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Before he was known for his best known work (Winnie the Pooh), A.A. Milne was a noted playwright and mystery author. Collected here are some of his earliest works. An active table of contents will help you quickly navigate to your desired w… more

The body of a film star crashes upon the roof of a moving tramcar, a mystery author is discovered hardboiled and bobbing in a hot tub, a home is ransacked, and two grandmothers are battling.With bleached blonde hair, an English accent, a br… more

Best-selling mystery author, Noah Fuller, shocks his readers when he announces that he’ll only be writing mysteries with a Christian theme from now on. When angry letters are sent to the publisher, his agent and even to his house, Fuller i… more

When mystery author Felicity Pride stumbles upon a gray Chartreux snuggled up against a corpse (in her own vestibule!), she’s determined to solve the crime just like her own fictional sleuth would do. Naturally she wants to know who the vic… more

The legendary mystery author lends his insight in the creative process behind his works.

Looking for trouble, Ellery Queen descends on a small townAt the tail end of the long summer of 1940, there is nowhere in the country more charming than Wrightsville. The Depression has abated, and for the first time in years the city is bo… more

A short story by mystery author Stacy Juba. When Gregg accidentally discovers his neighbor’s lingerie collection drip-drying in her shower, he stares in fascination at a scene that looks like laundry day at the whorehouse. After his neighbo… more

It’s a mystery every month from popular A to Z Mysteries author Ron Roy!August is for Acrobat…In the eigth book of the Calendar Mysteries - an early chapter book mystery series featuring the younger siblings of the A to Z Mysteries detect… more

Ever wish you could peer into the brain of a published author and learn what tips he’s absorbed over the years? How did he get where he is? How many times did he submit manuscripts before he sold his books? Or maybe you’d like to delve into… more

A book on how to wring the blahs from your fiction, by award winning science fiction, fantasy and mystery author Sarah A. Hoyt. Containing such vital information as how to avoid being oatmeal, and how and when to use pole dancers and Marti… more

Mystery author John M. Frazier takes the reader on a hot ride through the sere Arizona landscape and into international intrigue. It is a fast read, a noir experience and an action adventure, a classic gumshoe yarn.

While visiting an old friend’s ranch in Colorado, bestselling mystery author Jessica Fletcher is caught in a fiendish plot of revenge when one of the guests is found stabbed to death. Soon after, the victim’s wife is also discovered murder… more

A disgraced cop who’s quick to kill. A truckload of dead bodies (literally). An army of violent radicals. A beautiful woman who can’t be trusted. And oh, yeah … snakes.Written in the 1980s for a line of men’s adventure novels that w… more

Solve the MYSTERY of how to write and sell a KILLER story! With the help of interactive exercises, mystery author and crime fiction critic Hallie Ephron gives you the momentum you need to turn a kernel of an idea into an intriguing mystery … more

‘Did he or didn’t he?’ is the question in this third vintage mystery set during the Great Depression and starring the strong-willed and independent Marjorie McClelland. Newly betrothed and looking forward to the future, wealthy Englishman C… more

Emily Mignon’s love life is a disaster, and she’s not at all happy about it! When she finds a genie and is granted nine wishes, she’s determined to use one of them to find her one true love. But the genie warns her that any wish for romance… more

Mystery author Shenda Brown was only in the alley to check a fact for her novel; she certainly didn’t plan to witness the murder, or get shot. Trenton and Stanly Stone need to dispose of the body, the evidence, and the witness before papa a… more

It?s beginning to look a lot like murder… Jessica Fletcher is planning to spend a cozy Christmas in Cabot Cove. But when Rory Brent is found shot to death on his farm, there will be no peace on earth until his killer is found. Snooping in… more

“[The Book of] Revelation has served as a “language arsenal” in a great many of the social, cultural, and political conflicts in Western history. Again and again, Revelation has stirred some dangerous men and women to act out their own priv… more