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Summer is here, the heat is on—and so is murder. Grab a cool drink and relax by the pool while enjoying these summer time sleuths. Happy summer reading! This boxed set has FOUR summer centered cozy mysteries! Humor with a side of homicide. Read this one today! *A laugh out loud cozy mystery boxed set by New York Times Bestseller Addison Moore Cosmopolitan Magazine calls Addison's books, "...easy, frothy fun!" And USA TODAY bestselling author Bellamy Bloom! Books Included: Macaron Massacre (Murder in the Mix 10), Donut Disaster (Murder in the Mix 12), A Killer Tail(Country Cottage ...

In these bonus stories, you can get more of the Chartwell and Crouch team's exploits and sleuthing, as an exclusive addition to the main books.

Murder, magic, and mayhem—with a side of cake and a hooting owl. Welcome to Whittlecombe, a village so quaint even the ghosts can’t bear to leave. At the heart of it sits the Wonky Inn—a crumbling, magical haven inherited by one Alfhild Daemonne, a witch with spectacularly unpredictable powers and an owl familiar named Mr Hoo who thinks he knows best (and often does). In The Wonkiest Witch, Alf’s plans to quietly settle in are rudely interrupted by a corpse on the patio, a nosey village full of secrets and a sudden need to remember how magic actually works. Spoiler: it doesn’t go well.

Embarca en un escalofriante viaje a través de continentes y culturas, donde la línea entre la realidad y lo sobrenatural se difumina. Esta colección de historias de terror, leyendas y cuentos de miedo te invita a recorrer lo espeluznante, lo desconcertante y lo absolutamente aterrador. Desde las colinas embrujadas de los Apalaches hasta los oscuros bosques de Japón, desde las antiguas calles de México hasta los páramos envueltos en niebla de Gran Bretaña, estos relatos te llaman a explorar los horrores únicos que se han tejido en el tejido de diversas culturas. Encuentra criaturas ...

Numbers never lie, but people sure do—as security analyst Grace Jordan discovers when her perfectly ordered world suddenly adds up to foul play. Content to hole up in her cubicle at S9 Security Systems crunching numbers, Grace has mastered the art of an invisible existence that runs like clockwork. But when the psychologist's office across the courtyard is abuzz following pompous Dr. Ross Kinkaid's release of the soon-to-be bestseller, Mind Games, and someone mysteriously disappears, Grace watches her predictable world go out the window as her analytical mind locks on to a puzzle that ...

El amor siempre nos lleva a hacer cosas que de común nunca haríamos; y a veces ese mismo amor se manifiesta bajo circunstancias que no son normales. Las historias aquí contadas hablan del amor cuando este sucede en ámbitos que se asemejan a los que conocemos pero distan de ser reales, y donde los protagonistas no son juguetes del destino sino del amor que sienten, pues este es quien los domina y al final decide su suerte.

“Welcome to Sin City.” Block 16 in old downtown Las Vegas holds the distinction of being the original Sin City. Games of chance, free-flowing alcohol, and lurid back rooms flourished on Block 16 in 1906. Fast forward, Las Vegas welcomes more than forty million visitors a year. Why? Games of chance, free-flowing alcohol, and lurid back rooms. In this book of short stories celebrating place, what better place to celebrate than Sin City? Whether thestory is a futuristic saga of deep space war, or features a dusty little town called Pahrump, Deadly Places is all about what happens in and ...

Protagonista il vicequestore Rocco Schiavone, un personaggio fuori dagli schemi: scontroso, irritabile, trasgressivo al limite del lecito, ma con un senso della giustizia tutto suo. Una rilettura della tradizione del giallo all'italiana, capace di coniugare lo sguardo dolente del neorealismo e la risata sfrontata di una commedia di avanspettacolo.

The fourth installment in the Music and Murder Mystery series, edited by Don Bruns, Bat Out of Hell is a nonstop thrill ride of engrossing mysteries from some of the best authors in the business. An anthology unlike any other, this collection includes a brand-new Jack Reacher story from Andrew Child, a never-before-seen Pignon Scorbion prequel from Rick Bleiweiss, as well as exciting new mysteries from Heather Graham, Don Bruns, John Gilstrap, Dave Bruns, C. J. Kudlacz, and Charles Todd.

Thrift shop til someone drops... The Bargain Blackmail - The Braun family is coming home for the holidays, and Jessica couldn’t be happier for the reunion. She’s making her shopping list, checking it twice, and hosting an old-fashioned Christmas to remember. But Uncle Rick won’t be there, after he’s arrested for an old friend’s murder. And when the new sheriff in town decides Jess’s sleuthing skills are unwanted, it will be hard to prove her uncle’s innocence. How will Jess find the true culprit—and get her family back together—before one Braun celebrates the new year ...

