Crimeucopia - The Lady Thrillers

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Authors, Various

Davidson, Hilary

Miller, Kate

Skinner, Karen

Gostling, Pauline

Kerr, Linda

Lindfield, Tiffany

Ng, Lena

Swart, Ginny

Others, Plus

Mystery

Murderous Ink Press

Crimeucopia - The Cosy Nostra

Floyd, John M.

Leotta, Joan

Johnstone, Tom

Humphrey, Andrew

Frew, Alexander

Travieso-Diaz, Matias

Fisher, Eve

Tomson, Gary

Murphey, Eamonn

Investigators and investigations are the mainstay of most Crime fiction sub-genres. Everything from the Old Golden Age of country houses and the amateur sleuth, through to the high tech ultra-modern 21st Century – a place where the Cyber Investigators sometimes appear to be baffled by old-fashioned motivations of power and greed, and human foibles such as love and revenge. 
So is there any real difference between the Private and the Public Investigators? Not much, if writers are to be believed, and the two can often be found straddling both sides of the ‘what’s legal procedure?’ fence. 
Apart from John M. Floyd – who takes us back to the ‘Golden Age’ of the Private Eye in his Triangles – the remaining writers are all new voices to Crimeucopia. 
This time round Mike Job opens with his Just Deserts – a nice main course rather than just an amuse-bouche – closely followed by Jill Hand and A Goddess, Enraged which moves us into the edges of Urban Fantasy. 
Joe Giordano sort of brings us back on track with his Prophetic Justice, and Michael Thomét introduces us to his two long-running, multi-story adventurers in Bear and Bird at Clairmont Circle. 
From there we hopscotch between the ‘Cosy’-ness of Michele Bazan Reed’s The Coveted Coverlet, and the much harder edged The Knockoff King from Paul R. Paradise. 
There is that classic line that snitches get stiches, but does that apply to wildlife? Namely The Tell-Tale Armadillo from Mike Tuggle? And after pondering that question, Edward Lodi then transports us into a Fredric Brown-esque world of humour and observation with his Death on a Pedestal. 
Lynn Hesse moves us from the Private to the Public side of investigators with her Bitter Love, then Conestoga Number Four from Kelly Zimmer turns us almost full circle with a visit to American Cosy country. 
And after John M. Floyd’s Triangles, what better way to close this collection than with Shannon Lawrence and her Alligator in a Sweatsuit. Please note, no fictional alligators were harmed in the creation of this short story. 
As with all of these anthologies, we hope you’ll find something that you immediately like, as well as something that takes you out of your comfort zone – and puts you into a new one. 
In other words, in the spirit of the Murderous Ink Press motto: You never know what you like until you read it.

Crimeucopia - The I's Have It

Paradise, Paul R.

Reed, Michele Bazan

LODI, EDWARD

Hesse, Lynn

Hand, Jill

Tuggle, Mike

Giordano, Joe

Job, Mike

Thomét, Michael

Is the Noir Crime sub-genre always dark and downbeat? Is there a time when Bad has a change of conscience, flips sides and takes on the Good role?\nNoir is almost always a dish served up raw and bloody - Fiction bleu if you will. So maybe this is a chance to see if Noir can be served sunny side up - with the aid of these fifteen short order authors:\nLaurence Raphael Brothers, Shannon Hollinger, Lillie Franks, H. E. Vogl, Allison Whittenberg, Bruce Harris, Robert J. Mendenhall, Shawn Kobb, Dan Meyers, James Roth, Jesse Aaron, Julian Grant, E. James Wilson, Brandon Barrows, Hollis Miller and Joe Giordano\nAll fifteen give us dark tales from the stormy side of life - which is probably why it’s always raining in Noir City….

Crimeucopia - It's Always Raining In Noir City

Literature & Fiction

Harris, Bruce

Brothers, Laurence Raphael

Hollinger, Shannon

Franks, Lillie

Vogl, H. E.

