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High Heels Mysteries Boxed Set    by Gemma Halliday
Price: $9.99 USD. 411190 words. Language: English. Published on January 16, 2012. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths.

Boxed set of the first five award wining High Heels Mystery novels featuring fashion designer turned amateur sleuth, Maddie Springer, including: Spying in High Heels, Killer in High Heels, Undercover in High Heels, Alibi in High Heels, and Mayhem in High Heels.
Rally 'Round the Corpse (An Abel Adventures Mystery)    by Hy Conrad
Price: $4.99 USD. 93010 words. Language: English. Published by Seven Realms Publishing on May 2, 2012. Fiction » Mystery & detective » General.

A murder mystery road rally through the European countryside goes horribly wrong when the creator of the game is found dead halfway across the world in New York. So who would kill a harmless mystery geek? And why are weird accidents beginning to happen along the way? Amy Abel, owner of Abel Adventures, must solve the case before the killer strikes again.
The Night and The Music    by Lawrence Block
Price: $4.99 USD. 66750 words. Language: English. Published on September 29, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Short Stories.

(5.00 from 1 review)
Besides the 17 novels that began with 1975’s The Sins of the Fathers, Lawrence Block’s Matthew Scudder has appeared in shorter fiction, and all 11 novelettes, short stories, and vignettes are here in a single rich volume. Highlights include “Mick Ballou Looks at the Blank Screen,” and the moving and elegaic “One Last Night at Grogan’s,” published here for the first time ever.
Murder Takes the Cake    by Evelyn  David
Price: $4.99 USD. 84550 words. Language: English. Published on November 4, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths.

"The sequel to Murder off the Books, Murder Takes the Cake is another delicious treat from Evelyn David. All of our old friends are back-including Rachel, Mac, and of course, Whiskey-in this tale of murder and deception involving missing caskets, several dead bodies, and a wedding few want to take place." - Maggie Barbieri, author of the Alison Bergeron mystery series.
The Uninvited Guest (A Gareth and Gwen Medieval Mystery)    by Sarah Woodbury
Price: $4.99 USD. 93280 words. Language: English. Published on February 19, 2012. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical.

(4.00 from 1 review)
It is the winter of 1143 and a cold-blooded killer lurks among King Owain's wedding guests. Putting their own marriage plans on hold, Gareth and Gwen race to separate truth from lies, friends from foes, and unravel the mystery before King Owain—and his new bride—fall victim to their uninvited guest. This is the second Gareth and Gwen medieval mystery.
Deadly Engagement: A Georgian Historical Mystery    by Lucinda Brant 
Price: $4.99 USD. 135000 words. Language: English. Published on October 15, 2010. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical.

(5.00 from 3 reviews)
It’s 1763. Career diplomat and amateur sleuth Alec Halsey is embroiled in country house murder and mayhem. Alec also confronts past demons in his love life and a cruel twist of fate reveals why his brother loathes him and will go to any lengths to ruin him. If you love Sebastian St. Cyr and Julian Kestrel novels then you'll love this "crimance" (a blending of crime and romance genres).
A Long Line of Dead Men    by Lawrence Block
Price: $4.99 USD. 95250 words. Language: English. Published on February 16, 2012. Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled.

(5.00 from 1 review)
Matthew Scudder investigates a secret, private club in Manhattan whose members suddenly start dying, when it becomes obvious that someone is trying to kill them all.
A House Without    by sheila jecks
Price: $1.99 USD. 59920 words. Language: English. Published on April 24, 2012. Fiction » Mystery & detective » General.

0.5 star(4.50 from 2 reviews)
Granddaughter Samantha Baker agrees to sell old family homestead in Saskatchewan, AB. Sam's friend Kriste interacts with ghost and dies at house. Joel then comes to help Sam, romance blooms. Neighbors say ghosts and money are still in house. Sam learns history of house from her Grandmother. Sam discovers where two baby's are buried and money is found. House is torn down.
Shadow Unit 8    by Emma Bull
Price: $2.99 USD. 75860 words. Language: English. Published by CatYelling  on September 18, 2011. Fiction » Mystery & detective » General.

(5.00 from 2 reviews)
Contains “The Unicorn Evils” by Emma Bull and Elizabeth Bear, “Basilisk Hunt” by Emma Bull and Holly Black, and more.
Body on the Stage    by Bev Robitai
Price: $2.99 USD. 83850 words. Language: English. Published on April 26, 2012. Fiction » Mystery & detective » General.

Dennis Dempster is fat, lonely, and dissatisfied with his life, but things are about to change. He joins a theatre group that’s staging a production of Ladies Night, full of male strippers, muscles and buff bodies. Suddenly fitness becomes a new option. In the course of his transformation he finds new friends, new purpose and a new love. And then he finds a dead body.