Mystery Riddles

Something odd in the deceased's mouth sets Alexa and the team on a new track—to find Quinn's murderer. As they work to narrow the suspect field, a second homicide—and a stolen cache of weapons from a locked room in the bunker—ramp up the investigation and the risk to Alexa's life. Will she be able to solve this particular riddle before she becomes victim #3?

Melody Bird has discovered an old, abandoned building on the edge of town.... It's a dark, creepy place, but she can't resist its pull. When she goes to explore, she finds a boy hiding out there. Hal tells Melody that he is a spy-in-training, using the house as a base for his undercover surveillance of a nearby suspected criminal. He's very secretive about the details, but Melody trusts him and starts bringing him blankets and sneaking him food. She confides in her friends Matthew and Jake about Hal - they immediately question the likelihood of a 12-year-old spy.

When Kip Bramley receives a cryptic invitation, delivered by a beetle-shaped drone that appears to be breathing, his world changes forever. On his first day at Quicksmiths College of Strange Energy Kip finds himself chasing riddles and solving puzzles set 400 years earlier by a mysterious genius. Kip, his new friends, and their furry sidekicks must stay one step ahead to find the Ark of Ideas. But dark forces are closing in and getting closer....

In the small, sun-soaked town of Lewisville, Florida, a series of brutal, ritualistic murders has shattered the community’s sense of safety. Detective Jack Rhodes and Officer Grady Reynolds, two unlikely partners, are tasked with unearthing the truth behind these terrifying acts. As they dive deeper into the investigation, their pursuit of the killer pulls them into a shadowy world where nothing is as it seems. For Willow Sullivan, a nurse haunted by visions of a dark presence stalking her, the nightmare is becoming all too real. Her days blur into sleepless nights filled with strange ...

Jennifer Shannon buys an old framed picture at an estate sale, discovering a mysterious map and riddle hidden inside. Flying to Naples, Florida, to rescue her aging mother from a devious criminal preying on seniors, she sits on the plane beside William Early, who boasts he’s a wealthy, powerful Civil War artifact collector who “always gets what he wants, whatever it takes”. Moving her mother from her long-time Florida home to Virginia, present serious challenges as Jennifer protects her from criminals, while researching riddle and map clues to an apparent Civil War treasure.

Welcome to Rush City, where the croissants are golden, the locals are quirky, and murder is always on the menu. Cornelia “Corny” Baker’s cozy little bakery is the heart of this charming mining town—famous for its mouthwatering pastries and friendly atmosphere. But when a ruthless billionaire is found dead clutching one of Corny’s signature croissants, her reputation crumbles like stale bread. With the entire town watching, Corny teams up with her eccentric best friend, Marcel, to prove her innocence. Together, they’ll sift through clues, uncover a recipe for betrayal, and bake ...

An invitation to take lunch at the Great Western Hotel at Paddington station leads Sherlock Holmes into a baffling mystery. Who is it that is watching every move made by popular journalist Farringdon Blake, and why? When the trail goes cold in London, Holmes and his friend, Dr. Watson, must travel down to Foxwood Grange, Blake's home in rural Oxfordshire, to seek a solution to the mystery there.

The plot involves the uncovering of secret German preparations for an invasion of the United Kingdom and is sited by Winston Churchill as one of the major reasons the Admiralty decided to establish naval bases at Invergordon, the Firth of Forth and Scapa Flow.

Beneath the waves, darkness stirs… Most know stories of Atlantis; the downfall of a superior civilization that sank into the ocean. Join these characters on the adventures of a lifetime as they navigate the dangerous depths. From exploring sunken cities where hungry monsters lurk to sanguine sirens that leave bloody trails in their wakes. From selkies stumbling across love to the discovery of elusive creatures like Nessie. Featuring stories from Jo Niederhoff, Barend Nieuwstraten III, Ella Rose, Charles Kyffhausen, M.R. Parsons, and J.E. Feldman.

Come take a dive. From sirens, mermaids, selkies, and more, these tales of the deep will tug at your heartstrings. Love can warm the iciest waters, but revenge is best served cold. Watery graves await for those who push boundaries or stray too far. Features stories by J.M. Rhineheart, Emma K. Leadley, K. Parr, Andria Kennedy, Fred Phillips, Barend Nieuwstraten III, Claire Davon, Nicholas Nethery, A.D. Watts, Toni Mobley, D.L. Lewellyn, Rienne French, Seth Taylor, Derek Kho, Anwen Redlake, and D.R. Birdsall.

A magical circle of trees, a careless oath of love, a dead boy in the forest.In a mystical circle of trees in Carter Woods, a teenager comes to a gruesome death. His body seems worn out and aged. Soon he crumbles to dust. Inspector Hausman is faced with a mystery. His only evidence leads to an obscure case from the 1970s that was never solved. As more and more people get lost in the forest and end up dead, it becomes clear that a force of evil is at work here that should never have been awakened. Hausman must investigate a field that he has always considered pure nonsense. He delves into ...

Welcome to the world of Steamboat Willie’s Whistlestop Puzzle Mysteries! It’s the 1920s, and you’re the new first mate of a steamboat, the SS Wilkinshire. You encounter Willie, a talking mouse, on your first mystery! Together, the two of you team up to solve crimes. And there’s a lot of them! The SS Wilkinshire is a magnet for unfortunate events: murder, blackmail, thievery. There’s always a puzzle that needs to be solved. If you think playing detective is going to be easy, think again! These puzzle mysteries are tricky. It takes a very sharp eye to recognize the clues, so ...

This is the first of the Anne of Athelhampton trilogy, which is inspired by true historical events and characters from England's Dorsetshire in the 1500s. It is written by Giles Keating, who lives in Athelhampton's Tudor rooms just as Anne did five hundred years ago and who welcomes visitors to see the secret passages that she discovered, and the symbols in stone that she searched out to solve the Riddle.

The time is 1903. Carruthers, on leave from Britain's Foreign Service, accepts an invitation from his friend, Davies, to sail around the Baltic. But Davies has a secret mission. He has run afoul of a secret German invasion plot and persuades Carruthers to push into unknown waters with him to find out what it is the Germans are hiding before it is too late. The Riddle of the Sands is considered the first modern espionage story.

Dan Kotler, independent researcher and archaeologist, is winding down from the events surrounding the theft and recovery of the Coelho Medallion, and discovering that the fallout of this history-altering adventure reaches further than he’d imagined. As academic colleagues shun him and the press hounds him, Kotler finds himself looking for a new purpose. When Gail McCarthy, granddaughter of one of Manhattan’s wealthiest real estate moguls, brings an ancient stone to Kotler’s attention, he finds himself embroiled once again in intrigue, jeopardy, and mystery.

The thought suddenly occurred to Morse that this would be a marvellous time to murder a few of the doddery old bachelor dons. No wives to worry about their whereabouts; no landladies to whine about the unpaid rents. In fact nobody would miss most of them at all.

The moment twelve-year-old Kelsey and her mother arrive at Freedom Lake, it's obvious that this is not going to be the kind of resort experience Kelsey expected. Or hoped for. A nurse escorts a girl in a strait-jacket out the back door of their cabin and Kelsey's creeped out. The girl begs Kelsey for help. Mrs. A., the woman who runs the resort, apologizes and explains that the girl hasn't been taking her meds. That's when Kelsey learns there's a private school on the property for girls with “special needs.”

Bartholomew Bennet hadn’t planned on living on the streets of the Burnside Triangle, addicted to heroin and pimping himself out. Far from it. A newly minted MBA in hand and a job with one of Portland, Oregon’s most promising tech start-ups, Bart had arrived with hopes and plans for the future. And then, it all fell apart. The once bright, engaging twenty-two-year-old hipster was now a skinny, desperate, dying drug addict who would do anything for twenty bucks. And the saddest part of all? No one would be there when he died…not his mother, or his grandfather…Father Jack Mahoney. A ...

An obscure and ancient Turkish church where, if legend is to be believed, thousands have been healed of all manner of disease and injury by simply walking through a door and into a small, candle-lit chamber. A renowned archeological team from a prominent Pacific Northwest university who have uncovered an ancient manuscript claiming to lead its possessor to a relic, the discovery of which would be the single greatest archeological find in history. A clandestine conclave of nine incalculably wealthy men ensconced in an obscure Swiss chalet. Their focus is also consumed with unearthing this ...

Enter the Veil. The infamous Fae are most known for their sly ways. While tricking humans may be their specialty, they don't always show kindness toward their own kin either. The grander the scheme, the larger their boasting rights. From Sidhe, gnomes, brownies, and more, you'll always need to be on guard and vigilant. Featuring stories by Christopher Pate, Kevin A. Davis, Ben Howels, Toni Mobley, Ally Kelly, Michael A. Epanchin, Barend Nieuwstraten III, Robert Allen Lupton, Jasiah Witkofsky, J. Woolston Carr, Aaron Van Treeck, Gray Stanback, and Charles Wiegand.