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Other People's Problems    by David W. Smith
Price: $2.99 USD. 73370 words. Published on September 15, 2011. .

How do you concern yourself with other people's problems with so many of your own? Jetter Trailey's life is already a mess when she discovers a dead body in the parking lot of the Internet sex site where she works - the body of her only real friend. Suspecting an obsessed fan, she begins following clues, finding the strength to put her own life back together as the strange tale unfolds
I, Jimmy Cheng    by Mortimer Jackson
Price: $0.99 USD. 63900 words. Published on September 17, 2011. .

Framed for a murder he did not commit, Angel Valley High senior Jimmy Cheng investigates the drive-by shooting of a girl in this quirky, high school murder mystery.
The Task of Auntie Dido    by Ryan M. Welch
Price: $5.99 USD. 49420 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press  on October 21, 2011. .

Feline sleuth C. Auguste Dupin investigates murder and sardine crackers in the latest Poeville mystery. C. Auguste Dupin wants three things: A warm sunny bench by the fountain, time with librarian Penny Copper reading a good book, and tuna. When Penny’s aunt Dido pays them a visit, a simple task turns deadly! In Poeville, weird things happen all the time.
Oddments    by Bill Pronzini
Price: $3.99 USD. 54900 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on November 23, 2011. .

Plump, nondescript Theodore Conway works as a file clerk in a Manhattan law firm. His passion is collecting memorabilia related to the pulp-fiction heroes of his youth, especially The Shadow. Then one day this quiet little man learns that he, too, has the supernatural power "to cloud men's minds" and fight crime under the cloak of invisibility.
Band Room Bash    by Candice Speare Prentice
Price: $0.99 USD. 61810 words. Agented by MacGregor Literary  on November 28, 2011. .

When Trish Cunningham and her oldest stepson Tommy find Georgia Winters, the English teacher at Four Oaks High School, dead in the band room, the suspect list is lengthy. The teacher had a number of enemies—including Tommy Cunningham.
Melody in Distress(Preview of Rex Mathers #4)    by Chris McAulay
Price: Free! 4040 words. Published on December 5, 2011. .

When sultry lounge singer Melody Harper begins recieving threatening notes, she fears someone is after her. She calls on Rex Mathers, P.I., to look into the matter. Rex is soon involved in his most dangerous case ever. Filled with babes and bullets, Melody in Distress, is a fast-paced mystery that's sure to thrill. Note: This is a preview containing the first few chapters only.
Case of the Missing Million(Preview of Rex Mathers #3)    by Chris McAulay
Price: Free! 14030 words. Published on December 5, 2011. .

When Rex Mathers, P.I., is called to the home of eccentric millionare Howard Jacobson, he's unsure of what he's getting himself into. It seems Howard had a million and a half dollars in cash stored in a safe in his house. Now all the money is gone with the only clue that Howard and his family were away for the weekend. Someone had to have broken in and stolen it. But who? And why?PREVIEW
Sherlock Holmes Investigates. The Pink Jewel Conundrum    by Philip van Wulven
Price: Free! 7470 words. Published on December 9, 2011. .

Holmes and Watson investigate the disappearance of a jewel from the library of the Mayor of Portsmouth.
The Necromancer's Faire    by Mortimer Jackson
Price: Free! 6760 words. Published on December 26, 2011. .

And now for something a little different. In this installment of the necromancer's adventure, Sebastian Grimm must venture into a Renaissance festival to prevent a murder.
The Rookie (A Hale Mary Mystery)    by Trina Riggle
Price: $0.99 USD. 84170 words. Published on January 15, 2012. .

Ex-snowboard champion and aspiring sports agent, Hale Seton, is as tough as they come. But when one of her prospects is found dead and her brother, Denver's golden boy quarterback, becomes the prime suspect in the murder, she discovers there are things more painful in life than broken bones and dislocated joints.