A LONE-WOLF DETECTIVE MUST CHOOSE BETWEEN JUSTICE AND VENGENCE WHEN MURDER GETS PERSONAL IN THIS GRITTY NOVEL FILLED WITH MYSTERY AND ADVENTURE.Alternate-history Russia, modern day: The Ottoman Empire stretches from the Mediterranean to the Pacific and keeps an uneasy peace with its nuclear rival, the Chinese Empire of the Sun. Acting as a buffer between the two corrupt empires lays the small country of Fergana, established by refugees from the destruction of Russi...

Dark Waters is much more than a mystery. The smell of the sea air, the pounding waves, and the danger and excitement of kayaking in Canada's famed Inside Passage fill the pages of K. L. Abrahamson's spine-tingling tale involving whales, eagles ... and murder.--Joanne Pence, USA Today bestselling author of The Angie Amalfi MysteriesA DEAD AND MUTILATED WHALE.A MURDERED BOY.A GIRL IN DANGER.

Includes "Cold Wave" by Marcelle Dubé, winner of the Crime Writers of Canada Award of Excellence for Best Short Story.Western Canada. A vast and varied land of hidden coastal islands and inlets, towering icy mountains, wind-tossed ranges and wheat fields, and cold lakes that keep their secrets. These are its stories.In "The Potluck Brigade," visit a dying Alberta town and a senior citizen trying to cope with murder as well as her own failing mind. ...

"…a pitch-perfect bedside anthology." —Loreth Anne White, bestselling author of The Patient's SecretThis second anthology from members of Sisters in Crime—Canada West presents sixteen stories of women we recognize through their experiences … and ours.They vary in tone from the lighthearted wit with which the librarian in "The Fair Rosamund and the Summer of Love" shows her husband the folly of his crush on another woman, to the dark and deeply dist...

"... all the cunning, intrigue, dark humour and darker deeds anyone could want, perfectly plotted and sublimely rendered!" —Iona Whishaw, award-winning author of the Lane Winslow MysteriesThe deadly games people play are on full display in fifteen short stories in the third anthology from Sisters in Crime—Canada West.Old friends feature in several, such as "On The Internet Nobody Knows You're a Dog," where a musician turns PI to track down a stalke...

Whether it’s vintage Hollywood, the Florida everglades, the Atlantic City boardwalk, or a farmhouse in Western Canada, the twenty authors represented in this collection of mystery and suspense interpret the overarching theme of “moonlight and misadventure” in their own inimitable style where only one thing is assured: Waxing, waning, gibbous, or full, the moon is always there, illuminating things better left in the dark.Featuring stories by K.L. Abrahamson, Sharon Hart Addy, C.W. B...

Black Cat Weekly #86 features 3 original stories: a sequel to Edgar Allen Poe's "The Casque of Amontillado" by Phyllis Ann Karr, and mysteries by K.L. Abrahamson and Andrew Welsh-Huggins. Plus series stories from Robert E. Howard (Solomon Kane) and Hal Meredith (Sexton Blake). Plus novels from Zenith Brown (writing as David Frome) and Edgar Rice Burroughs (a "Lost World" tale).. Plus tales by Bryce Walton and George O. Smith. Plus a solve-it-yourself mystery from Hal Charles. Hour...

TO SOLVE THE BRUTAL DEATH OF A TRIBAL WOMAN, DETEKTIV ALEXANDER KAZAKOV BRAVESTHE UNFORGIVING CENTRAL ASIAN MOUNTAINS IN THIS EXCITING NOVEL OF MYSTERY AND ADVENTURE.Alternate history, modern-day Russia: Fergana is the last stronghold of the Russian people and tiny buffer state between the Ottoman Empire and the Chinese Empire of the Sun, but now forces threaten to undermine the uneasy peace. An outside influencer stirs unrest between Ferganese Russians and people ...

WHEN FOREIGN INFLUENCE THREATENS HIS COUNTRY, LONE WOLF DETECTIVE ALEXANDER KAZAKOV CONDUCTS A RELENTLESS INVESTIGATION IN THIS GRITTY NOVEL OF MYSTERY AND ADVENTURE.Alternate history, modern-day Russia: The tiny country of Fergana, last stronghold of the Russian people, sits like a stopper in the bottle that could unleash apocalyptic nuclear war between the Ottoman Empire and the Chinese Empire of the Sun. But now, someone tampering with Fergana’s upcoming electio...

A COURAGOUS AMATEUR SLEUTH MUST CATCH A RUTHLESS MURDERER BEFORE HER FAMILY BECOMES VICTIM OF A DEADLY PLOT.Kochi, India: a sleepy, historic city on India’s Arabian Sea coast, famous for its spices, its harbor and for the huge, picturesque, fishing nets that dip fish from the sea. The heat, the history and the climate lure backpackers and tourists from all over the globe, as well as photographers seeking a perfect shot of the sunset behind the nets.Still re...

TO SOLVE THE MURDER OF A YOUNG FORTUNE-TELLER,A LONE-WOLF DETECTIVE MUST CHOOSE BETWEEN JUSTICE AND HONOR IN THIS GRITTY NOVEL FILLED WITH MYSTERY AND ADVENTURE.Alternate history, modern-day Russia: Fergana—long a buffer holding at bay nuclear war between the Ottoman Empire and the Chinese Empire of the Sun. Now the nation teeters on the brink of a disastrous rebellion.Despite the disturbing events of his last case, Detektiv Alexander Kazakov pursues his se...

“Beautifully set against the backdrop of British Columbia’s coast, Abrahamson weaves a story of suspense and family dynamics in this fast-paced novel of death and deception.”— Judy Penz Sheluk, bestselling author of the Marketville and Glass Dolphin Mystery series.A FEARLESS AMATEUR SLEUTH MUST CHOOSE BETWEEN SAFETY AND JUSTICE WHEN MURDER THREATENS A STUDENT OUTING IN THIS GRITTY NOVEL FILLED WITH MYSTERY AND ADVENTURE.The discover...