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  Top 10 Short Stories The - The...

  Edgar Allan Poe, H G Wells, Guy...

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  Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart.  A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. 
   
  In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author?  
   
  The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme.  Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature. 
   
  Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made.  If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something. 
   
  In this volume our authors lead us through that most popular of genres – The Murder Mystery.  Tracking down the killer and the motive is examined by such masters as Robert Louis Stevenson, H G Wells, Susan Glaspell, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa and many others with twists of fate, deductions of ingenuity, and literary brilliance. 
   
  1 - The Top 10 Short Stories - The Murder Mystery - An Introduction 
  2 - Markheim by Robert Louis Stevenson 
  3 - The Cask of Amontillardo by Edgar Allan Poe 
  4 - The Cone by H G Wells 
  5 - The Moonlit Road by Ambrose Bierce 
  6 - Better Dead by J M Barrie 
  7 - A Jury of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell 
  8 - In A Grove by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa 
  9 - Was It An Illusion. A Parson's Story by Amelia Edwards 
  10 - August Heat by W F Harvey 
  11 - The Repairer of Reputations - Part 1 by Robert W Chambers 
  12 - The Repairer of Reputations - Part 2 by Robert W Chambers

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  I Am Reilly: A Short Story

  EJ Fisch

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  The world of Chaiavis is a lawless place. As a haven for smugglers, mercenaries, and criminals from all corners of Fringe Space, the sprawling city’s law enforcement officials are consistently overwhelmed…at least those who aren’t already in the pockets of the local gangs and cartels. 
  Banished from her homeworld of Haphez due to a genetic defect, Kat Reilly has called Chaiavis home since childhood. Her intimate knowledge of the streets and inner workings of the city has turned her into a skilled fixer. Her clients—the desperate, the powerful, sometimes both—seek out her services when conventional channels aren’t an option. 
  When she’s hired by an agent from Haphez’s own embassy to track down a stolen service weapon, Kat is tempted to refuse. But the deeper she digs into the theft, the clearer it becomes that the weapon is merely a piece of a much larger, more sinister puzzle. On this job, her mission to help others becomes a battle for her own survival. 
  I Am Reilly is a short story set just prior to the events of Nexus: Ziva Payvan Book 2 and can be enjoyed independently.

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  In Deep Water: The brand-new in...

  Elle Blair

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  Happy Valley meets The Woman in Cabin 10 in this dark, page-turning thriller from debut author Elle Blair! 
  A murder at sea. One detective. No backup. 
  DI Rachel Harlow is off duty and stuck aboard a cruise ship with her twin teenagers and uptight parents. Determined to distract herself from the complicated mess – professional and personal – she’s left back at Northumbria Police HQ, she embarks on a flirtatious game with a stranger on board… until she finds him dead the next day. 
  With no eyewitnesses and no official investigation, Rachel digs into the murder alone, going strictly against the captain’s orders. Dead end after dead end, she’s met with lies and silence from the ship’s crew. 
  International waters allow people to play by different rules, but Rachel won’t let up. Even when it leads her to a crime ring just as dangerous as the one she’s left behind on land. But at sea, she has no team to back her up …

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  My Missing Sister - A BRAND NEW...

  Diane Saxon

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  Don't miss the BRAND NEW, chillingly believable psychological thriller from Diane Saxon, bestselling author of My Mother's Lies 📚 Perfect for fans of T. M. Logan and Freida McFadden! 
  What secrets lie within? 
  I've moved into a shared house. My three new housemates aren't just reserved, there's a distinct chill in the air, an unspoken tension that makes me uneasy. 
  I'm not here to make friends, though. 
  I have my own secrets. 
  Nikki is like a sister to me and I'm here to find out what happened to her. 
  Where is she? 
  I'm convinced someone knows more than they're letting on. Is she simply missing? Or has something far more sinister occurred within these walls? 
  I'm not leaving until I find out if Nikki is alive or dead. 
  Diane Saxon's heart-pounding novel is perfect for fans of Freida McFadden, Valerie Keogh and TM Logan. 
  Praise for Diane Saxon: 
  'It's the epitome of that great saying, "Just one more chapter!" Then you discover you've read another five. Highly recommend as a great psychological thriller.' Joy Ellis 
  'An unrelenting thriller that twisted my stomach in knots from cover to cover' Daniel G. Miller 
  'An intensely dark thriller.' Ross Greenwood 
  'Packed full of secrets and lies, and in a town filled with an unsettling atmosphere Saxon succeeds in putting the 'creep' in creepy.' Valerie Keogh 
  'A complex, dark and disturbing thriller, full of intrigue, toxic relationships and jaw dropping twists. 5 stars.' Alex Stone 
  'I highly recommend this book, you won't want to put it down.' Reader Review

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  Killer Music

  Tammy L. Grace

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  A murdered music mogul. A high-and-mighty widow. To take down a killer, he'll shake Nashville to its knees. 
   
   
   
  When private detective Cooper "Coop" Harrington meets record label mogul Grayson Taylor at a swank gathering of country music artists and politicians he never imagines he'll be investigating his brutal murder less than twenty-four hours later. 
   
   
   
  The suspects are plentiful. More than a handful of people could have wanted him dead. Retained by Taylor's widow, Coop works alongside his best friend and Chief of Detectives, Ben Mason. The investigation leads Coop and Ben to scandalous indiscretions, secrets, and hints of corruption that swirl in the midst of their pursuit of the killer. 
   
   
   
  Coop's faithful friend and assistant, Annabelle, and his loyal golden retriever, Gus, both lend a hand during the investigation. Even his Aunt Camille mines the local gossip mill to unearth potential killers with motive. Yet the case seems hopeless until a crucial piece of evidence emerges that sends Coop on a race to catch the killer before another victim is claimed. 
   
   
   
  Contains mature themes.

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  Two Sisters

  Lorna Henderson

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  Sisters are meant to look after each other. But Josie and I have secrets. Just like our mother did. 
   
   
   
  My husband and I have moved back into my childhood home: a pretty stone cottage by the sea. Our two kids love the huge garden and the views are breathtaking. The renovations will probably cost twice what they said, but I know it'll be amazing in the end. 
   
   
   
  I'm baking a cake when the builder calls me over. 'We've found something.' 
   
   
   
  'What do you mean?' 
   
   
   
  'Bones,' he says. 'You've got bones buried at the bottom of your garden.' 
   
   
   
  The first person I call is my sister Josie. She'll know what to do. We've been there for each other ever since our mother walked out more than twenty years ago. We were just children. The only contact we had was a card on our birthdays—but they suddenly stopped when we reached the age of twenty-one. 
   
   
   
  We ask our father about the bones. What he tells us will shatter everything I thought I knew about my family.

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