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Impossible crime stories have been relished by puzzle-lovers ever since the invention of detective fiction.

In celebration of our 20th anniversary, Poisoned Pen Press has commissioned original short stories from thirty-five of its authors, past and present.

A man is forbidden to uncover the secret of the tower in a fairy-tale castle by the Rhine. A headless corpse is found in a secret garden in Paris - belonging to the city's chief of police.

"Sparkles with wit." -NORA ROBERTS, #1 New York Times bestselling author Delightful, glittering, timeless romance for your holiday season.

In the wild and untamed West, it takes cowboy's embrace to see you through a long winter's night.

Nine richly varied, often funny, always moving stories that reveal the complex workings of the human heart.

Four top historical romance novelists team up in this new collection to offer stories of love and romance with a twist of humor.

Meet nine women of the late 1800s who have found themselves in the role of matchmaker.

Five historical romances inspired by a messaged passed down through time.

Nine historical romances revive the brief era of the Pony Express.

Shy Expressions of Love Lead to Nine Historical Romances Declaring one's love can be hard-even risky-especially when faced with some of life's greatest challenges.

Enjoy a simple Christmas, sweetened by love, in historical communities of plain faith people. Four romances develop among the Ohio River Valley Quakers of the mid-1800s.

From Mary Shelley to H.G.

A vengeful phantom lurks in a country graveyard. A whaling crew becomes trapped on a haunted ship. A human skull is kept locked in a cupboard, but sometimes at night, it screams... .

An inventive, ranging debut story collection from a writer hailed by Claire Vaye Watkins as "Wallace Stegner on peyote, Nathanael West in a sweat lodge, Larry McMurtry on a vision quest."