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The Byzantium Stone    by David Chacko
Price: $6.99 USD. 99830 words. Language: English. Published by Foremost Press  on June 6, 2011. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

Samson Mondieu, the designated treasure hunter, is sent to track down a remarkable gemstone. Said to be God-made, it was last seen during the fall of Constantinople. Slowly, Samson comes to realize that what he is searching for is less a mystical object then the bedrock of the secret that drives all the other secrets. But that's not all he will discover . . .
Human Cargo    by Des Zamorano
Price: $2.99 USD. 69530 words. Language: English. Published on June 6, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths.

Dynamic, Hispanic PI Inez Leon teams up with Kiril Levertov, gaining access to Pasadena’s Russian community in order to find a missing family. She uncovers a culture of underground nightclubs and virtual slavery, as well the high price of a passage into this country. It’s up to Inez to find and free the trio.
The Heritage of Luke    by Truman Godwin
Price: $5.99 USD. 62180 words. Language: English. Published on June 6, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » General.

Upon the sudden, untimely death of her father, Amy Sinclair learns of a curse that has doomed the males of the Sinclair family for more than two hundred years. Determined to remove the threat to any children she might have someday, Amy begins a search for a woman who can remove the curse.
Cancellation Notice: A Southern Fraud Short Story, J. W. Becton    by Jennifer Becton
Price: Free! 4410 words. Language: English. Published on June 6, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths.

Meet Julia Jackson. She's a sleep-deprived, soon-to-be laid-off police officer, and she's about to commit a felony. A short story in the Southern Fraud Thriller series by J. W. Becton.
The Trophy Exchange (A Lucinda Pierce Mystery)    by Diane Fanning
Price: $1.99 USD. 91410 words. Language: English. Agented by Dystel and Goderich Literary Management on June 6, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » General.

Life’s been tough for Lt. Lucinda Pierce. She lost an eye and disfigured her face responding to a domestic violence call. She accidentally killed a small child in the middle of a shoot-out with his father. Now, she’s up against a serial killer and her main suspect is a highly respected doctor known for his international relief work. It's a good thing she doesn't mind bending the rules.
666    by Truman Godwin
Price: $5.99 USD. 117140 words. Language: English. Published on June 6, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » General.

Jonathan Irons has been given great power ostensibly from God. He does not want such power. He wants only to continue teaching in the small-town high school. Events force him to use the power, so, with his beautiful, self-appointed assistant, Luci, he decides to reform government, starting in Congress and continuing through a dysfunctional Supreme Court.
1G - 6T Part-1    by James Phillips
Price: $7.00 USD. 167580 words. Language: English. Published on June 6, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Police Procedural.

A young man from the projects (poor) housing estate; is selected to join the air force as a jet pilot. However due to defence budget cuts and reduction in pilots training, he is transferred to the Police. He works hard and maintains his integrity in this endemic corrupt organisation; and goes from a basic rookie to the Chief of Police, with his "projects princess" as the love of his life.
The Necklace Affair (Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries #4.5)    by Ashley Gardner
Price: $0.99 USD. 27890 words. Language: English. Published on June 6, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical.

London 1817. Captain Lacey agrees to track down the missing necklace of a society matron and prove the innocence of her maid, who has been arrested for its theft. He recruits Lady Breckenridge to infiltrate the matron's household, and finds himself competing with the underworld criminal, James Denis, for the necklace's retrieval. This is a ten-chapter (25,000 word) novella.
The Sudbury School Murders (Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries #4)    by Ashley Gardner
Price: $2.99 USD. 74530 words. Language: English. Published on June 6, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical.

In 1817, Captain Lacey takes a post as a secretary at the Sudbury School in Berkshire. He soon finds that the headmaster expects him to discover the source of disturbing pranks that have kept the school in an uproar. The problems intensify when a stableman turns up dead in a lock of the nearby canal. A Romany is arrested for the murder, and Lacey is the only person who believes him innocent.
They Came From Benghazi    by Darrell Egbert
Price: $4.99 USD. 90910 words. Language: English. Published by Publisher's Place  on June 6, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical.

16 years after the war, A lost bomber is discovered four hundred miles off course deep into the Libyan Desert. Unlocking the mystery takes you into Nazi Germany and Hitler's secret plans regarding the Jewish State. This is another page turners that pushes the edge of history with plausible answers you would have never consider.