Whittenberg, Allison

Mendenhall, Robert J.

Kobb, Shawn

Meyers, Dan

Short Stories & Anthologies

They Came From Next Door....\nSmall town, big city, watercooler or the back of that 1950s beat-up Chevy Bel Air with the leather back seat that your parents told you never to get familiar with. It doesn’t matter where you hear it, gossip is 100% pure ear addiction – and knowledge is, after all, power when all’s said and done.\nSo why don’t you settle down, get yourself comfy, and pour yourself a drink – long and tall, or just short and nasty, the choice is yours – and let these 16 story tellers:\nPenny Hurrell, Teresa Trent, Wendy Harrison, Maroula Blades, Tom Sheehan, Jan Christensen, Bryn Fortey, Michele Bazan Reed, Carol Willis, Madeleine McDonald, Adam Meyer, Nikki Knight, Regina Clarke, J. W. Wood, Deb Merino and Alison McDonald\nspin their tales as only they know how.\nAnd in true Murderous Ink fashion, with that many to choose from you’re bound to find something you like, and something you didn’t know you’d like until you’d read it.

Crimeucopia - Tales From The Back Porch

Willis, Carol

Sheehan, Tom

Hurrell, Penny

Trent, Teresa

Harrison, Wendy

Blades, Maroula

Christensen, Jan

Fortey, Bryn

Crimeucopia - We'll Be Right Back - After This!

Wiley, Michael

Ritchie, Bob

Guigli, Jim

Bush, Glen

Moyle, Cate

Connor, Jay Andrew

New Crimeucopians Aran Myracle, Alexei J. Slater, Gerald Elias, Terry Wijesuriya, Issy Jinarmo, Larry Lefkowitz, and Vinnie Hansen smoothly rub literary shoulders with a fine collection of familiar Crimeucopia old hands: Bob Ritchie, Michele Bazan Reed, Nikki Knight, N. M. Cedeño, Wendy Harrison, Andrew Darlington, Madeleine McDonald, Joan Leotta, H. E. Vogl and Jesse Aaron. All 17 tell tales that will make you realise there's always going to be One More Thing To Worry About.... And, for those who might be interested, the 'origin' of this anthology's title comes from an old cassette tape recorded off the coast of Florida, back in 1986. The newsreader closed with: "And one more thing to worry about - Bubonic Plague. It appears that a West Texas hunter contracted the disease from an infected rabbit he shot and ate..." Back then everything was so much simpler... As with all of these anthologies, we hope you'll find something that you immediately like, as well as something that takes you out of your comfort zone - and puts you into a completely new one. In other words, in the spirit of the Murderous Ink Press motto: You never know what you like until you read it.

Crimeucopia - One More Thing To Worry About

Hansen, Vinnie

Elias, Gerald

Knight, Nikki

Wijesuriya, Terry

Myracle, Aran

Slater, Alexei J.

With 16 vibrant authors, a wraparound paperback cover, and pages full of crime fiction in some of its many guises, what's not to like? So if you enjoy tales spun by Anthony Diesso, Brandon Barrows, E. James Wilson, James Roth, Jesse Aaron, Jim Guigli, John M. Floyd, Kevin R. Tipple, Maddi Davidson, Michael Grimala, Robert Petyo, Shannon Hollinger, Tom Sheehan, Wil A. Emerson, Peter Trelay, and Philip Pak, then you'd better get Crimeucopia - Strictly Off The Record by the sound of it!

Crimeucopia - Strictly Off The Record

Barrows, Brandon

Davidson, Maddi

Roth, James

Aaron, Jesse

Diesso, Anthony

Tipple, Kevin R.

Trelay, Peter

Pak, Philip

Crimeucopia - Crank It Up!

Elliott, John

Livingston, Billie

Teja, Ed

Rutherford, Scotch

Morgan, Ruth

Petyo, Robert

Proctor, M.E.

Kitcher, William

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