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Where the Dreams End    by KD Easley
Price: $2.99 USD. 80110 words. Published by NukeWorks Publishing  on February 21, 2010. .

Brocs Harley hasn't always lived on the right side of the law, but he's never been accused of murder...until now. A repo man with a degree in criminal justice and a background in grand theft, Brocston Harley wears his black sheep label with pride, but now it's about to bite him. His little brother is dead, and Brocs is the number one suspect. Does he have the skills he needs to uncover a killer?
Reiono    by Roberto Polidoro
Price: $14.90 USD. 11470 words. Published on March 14, 2010. .

Un brutto ricordo da dimenticare, una nuova vita, una vacanza. Dorian e Greg, volevano solo tornare a vivere, insieme e quel giorno doveva essere l'inizio di una nuova vita, per tornare a credere a sperare... non fu così.
What Happened When the War Was Over; further stories of Gonzalo Llorente and Carlos Tejada Alonso y Leon    by Rebecca Pawel
Price: $1.99 USD. 32070 words. Published on March 29, 2010. .

In the novel DEATH OF A NATIONALIST, committed fascist Carlos Tejada Alonso y Leon crosses paths with equally committed socialist Gonzalo Llorente. The meeting changes both men's lives forever. The stories in WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE WAR WAS OVER trace the lives of Tejada and Gonzalo after General Franco's dictatorship falls, and complete their biographies for curious readers of the Tejada series.
The Doll's Head: A Mystery for Girls    by Elinor Teele
Price: $4.99 USD. 57740 words. Published on April 23, 2010. .

In a seaside village on the edge of the North Atlantic, a 12-year-old girl named Paulie finds a doll’s head buried in the muck of a cove. With the help of her mad Cousin Nan, Paulie sets out to solve the mystery of its origins.
Hound: The Curse of the Baskervilles    by Lorne Dixon
Price: $4.99 USD. 61140 words. Published by Coscom Entertainment on May 26, 2010. .

Doctor Watson is dispatched to gloomy Dartmoor to investigate the savage murder of Sir Charles Baskerville--but even the great detective Sherlock Holmes could not anticipate the dark secrets they will uncover. A monster haunts the dark countryside that surrounds the Baskerville estate, a creature whose existence will challenge the rational beliefs at Holmes's core.
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
Discovery    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $2.99 USD. 6850 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on June 26, 2010. .

Pita Cardenas has taken the case of her life. The only attorney in small Rio Gordo, she has decided to fight the biggest railroad company in the state to get compensation for the widow of a man who may have raced a train. He’s guilty—or is he? A Shamus Award nominee by this bestselling writer.
G-Men    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $3.99 USD. 14130 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on June 27, 2010. .

New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Deaver says of “G-Men,” “If you liked E.L. Doctorow’s Ragtime or the writing of Caleb Carr (The Alienist), you’ll enjoy this [story]. Part police procedural, part political thriller, this clever tale features real life characters interacting with fictional ones.” Nominated for the Sidewise Award for Best Alternate History.
The Moorhead House    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $3.99 USD. 11740 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on June 28, 2010. .

Dusty’s Cleaning specializes in cleaning houses where horrible things happen. Suicides, murders, Dusty’s seen them all. But she can’t forget the scene at the Moorhead House. Chosen as one of the top ten stories of the year by the readers of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine.
Scrawny Pete    by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Price: $2.99 USD. 10760 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on June 29, 2010. .

Crime reporter Atkins discovered Scrawny Pete at the scene of a murder-suicide. The hard-bitten reporter took to the cat, and the cat took to him. Together they traveled through the city on the police beat, until the day they came across another crime, one that Scrawny Pete understood. Includes complete bonus story, "The Secret Lives of Cats."