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Identity Crisis    by Debbi Mack
Price: $3.99 USD. 70480 words. Published on June 17, 2009. .

A simple domestic abuse case turns deadly when the alleged abuser is killed and Stephanie Ann "Sam" McRae’s client disappears. When a friend asks Sam to find Melanie Hayes, the Maryland attorney is drawn into a complex case of murder and identity theft that has her running from the Mob, breaking into a strip club and forming a shaky alliance with a private investigator to discover the truth.
Easy Target    by David Grace
Price: $4.95 USD. 133970 words. Published on September 17, 2009. .

NYPD Lieutenant Greg Webster retired to teach at a small Kansas college but before even a year had passed his wife was killed in an apparent hit-and-run accident. Greg suspected nothing sinister but one of his students thought Carolyn's accident might be the latest in a series of murders. Apparently, the serial killer wanted a tougher opponent than the campus cops. Big mistake.
Reads Like Murder - In Honolulu    by Georgina Donovan
Price: $5.00 USD. 104520 words. Published by Dream Books LLC  on October 1, 2009. .

On her trip to Hawaii, bookstore owner Haley Wyndham is tangled up in disappearances and murders. An old ships log, a kahuna, and an ancient myth of a secret island complicate her efforts to solve the mysteries. Along with a local detective she discovers life can be more dangerous than anything on the shelves of her shop! Then the magic begins . . .
Necroman    by Raymond Hancock
Price: $1.99 USD. 54360 words. Published on December 23, 2009. .

Necroman is the story of a man who turns from all that is good entering into dark places. He is seduced by the power of true evil as it gives him the ability to unleash a lifetime of sorrow, betrayal, and anger on the most deserving in society, criminals. Necroman finds that the battle is sometimes fought with lead and steel but can only be won in the spirit.
For Sale in Palm Springs: The Henry Wright Mystery Series    by Albert Simon
Price: Free! 60270 words. Published by Albert Simon Books  on January 25, 2010. .

A murdered real estate agent. Unsatisfied home buyers. A possible celebrity scam. A secret society! Join retired police chief Henry Wright in figuring out who killed Palm Springs real estate mogul Rex Thornbird in this page turning thriller that will keep you guessing. This first book in the Henry Wright Mystery Series takes our detective from Palm Springs to the Silicon Valley. Newly revised!
Springtime in Sonora: A Henry Wright Mystery    by Albert Simon
Price: $0.99 USD. 61350 words. Published by Albert Simon Books  on January 26, 2010. .

An entombed gold miner. An old-fashioned, small-county sheriff. An illegal pot grower. Retired police chief Henry Wright travels to Northern California's Mother Lode gold country to help out an old classmate and friend with a puzzling mystery. After his injuries, Henry is surprised by his interest in the woman that helps nurse him back to health. Find out what is going on in this 2nd in the series
Brooks Berry In The Case Of The Stolen Season    by Michael James
Price: Free! 27460 words. Published on May 23, 2010. .

Brooks Berry is your normal 12 year old boy. Obsessed with sports, best friends with his dog Ripken and a very curious mind. He also is one of Wauwatosa's leading detectives. Join this boy sleuth and his friends on his mystery solving adventures packed with unexpected twists and turns. Written in the spirit of the Hardy Boys & Nancy Drew mysteries. First edition of a new series.
Learning to Fly: Why Bounty Hunting is More Therapeutic than Running Over Morelli with a Buick    by Sylvia Day 
Price: $0.99 USD. 2710 words. Published on June 17, 2010. .

"When we first meet Stephanie, she can't afford therapy--she can barely afford her low-rent apartment and regular meals. A couple of hours a week with a trained professional, not that you'd have talked her into it, probably would have done her good. Luckily, as Sylvia Day suggests, she found bounty hunting instead." - Leah Wilson, Perfectly Plum: An Unauthorized Celebration of Stephanie Plum
Earth Angels    by Gerald Petievich
Price: $2.99 USD. 81480 words. Published on August 27, 2010. .

Detective Sergeant Jose Stepanovich and his elite tactical team were the toughest cops in the Los Angeles police force, handed the toughest jobs, like going up against the city's most vicious criminal element - the street gangs of East L.A. But somewhere along the lines the cops broke a few rules, turning a job into a personal vendetta, and suddenly it wasn't only the gangs they were fighting.
The Play of Light and Shadow & Writing    by Barry Ergang
Price: $0.99 USD. 16110 words. Published on September 15, 2010. .

The crime was impossible, but it happened. The gallery was locked and under constant observation, but the valuable painting was stolen, and later the prime suspect was murdered. A private detective and a professor turned bartender team up to solve who did it and how. Can you spot and interpret the clues and solve it first? Plus an article about how the novelette came to be written.