The Briefcase - format ePub

The last Earl of Wynherne lies dead on the study floor. His daughter is missing and seemingly respectable Mr Allerton is found stabbed in the leg. Fenland Detective Inspector Hadley is called in to investigate,...

Evelyn, a CCTV operator, sees too much information while she monitors a store's self-service checkout tills in this cybercrime short story about identity theft.

It's 1929 and Albert Sternheimer, a yegg (jewel thief) from St Louis, is travelling on the RMS Aquitania with a case of stolen jewels, but unknown to him there's someone else on board with an interest...

A little hedgehog promises his grandmother that he won't go onto the wasteland (the road) where the dragons (vehicles) live, but one day he's tempted onto the road by a hungry crow. Will he manage to...

A cybercrime short story cautionary tale about the dangers of sharing too much information. Greg has unwisely accepted a friend request from "Natalie", a stranger who starts to stalk him after failing...

Convinced that his secretive wife, Annie, is cheating on him, Aide meets an attractive young goth at the pub who helps him pick the lock of Annie's briefcase to search for incriminating evidence.

Daisy Carmichael has never gotten over her first love. But when he left for the mainland, he also left her heartbroken and seeking comfort in the arms of another man.Miles Olsen left Maui to follow his...

In this exciting conclusion to BETWEEN...A young boy vanishes into the Alaskan wilderness.It's a harsh land, and his disappearance barely stirs national interest. But strange signals detected by a nearby...

Alice faces her most perilous adversary yet—her own past!It’s been years since Alice returned to the real world, now living peacefully with her endlessly curious, young daughter Evelyn.Wonderland may...

‘Tis the season…for fearsome frights!Get ready for a gruesome stocking stuffer of Ho-Ho-Horror with these tooth-gnashing tales!Witness a dark hunger that can never be sated in “The Pothole” by award-winning...

Things are looking up in Mapleton. Police Chief Gordon Hepler is relieved that the mayoral election is over—after three recounts. But in Mapleton, peace doesn't last long. The bitter mayoral loser won't...

They vowed to be the storm. Time and circumstance tore them apart, but the sea brought them back together.When rescue diver Jason started his retirement, he thought his next adventure would be in construction....

Trent Gibson is a bastard in every sense of the word. But after stealing from his half-brother, Ash, and arranging a robbery that got the man shot, he wasn't punished. Instead, he was hired to manage...

This Valentine's, the Moonshine Girls, Davie Carter, Fenn Everhart, and Daisy Mae Harper, are catching killers instead of kisses. It turns out that heartbreak comes in many flavors—sweet, bitter, and...

A reluctant princess. A high-stakes ball. A murder that could end the world.Ebrel Dymestl prefers the hiss of an espresso machine to the fanfare of a royal trumpet. But as the niece of the Fae Queen,...

A a heartwarming drama that explores redemption and understanding amid prejudice. After losing his sight in the War, Grandpa Walker is left bitter and isolated in his modest home. He spends most of his...

In 1950s Brooklyn, fruit vendor Alphonse Marino struggles to provide for his family amidst poverty and prejudice. With no other choice, he resorts to the risky world of loan sharks when banks refuse to...

Until Tomorrow is a poignant, emotionally charged novella about love, loss, and the thin line between holding on and letting go. When Marna Maloney suffers a catastrophic stroke and slips into a locked-in...

In this high-stakes psychological thriller, a group of strangers are lured to a remote island for a mysterious weekend retreat — soon discovering they've been selected to serve as jurors in a perilous,...

A Perfect Murder is a gripping whodunit where secrets and betrayals unravel in a quiet Texas suburb. Alyssa Ellis is brutally murdered, and suspicion falls on family and friends as detectives race against...

In Oak Hollow, every recipe comes with a dash of mystery...Temperance Matthews thought opening her dream bakery in Oak Hollow—with her mini dachshund, Hank, at her heels—would be a sweet start to her...

FIVE LIVES. ONE UNFORGETTABLE COLLECTION.In this gripping anthology of crime, suspense, and heart-tugging drama, five powerful stories explore the lengths people will go to for love, money, justice, and...

Two centuries after a terrifying encounter in the polar wilderness, Tulli, a quiet millworker in the Idaho town of Valleys End, has learned to cage his monthly transformations behind steel and stone —...

A war of the roses ignites between feuding small-town neighbors in this fun, slow-burn lesbian romance. Retired master florist Kate Willow moved to remote Serenity Springs for one thing: peace. All she...

MassimoAs a self-made billionaire and next in line for the Roselli crime family throne, I'm not looking for a relationship of any kind, or to be someone's knight in shining armor.That's the last thing...

A lab explosion.An interdimensional warfare.Two soulmates.Ashaar Naveed is a brilliant scientist pushing the limits of AI and quantum research. When Emma Herrmann, a quantum physicist joins his team,...

Step beyond the Veil and uncover the living architecture of creation in The Eclipsera Codex, the definitive world compendium of The Veilborn Trilogy by Gerald Locke.This illuminated chronicle gathers...

Veiled Ascendance: The Pulse of Eternity is the breathtaking conclusion to Gerald Locke's award-winning epic fantasy trilogy, The Veilborn Trilogy — a saga where love, divinity, and destiny intertwine...

He made her a promise but couldn't keep it.She waited for him, not knowing if he'd ever return.Raul is back after thirteen years. A series of unfortunate events had spurred his departure from home, and...

Healing Those Ghetto Wounds has an entertaining yet grounding element to the reality of what mainstream culture and media might refer to as "ghetto". It is an abstract short story book containing mini...

In the capital of Veridia, where politics is a venomous game, Lady Elara Vance is one bad debt away from losing her family's legacy. Her only hope is the sale of a final heirloom: the Star of Mourning.The...

Quintha Thistlewhite is an unremarkable, solitary cottage witch. On what is supposed to be an unremarkable trip to the fall market to stock up for winter, she becomes embroiled in a rather remarkable...

What was supposed to be just another school camp—another timetable, another set of rules, another temporary escape—quietly became the place where Princess's heart learned a new language.From the moment...

In a quiet corner of Milan, Luca Rossi makes the perfect cappuccino. His hands are steady, his smile is kind, and his past is a locked vault. To his neighbors, he's simply the gentle café owner. To a...

A gothic fairytale about echoes, silence, and the courage it takes to let the final song be heard. After midnight, the Silent Garden holds its breath. When Maren returns to the place she once fled,...

By day, Jared Jackson is a respected defense lawyer—brilliant, composed, and infamous for defending criminals. By night, he hides a far darker compulsion: an irresistible desire to commit murder.She is...