Detective Horror

All is finally safe and secure at Baskerville Hall. The legendary Hound from Hell has been shot and killed by Sherlock Holmes; the dog's master, Jack Stapleton, has been sucked down into the depths of the Grimpen Mire, and the case Dr. Watson chose to call "The Hound of the Baskervilles for listeners of The Strand Magazine is officially closed...or is it?

Jessica Niemi is put on leave after a violent altercation between her and a belligerent man makes headlines. To escape the unwanted scrutiny, Jessica travels to a remote island in the Åland archipelago and rents a room at a small seaside inn. She is hoping to be left alone as she faces the possibility that she is losing what is left of her sanity but three elderly visitors have arrived at the inn for their yearly sojourn.

A rainy night in east Texas leads to murder When private detective Buck McDivit inherits his murdered aunt’s fishing camp on Caddo Lake, he quickly learns all isn’t right in this primordial paradise dripping with antebellum mystique. To retain his inheritance, he must take on a white supremacy group in the nearby racially-torn east Texas town of Deception. Will Buck prevail or become gator bait beneath the coffee-colored surface of the mysterious lake? Ghost of a Chance is Book 1 of Eric Wilder's gripping Paranormal Cowboy Series. See what Amazon readers are saying about Ghost: "...

Germany is rattling its war machine at Britain. Sherlock Holmes and Watson are made special agents to stop the war machine from destroying Britain from within. A cult is rising to power in Germany. ..The Verboten Party. It is led by forces that would put terror into the hearts of people if they knew who was behind the power of the cult. And it's not Hitler, a dark, but overly ambitious soul. No, it's a nation hidden from view beneath our world. A nation of cruel giants!

Vera Martinez wants nothing more than to escape Roaring Creek and her parents' reputation as demonologists. Not to mention she's the family outcast, lacking her parents' innate abilities, and is terrified of the occult things lurking in their basement. Maxwell Oliver is supposed to be enjoying the summer before his senior year. Instead he's taking care of his little sister while his mom slowly becomes someone he doesn't recognize. Soon he suspects that what he thought was grief over his father's death might be something more sinister.

From best-selling author, Charles Wiedenmann, comes his latest thriller, Below the Wheel! Alex Hunter and Scott Appel are former investment brokers turned private investigators in Camden, New Jersey. They spend their days investigating disability claims for insurance companies and law firms. Occasionally, they perform surveillance on errant spouses and even solve a crime now and then. But Alex and Scott aren’t taken seriously by local law enforcement. During an unbearable heatwave in the summer of 1998, the boys are caught up in a bizarre case. The Camden Strangler, as the media call him,...

When Liv Bloom lands an art scholarship at Wickham Hall, it's her ticket out of the foster system. Liv isn't sure what to make of the school's weird traditions and rituals, but she couldn't be happier - especially when Malcolm Astor, fellow artist and scion of one of the school's original families, starts falling for her. Fellow scholarship kid Gabe Nichols warns her not to get involved with a "Wicky," but things are finally going Liv's way, and all she wants to do is enjoy it.

Ted Lazaris is the #1 Amazon Bestselling Author behind the acclaimed DragonMan series and over 50 thrilling novels across fantasy, sci-fi, and supernatural suspense. His cinematic storytelling, unforgettable characters, and high-stakes plots have captivated readers worldwide. As a powerhouse in genre fiction, Lazaris builds bold, immersive worlds where destiny, danger, and imagination collide. Discover why fans call his work “unputdownable” — and join the universe of Ted Lazaris, where every story is a gateway to adventure. This holiday season, fear is the gift that keeps on giving. "...

What if the darkness of Lovecraft’s decadent New England overlapped into the Victorian era of Sherlock Holmes? Twenty-five new stories across two volumes pit Holmes and Watson against myriad nightmares from Lovecraft’s fiction—and against those nightmares which his writings have inspired. Join us as we journey from the familiar fog of Baker Street to the rotting gambrel roofs of Arkham, the blasphemous library of Miskatonic University, and beyond....

It’s 1925 and the Empress of Australia is making her regular Atlantic crossing, New York-bound, with a full manifest of passengers.When a dead body is uncovered onboard, it is up to Inspector Archie Daniels to find the killer. But solving one murder quickly turns into solving two, then three, and it becomes clear that Daniels must act fast to avoid an all-souls-lost-level calamity. No one, from the horrendously wealthy and entitled first-class passengers to what they would consider the dregs of empire below deck, is safe. And no one can get off.

