Publisher: Wildside Press
A pair of army officers get separated from the rest of their regiment during an expedition to the Canadian Northwest—and find themselves embroiled in a nefarious extortion scheme.
On Christmas Day DI Harry Falconer and DS Davy Carmichael are summoned to a block of apartments in Market Darley, to investigate the unexplained death of a young woman whose fiancé was due to move in with her on New Year's Day. At first, her death seems a complete mystery, then, something that Dr Christmas discovers on the internet indicates that her death could just have been a tragic accident, or was it?Show book
Father Brown (Chesterton’s sharp-witted detective priest) and Flambeau (the reformed master-thief and Brown’s constant companion) are on a little vacation in Norfolk, invited to visit the mysterious Prince Saradine. It doesn’t go well. Sure, Flambeau gets some good fishing in, but there’s also a duel with rapiers, a couple murders, a hanging, a case of mistaken identity, an awkward family reunion, and a gang of surly Sicilians.Show book
A stolen spotlight. A shocking murder. A Christmas mystery Abby never saw coming. The town's annual Christmas pageant is the highlight of the season, and Abby Hirsch is thrilled to be catering for the festivities. But when local star turned Broadway legend Katherine Kirby makes a dazzling return to Sugar Creek to headline the show, the holiday spirit turns frosty. Rehearsals unravel into chaos, old rivalries flare up, and just days before opening night . . . Katherine's sister is found dead. The suspect list is as long as Santa's naughty list—jealous understudies, jilted lovers, and the ever-dramatic Drama Mamas all had a reason to want Katherine's sister gone. But as Abby untangles the mystery, she realizes this case isn't just about a stolen spotlight—it's about long-buried secrets that someone is willing to kill to protect. As the town buzzes with holiday cheer, Abby has enough on her plate—running her business, juggling her relationship with Sheriff Ryan Iverson, and trying to keep Sugar Creek's most dramatic divas from turning Christmas into a crime scene. With time running out and the holiday season at stake, Abby must crack the case before the killer cancels Christmas for good.Show book
Four classic stories by the New York Times bestselling grandmaster of mystery, each paired with an incisive new introduction. A thriller writer is embroiled in a real-life whodunit when a friend drops dead with her hatpin impaled in his back. The violation of a sealed West Bank tomb, its rock walls intact, provides a Thebes investigator with a mystifying conundrum. Two sisters take shelter in a shuttered old house at the end of a country road . . . only to discover they're not alone. And the author's most beloved characters, Amelia Peabody and Radcliff Emerson, make an appearance in a newly uncovered tale with a witty nod to Sherlock Holmes. Settle in with this quartet of short stories—now available for the first time in a single volume—from one of the most popular mystery writers of all time. The Locked Tomb Mystery and Other Stories features a preface and introductions to each story by mystery authors Tasha Alexander, Juliet Blackwell, and Daniel Stashower, and Egyptologist Salima Ikram.Show book
Death doesn't wait for likes.Rush hour. A packed tube station. A body on the tracks.The perfect place to hide a murder.When a terminally ill man is found dead on the London Underground, it looks like suicide. But Detective Inspector Miranda Murphy suspects foul play—who kills a dying man?As Florence Weaver builds her social media empire, her father's mysterious death threatens to unravel everything. Behind her carefully curated posts lies a web of secrets, and when a second body appears, Murphy must navigate the toxic world of influencer culture to separate truth from filtered fiction.In a case where everyone has something to hide, the most dangerous lies are the ones with the most followers.Dead Cool, the gripping second installment in the Detective Miranda Murphy series by Eva McLean, is a twist-filled police procedral that will keep crime lovers guessing until the end.Show book
A secret buried in the past. A mission to save the future. A race against time. PRIMAL Unleashed. In 1989 Afghanistan, a Russian platoon fought a desperate battle against Afghan warriors, racing against time to bury a devastating secret that demanded the ultimate sacrifice. Now, in the present day, a veteran turned arms dealer is poised to unleash apocalyptic consequences. As he prepares to sell the ultimate doomsday weapon to a radical Iranian commander, only the elite vigilante force PRIMAL can prevent global catastrophe. With cutting-edge tech and a no-holds-barred approach, these battle-hardened operatives must navigate a treacherous landscape of ruthless mercenaries and bloodthirsty madmen and prevent catastrophe? In PRIMAL Unleashed, the second pulse-pounding installment of Jack Silkstone's military operatives gripping thriller series, the stakes have never been higher as PRIMAL races to deliver unconditional justice.Show book
