The first three books in Malcolm Archibald's 'Detective Watters Mysteries', a series of crime mystery novels set in 19th century United Kingdom, now in one volume! The Fireraisers: Dundee, Scotland, 1862. After the mill of businessman Matthew Beaumont burns down, Detective Sergeant George Watters is sent to investigate. When a man is found dead in the hold of a trade ship, George discovers a connection between Beaumont and foreign powers threatening the country. But what connects the enigmatic Beaumont to the murder and the strange events taking place in the Dundee shipyard? The Atlantic Street Murder: Sergeant Watters and Detective Silver investigate a tangled mystery in London, involving the murder of a guardsman and the wife of an Austrian diplomat. With the help of the Irish woman Rowena, Watters trawls through the back streets of London, encounters female prize-fighters and suave cracksmen, and finds himself in the savage world of espionage. But can he find the meaning behind the mysterious words: ‘There is a storm from the east and the west’? Murdered On The 13th: Dundee, 1860s. Sergeant George Watters and his team investigate the murder of a local banker, found dead on the 13th tee of a local golf course. Illicit prizefighters, merchants and prostitutes all seem to be connected to the murder, and even the toughest of Dundee are refusing to talk. In a case that stretches him to his limit, Watters' enquiries take him from the lowest brothels to the elite of Dundee society.

Books 4-6 in Malcolm Archibald's 'Detective Watters Mysteries', a series of crime mystery novels set in 19th century United Kingdom, now in one volume! The Scuttlers: When Sergeant George Watters is assigned to a scuttling case, he thinks he can solve it in a few days. Instead, he discovers a connection to burglaries across Dundee. After one of Watters' informants tells him that someone from the police force is involved, he realizes that the mystery runs deeper than expected. Can Watters solve the case and bring the burglars, and their accomplices, to justice? Not a Pukka Gentleman: Sergeant Watters finds himself overwhelmed with three simultaneous cases. With a case of poisoning, a series of child kidnappings and somebody with a seeming dislike to clocks and watches, Watters and his team are stretched thin. Things get even more complicated when a circus comes to Dundee, and Watters has to help raid an illegal gambling den. Fortunately, Dr. Beaton is there to help. But who is the mysterious man who crosses his path in Dundee, and why would anyone wish to kidnap boys from impoverished backgrounds? A Carriage For Lochee: Already involved in closing down a spate of illegal drinking dens in Lochee and Dundee, Watters is ordered to solve a murder and theft of a carriage from a Lochee merchant. His investigations take him to a family of tinkers and a group of Russian dissidents, as well as back to an incident that occurred in the Crimean War. Together with his partner, Detective Scuddamore, can Watters tie up all the ends in this confusing case?

Download books 1-3 in the bestselling Detective Kay Hunter series in one box set of gripping crime thrillers! "If you like your novels fast-paced and twisted with a tension that leaves you weak at the knees… you will love the whole series!" - Chapter In My Life Here's what you get in the box set: Scared to Death A serial killer murdering for kicks. A detective seeking revenge. When the body of a snatched schoolgirl is found in an abandoned biosciences building, the case is first treated as a kidnapping gone wrong. But Detective Kay Hunter isn’t convinced, especially when a man is found dead with the ransom money still in his possession. When a second schoolgirl is taken, Kay’s worst fears are realised. With her career in jeopardy and desperate to conceal a disturbing secret, Kay’s hunt for the killer becomes a race against time before he claims another life. For the killer, the game has only just begun… Will to Live Your next journey could be your last... When a packed commuter train runs over a body on a stretch of track known to locals as ‘Suicide Mile’, it soon transpires that the man was a victim of a calculated murder. As the investigation evolves and a pattern of murders is uncovered, Detective Sergeant Kay Hunter realises the railway’s recent reputation may be the work of a brutal serial killer. With a backlog of cold cases to investigate and attempting to uncover who is behind a professional vendetta against her, Kay must keep one step ahead of both the killer and her own adversaries. When a second murder takes place within a week of the first, she realises the killer’s timetable has changed, and she’s running out of time to stop him… One to Watch Sophie Whittaker shared a terrifying secret. Hours later, she was dead. Detective Kay Hunter and her colleagues are shocked by the vicious murder of a teenage girl at a private party in the Kentish countryside. A tangled web of dark secrets is exposed as twisted motives point to a history of greed and corruption within the tight-knit community. Confronted by a growing number of suspects and her own enemies who are waging a vendetta against her, Kay makes a shocking discovery that will make her question her trust in everyone she knows. One to Watch is a gripping murder mystery thriller, and the third in the Detective Kay Hunter series: 1. SCARED TO DEATH 2. WILL TO LIVE 3. ONE TO WATCH 4. HELL TO PAY 5. CALL TO ARMS 6. GONE TO GROUND 7. BRIDGE TO BURN (2019) Books 4-6 are available in a second box set collection. Police procedural, british detective, detective series, noir, suspense, thriller, mystery, British, female detective, women sleuth, legal thriller, thriller series, mystery series, psychological thriller, strong female, strong female protagonist, police procedural, thriller and suspense, vigilante justice, crime, action packed, police officer, hard-boiled, cozy, legal, suspense, suspense series, crime, financial, murder, theft, death, justice, crime fiction, crime novel, kidnapping, serial killers, heist, series, women's fiction, detective, conspiracy, political, terrorism, contemporary, genre fiction, murder mystery, mystery series, English detective series, English mystery series, English detective

