Short Stories Crime Suspense

When a girl's body is discovered with a missing toe, her father hires Niki Dupre to find the murderer. With prostitutes, pimps, a rehab clinic and a mysterious huge man all involved, Niki has to delve deep into the Baton Rouge underground to solve this one.

After the cards were dealt, one player didn't make the cut. At a local poker tournament, a player is murdered after the first game day. A suspect is booked for the murder, but something doesn't add up. To root out the real killer, Niki joins the tournament. But is the deck stacked against her?

A Taste of Noir includes four short stories from the collection Nice Girl Does Noir by Libby Fischer Hellmann. The stories in Taste include: “Detour” - This story, about a hit woman who takes out the wrong mark, was originally written for the These Guns for Hire (Bleak House, 2007) anthology and was one of Libby's first “noir” stories. “House Rules” - What happens when an average Midwestern couple hits Vegas?

Five short stories now available in audio format. Stories include Two Against One, In a Flash, Stan Still, Rubber Baby Buggy Bumper, and Irresistible Allure....

A collection of five short stories, now available in audio format.

Five short stories now available in audio format!

With this critically acclaimed debut collection, Frank Bill announces himself as an author of fiercely defined vision. In these vivid tales, Bill’s southern Indiana proves a literary destination of immense nuance, even as his mostly working-class characters cry out in voices that cannot be denied.

A drug rip turns terribly wrong for four hapless men. A bored housewife plays a dangerous game of cat and mouse with her retired neighbor. A father learns the realities of street life while searching for his daughter. A cop breaks the law to find a missing child. These are just a few citizens embracing mayhem as a part of their lives. Many more wait in the shadows, around the corner, or down the next alley. It’s time to see the 509 in a way you never expected.

Detectives Finch and Elias have seen a lot - murders, assaults, rapes, missing persons - but they've never investigated a missing mummy before. Follow the two partners as they sift through a half dozen different suspects and try to solve the mystery of a stolen child mummy from the River City museum. Part whodunit mystery, part procedural, with more than a little wise-cracking along the way, The Bastard Mummy has a little something for all kinds of mystery listeners, set in Frank Zafiro's River City universe.

Jacob is a small-time criminal who dabbles in everything from drugs to prostitutes to illegal weapons. When he finds a gun that seems to be of supernatural origin, he begins to dream of the big time. His dream turns into a nightmare when he realizes some supernatural beings want their toy back.

Der Höllenhund ist zurück: In drei neuen Kurzromanen und zahlreichen Stories und Artikeln richtet Ellroy sein Mega-Spotlight vor allem auf L.A. und erzählt bissig und schonungslos über dunkelste Obsessionen, korrupte Bullen, ungelöste Mordfälle und seinen eigenen Werdegang. Er berichtet über seinen Vater, die Todesstrafe, die Justiz und die Opfer von vierzig Jahre zurückliegenden Verbrechen. Wir begegnen einem verrückten Detective, der von einer Schauspielerin aus Hollywood besessen ist, und auch Danny Getchell läuft uns über den Weg.

New York Times best-selling author Laura Lippman has been hailed as one of the best crime fiction writers in America today, winning virtually every major award in the genre. The author of the enormously popular series featuring Baltimore P.I. Tess Monaghan as well as three critically lauded stand-alone novels, Lippman now turns her attention to short stories - and reveals another level of mastery.

Online media is now a part and parcel of our daily life. Making friendships via online media is not forbidden but you need to know him or her very well before making a decision of how much of a friendship to make with him or her. People of all ages may make a mistake in this lucrative media. This true story is an example of that.

From the introduction by Les Standiford: "The truth is that Miami, though naturally lovely, is a frontier town, perched on the border between the known and the rarely before experienced. The poet Richard Hugo once said that the natural place for the writer was on the edge, and 'edge' might well be the definitive word when it comes to this city... We are not only on the edge of the continent, we are to this country what New York was in Ellis Island's heyday, what the West Coast was in the middle of the 20th century.

A collection of 15 stories, 11 of which have never been previously published, from the early career of best-selling American master Elmore Leonard.

In the bustling town of Larkspur, Detective Raymond "Ray" Marshall is known for his unwavering pursuit of justice. But when a series of mysterious murders plague the town, even Ray is baffled by the elusive shadow orchestrating these crimes. As he delves deeper into the investigation, the lines between personal and professional blur.

A compilation of five short stories, including: "A Dish from Wales", "Time Capsule", "Surf's Up", "Did I or Didn't I", and "The Trip".

After the smoke clears from the gym, Coach Andy Zuelke is found dead on a bench press. Niki Dupre must sort through the stories given by the boys, and their coaches, with the help of Livingston Parish Detective Hardee Wild. She discovers the two assistant coaches were about to be fired. They rise to the top of the suspect list.

Everyone comes from someplace. Everyone has somewhere they feel safe. Some people have found their home and are content where they are. Others feel trapped and yearn to go somewhere else. Many are somewhere else and yearn to go back. But even in these safest of places, sometimes…crime hits home. What happens then?

Brand-new stories by: Daniel Woodrell, Matthew Eck, Catherine Browder, Nancy Pickard, John Lutz, J. Malcolm Garcia, Kevin Prufer, Linda Rodriguez, Nadia Pflaum, Phong Nguyen, Andres Rodriguez, and others. Kansas City: where East and West collide, where naked ambition meets broken dreams, where blues and the night go together like rye whiskey, vermouth, and bitters. Yes, Kansas City is a surprising place of grit, gore, and betrayal, at least in the imaginations of our diverse lineup of contributors.