin Brothers Bail Bond firm seem to fall from high places, go deep water swimming without appropriate breathing equipment, become victims of errant taxi cabs or otherwise render themselves deceased, while the company always makes a high profit. This turnover business keeps Bail Agent Theodore on his toes.
The Warehouse    by Jonathan Petersson
Price: $1.00 USD. 6400 words. Language: English. Published on July 25, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Short Stories.

A highly classified military package arrives at a warehouse in Great Falls, Montana.
Officer Down    by David DeLee
Price: $0.99 USD. 8000 words. Language: English. Published by Dark Road Publishing  on July 25, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Police Procedural.

(5.00 from 1 review)
Living a mediocre life and facing the possibility of a cheating spouse, what's a fifteen-year police vet to do? Find out in this short story about a police officer on the edge and desperate to do something about it, with deadly consequences.
Did You Solve The Crime Mystery Short Stories Volume 1    by Tim Myers
Price: $0.99 USD. 4790 words. Language: English. Published on July 25, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Short Stories.

Four new flash mystery short stories from Agatha Award Nominee Tim Myers Fast and Fun Brainteasers! Did You Solve the Crime? Work alongside the detectives as they try to solve these flash fiction crimes! See if your solution matches theirs, and learn what really happened in the end! A Family Thanksgiving A Crystal Clear Theft Rabbit Hole Out of Circulation Total Content: Approx 4,500 words
Homewrecker (Espionage Thriller / Mystery / Futuristic)    by Gina Drew
Price: $5.99 USD. 78750 words. Language: English. Published by Cyberworld Publishing  on July 25, 2011. Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Spies & espionage.

The sixth, and final, Cyprus-based espionage thriller novel in the Koniotis Mystery series is played out in the context of the race to either activate or destroy a weapon of mass destruction in the Middle East. UN undersecretary general for security Takis Koniotis and his estranged archaeologist wife, Caitlyn Spenser Koniotis, struggle to come back together through . . .
My Last Bullet    by Robert Hart
Price: Free! 23620 words. Language: English. Published on July 25, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled.

0.5 star(4.50 from 4 reviews)
Johnny Gage is released from Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary after serving a sentence he didn't owe. He's got to make it back to Philadelphia and settle Chubby's hash before Chubby has him killed. Gage wants his revenge, with interest, and nothing Chubby throws at him is going to stop him. It's non-stop action, mayhem, destruction and a double figure body-count in this thin slice of Classic Pulp.
Infiltration    by Lee Dodson
Price: $6.93 USD. 51310 words. Language: English. Published on July 25, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled.

(5.00 from 3 reviews)
Why would anyone want to take and hold twenty square miles of territory on the Arizona border, kill every person there, hold it for forty-eight hours, and the leave without an observable trace? The central character, Rand, his senescent aunt, Mary Jo are thrust into the world of homeland terror by a homeland attack and must deal with it, all the time wondering why. Rand discovers the answer.