The first three books in 'Detective Lauren Gabriel Mysteries', a series by Theodore Huntington, now available in one volume! The Game Night Murders: Linda O’Neill runs the wildest Game Night parties in Colorado. The problem is, her guests are beginning to die. But who's behind the murders; is it the jealous BFF, the new boyfriend, or the peculiar neighbor? The LoDo Murders: Detective Lauren Gabriel is tasked to solve the serial killings taking place in Denver, Colorado. The list of suspects includes the sadistic drug dealer, the OnlyFans stripper, the newspaper reporter, and even a rookie police officer. The Red Rocks Sacrifice: The beautiful, wheelchair-bound Detective Lauren Gabriel has been enlisted to help solve the case of the Red Rocks sacrifice. Teaming up with Detective Mandy Toboggan, she must uncover the demonic clues to the murder of a college student. But who is the murderer, and can they catch him before another life is lost?

A three-book bundle, plus a fun bonus novella set at Christmas time. A psychotherapist whose passion for helping others often lands her in trouble… MULTIPLE MOTIVES: Kate is normally the one who helps other people cope with trauma and tragedy, but she herself has led a charmed life—until a killer rips it apart. When the lead detective assumes she and her lawyer friend, Rob Franklin, are lovers trying to eliminate their spouses, they must investigate on their own. Who hates them enough to want them both dead…and doesn’t seem to mind if others get caught in the crossfire? ILL-TIMED ENTANGLEMENTS: No good deed goes unpunished! When Kate agrees to help her friend Rob’s elderly aunt with a problem, the “problem” ends up dead and Kate ends up in the middle of a police investigation. To clear Aunt Betty of suspicion, Kate and her cohorts must wade through a brimming pool of suspects—some of whom have secrets they would prefer stay buried. Meanwhile the residents of Aunt Betty’s retirement community are continuing to die off…and not from natural causes. FAMILY FALLACIES: Kate returns from maternity leave to the work she loves, only to face a series of disturbing events: anonymous and vaguely threatening notes, a malpractice suit for supposedly planting false memories in a client’s mind, and when a party involved in the lawsuit turns up dead, Kate becomes a murder suspect. There is one bright note, however. She’s falling in love. Now if she could just get the ghost of her dead husband out of her head. And a bonus novella ~ An Unsaintly Season in St. Augustine: Even on vacation, Kate Huntington can’t seem to avoid other people’s troubles. While in St. Augustine, Florida for the Christmas holidays, she and her PI husband get caught up in trying to find a friend of Kate’s parents who’s gone missing. They soon discover that this isn’t just a case of a senior citizen wandering off. Can they reunite the elderly man with his wife before Christmas, or will others who mean him harm find him first?

