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The Four-Handed Corpse    by James Kinsak
Price: $1.49 USD. 1580 words. Language: English. Published by Fiero Publishing  on April 11, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Short Stories.

She’s just come from Psych class when the cops show her the half-cooked corpse of her aunt. It gets worse when they try to explain exactly how the aunt died.
Justified    by Kali Amanda Browne
Price: $2.99 USD. 53960 words. Language: English. Published on April 11, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » General.

The story of an ordinary man caught in an extraordinary life. Edmond Styles awoke one morning and walked to work to a job he detested. By the end of that day, he found himself held hostage at gunpoint by a disgruntled civil servant. Before the night fell, two people were dead and Ed began a journey that proverbially lasts 15 minutes.
Chat Room    by Linda Hall
Price: $4.99 USD. 87040 words. Language: English. Published on April 11, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths.

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In Chat Room the dynamic sequel to Steal Away, PI Teri Blake-Addison is hired by a young woman to find her best friend who ran off with a man she met on the internet and hasn't been heard from since. The clues lead her from Maine to Texas to New Mexico and back again. While on her home front, she and husband Jack are packing to move into their newly built home which is anything but ready on time.
Me and My Ghoulfriends    by Rose Pressey
Price: Free! 86800 words. Language: English. Published on April 11, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths.

There's always fun to be had on a ghoul's night out. By day, Larue Donavan is a down-to-earth bookstore owner. But by night, she's a psychic investigator dedicated to helping lost spirits find peace. Dead people won't leave her alone and Abraham Lincoln thinks he's in charge of her lovelife. Larue can handle ghosts and undead presidents. It's the living who drive her crazy.
Your Cheatin' Heart: A Tiffany Waters Paranormal Mystery    by Rebecca M. Senese
Price: $2.99 USD. 8070 words. Language: English. Published on April 11, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths.

Following a cheating husband and his tarty blonde, PI Tiffany Waters witnesses the explosion of the lover’s motel. The police find only one body: the husband. Now Tiffany must save her husband from a mystery man demanding her photos of the lovers’ meeting. But how can two copies of the same photo be different? How can the blonde in the photo blink? “Your Cheatin’ Heart” is 7,693 words.
Nobody Dies    by Say Books
Price: $4.99 USD. 69490 words. Language: English. Published on April 11, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » General.

Rated one of the Top 5 thrillers of 2004 by New Zealand Herald when first published by Random House NZ, Nobody Dies is now available internationally. A South African policewoman has found the perfect way to make sure people in her witness protection programme stay hidden – she kills them! As her victims are meant to disappear, her crimes stay hidden. Then Daniel Enslin enters the programme...
Sanity Clause    by Steve Brewer
Price: $0.99 USD. 22410 words. Language: English. Published on April 11, 2011. Fiction » Holiday » Humorous.

Hard-luck private eye Bubba Mabry needs money at Christmastime, so he takes an onerous job: keeping an eye on the Santas at a local mall. When one of the Santas turns up murder, it's up to Bubba and his wife, newspaper reporter Felicia Quattlebaum, to find out who's been naughty. A hilarious look at the Christmas season, as only Bubba can bring it!
Arcanos mayores    by Joseph R. Meister
Price: $1.20 USD. 12390 words. Language: Spanish. Published by Karibdis  on April 11, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Short Stories.

Un manuscrito que lleva siglos olvidado, una enigmática poesía que se resiste a desvelar sus secretos, unas misteriosas cartas de tarot y tres antiguas lápidas de piedra desaparecidas son el punto de partida desde donde los tres protagonistas comienzan a investigar.
Intergalactic Courage - Entering the Field    by Ryan Kazemi
Price: $0.99 USD. 8150 words. Language: English. Published on April 10, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Short Stories.

Kenny Ramzai was a dispatcher for a small town on a remote planet. It was just a job while attending college to study alien races. Or was it? His superiors certainly did not believe it. Now he finds himself thrust into a galactic wide field operation deceptively enticing. A futuristic action packed police story, "Entering the Field" is the first adventure of a very unlikely hero.
Rx Alibi (3rd Book in the Pharmacy Sleuth Trilogy)    by Renee Horowitz
Price: $2.99 USD. 65460 words. Language: English. Published by Clocktower Books  on April 10, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths.

When Andrea Felder is murdered, pharmacist Ruthie Kantor Morris discovers a prescription drug the police have overlooked. Does it pinpoint the killer or is it a false lead? Suspects include Ruthie's best friend, Denise, and the mysterious Tony--Denise's abusive former boyfriend. Ruthie faces a hostage confrontation at the supermarket pharmacy, which leads her to an even more terrifying situation.