The Book of Extraordinary Impossible Crimes and Puzzling Deaths

The Book of Extraordinary Impossible Crimes and Puzzling Deaths

Author: Martin Edwards

Publisher: Mango Media Inc.

Published: 2020-06-16

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1642502197

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This anthology draws together some of the best new stories of mystery and murder—compiled by the Anthony Award–winning crime fiction editor. This anthology collects the most original stories of murder by some of mystery fiction's most inventive talents from the United States and United Kingdom. With innovative new takes on locked-room mysteries and impossible crimes, these short stories are full of vexing conundrums and reality-defying puzzles. A murder has been committed—but how could it have happened? Curated by Maxim Jakubowski, one of the crime genre’s most renowned editors, this volume features never-before-seen stories by acclaimed authors—including British Science Fiction Award–winner Eric Brown, Derringer Award–winner O'Neil de Noux, and multiple CWA Dagger Award–winners and nominees.


Called by the Bear - Book 1

Called by the Bear - Book 1

Author: V. Vaughn

Publisher: Sugarloaf Press

Published: 2015-09-17

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13:

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Begin the adventure readers don't want to end! Who up and moves from California to Maine based on a recurring dream? No one who’s thinking straight—but that’s what I convinced my best friend, Sierra, we should do. Did I mention that dream includes smoking-hot guys? Or that we both have tattoos nobody else can see? Like I said, this isn’t normal. Neither is the fact our cross-country road trip nabs us two more women like us—all of us summoned by something we don’t understand. Now here we are in Maine where they grow the men big. The women too. Things that shouldn’t happen, do. Things that shouldn’t exist, do. Where fate is more than a joke—because it appears I was called here for a reason. To save a clan of werebear, to have a true mate by my side. But can I become what destiny has planned for me and save a clan from extinction? Hold on tight for the wild ride that will leave you sleepless until it ends.


Books on Fire

Books on Fire

Author: Lucien X. Polastron

Publisher: Lucien X. POLASTRON

Published: 2007-08-13

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 9781594771675

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Almost as old as the idea of the library is the urge to destroy it. Author Lucien X. Polastron traces the history of this destruction, examining the causes for these disasters, the treasures that have been lost, and where the surviving books, if any, have ended up. Books on Fire received the 2004 Societe des Gens de Lettres Prize for Nonfiction/History in Paris.