Revenge is best served BOLD. When Beverly Laborde becomes a con artist to exact revenge on the man who shut down her grandmother's antiques business and sent her to an early grave, she comes face to face with the handsome but haunted Vermont police detective, Adam Dutton—who doesn’t know whether to arrest her or ask her out on a date. Yet, what started as a personal vendetta for Beverly against whose a man whose criminal tendrils reach far into Vermont politics and the Northeastern Antiquities League grows into something more. The quirky town of Ironwood Junction, a sympathetic local antiques dealer, and the mysterious "Mr.X" start to chip away at Beverly's hardened outer emotional shell. But can she push past her issues with trust and betrayal to settle down? And will her quest for vengeance ever truly be over? As Beverly and Adam come to terms with their inconvenient growing attraction toward each other, they have to dodge bribery, theft, extortion, and murder ... to settle old scores and to keep each other safe. Includes: STEAL AWAY: A con woman hoping to take revenge on the man she feels responsible for her grandmother's death has to fight her growing attraction for a handsome Vermont police detective and the efforts of her nemesis to silence her ... forever. But if she can allow herself to trust her instincts—and the detective—she might just have a fighting chance. HIDE AWAY: Vermont Detective Adam Dutton has to make one of the hardest arrests of his life—his good friend and godfather, Harlan Wilford, who stands accused of murder. Once again teaming up with con woman Beverly Laborde, Adam and Beverly must find the real killer before it's too late for Harlan...and for them. BURN AWAY: When a series of arsons targets Vermont antiques stores, Detective Adam Dutton and con-woman Beverly Laborde worry a shop owned by their friend might be next. But the stakes take an even deeper and uglier turn after a body is found inside one of the burned buildings. Was it an accident, suicide ... or murder? Praise for BV Lawson's mysteries/thrillers: "Worth putting on your reading list." - The Library Journal "Lawson's protagonist is greatly compelling." - Publishers Weekly Booklife Prize "Lawson’s book was so good, I read it twice from beginning to end." - Readers Favorite Reviews The complete chronology of the Adam Dutton & Beverly Laborde mystery/thriller series for those who enjoy reading in order is: Steal Away Hide Away Burn Away Keywords: mystery novel, detective novel, crime fiction, murder mystery, mystery series, police procedural, amateur sleuth, female sleuth, heist novels, thrillers, traditional mysteries, crime thrillers, murder, mystery series, private investigator, detective books, crime series, thriller series, crime thriller series, vigilante justice, detective series, private investigator series, PI series, private eye series, crime authors, thriller authors, psychological thrillers, mystery boxed sets, crime box sets

From stopping hackers to saving lives, you won't want to miss a minute of the action in the Lexi Carmichael Mystery series by Julie Moffett. No One Lives Twice I’m Lexi Carmichael, geek extraordinaire. I spend my days stopping computer hackers at the National Security Agency. My nights? Those I spend avoiding my mother and eating cereal for dinner. Even though I work for a top-secret agency, I’ve never been in an exciting car chase, sipped a stirred (not shaken) martini, or shot a poison dart from an umbrella. Until today, that is, when my best friend disappeared. So, I’ve enlisted the help of the Zimmerman twins—the reclusive architects of America’s most sensitive electronic networks—to help me navigate a bewildering maze of leads to find her. Along the way, my path collides with a sexy government agent and a rich, handsome lawyer, both of whom seem to have the hots for me. Hacking, espionage, sexy spy-men—it’s a geek girl’s dream come true… No One to Trust Lexi Carmichael here! But this time, a series of extraordinary events led me to leave government life behind for a fresh start with a brand-new. It may not be cool to have the hots for your new boss, but Finn Shaughnessy seems to have the hots for me, too. If only things didn’t get so complicated... Darren Greening, a genius researcher from Flow Technologies (our first client!) is missing, and his bosses think I’m involved. And they aren’t the only ones—the man who nearly snapped my neck in the parking garage thinks so, too. Now I’m caught in the middle of a complex and dangerous case. I’ll have to use all my geek skills and a little help from my friends to solve the mystery of Darren’s disappearance before Neck-Snapping-Man makes a return visit... No Place Like Rome Italy might seem like a long way to go to hide after a disastrous date. But when sexy Ÿberhacker Slash (no, that’s not his real name) asks me to go with him to Rome on an investigation, the timing is sort of perfect. My messed-up love life becomes the least of my worries, though, after the dead body, the near-kidnapping and the discovery of a top secret encrypted file that even I can’t hack. With time running out, there’s only one thing to do: call in the legendary Zimmerman twins and my best fluent-in-Italian friend, Basia, to crack the code. Now if only someone could help me solve the mystery of whether Slash is flirting, or if all the kissing is just one of those “when in Rome” things… But when we finally uncover the secret someone would kill to keep, it’s up to me to solve the case and save the lives of my best friends. Previously Published Don't miss the rest of the adventures in the Lexi Carmichael series: Book 1: No One Lives Twice Book 2: No One to Trust Book 3: No Place Life Rome Book 4: No Biz like Showbiz Book 5: No Test for the Wicked And more!

