Anthologies & Short Stories

More than 20 New York Times best-selling authors team up to create a first-rate serial novel - a gripping, spellbinding mystery....

Get three absolutely gripping crime thrillers set on the UK's atmospheric north Norfolk coast from number one best-selling British author J M Dalgliesh in this great value collection....

Danielle Garrett presents Books 1-5 of the Sugar Shack Witch Mysteries, a paranormal cozy mystery series filled with magic, mystery, family squabbles, sassy heroines, and a mysterious monster hunter—all with a little sugar sprinkled on top.

The Dark Yorkshire Series are fast-paced crime fiction stories featuring DI Nathaniel Caslin. Books four to six in this best-selling series are brought together for the first time in a great value collection....

Graham is a detective inspector with London’s Metropolitan police force. He’s a career police officer, an educated, reserved, thoughtful, some might say, complex man....

This bundle includes books one, two, and three in the Beechwood Harbor Magic Mysteries series.

The Josephine Tey Collection includes unabridged recordings of all 6 of the novels in the Inspector Alan Grant series....

Miss Marple meets Oscar Wilde in this series of cosy mysteries set in the picturesque Cotswolds village of Bunburry. A wealthy developer has turned up in the picturesque Cotswolds village of Bunburry with the aim of building a luxury golf course.

John Moffat stars as the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot in seven more BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations....

No sooner does she set foot in the quirky village of Pin Cherry Harbor to claim her inheritance, than the handsome sheriff catches her standing over a corpse. Desperate to prove her innocence, she’s forced to accept help from her granny’s entitled cat and a spirit from beyond the grave.

The first three books in the Irish Village Mystery series are included in this edition: Murder in an Irish Village, Murder at an Irish Wedding, and Murder in an Irish Churchyard....

Thespian sleuth Charles Paris is his own worst enemy, a louche lush who can resist anything except temptation - especially in the form of women and alcohol....

Paul Auster's signature work, The New York Trilogy, consists of three interlocking novels....

If you like dark and compelling crime thrillers, you’ll love the acclaimed DCI Yorke series. Three best-selling, high-octane serial killer thrillers in one box set! Includes: One Last Prayer for the Rays, The Repenting Serpent, and The Silence of Severance....

Benedict Cumberbatch reads these four new Sherlock Holmes stories by John Taylor....

This collection of recordings about Brother Cadfael—a Benedictine monk and amateur sleuth in the 12th century—are performed here by the ideal actor....

Jack's a retired ex-cop from New York, seeking the simple life in Cherringham. Sarah's a Web designer who's moved back to the village to find herself...

Welcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken. This collection contains the first three books in the series: Magic & Murder, Magic & Mystery, and Magic & Mischief....

Welcome to Spellbound, where paranormal is the new normal. This collection includes Lucky Charm, Better Than Hex, and Cast Away.

Rachel Hatch has taken the thriller world by storm. Get swept up in the first three explosive books in this pulse-pounding series from Wall Street Journal and USA Today best-selling author L. T. Ryan and former detective Brian Shea.

Every town has its secrets, but no one has a secret like hers. Amber Blackwood, lifelong resident of Edgehill, Oregon, has earned a reputation for being a semi-reclusive odd duck. This set includes: Pawsitively Poisonous, Pawsitively Cursed, and Pawsitively Secretive....

The David Wolf Mystery Thriller Series rolls forward with IN THE GROUND, taking Wolf to a high altitude mine where a man has been found murdered. Next, in HIGH ROAD, Wolf faces a case in a neighboring county that will test his will.

In 1974, local farmers outside Xi'an, China, discovered an army of more than 8,000 life-sized ancient terracotta warriors buried in a series of pits. Historians believed that the warriors were placed there to guard the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China.

Discover six clean and fun best-selling cozy mysteries by Abby Reede to enjoy! The Fern Grove Series: Carnations and Deadly Fixations, One Daisy and Two Crazy Funerals, White Lily and a Fatal Chili, Mistletoe and Deadly Kisses, and more....

