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The Cold Road to Damascus

Peter Van Werkhoven Crime Fiction

Bloody bodies are showing up crucified to road signs. In the silent dawn there are whispers of unholy things that happen out in the fields late at night, secret ceremonies attended to by hooded men. The townsfolk of Damascus are scared, and as the...

Vhindr Varrintine: Chapter Twenty-Six & Epilogue

Kaeleb LD Appleby Fantasy Fiction

The adventure comes to an end. But like all things: as something ends, something also begins.

Meagan's Ghost

Selkie A. Neils Crime Fiction

The place: Lourmack, Arkansas. The date: September 8th, 2016. A young family's life will be changed forever when their beautiful and much-loved teenage daughter is abducted and murdered. But as they are to discover, they're not the only family thi...

Vhindr Varrintine: Chapter Twenty-Five

Kaeleb LD Appleby Fantasy Fiction

When all loose ends become tied off the gravedigger will earn his pay ...

Vhindr Varrintine: Chapter Twenty-four

Kaeleb LD Appleby Fantasy Fiction

The final battle begins ..

Vhindr Varrintine: Chapter Twenty-Three

Kaeleb LD Appleby Fantasy Fiction

The truth at last. But it will bring no comfort ...

Vhindr Varrintine: Chapter Twenty-Two

Kaeleb LD Appleby Fantasy Fiction

With his sister abducted and to be sold as a slave can Vhindr save her in time before she is lost o him forever?

Vhindr Varrintine: Chapter Twenty-one

Kaeleb LD Appleby Fantasy Fiction

Be wary when things go too well, for it is then that it is most likely to all come unstuck. With the assassin finally caught Vhindr believes everything to be well and ended. Little does he know it is just beginning ...

Vhindr Varrintine: Chapter Twenty

Kaeleb LD Appleby Fantasy Fiction

Valianna comes face to face with the darker side of Issia; the city of music.

Vhindr Varrintine: Chapter Nineteen

Kaeleb LD Appleby Fantasy Fiction

The threads begin to unravel ...

Vhindr Varrintine: Chapter Eighteen

Kaeleb LD Appleby Fantasy Fiction

The best laid schemes of mice and men Always go awry ...

Vhindr Varrintine: Chapter Seventeen

Kaeleb LD Appleby Fantasy Fiction

Vhindr heads into the streets where the Hawk and the Wolf play; Though bold and confident, he is bound to be lead astray ..

Vhindr Varrintine: Chapter Sixteen

Kaeleb LD Appleby Fantasy Fiction

Every city has it's underbelly where crime and misdeeds are rampant. Only fools willingly seek out this side of society. But Vhindr is no fool.

Vhindr Varrintine: Chapter Fifteen

Kaeleb LD Appleby Fantasy Fiction

Vhindr makes his way to Issia as Liuden recovers from his injuries

Vhindr Varrintine: Chapter Fourteen

Kaeleb LD Appleby Fantasy Fiction

Arrival at the Frostbacks reveals the truth of the elfin assassin. But this truth comes with many more questions ...

Vhindr Varrintine: Chapter Thirteen

Kaeleb LD Appleby Fantasy Fiction

The trouble with Bandits is ...

Vhindr Varrintine: Chapter Twelve

Kaeleb LD Appleby Fantasy Fiction

Mysteries are abound as Vhindr and company travel through the old burial mounds of previous Barons and Lords. Liuden and Idunn find troubles of their own as the convoy is attacked by bandits.

Vhindr Varrintine: Chapter Eleven

Kaeleb LD Appleby Fantasy Fiction

Vhindr and his friends continue to travel with Liuden and Idunn towards the Gaianaus capitol of Issia. All is not what it seemed though ...

Vhindr Varrintine: Chapter Ten

Kaeleb LD Appleby Fantasy Fiction

Tensions rise as Vhindr's party happens upon Liuden and Idunn, and the Sesserechien banker they are escorting.

Vhindr Varrintine: Chapter Nine

Kaeleb LD Appleby Fantasy Fiction

There is more to this story than a mere assassination and hunt for the killer. What truth could linger behind the veil of mystery and lies?

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The Wisdom of Father Brown

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

From London to Cornwall, then to Italy and France, a short, shabby priest runs to earth bandits, traitors, killers. Why is he so successful? The reason is that after years spent in the priesthood, Father Brown knows human nature and is not afrai...

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

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The Trial

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The Black Cat

Edgar Allan Poe

"The Black Cat" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in the August 19, 1843, edition of The Saturday Evening Post. It is a study of the psychology of guilt, often paired in analysis with Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart". In both,...

The Sign of the Four

Arthur Conan Doyle

First published in 1890, The Sign of Four is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's second book starring legendary detective Sherlock Holmes. The story is complex, involving a secret between four ex-cons from India and a hidden treasure. More complex than the f...

His Last Bow

Arthur Conan Doyle

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The Return of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle

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A Study in Scarlet

Arthur Conan Doyle

A Study in Scarlet is a detective mystery novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, which was first published in 1887. It is the first story to feature the character of Sherlock Holmes, who would later become one of the most famous and iconic liter...

The Innocence of Father Brown

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Twelve mysteries featuring Father Brown, the short, stumpy Catholic priest with "uncanny insight into human evil."

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle

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The Secret Adversary

Agatha Christie

Hiring themselves out as “young adventurers willing to do anything” is a smart move for Tommy and Tuppence. All Tuppence has to do is take an all-expenses-paid trip to Paris and pose as someone named Jane Finn. But with the job comes a threat to h...

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Arthur Conan Doyle

The rich landowner Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead in the park of his manor surrounded by the grim moor of Dartmoor, in the county of Devon. His death seems to have been caused by a heart attack, but the victim's best friend, Dr. Mortimer, i...

The Mysterious Affair at Styles

Agatha Christie

In her first published mystery, Agatha Christie introduces readers to the heroic detective, Hercule Poirot. This is a classic murder mystery set in the outskirts of Essex. The victim is the wealthy mistress of Styles Court. The list of suspects is...

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

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Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky

The poverty-stricken Raskolnikov, believing he is exempt from moral law, murders a man only to face the consequences not only from society but from his conscience, in this seminal story of justice, morality, and redemption from one of Russia's gre...

The Purloined Letter

Edgar Allan Poe

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J.R. Bancroft (M.Wellman) Fiction

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Nanik Rohra Romantic Fiction

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Pleasure

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