The Cabman's Story (sub-titled The Mysteries of a London "Growler") is a short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published anonymously in the Cassell's Saturday Journal on 17 May 1884. A cabman tells one of his clients three stories he experienced. The first one is about a dead passenger, the second about a passenger with a mysterious box, and the last one tells the story of a passenger who is a terrorist.

The Borrowed Burial Jessica Braun couldn’t be more proud of her friend and neighbor Freddie’s new job with the Mistletoe County Sheriff’s Department. When the first case Freddie works on leads the teen into more trouble than she deserves, she calls Jess for help, and they discover the unthinkable—a shallow grave and a rare collectible. From whispered secrets to shadowy storerooms, Jess and her friends follow the path of a killer, straight into danger and a hoard of hidden clues. What will happen to Jess—and to Fred’s new career plans—when the two of them are challenged by a ...

For reasons that are unclear, Nicholas Craigie, Captain of the Pole-Star, decides to anchor in the middle of the Arctic Ocean, contrary to the opinion of his crew. Indeed, the boat could be trapped in the ice at any moment, resulting in a sudden death for everyone. One morning Mr. Manson, the second mate, reports he saw a ghost at night. His story is not taken seriously, and is put down to idleness.

Als Beth und ihre Geschwister nach dem Tod ihrer Mutter nach Hause zurückkehren, geht der Albtraum für sie erst richtig los, als sie auf ein altes Video stoßen, das ihren seit Jahren vermissten Vater mit einem lange ungelösten Verbrechen verbindet. Die Wahrheit über das Verschwinden von Emma Harper liegt tief vergraben – genauso wie die Geheimnisse ihrer Familie. In einer Stadt, in der jeder jeden kennt, ist Vertrauen gefährlich, und die Vergangenheit lässt sich nicht einfach verdrängen.

Toni L.P. Kelner has been writing thoughtful mysteries for over thirty years. She won an Agatha Award for her short story "Sleeping With the Plush" and her story "Baby Trap" was selected for inclusion in Best American Mystery and Suspense 2024, edited by S.A. Cosby and Steph Cha. Kelner's short fiction has also been nominated for the Anthony, the Macavity, and the Derringer.

Joseph Habakuk Jephson, a soldier who was hurt in the Battle of Antietam during the American Civil War, is in convalescence. One day, an old Black maid offers him a Black oval-shaped stone which belonged to her ancestors. At the end of the war, Jephson gets married and establishes himself as a doctor in Brooklyn. Conan Doyle has been inspired by the real case of the ship Mary Celeste which was found drifting in the Atlantic off Portugal, under full sail but apparently abandoned.

Harry and Cat are steady customers at Gretchen's Kitchen, a shabby, pleasant restaurant where Cat can warm her scarred body by the woodstove and Harry can slump in a booth, drink Gretchen's four dollar a gallon wine, and contemplate the folly of his declining years. They're existential drifters, content to let life take the line of least resistance. So when Gretchen asks Harry to do her a favor and help her dying friend, Eva, he at first declines. But, he's cursed with an overactive curiosity and he visits Eva to see what there is to see. He learns that Eva's husband, Frank, was found dead ...

With two Derringer Award wins and two Pushcart Prize nominations for her short mystery fiction, Kris Neri really knows the short mystery form. And this collection contains some of her best, including her two Derringer Award winners, the light and hilarious, “L.A. Justice,” which gave birth to her novel series sleuth, Tracy Eaton and her daffy movie star mother, and the darkly original “Capital Justice.” We've included a variety of tones and outcomes, from the breezy froth of “No Star Murder,” to the magic of “Showtime on the Winter Solstice,” to the over-the-top humor of “...

Four sisters. One dead. Precious jewels missing. Harry's friend Mildred ropes him into looking for a handful of precious jewels, which leads to him bonding with two curious cats while engaging in a bit of B&E, discovering a unique drug ring, digging up a grave in a raging snowstorm, and coping with a jealous Cat.

A Pata do Macaco é um conto de terror clássico sobre a família White, que recebe um talismã macabro: uma pata de macaco capaz de conceder três desejos. Apesar dos avisos sobre as terríveis consequências, o Sr. White faz um desejo que traz tragédia à família. Desesperados, eles usam os desejos restantes na tentativa de reverter o dano, apenas para descobrir que mexer com o destino pode ter resultados aterrorizantes e irreversíveis. A história é uma reflexão sombria sobre os perigos de desafiar o desconhecido e os caprichos do destino.