This issue, we have a locked-room mystery novel, a far-future science-fantasy sword-and-sorcery novel, and 8 shorts featuring everything from dogs to cats to buried skeletons to time travel—and more! Truly, something for everyone.As always, special thanks to our Acquiring Editors, Michael Bracken and Barb Goffman, for picking a pair of terrific original tales. And our editorial board—Tom Easton, Ryan Hines, Vicki Erwin, Paula Messina, and Richard Prosch—who patiently read submissio...

Molly Thynne, a distinguished author of early twentieth-century detective fiction, delivers a tightly woven tale of intrigue and suspense in “The Draycott Murder Mystery”. This audiobook plunges listeners into a world of secrets, suspicion, and deception, where every character may conceal a dark motive.The story revolves around a perplexing murder in the quiet community of Draycott, drawing the listener into a careful investigation filled with twis...

The Draycott Murder Mystery by Molly Thynne is a riveting detective story set in the quiet village of Draycott, where an unexpected murder shatters the peace. Thynne crafts a tightly woven narrative filled with suspense, complex characters, and hidden motives, keeping readers guessing until the final revelation. Through clever plotting and atmospheric storytelling, the novel explores themes of justice, human deception, and the unraveling of secrets in a small community. Ideal for fans of c...

A carefully plotted murder mystery combining classic whodunit elements with social observation.

First published in 1929, ''The Case of Sir Adam Braid'' by Molly Thynne (d. 1950), public domain worldwide. The action starts on board ship when a man is found strangled. At first it is assumed that the killing is associated with the victim’s shady activities in Beunos Aires and Detective Chief Inspector Shand, who is on board while returning to England following an extradition case, is annoyed that he cannot discover the culprit. Arriving in England, Shand encounters his old friend Jasper...

First published in 1931, ''The Crime at the 'Noah's Ark'' by Molly Thynne (d. 1950), public domain worldwide. In The Crime at The Noah’s Ark (1931), an ill-assorted group of guests find themselves marooned by snow at the aptly named hostelry The Noah’s Ark. Most of the visitors had been en route to an expensive seaside resort for Christmas but the heavy snowfall has stranded them. The story is told from the viewpoint of young Angus Stuart, a newly rich, bestselling novelist. One of the gue...

First published in 1932, ''Murder in the Dentist Chair'' by Molly Thynne (d. 1950), public domain worldwide. In Death in the Dentist’s Chair (1932) Thynne adopts the same crime scene as Agatha Christie used some years later in One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (1940). She centres her crime in that most fearsome of places, the dentist’s surgery. Constantine is visiting his dentist and encounters in the waiting room Sir Richard Pomfrey, the son of an old friend, and Mrs Vallon, a charming widow with ...

First published in 1930, ''The Case of Sir Adam Braid'' by Molly Thynne (d. 1950), public domain worldwide. The Case of Sir Adam Braid tells of the murder of an ill-tempered old artist in his flat in the short window of time when his manservant was out of the building. Sir Adam had just written a venomous letter disinheriting the only relation who had any kind feelings for him, his granddaughter, Jill Braid. Various witnesses had come to the door of the flat and had heard Sir Adam talking,...

First published in 1933, ''He Dies and Makes no Sign'' by Molly Thynne (d. 1950), public domain worldwide. The final mystery by Thynne also features Constantine and Detective Inspector Arkwright. In He Dies and Makes No Sign (1933) Constantine is summoned by the Duchess of Steynes to help her talk sense into her son who is proposing to marry Betty Anthony, the granddaughter of an obscure violinist, Julius Anthony. When Constantine meets the girl he finds her charming and worthy of marrying...

A stormy night. A seemingly deserted farmhouse in the north of England. A young farmer returns to find a well-dressed woman seated at his desk, dead from a gunshot wound. John Leslie is completely mystified. Who is she? The police identify her as Mrs. Draycott, a visitor to the area. And since John cannot provide a plausible alibi, he is charged with her murder.Luckily for him, famed barrister Sir Edward Kean and Allen “Hatter” Fayre, both friends of John’s aristocratic fiancée, be...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this “ambitious and challenging” (The New York Review of Books) work, the bestselling author of Monsoon and Balkan Ghosts offers a revelatory prism through which to view global upheavals and to understand what lies ahead for continents and countries around the world.In The Revenge of Geography, Robert D. Kaplan builds on the insights, discoveries, and theories of great geographers and geopo...

Hours of great reading await, with mystery and crime tales from some of the 20th century's most renowned authors, including Johnston McCulley (creator of Zorro), Sax Rohmer (creator of Fu Manchu), G.K. Chesterton (famous for Father Brown) — and a handpicked selection of modern stories by contemporary masters, including Nora Charles, Marcia Talley, Elaine Viets, and many more!Included in this volume:A SENIOR DISCOUNT ON DEATH, by Nora CharlesMURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRE...