Short Mystery Collection

Diverse, dark-humored, and deliciously bite-sized, you'll love this compelling collection of 16 psychological suspense short stories. If you're a fan of Roald Dahl or Gillian Flynn, you'll love these unsettling stories with a twist in the tale. Are you ready to stay up all night with USA Today best-selling author JT Lawrence?

Former Sumo Wrestler Bigu Edee turned private detective is hired by the Japanese mob to track down high end club hostess Saya. But as Bigu Edee digs deeper into Saya's disappearance he realizes that he is being asked to do much more than simply locate Saya. Saya's Run and many other stories make up this wonderful little collection.

James needs money. Now. Then he learns Mickle doesn't seem to keep much track of his seemingly limitless weed inventory. Mickle won't notice if James snags just one small brick of skank, will he? James tells himself he'll take just a little, just enough to get his child support, his probation officer, his sister, his grandmother, and his baby mama off his back. Besides, a total dweed like Mickle couldn't do much about it even if he did find out? Right? Wrong!

Does size matter? Is bigger better? That’s no small question to Tom Little - the circus midget with giant dreams. Tom may be king of the midgets, but he’s got far grander ambitions - to become the muscleman at the top, the ringmaster. Now, drawing on some dark ancient secrets and mystic texts, he’s about to get his wish.... Assuming another man’s identity, Tom discovers he must also take on his sins, debts, and enemies. He may be living large - but now there are those who want to make him pay for the big man’s sins.

If you like gripping mysteries, thrilling action, and suspense, you’ll love this pulse-pounding collection from acclaimed author P.T. Reade. Includes the books Night Runner, Marked for Death, Private Lie, and Taken Below. Discover murder, mystery, danger, and betrayal across Los Angeles, New Orleans, and deep below New York City in this exciting series of short thrillers that readers are calling "captivating" and a "must read".

Elliott and Matt are hire by the police to handle the leg work for them on a kidnap case that has brought in the FBI. The two private eyes have to check area body shops, machine shops, fabrication shops and any other place capable of manufacturing a fake U.S. Mail box, used in the ransom drop.

Seven strange stand-alone tales involving unusual people caught in disturbing circumstances are presented in this collection.

A wolf shifter. Tucker doesn’t do rules. He should have. Nearly being killed put him in the lust crosshairs of a very sexy nurse that he can’t stop thinking about. A healing hottie. Nurse Rachel’s got a fine life—okay, maybe a boring life is a better description. Until she nearly kills a wolf shifter. A clan war gives rise a very unlikely union. Rachel can’t deny her nightly dreams about the wolf shifter she saved. Tucker can’t deny that Rachel makes his blood travel south. This shouldn’t happen. It shouldn’t. But God, it is. And oh man, is it ever.

A Short Walk to the Other Side is a second short story collection of supernatural, metaphysical, science fiction, and horror stories following "The Small Dark Room of the Soul" by award-winning author Matthew J. Pallamary that examines the shadow side of human nature.

Will Rajnish, a 5-year-old dreamy-eyed kid, survive a multi-pronged attack by a fearsome hyena, a lurking ghost, a beautiful witch, and an unlawful theft? Will these kids become famous? Will they sanely handle ghosts and demons? Will Rajnish be a demon slayer? Does he play with a ghost rider toy and does he read goosebumps books at such a tender age? Are children in the family safe from demons, ghosts, and other elements, like cobra, thieves, et al? Kids from 3 to 12 years in the family have a habit of keeping vampire diaries and ghost puranas. Can Rajnish deal with the story of his father ...

No matter how you spin it - from a self-driving car that abducts its passengers, to a newly released ex-con who is being hunted by father/daughter hoods for the 300 grand he owes them, to a suburban couple startled awake in the middle of the night after two Antifa hoods break into their home intent on doing some real damage - these stories are relentless. Gear up for an adrenaline-fueled ride to the dark side and back, where the bad guy isn't always bad and the good guys will stab you in the back.

As a young man Monte Calhoun was as wild as they come, thinking the measure of a man was how hard he could drink and how straight he can shoot. But several years of schooling back East have changed him. Monte has become The No-Gun Man. The East Coast has civilized him, and he’s bringing some of that civilization home to Superstition, Arizona...even if it means refusing to avenge the murder of his own father.

A collection of 13 science-fiction, horror, humor, and mysterious short stories.

Elliott and his son Matt are hired to babysit an important witness and make sure he makes it to court to testify Monday morning. Elliott takes him to a rented cabin in the mountains and quickly realizes that someone else knows he's there...and they're after the witness.

Secrets Buried in the Woods is a collection of five chilling short stories. The short stories featured in this collection are: "Graves", "Culling", "Hillbillies", "Flatline", and "Shadows".

As the nights get longer, are you just itching for good horror books? Ready to snuggle up and listen to suspenseful stories that will have you looking over your shoulder? If you’ve been searching for some scary stories to tell in the dark, then you’ve come to the right place! Get ready for a heart-pounding journey into the unknown with "Shivers Down My Spine," a thrilling collection of three captivating short horror stories that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Rain fell in sheets and lightning flickered through the sky as two boys snuck into the abandoned theatre. What they find will change their lives forever. If they live.

A spine-chilling collection of five horror short stories. "Scarecrow", "Blood on the Bayou", "The Forest", "The Undead: Outbreak", and "The Dark Side of the Moon".

A collection of short mystery stories by award-winning author Bill Pronzini. In "The Man Who Collected the Shadows", a mild-mannered file clerk with a passion for pulpy detective stories learns that he has supernatural powers. In "Shade Work", a con man picks the wrong marks. Fans of mysteries and detective novels will enjoy listening to these 14 entertaining stories.

"The Castle Orphans": "How often does he visit you?" added Watson, producing his pipe from his pocket. He searched the same pocket for a match then lit the device. "He visits every week and every few nights. He likes to sneak in the window and take things back to his castle!" The small girl played with the little tiger upon her knee.