Crime Anthology

“Distressingly smart, wickedly sly, and side-clutchingly hilarious.” —Vanessa Chan, author of The Storm We Made “If you want a book that perfectly evokes millennial sexual politics under late-stage capitalism, and in which all of us—gay, straight, cis, and trans alike—are read for...

Nimmt das Wildbret des Waidmanns seiner Frau die Luft zum Atmen? Kann Aberglaube Leben retten? Und warum starb der Büchernarr? Schon die kleinsten Unaufmerksamkeiten können tödliche Folgen haben. Bei Sekundenschlaf oder einem Postflug über den Dschungel in einer stürmischen Nacht ist das ja noch verständlich, bei einem Hexenturm oder einem Blind Date aber weniger. Und doch schleicht sich der Tod auf leisen Sohlen an. Wir schenken euch eine überraschende Wendung am Morgen, einen Schrecken gegen Mittag, eine Gänsehaut am Abend und spannende Träume für die Nacht.

Cheryl Belzer is starting a new job, working for the best private detective in the city who retired from the police department after suffering a horrific injury. He also just happens to be a self-proclaimed sexist. These stories follow two of the earliest cases Cheryl works with Timber.

C.T. Ferguson wishes his parents would get off his case. Forced to use his brilliant hacking skills to play detective, he hopes that each investigation is a cinch. But a body near a Baltimore chapel is only the beginning, and the better the rich kid gets at his job, the more dangerous his work becomes….

Together in print for the first time - including two brand new stories - this collection is an intoxicating mix of suspense, history, romance, supernatural and mystery! The Long Weekend Tracy, Eve, Jet, Mel and Danielle are looking forward - if a little nervously - to their upcoming digital...

A collection of the year’s best mystery and suspense short fiction selected by #1 New York Times bestselling author and guest editor Jess Walter and series editor Steph Cha. New York Times bestselling author and “superb storyteller” (Boston Globe), Jess Walter flexes his genre chops and...

A collection of the best and most popular programs from the Golden Age of Radio, digitally remastered, and including performances from some of Hollywood’s most beloved stars, like Jack Benny, Dorothy Lamour, Mel Blanc, and many more.

A collection of the best and most popular programs from the Golden Age of Radio, digitally remastered, and including performances from some of Hollywood’s most beloved stars, like Humphrey Bogart, Shirley Temple, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, and many more.

Catorce nuevas y originales historias, cada una de ellas emplazada en uno de los barrios más característicos de Barcelona, con catorce puntos de vista completamente distintos, todas ellas escritas por los más destacados escritores españoles y catalanes del género negro.

Ten binge-worthy science fiction & fantasy short stories from Michael La Ronn, one of the most prolific science fiction & fantasy authors of his generation.

A wide-ranging collection, including two novellas and ten stories exploring complex identities, from the acclaimed author of Corregidora, The Healing, and Palmares “Gayl Jones’s work represents a watershed in American literature. From a literary standpoint, her form is impeccable . . . and...

One percent of the US population is behind bars. As a criminal defense lawyer, I help criminals stay out of jail. The stories outlined here are just that - stories. These stories can happen to someone you know and love. Reality and fantasy are intertwined. The criminals get into trouble over sexual indiscretions, in mind-blowing circumstances, set within a story plot that is unbelievable, while it is in fact perfectly true. At the heart of them, these stories are a discourse on law in literature.

Ed McBain made his debut in 1956. In 2004, more than a hundred books later, he personally collected twenty-five of his stories written before he was Ed McBain. All but five of them were first published in the detective magazine Manhunt and none of them appeared under the Ed McBain byline. They...

This wide-ranging collection of stories takes Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson from their cozy rooms in London, to exploring England's bucolic Lake District, to clambering up an extinct volcano in Scotland. There is murder on the Thames, a spectacularly unpleasant Lord finds himself on the wrong end of a carving knife at the legendary Simpson's-in-the-Strand restaurant, and the brutal slaying of the brilliant Hypatia of Alexandria in 415 CE may finally be solved.

The first four stories were first published as a collection in 1891. The final story, "The Portrait of Mr W. H.", originally published separately in 1889, was later added to an expanded collection. All the stories deal with personal relationships and their inevitable influence on the course of a person's life.

A palmist’s prediction leads to murder; an enigmatic woman’s lifestyle is a mystery to be solved; a ghost tries to frighten the new tenants of his home; a man has discovered the dedicatee of Shakespeare’s Sonnets; a millionaire wants to be painted as a pauper. Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime and Other Stories is a collection of fascinating short stories which are subversive as well as entertaining.

Just when the residents of Crest Hill are getting past a shocking unsolved murder in the nearby groves, their greatest unspoken fear materializes a string of serial killings amongst their own citizens. There is now no mistaking the fact that one member of their small population is not what they seem to be. Detective Anita Heath finds herself perplexed at the crime scenes when the bodies begin turning up. Something about these murders just doesn’t profile right. As her suspicions are soon bent in unusual directions, she discovers she has attracted the attention of the culprit.

A K-9 team in the crosshairs— and seeking justice. While tasked with protecting Trevor Gage from a serial killer, K-9 officer Hannah Scott inadvertently puts a second cold case murderer on their trail. The man who drowned Hannah’s childhood friend is back—and he wants to make Hannah his...

Crimes fueled by emotions. When it comes to the emotions, people can react in strange and unexpected ways. Whether it's a heart hurt by unrequited love, or a lover so passionate they'll stop at nothing to get their way - even the most mild-mannered soul can suddenly flip, becoming a vengeful spirit with dark intentions. From the ancient Greek myth of Jason and Medea to Shakespeare's Othello, themes dealing with deeply felt emotions have persisted. But unlike mythology or fiction, The Best New True Crime Stories contains stories from real life.

A dying billionaire offers Tanner contracts on numerous targets, people who are the worst of the worst. Instead of going after them alone, Tanner gets help from a few of his friends.