Mystery & Detective
Thunder Road
In this gamble, more than a few poker chips are at stake.
When an Army Air Force Major vanishes from his Top Secret job at the Fort Worth airbase in the summer of 1947, down-on-his-luck former Ranger Jefferson ...
Lewis Sinclair and the Gentlemen Cowboys
A missing brooch. A face set in cement. This is not your average music festival.
Lewis Sinclair, a stalwart and tender country musician, is about to take the stage with his band, the Gentlemen Cowboys, ...
The Murder of Madison Garcia
Sometimes the truth doesn’t set you free—it gets you killed.
Detective Susan Ford notices a missed call on her phone from a number she doesn’t recognize, and when Madison García, a woman with past ...
The Immortal Detective
Sometimes being immortal makes you wish you were dead.
Celeste Crenshaw has survived her parents’ grisly murders, grueling and gender-biased police training, a battle with rogue vampires, and even her ...
The Dollmaker
No one is safe. Not when The Dollmaker lurks in the shadows.
Dawn Hildegard’s dream is to become a doctor, but for a woman in the 1920s, this is no easy task. When her best friend Rose is kidnapped ...
Her Sister's Death
She wanted the truth. She should have known better.
When her sister is found dead in a Baltimore hotel room, reporter Val Ritter’s world is turned upside down. An empty pill bottle at the scene leads ...
The Secret Garden of Yanagi Inn
Cracked doesn’t always mean broken.
Grieving her mother’s death, Mari Lennox travels to Kyoto, Japan to take photographs of Yanagi Inn for a client. As she explores the inn and its grounds, her camera ...
The Photo Thief
If photos could speak.
Still grieving his toddler’s death, Detective Dan Brennan of the Philadelphia P.D. returns to the force and is assigned to investigate a socialite’s fatal fall down her mansion’s ...
The Ghosts of Thorwald Place
A Mystery Scene Magazine 2021 Editor's Pick
Trust No One. Especially Your Neighbors.
Rachel Drake is on the run from the man who killed her husband. She never leaves her safe haven in an anonymous doorman ...
The Dead Won't Tell
What lies in the past should not be uncovered.
When Abbie Adams, a historian-turned-journalist, is hired to investigate a cold-case murder from 1969, she jumps at the chance. But soon after she begins ...