Books tagged: short mysteries

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Perfect Crime    by Jack Erickson
Price: Free! 11900 words. Published on December 26, 2009. .

A San Francisco wife plots to murder her philandering husband by being in two places at one time. She commits the Perfect Crime -- and starts an exciting life with a sexy new boyfriend, living off her dead husband's generous life insurance policy. Until her doorbell rings one night . . . .
Gloria    by David Sartof
Price: Free! 5310 words. Published on February 7, 2010. .

I’m dying, well that’s what I’ve been told. How has my life come to this: death, betrayal, friendship, love? Yes, love. I know it’s there somewhere, but I’m struggling to make sense of things. How can I, Oliver Beaton-Court, be here in this cabin, looking at my dead wife and holding an axe… Maybe Tom can give me the answers I need, or maybe there are no answers…
Bite This! A Richard Dick Mystery    by Wade McMahan
Price: $0.99 USD. 2510 words. Published by Untreed Reads on May 15, 2010. .

Detective Richard Dick is hired to look into mysterious disappearances in the town of Wareville. His client is enormous, the suspects are bizarre and the situation is turning critical. This isn't Dick's typical case but, then again, this laugh-out-loud story isn't your typical mystery either!
In Blood and Soul    by Vera Ozomma-Jonn
Price: $1.99 USD. 9800 words. Published by WSIC EBooks Ltd.  on February 16, 2011. .

The only voice Naveena heard in her head was that of her dying mother pleading with her to take care of her little sister. Meme was all she had and lived for. So when fate took her only family from Naveena, she decided to bring her where she should be; home and close to her. A decision that she would live to regret.....
Quarantine on the Black Nile    by Michael Angel
Price: $1.49 USD. 18640 words. Published by Banty Hen Publishing on June 4, 2011. .

Eco-tourist Jonah Brooks stumbles into a nightmare as he’s snared in an East African quarantine zone. Black Nile hemorrhagic virus rampages through the Malindi rain forest like a feral beast. It burns through the human population with a terrifying kill rate; and everyone in the medical group sent to study it lies dead in their camp. It’s not quite the tour package that Jonah signed up for.
The Calling    by Kurth Warren
Price: $0.99 USD. 3090 words. Published on January 12, 2012. .

A Man picks up the phone and dials 911. The Operator picks up, and the game begins.
Deadly Decisions: 5 Tales of Crime and Suspense    by BV Lawson
Price: $0.99 USD. 10390 words. Published on February 8, 2012. .

Tales about dark choices people make when their backs are against a wall: a sheriff's deputy and a nun hold the fate of a meth dealer; a former violinist takes fate into his own, scarred hands; a forensic linguist obsessed with solving the puzzle of a missing Moravian deed; a homeless man killed by a hit-and-run finds advocates in a minister and his cat; a hitman who just wants to be left alone.