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Fingerprints
Mystery/Thriller Short Stories and Flash Fiction
The Warehouse
A young policeman, anxious to make Detective, goes undercover on a drug bust. Will he live long enough to reach his promotion? Flash fiction from our Fingerprints mystery/thriller short s...
From: Jay Hartman
Crime Scene
After discovering a photograph in a book of a little girl killed by her own mother, a woman becomes preoccupied wondering how anyone could kill their own child. One hot summer day the ans...
From: Jay Hartman
Death by Jello
Bailey isn't too thrilled with the fact that she had to bring a jello salad to her real estate office's Thanksgiving party, and even less happy when her boss suddenly drops dead after eat...
From: Jay Hartman
A Mobster's Recipe for Cupcakes
Jeremy, Harry and Charlie, fresh from their adventures in A MOBSTER'S GUIDE TO CRANBERRY SAUCE, are back and in more trouble than ever. After the Thanksgiving disaster in their previous ...
From: Jay Hartman
Parting Shot
When the head of a scrap metal business is found shot in the head in his study, Detective Foster suspects there's more to the death than meets the eye. A work of super-short fiction from ...
From: Jay Hartman
The Birds
Gingerbread houses. Poisoned apples. Huffing and puffing until a house is blown down. Nathaniel P. Osgood III, intrepid private eye in the land of nursery rhymes and fairy tales, has trul...
From: Jay Hartman
A Mobster's Toast to St. Patrick's Day
For Jeremy, trying to be live a life outside of the "family business" isn't easy. First, there was the Thanksgiving dinner disaster of A MOBSTER'S GUIDE TO CRANBERRY SAUCE, followed by th...
From: Jay Hartman
Paddy Whacked
Inspector Helmes and his trusty sidekick, Watkins, know they have their work cut out for them in solving the murder of Paddy O'Toole, the Grand Leprechaun. However, nothing can prepare t...
From: Jay Hartman
News Flash
When a local television news anchor hires Waco, Texas private eye Morris Ronald Boyette to follow her husband, he thinks he's taking on a run-of-the-mill cheating-spouse case. Instead, he...
From: Jay Hartman
The Bavarian Krisp Caper
Mandy adores Bavarian Krisp donuts. A nice day at Boston Common with her niece, Ella, turns ugly when her quest for the goodies takes her down a dark path. Out of work and out of donuts. ...
From: Jay Hartman
The Wire in the Butter
The scent of cotton candy, kettle corn, deep-fried cheese curds and pronto pups fill the air at the end of summer. The Minnesota State Fair has started and, slice by slice, a chuck of but...
From: Jay Hartman
An Affair of the Mind
When Rosalind, an unfulfilled forty year old, observes the start of a romance, her mind takes off into flights of fancy and her thoughts are filled with the prospect of passionate encount...
From: Jay Hartman
Turbulence
Wilkins has always suffered from mild flight anxiety, but he's always been able to cope. When a long-time acquaintance and pilot offers transport home from a business trip, Wilkins learn...
From: Jay Hartman
A Mobster's Menu for Mother's Day Brunch
The most hilariously dysfunctional crime family returns for their fourth outing in Beth Mathison's hit short story series. To observe Mother's Day, Jeremy brings his best girl Carla to...
From: Jay Hartman
Mother Gets a Lift
Angela Baker should be thrilled at having given birth to her third baby, but her mother always finds a way of spoiling the moment. This time Mom takes a cruise specializing in plastic su...
From: Jay Hartman