Set during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, we meet Max Carrados, the celebrated blind detective, Norman Conquest the fast talking, hard hitting adventurer with a disregard for danger, and Ben, the chivalrous and perky non-descript little man....

S. E. Biglow's Cozy Mystery Starter Pack contains the first book in each of her cozy mystery series. From sleuthing shopkeepers and inquisitive reverends to magical mysteries, this collection has something for every cozy mystery lover.

Eleven short stories focused on regular people in serious trouble, to keep you waiting for resolutions, or to make you smile, laugh, and touch your heart.

Christmas has served as a fertile background for mystery fiction for a very long time, perhaps because it has the appearance of a time of peace and love while being so deeply at odds with violence, crime, and even murder. Many of the stories in this anthology have been written by some of the greatest Golden Age authors, undoubtedly inspired by the juxtaposition of the disparate elements of love and hate.

From a country estate in Sussex to the docklands of Limehouse, from the Royal Albert Hall to a music hall in Shoreditch, from the net-curtained suburbs of Beckenham and Hampstead to a brothel in Bow, Holmes and Watson go plumbing the depths of human depravity to unmask likely and unlikely villains. The cast of colourful characters include a world famous Russian violinist, an intrepid female detective, Miss Dimples and her performing poodles, a diminutive maid named Fancy, a dead policeman on a platform at St Pancras station, as well as Wiggins, Jimsy and Bobs of the Baker Street Irregulars.

Tauchen Sie ein in eine Sammlung fesselnder Kurzgeschichten, die Sie von der ersten Minute an in ihren Bann ziehen. Dieses Hörbuch wurde speziell für Senioren gestaltet und bietet ein Hörerlebnis, das zum Mitraten und Mitfiebern einlädt. Jede Geschichte ist leicht verständlich, sodass Sie ganz entspannt ins Geschehen eintauchen und die spannenden Krimi-Momente genießen können.

That’s the mantra for the members of the Monthly Murder Movie Club at The Northwoods Movie Theater. Every month, this eclectic group of northern Michigan residents gather to watch a murder mystery movie on the big screen. After stopping the projector in the middle of the movie, the members gather to discuss the crime and suspects, each making a whodunit pick before resuming the movie. The hair dresser with the scissors? The jilted lover with poison?

Verschollene Wunschzettel, verschneite Berghütten und mörderische Geständnisse an Heiligabend – Bestsellerautor Ragnar Jónasson mit beschaulich-schaurigen Weihnachtsgeschichten aus Island. Gekonnt wechselt er zwischen behaglicher Idylle und eiskalten Gänsehaut-Momenten. Da ist der unerwartete Einsatz des Polizisten Ari Arason, der ganz harmlos beginnt; da steht ein verängstigter Mann an Heiligabend vor der Haustür und hat eine ungewöhnliche Bitte; und da ist Hulda Hermannsdóttir, die ein scheinbar unverfängliches Gespräch mit einem besorgten Vater beginnt.

Per la prima volta insieme questi racconti, già apparsi in varie antologie a tema, ci restituiscono un ritratto del vicequestore Rocco Schiavone. Sono cinque tessere che contribuiscono a definire il personaggio per chi già lo conosce e servono come una presentazione per chi non l’ha mai letto: un poliziotto scontroso, trasgressivo, ruvido, spesso ai limiti della brutalità, conosce però il cuore degli uomini e sa sempre da che parte stare.

This series of stories follows recently retired forensic pathologist Dr. Maeve Harrington. Seeking peace in her late grandmother's cottage, Maeve instead uncovers a string of murders that reveal the dark undercurrents of this picturesque community. Partnering with skeptical Sheriff Nate Calder and eccentric neighbor Cora Pike, Maeve uses her forensic skills and outsider’s perspective to solve mysteries that stretch back generations. The quiet life she sought will have to wait. The sea is not quite finished with her.

The Best American series, launched in 1915, is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction, and it is the most respected—and most popular—of its kind. Don Winslow, the Raymond Chandler Award-winning author of City in Ruins, picks the best twenty mystery and suspense stories from the previous year.