Death Knocks Lightly    by T. S. Greer
Price: $0.99 USD. 60560 words. Published on February 7, 2010. .
Fast-paced mystery set in 40's chicago. A man's father is murdered. He and his uncle hunt down the killer and unravel the reason for the murder. A colorful glimpse of the seamy side of 1940s Chicago.

Brothers    by Joshua Lunsky
Price: $1.99 USD. 11880 words. Published on February 8, 2010. .
Ten years ago Rick escaped by blowing up the car with his brother and father. Now they came to take him away from his island, his peace and his sanity to help the brother he thought he had killed. They were insane, that's why he left. Or were they? Was it all wrong? Even tens years later the thought of being home brought back the twithing. Maybe he could go home again. He had to try. Didn't he?

1871: A Novel of the Great Chicago Fire    by Peter J. Spalding
Price: $4.99 USD. 128690 words. Published on February 11, 2010. .
Simon Caldwell has always wanted adventure in his life. He is bursting with restlessness and ambition, and he has come to Chicago to make a name for himself. But he is so caught up in his own life that he doesn't realize he's in imminent danger. Then, on a hot and windy night, fire breaks out in the barn of Catherine O'Leary. And for Simon, nothing will ever be the same.

The Homecoming    by David Griffiths
Price: $1.99 USD. 3320 words. Published on March 27, 2010. .
A handsome and young son of a Findhorn fisherman leaves home and all that is dear to him to follow a dream, unaware of the cost to his soul. (extract) He made for his car, but at the last moment turned down the street away from the harbour. He stopped, and realized that he was shaking from head to foot like someone who had just dashed under an icy mountain waterfall.

Death at Hull House    by Frances McNamara
Price: $6.99 USD. 80270 words. Published by alliumpress on March 29, 2010. .
Emily Cabot is expelled from the University of Chicago, and finds work at Jane Addams’s Hull House. A man is murdered in the parlor, and Emily must determine whether one of her colleagues is responsible, or whether the murder is revenge for a family tragedy. As a smallpox epidemic rages through Chicago, Emily finds herself in jeopardy from both the deadly disease and a killer.

A Sankofa Moment: The History of Trinity United Church of Christ    by Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr.
Price: $3.99 USD. 75880 words. Published by St. Paul Press on March 30, 2010. .
A Sankofa Moment gives the 48-year history of the Trinity United Church of Christ with a major emphasis on the building of the largest United Church of Christ congregation within the denomination that developed several ministries and several entities under the pastorate of Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr.

Obama Trivia: More than 250 Questions and Answers About Barack Obama and Those Close to Him    by John Mulvey
Price: $4.95 USD. 7000 words. Published on April 26, 2010. .
Barack Obama is unlike any President the United States has ever seen. This makes some Americans uncomfortable and others hopeful. Where do you fit? How much do you know about Barack Obama? Where did his parents meet? What was his high school nickname? Why didn't he sponsor a health care bill when he was a US Senator? How much PAC money did he get from the SEIU? The answers are here.

Sworn for Mackinaw    by James Spurr
Price: $2.99 USD. 94940 words. Published by Double Edge Press  on May 6, 2010. .
The first in James Spurr's Historical Series, Sworn for Mackinaw begins in pre-war Detroit with business and family man Oliver Williams and his brother-in-law, Captain William Lee. Both men stake their futures on a new venture: the fast sailing sloop Friends Good Will. When war erupts, it causes tension between friends, strains on blood bonds, and the unforeseen peril of carrying a secret cargo.

The Inverted Bearded Boy of Chicago    by Michael Jasper
Price: $0.99 USD. 8350 words. Published on June 29, 2010. .
A story about magic, the true cause of the Chicago fire, and a bunch of adventurers gathered together to tell their tales, while a shadowy stranger lurks outside… The story is also part of a Chain Story called The Wanderers’ Club. Each story in this anthology is connected, though you can read the stories in any order. This story is part of my novel A Sudden Outbreak of Magic (also an ebook).

Impossible Match    by Becky Barker
Price: $3.99 USD. 49360 words. Published on July 4, 2010. .
Chantel Cameron didn't mind when her father hired Tyler Brogan. If the brusque, arrogant man had a head for business, he belonged at Cameron Industries. But when her dad asked her to befriend him and welcome him into her social circle, she put her foot down hard. A loner by nature, Ty made it clear he wasn't interested. Impossible as it seemed, her dad made her an offer she couldn't refuse.