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Short stories and book excerpts published on CriminalElement.com, including original and reprinted material.

May 4, 2013
The Woman Before Me: New Excerpt
Ruth Dugdall
Two mothers, one dreadful crime...
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April 30, 2013
Black Pulp: “Drums of the Ogbanje”
Mel Odom
Pirates, slavers and the walking dead!
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April 27, 2013
The Body in the Piazza: New Excerpt
Katherine Hall Page
Nothing ruins a vacation quite like a corpse.
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April 23, 2013
The Dead Caller from Chicago: New Excerpt
Jack Fredrickson
A voice from the grave
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April 21, 2013
First in Series | Sweepstakes!
23 Shades of Black: First in Series Excerpt
Kenneth Wishnia
Bad Guys, Big City, and a Female Officer in the 1980s.
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April 19, 2013
Sweepstakes!
Silent Voices: New Excerpt
Ann Cleeves
You’ve watched Vera...now read Vera!
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April 14, 2013
Terror Red: New Excerpt
Colonel David Hunt and Christine Hunsinger
They must stop a terrorist group before it's too late...
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April 11, 2013
A Murder at Rosamund’s Gate: New Excerpt
Susanna Calkins
A ruthless murder, a friend wrongly accused...
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April 7, 2013
The Prince of Paradise: New Excerpt
John Glatt
A deadly beauty...
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April 2, 2013
Juggernaut: New Excerpt
Adam Baker
Their enemy just won't stay dead...
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April 1, 2013
Untold Damage: New Excerpt
Robert K. Lewis
Getting clean and sober could be the easiest part of this job...
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March 29, 2013
Alive!: New Excerpt
Loren D. Estleman
Not everyone oughta be in pictures...
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March 28, 2013
Parrots Prove Deadly: New Excerpt
Clea Simon
Sometimes you just have to flip the bird...
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March 24, 2013
Dead Run: New Excerpt
Dan Schultz
A manhunt to rival the search for Jesse James...
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March 21, 2013
Helsinki Blood: New Excerpt
James Thompson
Solving this case will be a chance for redemption...
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March 19, 2013
Ice Cold Kill: New Excerpt
Dana Haynes
Freelancing can be deadly, especially for assassins and spies.
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March 18, 2013
Deadly Virtues: New Excerpt
Jo Bannister
Is Ash crazy, or is he the only one who sees the truth?
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March 16, 2013
The Faithful Executioner: Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century : New Excerpt
Joel F. Harrington
Truth more compelling than fiction.
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March 15, 2013
No Safe Ground: New Excerpt
Julia Pomeroy
She left Iraq, but this wounded vet's still in the crosshairs
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March 13, 2013
Virus Thirteen: New Excerpt
Joshua Alan Parry
An invisible killer...
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March 11, 2013
First in Series | Sweepstakes!
The Disciple of Las Vegas: First in Series Excerpt
Ian Hamilton
Fifty million reasons to kill...
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March 2, 2013
Scratchgravel Road: New Excerpt
Tricia Fields
Josie Gray is back!
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March 1, 2013
Strawberry Yellow: New Excerpt
Naomi Hirahara
Poisonous ambition among the strawberries...
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February 27, 2013
Sherlockiana | Sweepstakes!
Encounters of Sherlock Holmes: Exclusive Excerpt from “The Case of the Night Crawler”
George Mann
The Night Crawler plus a chance to win!
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February 26, 2013
Writing the World
Evil In All Its Disguises: New Excerpt
Hilary Davidson
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February 25, 2013
Law & Disorder: New Excerpt
John Douglas and Mark Olshaker
Justice Delayed, Justice Denied.
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February 23, 2013
Pandemonium: New Excerpt
Warren Fahy
They’re ba-a-ack...
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February 11, 2013
A Good Death: New Excerpt
Christopher R. Cox
Insurance scam or murder?
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February 10, 2013
The Hour of Peril: Audio Excerpt
Daniel Stashower
Listen and enter for your chance to win this historical thriller!
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February 9, 2013
Hit Me: New Excerpt
Lawrence Block
And stamp-collecting seemed like such a quiet hobby...