Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Collections & Anthologies

David Dean has called Joseph S. Walker "arguably the best short crime fiction writer on the scene today," and in Crime Scenes, the first collection of his stories, you'll find ample evidence of why. In the Edgar-nominated "Etta at the End of the World,"...

WITH AN INTRODUCTION ON THE HISTORY OF HOLIDAY MYSTERIES BY MARTIN EDWARDS"All about them, happy holiday-makers were strolling and laughing, evidently oblivious of the prevailing perils of their chosen resort..."A cold case of poisonings heats up at a quaint guest house. A string of...

Explore the treacherous and awe-inspiring landscape of America's first national park in this new anthology, "Deadly Yellowstone." With scalding geysers, stampeding buffalo, and ravenous grizzlies, danger lurks at every turn.As a global tourist magnet, Yellowstone National Park attracts not only nature enthusiasts but also...

18 festive stories of murder and mystery in the grand tradition of Christmas crime fiction, from the masters of the genre. Including the New York Times bestselling JT Ellison, USA Today bestseller Sam Carrington, Sunday Times bestseller C.L. Taylor, and many more... The award-winning...

18 festive stories of murder and mystery in the grand tradition of Christmas crime fiction, from the masters of the genre. Including the New York Times bestselling JT Ellison, USA Today bestseller Sam Carrington, Sunday Times bestseller C.L. Taylor, and many more... The award-winning...

DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO! As the Golden Age of Mystery began to flourish, the books spread their wings and, in some cases, stretched believability. These authors sometimes shocked the readers, but at other times, the books seemed to be oh-so-similar to other...

Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot both make appearances in Agatha Christie's Double Sin and Other Stories, a sterling collection of short mystery fiction that offers double the suspense, surprise, and fun.In one of London's most elegant shops, a decorative doll dressed in green velvet...

The perfect holiday gift for the crime fiction lover in your life! Curated by New York Times bestselling author Tod Goldberg, this collection of eleven delightful and twisted Hanukkah capers will entertain you through all eight nights of the Festival of Lights. In Stefanie...

The perfect holiday gift for the crime fiction lover in your life! Curated by New York Times bestselling author Tod Goldberg, this collection of eleven delightful and twisted Hanukkah capers will entertain you through all eight nights of the Festival of Lights. In Stefanie...

Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Stephen Sondheim? Seriously? What in the world do Sondheim and crime fiction have in common?Well, nothing...unless you remember that Sweeney Todd is the story of a murderous barber, and Assassins is the story of multiple killers and...

In this debut crime-horror story collection, David Simmons drags you into a phantasmagoric Baltimore where the dead refuse to stay dead and the living claw for meaning.Hallucinatory and darkly comic love stories are set against the gritty backdrop of the city, where guns and...

Jack Stratton's a good guy on the ugly side of life. Eight years ago a bomb blew his world apart and he's been picking up the pieces ever since. Guilt has driven a wedge between him and the family he loves. When Jack hears...

From the introduction by Jan Karsten: The many facets of Hamburg's ambivalent identity, forged over centuries, are on full display in the stories collected in this anthology. Here, we have assembled some of the city's finest and best-known writers, luminaries in the world of...

At last, a single volume that gathers together all of the short stories featuring Agatha Christie's most famous creation, Hercule Poirot. The dapper, mustache-twirling little Belgian with the egg-shaped head and curious mannerisms has solved some of the most puzzling crimes of the century--and,...

Here in the Dark, the first collection from award-winning author Meagan Lucas, is a gritty genre blending wallop of short stories, set mostly in Southern Appalachia, that explore the female experience of lawlessness. In the tradition of Dorothy Allison and Bonnie Jo Campbell, Lucas...

All contributor proceeds donated to the California Community Foundation's Wildfire Recovery Fund Hollywood is a place full of dreamers-from the wide-eyed actor hoping to land the role of a lifetime to the hard-working writer trying to sell that breakout script. The lowly production assistant eager...

Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city. Brand-new stories by: Alan Brennert, Kiana Davenport, Tom Gammarino,...

Sumérgete en las escalofriantes profundidades del terror latino con Lo que nos siguió a casa, editada por la ganadora del Premio Bram Stoker Cynthia Pelayo, una antología revolucionaria en la que cada historia reinventa la inmigración, la colonización, la fe y el folclore como...

Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book.Featuring stories by: Raymond Chandler, Paul Cain, James Ellroy, Leigh Brackett, James M....

GARRETT MCRAE HAS GONE MISSING DEEP in the Crazy Mountains of Montana. His bow hunting partners don't appear concerned, since they fail to report his disappearance to authorities for nearly four full days. Rick Morrand, now sheriff of Dexter County, grows suspicious, especially when...