Maureen Jennings, the acclaimed author behind Murdoch Mysteries, brings her usual attention to historical detail in the Paradise Café Mysteries featuring Private Investigator Charlotte Frayne and set in Depression-era Toronto. INCLUDES A SNEAK PEEK AT BOOK #4, MARCH ROARS. Heat Wave Charlotte Frayne, junior associate in a two-person investigation firm, looks into a hate-letter delivered to her boss, Theodore Gilmore. On the same day, Hilliard Taylor, a First World War veteran who, together with three other former prisoners-of-war, operates the Paradise Café, seeks the firm’s assistance in uncovering what he believes is the systemic embezzlement of the Café. November Rain Left in charge of the firm after Mr. Gilmore travels to Europe in the fall of 1936 on a mysterious trip, Charlotte Frayne is hired to investigate the untimely death of a disfigured and injured veteran of the Great War. The police have ruled the death a suicide, but the soldier’s mother believes something larger was at play. On the same day, Charlotte is also hired to infiltrate a small womenswear manufacturer to uncover communist agitators the owner believes to be responsible for the labour unrest at his company. Cold Snap P.I. Charlotte Frayne is pulled into a dangerous international plot when her boss provides shelter to a relative fleeing from Germany and who’s privy to information that could change the future his country. Meanwhile, Charlotte’s estranged mother reappears, wanting her help to find a child she gave up at birth twenty years ago.

American Fiction Awards Finalist - Mystery/Humor PenCraft Awards Winner for Literary Excellence (Mystery) "Boswell continues his genre-defying series in this ambitious adventure…" –Publishers' Weekly ***This box set includes the first three mystery novels in the Simon Grave Mystery series by Len Boswell. Book #6, Simon Grave and the Wrath of Grapes, is now available! A Grave Misunderstanding (Book 1) Murder has come once more to the seaside town of Crab Cove, testing the mettle of "almost handsome" Detective Simon Grave and his "nearly invisible" partner, Sergeant Barry Blunt, who investigate a locked-room mystery with a significant twist: the prime suspects are in the locked room, not the victim, a logic-defying situation that challenges the team at every turn. As if murder weren't enough, they must also investigate the simultaneous disappearance of The MacGuffin Trophy from that same locked room, the studio of artist Whitney Waters, famous for her stylized paintings of red herrings. Who is/are the killer(s)? How did he/she/they get out of the locked room with the trophy, kill the victim, and return unnoticed by others in the room? These and other questions, including the limits of logic and the meaning of life, are posed and perhaps even answered in this quirky, near-future mystery. Yes, there are robots. Simon Grave and the Curious Incident of the Cat in the Daytime (Book 2) Murder rocks the seaside town of Crab Cove, but to solve the crime, Detective Simon Grave must first deal with the curious incident of the cat in the daytime. Murder has come yet again to the seaside town of Crab Cove, testing the mettle of Detective Simon Grave, his "almost invisible" partner, Sergeant Barry Blunt, and his new assistant, Charlize, a simdroid (an android lookalike of a famous person) who fancies herself a match for Sherlock Holmes, in the simulated body of Charlize Theron. When a body is discovered on a deserted beach, alongside a deactivated Betty White simdroid, the game is afoot. Grave must not only deal with the murder, but also come to grips with a deadly prognosis for his retired detective father. The murder and his father's illness take them on a tour of local cemeteries, including a new graveyard that features multiscreen videos celebrating the lives of the deceased. They soon discover that the only way to solve the murder is to first deal with the curious incident of the cat in the daytime. Simon Grave and the Drone of the Basque Orvilles (Book 3) A demon hound haunts Crab Cove, taking its victims as they come. When a mutilated corpse is found in the marshes, Detective Simon Grave rises to the challenge. Everything points to the hound, but it is quickly apparent that the body has been stabbed repeatedly, in a way that suggests serial killer Chester Clink also may be involved. Or maybe not. Grave and his team, including his partner, Sergeant Barry Blunt, and androids Charlize and Smithers, who fancy themselves as Sherlock Holmes and Watson, follow clues that lead them from drone manufacturing plants, to the labyrinthine caves along the shore, to the abode of a strange Scotsman who plays his bagpipes on a bluff above the crime scene. As always in Crab Cove, one killing leads to another, further pressuring Grave to solve the mystery—fast. The year is 2053. Time to... Release the hounds! (And the drones.)