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The Nell Sweeney Historical Mysteries    by P.B. Ryan
Price: $19.99 USD. 391200 words. Language: English. Published by Patricia Ryan on June 7, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths.

(5.00 from 1 review)
This bargain-priced “boxed set” contains all six of P.B. Ryan’s popular historical mysteries, originally published by Berkley Prime Crime. Set in post-Civil War Boston, the series features Irish-born governess Nell Sweeney and opium-smoking former battle surgeon Will Hewitt.
External Affairs    by Andrew DeJohn
Price: $3.99 USD. 116570 words. Language: English. Published on November 14, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » General.

External Affairs details the unique style of policing, madcap antics, and sexual exploits of Nassau County Long Island police officers as they handle a myriad of dangerous and humorous police assistance calls. External Affairs is a dramedy of a police story that unfolds on the suburban streets of Long Island. External Affairs is reminiscent in style to Joseph Wambaugh's, “The Choir Boys”.
The Mamacita Murders: a Novel by Debra Mares    by Debra Mares
Price: $2.99 USD. 84670 words. Language: English. Published on January 29, 2012. Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Courtroom.

Gaby Ruiz, a Latina prosecutor, investigates the sexual assault on a witness in her trial, who is left for dead in a motel in a drug- and gang-ridden community. After a police officer turns up dead during the investigation, Gaby finds herself at odds with the brass; so she takes it upon herself to find out what happened to the witness and officer.
Angel: Reverse    by Tricia Owens
Price: $5.99 USD. 80060 words. Language: English. Published on January 23, 2012. Fiction » Gay & lesbian fiction » Gay.

When Detective John Stonebrook's friends buy him a male stripper for his fortieth birthday, his life takes a turn for the strange. For the stripper is Finn, an angel who was accidentally bound as the Guardian Angel of a serial killer, maybe the same killer who murdered John's wife and daughter. As John and Finn struggle with feelings for each other, they are hounded by creatures of the dark.
The Mortsafe    by Lillian Stewart Carl
Price: $2.99 USD. 55700 words. Language: English. Published on December 28, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths.

A new short novel in the Fairbairn/Cameron series. A mortsafe is an iron cage locked over a grave to deter body snatchers. Why is one lying next to a pair of decayed bodies in one of Edinburgh’s infamous underground vaults? Newlyweds Jean Fairbairn and Alasdair Cameron are called out on the cold case, in the coldest part of the year.
A Deadly Affection    by Cuyler Overholt
Price: $7.99 USD. 153710 words. Language: English. Published on January 9, 2012. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical.

In turn-of-the-century New York, a young psychiatrist just starting out in her career fears she may have unwittingly provoked a patient to commit murder. "Captures the feel ... of 20th-century New York in a deeply pleasing way. Strong prose and captivating characters ... pull the reader in to the very last page ... [A] whodunit full of dark secrets and fascinating intrigue." Kirkus, Starred Review
Uncorked    by Lois Greiman
Price: $7.99 USD. 68870 words. Language: English. Published on December 27, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths.

(5.00 from 1 review)
Uncorked is as fizzy as a champagne bubble bath, as decadently delicious as chocolate, and as seductive as a massage. Treat yourself to a full course of Chrissy McMullen and Lieutenant Jack Rivera as they find themselves embroiled in yet another life or death mystery.
Samantha Moon: All Four Novels    by J.R. Rain 
Price: $2.99 USD. 204810 words. Language: English. Published on December 27, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths.

(5.00 from 2 reviews)
All four novels in the #1 bestselling series, Vampire for Hire, including: Moon Dance, Vampire Moon, American Vampire and Moon Child.
Sweet Hearts: The Fourth Samantha Sweet Mystery    by Connie Shelton
Price: $4.99 USD. 72990 words. Language: English. Published on January 21, 2012. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths.

Samantha Sweet is planning her wedding to Beau Cardwell, coping with record Valentine sales at her bakery, and she takes on a new mystery when a dying woman begs Sam to find her missing son before it's too late. And if life weren't complicated enough, an ex-girlfriend of Beau's shows up to announce that she plans to win him back. Midwest Book Review: "Connie Shelton gets better with every book."
Anniversary Day: A Retrieval Artist novel    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $7.99 USD. 89320 words. Language: English. Published by WMG Publishing  on November 27, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled.

The long-awaited return of the Retrieval Artist series! Four years ago, a bomb destroyed part of the dome protecting Armstrong, the largest city on the Moon. Now, as the city celebrates its survival with an event it calls Anniversary Day, a larger threat looms—one that begins with the murder of the mayor, and spreads across the Moon itself.