Claire has it all. Or she thinks she does. Her life is perfect. Great job, wonderful loving husband, and an adorable, precocious daughter thriving in middle school. Her charmed life in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware is everything she wants it to be. Until it’s not. Utter heartbreak rocks her perfect world. And she does, of course, see ghosts. Louis Robinson wants to have it all. In 1910, he is the newest apprentice lighthouse keeper at the Fourteen Foot Bank Lighthouse in the Delaware Bay. His sleepless nights are plagued with voices that only he can hear. How long until those voices are too ...

Scarlet Mitchell wakes up on the floor of her boss's apartment. Her boss is dead and to make matters worse, Scarlet is holding the bloodied murder weapon. With no recollection of the previous night whatsoever, Scarlet turns to the only person who can find the answers she needs: Jason Callahan. Together with Trina Dane, local psychic and columnist for the city newspaper, they begin to dig into Scarlet's past.

TWO EXCITING URBAN FANTASY MYSTER BOOKS From the library of the massive Baker Street Universe collection: CTHULHU Sherlock Holmes and Harry Houdini come upon an enemy From another dimension. Not only huge, but powerful. How do you defeat a god? GODDESS Angel is asked by a giant goddess to help her get revenge. Join Angel and the Goddess as they tread a dark and Treacherous path that may lead somewhere they Least expect. Take a mystery adventure into worlds that don't exist, but could!

Based in Lewes, East Sussex, Ruby and her team of freelance psychics have been kept busy. Specializing in domestic cases, their solid reputation is spreading - it's not just the dead that can rest in peace but the living too. All is threatened when Ruby receives a call from the irate new owner of Highdown Hall. Film star Cynthia Hart is still in residence, despite having died in 1958. Winter deepens and so does the mystery surrounding Cynthia. She insists the devil is blocking her path to the light long after Psychic Surveys have 'disproved' it.

A Mafia Boss is dead and his thugs want revenge. It's night, pitch black, the rains is pouring down, a woman screams. Private Detective Jack Hamma comes to the rescue. A desperate fight ensues, a mafia boss is dead and Jack is blinded. The Mafia want revenge! A Mafia hit man, a beautiful nurse and a blind hero, all the ingredients of a page turner. ‘A rip roaring adventure.’ ‘Like all Jack Hamma's it has a brilliant opening scene.'

Morley's sequel to Parnassus on Wheels, his second love letter to the bookselling trade, The Haunted Bookshop, finds Mifflin and McGill now married and ensconced in Brooklyn. When Aubrey Gilbert, a young advertising man, visits the shop, he falls for Mifflin’s assistant, Titania. But something is amiss. The ghosts of literature aren’t the only mysterious visitors in Mifflin’s bookshop, where books disappear and reappear, but Mifflin is too distracted to notice. Gilbert takes Titania's safety into his own hands. Her life—and the Mifflins’—may depend on it.

Red is now the hunted. Red descends into the supernatural underbelly of Las Vegas to enroll in a magical academy. After leaving heartbreak in Los Angeles, she is ready to focus on her lessons. A new city comes with new problems when she befriends a teen orphan targeted by assassins. The mystery deepens behind the glitter of the Strip. Her old struggles aren't far behind when her brooding and heroic ex-boyfriend Lucas arrives with an ominous warning about werewolves. Another distraction to her studies is the sexy mogul Kristoff who arrives to do business with the alchemists. In the casino ...

In Aunt Dimity Beats the Devil, Lori's twins are now toddlers, walking and talking enough to drive her nearly stir crazy. So she jumps at the offer of a break - a trip to evaluate a rare-book collection in a remote and misty corner of Northumberland. On a dark and stormy night in late October, she sets out for Wyrdhurst Hall, the grim neo-Gothic castle owned by newlyweds Nicole and Jared Hollander. On the way there she encounters Adam Chase, a charming, handsome stranger who knows more than he's telling about the hall's mysterious secrets....

When Stephen's dad says they're moving, Stephen knows it's pointless to argue. They're broke from paying Mom's hospital bills, and now the only option left is to live with Stephen's grandmother in Spencer, a backward small town that's like something out of The Twilight Zone. Population: 814.

Violet Ambrose is grappling with two major issues: Jay Heaton and her morbid secret ability. While the 16-year-old is confused by her new feelings for her best friend since childhood, she is more disturbed by her "power" to sense dead bodies or at least those that have been murdered. Since she was a little girl, she has felt the echoes the dead leave behind in the world . . . and the imprints that attach to their killers.