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Judge vs. Nuts    by Una Tiers
Price: $2.99 USD. 79440 words. Published by Echelon Press LLC  on February 1, 2012. .

Fiona Gavelle is living in a dismal existence. She works in a dusty law office where she does more secretarial than lawyer work. But the death of a probate judge is going to shake things up.
The Rune Stone Murders    by Mary Welk
Price: $2.99 USD. 67320 words. Published by Echelon Press LLC  on February 1, 2012. .

"We are surrounded by death, and there is no way to stop it. No way at all." Caroline Rhodes is skeptical of the dire warning. But a Gypsy fortuneteller's words prove true when the discovery of a Viking rune stone on the campus of Bruck University leads to murder during the school's annual Festival of Knights.
A Merry Little Murder    by Mary Welk
Price: $2.99 USD. 79820 words. Published by Echelon Press LLC  on February 1, 2012. .

The psych ward's Christmas tree is artificial… but the bomb concealed in its trunk is alive and tick...tick...ticking!
Flying High    by Jane Toombs
Price: $4.99 USD. 53780 words. Published by eXtasy Books  on February 7, 2012. .

Warning: This book contains the use of an Ouiji Board. A barnstorming pilot fresh from WWI and a young woman who is trying to find her place in Al Capone's Chicago. A bootlegger's daughter and a wealthy devil-may-care good-time-Charlie.
The Witness    by Geoffrey Kruse-Safford
Price: $0.99 USD. 6960 words. Published on February 10, 2012. .

Chicago police detective Tom Herlihey is called to a church desecration. What should be a routine investigation takes a surprising turn, with the deeper mystery coming after the person responsible is caught.
The Joffrey Ballet: Robert Joffrey and the Making of an American Dance Company    by Sasha Anawalt
Price: $4.99 USD. 164140 words. Agented by Dystel and Goderich Literary Management on February 17, 2012. .

The Joffrey Ballet, acclaimed as a groundbreaking book when it was published, tells a story that was kept largely hidden from public view for many years. The company made ballets about beatniks, erotic multimedia goddesses, sea nymphs, clowns, slackers, radicals and jocks, thrilling audiences as much as it often outraged critics.
Cecelia    by Patricia Strefling
Price: $2.99 USD. 94570 words. Published on February 18, 2012. .

Chicago entrepreneur Cecelia Grace Giatano is rich beautiful, and successful. She can step into a boardroom and handle business affairs with faultless finesse. But when it comes to personal relationships, she is clueless.
Walk to Paradise Garden    by John Campbell
Price: $2.99 USD. 99750 words. Published on February 20, 2012. .

Amid the chaos of the Western front in 1914, young humanitarian John Armitage meets a British nurse, Evelyne Grenville, a lady with admirable courage. Could they make a difference? Will Evelyne’s secret life bring calamity on them both? Their philanthropic life course encounters joy, forgiveness, horrific tragedy and a special-needs boy who helps them recover. It’s a Walk to Paradise Garden.
The Kiss of Night    by Glen Robinson
Price: $2.99 USD. 50910 words. Published on February 23, 2012. .

A virus has spread across the United States preventing people from reawakening when they fall asleep. But Chicago's Professor Dale Grady has a genetic disorder that may be the key to stopping this virus. It’s up to Grady, his teenage daughter Michelle and a strange boy named Matthew Suggs to not only stay awake and hope for a cure, but take care of thousands of sleeping souls.
Ruining the End of the World    by Paul Daniels
Price: $0.99 USD. 11970 words. Published on February 23, 2012. .

Dan is a recovering heroine addict, ex-motorcycle racer and current snowmobile mechanic living north of Minneapolis. Just down south a group of military personnel have taken over a base and are placing demands on the government. He takes this threat as an opportunity to visit his brother down south. On the way, he makes a stop in Chicago to assess the situation and check in with an old friend.