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Quinn delivers an original short story answering the question on all his fans' minds: How exactly did Chet (the dog) and Bernie (the PI) meet? Everyone knows that Chet met Bernie on the day he flunked K-9 police school, but the details--including a cat, some blood, and a dangerous gang of thieves--have to be heard to be believed.

When Victorian gentleman Charles Lenox begins to investigate the apparent suicide of a friend's former servant, he suspects murder--but to find the killer, he must untangle a complex web of loyalties and animosities before it's too late.

Maurice Leblanc, le créateur d'Arsène Lupin, est né le 11 novembre 1864 à Rouen et est décédé le 6 novembre 1941 à Perpignan. Les exploits d'Arsène Lupin se déroulent principalement à Paris et dans le pays de Caux, en Normandie : Étretat et le trésor des rois de France, Tancarville, le passage souterrain de Jumièges devant mener au trésor médiéval des abbayes ...

No one even knew they were together. Now one of them is dead. Fifty-six days ago: Ciara and Oliver meet in a supermarket queue in Dublin and start dating the same week COVID-19 reaches Irish shores.Thirty-five days ago: When lockdown threatens to keep them apart, Oliver suggests they move in together. Ciara sees a unique opportunity for a relationship to flourish without the scrutiny of family and friends. Oliver sees a chance to hide who - and what - he really is. Today: Detectives arrive at Oliver’s apartment to discover a decomposing body inside.

Hired by local mixed martial arts trainer Elijah Lennox to find a missing UFC Championship belt, pro-wrestler PI "Hammerhead" Jed must extract answers from the tight-knit MMA community. Still consuming his weight in banana milkshakes, Jed ventures into a world of jewel thieves, bodybuilders, eccentric yoga enthusiasts, and adorable baby goats. As he infiltrates an exclusive and unique no-holds-barred fight club, Jed might just find himself down for the count. Five Moves of Doom is a high-altitude and high-attitude entry in A.J.

From the #1 bestselling author of Indians on Vacation, Sufferance and 77 Fragments of a Familiar Ruin For the first time since the pandemic, Thumps DreadfulWater has finally found some peace in small-town Chinook. Sure, his beloved cat is still missing and his relationship with Claire is more than uncertain, but at least he can relax in the comfort of his home. And now that local businesses are opening their doors again, everything can go back to the way it was.

Scotland Yard detectives Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James are drawn into separate investigations that hold disturbing--and deadly--complications.

Mattie Cobb and her K-9 partner get called to track a missing junior high student, but that's only the start of trouble in Timber Creek because soon another girl goes missing.

This entertaining collection features thirteen short mystery stories from some of our finest writers, all based on some piece of music.

For each of the detectives at the agency, a betrayal becomes not only the driving force behind an investigation, but the source of the kind of resolve that cannot be derailed by threats. For Nameless, trying to find out who is gaslighting an old woman only exposes the ugly side of family.