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Da Danmark gik ned    by Claes Blom
Price: $5.99 USD. 109960 words. Language: Danish. Published on April 9, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » General.

En atypisk spændingsroman om cyberkriminalitet, undervandseventyr og desperat kærlighed.
Whales' Angels    by Paul Mila
Price: $1.99 USD. 69320 words. Language: English. Published on April 9, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » General.

Divers Terry Hunter and her husband, ex-NYPD detective Joe Manetta, battle pirate whalers killing activists attempting to stop the hunt in the frigid North Atlantic. Terry and Joe travel to Iceland to save the whales, but their involvement entangles them in a dangerous world of international politics, intrigue and murder, where fate has a surprise in store for them.
Mr. Chalk    by Barry Andrews
Price: $0.99 USD. 44890 words. Language: English. Published on April 9, 2011. Fiction » Fantasy » Contemporary.

Imagine the journey of a young, female university professor unlocking secrets to the future. Imagine possessing these secrets. Imagine Mr. Chalk.
Tres en raya    by Joseph R. Meister
Price: $1.20 USD. 11700 words. Language: Spanish. Published by Karibdis  on April 9, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Short Stories.

Tres amigos se enfrentan a un particular reto: una partida de tres en raya en la que perder significa la muerte.
One Step Closer    by Iain Rowan
Price: Free! 3290 words. Language: English. Published by infinity plus  on April 9, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » General.

Life jumps the rails, runs away from you and there’s no catching it up. Not ever. A free short story from Iain Rowan, winner of the Derringer Award for best short crime story. "I mean it," the gunman shrieked, and he pointed the revolver at Ward, the end of the barrel moving in tiny circles with the shaking of his hands. "I mean it. One step closer..."
The Girl From Ipanema    by Toyo Hashi
Price: $0.99 USD. 3150 words. Language: English. Published by DigitalKu Books on April 9, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Short Stories.

The Girl from Ipanema (a short story) is about a man who has lost the love of his life. Sorrow engulfs his agonized mind. And delusions threaten to shatter his fragile hold on reality.
Madame Cobilet 01 - The Box    by Mary Frances
Price: $2.99 USD. 53790 words. Language: English. Published by Bluewood Publishing on April 9, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » General.

In 1979, a school bus with seventeen children has disappeared. The famous psychic heads to the desert, hoping to find the one item that will lead her to the children. With no clues and fewer suspects, Margaret cannot help. Forced into seclusion by a negative media frenzy, she finds solace in her home on the river, waiting for the one item that may give her the clue she needs. 25 years later...
The Targets    by Sebastian Dark
Price: $2.99 USD. 19740 words. Language: English. Published on April 8, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Police Procedural.

Detective Ryan Jackson was looking forward to a quiet life in the sleepy town of Hawley, MN, after transferring from the high profile work of the NYPD. However, things are not always as they seem, and a gruesome set of murders grips the community not long after his arrival. Jackson is pitted in a gripping race against the clock to stop the killer before the next mutilated body is found.
Time is Of the Essence    by Catharine Bramkamp
Price: $2.99 USD. 71690 words. Language: English. Published on April 8, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths.

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“I could just make out the car lights through the windows on either side of the front door, there was only one way off the mountain. I wondered if anyone considered that a problem? Stuck in traffic, no alternative routes: what a way to live. What a way to die.”
Fates    by Steven Mohan, Jr.
Price: $0.99 USD. 5430 words. Language: English. Published by Blue Shark Publishing  on April 8, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » General.

The Fates rule human destiny. The first spins the thread of life, the second measures it, and the third CUTS. Except Fred Stewart has an in with the Greek trio. A car accident gave him the ability to see parts of the future, an ability he's exploited to make himself rich. But now darkness is rushing down on him like a freight train. Because there's no way to avoid the will of the Fates.