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Harper Lee remains a landmark figure in the American canon—thanks to Scout, Jem, Atticus, and the other indelible characters in To Kill a Mockingbird; as well as for the darker, late-’50s version of small-town Alabama that emerged in Go Set a Watchman, her only other novel, published in 2015 after its rediscovery. Less remembered, until now, however, is Harper Lee the dogged young writer, who crafted stories in hopes of magazine publication; Lee the lively New Yorker, Alabamian, and friend to Truman Capote; and the Lee who peppered the pages of McCall’s and Vogue with thoughtful essays.

Written by Scottish-Canadian author John Buchan (The Thirty-Nine Steps), The Runagates Club is a collection of twelve short stories focusing on members of the eponymous London dining society.

Originally published as When the Women Came Out to Dance, Elmore Leonard’s extraordinary story collection, Fire in the Hole reconfirms his standing as the “King Daddy of crime writers” (Seattle Times)—a true Grand Master in the legendary company of John D. MacDonald, Dashiell Hammett, and James M. Cain. These nine riveting tales of crime and (sometimes) punishment—including the title story starring U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, which was the basis for the smash hit TV series Justified—feature all the elements that have made the great Elmore Leonard great.

There's a body in a trunk; a dead girl's reflection is caught in a mirror; and one corpse is back from the grave, while another is envisioned in the recurring nightmare of a terrified eccentric. What's behind such ghastly misdeeds? Try money, revenge, passion, and pleasure. With multiple motives, multiple victims, and multiple suspects, it's going to take a multitude of talent to solve these clever crimes. In this inviting collection, Agatha Christie enlists the services of her finest - Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, and Parker Pyne.

This book contains 101 bite-sized horror stories that are intended to scare and unsettle you. These are real peoples' accounts of the creepy and the occult - of their near-misses with madmen and paranormal entities. Each chapter is a short, stand alone campfire tale, a retelling of a frightening or gruesome incident that has stuck with the teller, something that gives them pause to this day when they find themselves alone in the dark. These stories have been collected with the knowledge that real life is scarier than fiction.

Tommy and Tuppence Beresford are back in Partners in Crime, Agatha Christie's delightful collection of short mysteries featuring the clever and adventurous husband-and-wife detective duo. When they take over the International Detective Agency, they find themselves entangled in a series of baffling cases, from missing jewels to international espionage. With their signature charm, wit, and a dash of daring, Tommy and Tuppence tackle each case while playfully imitating famous literary detectives.

When police are ambushed by a professional assassin in an area covered by CCTV cameras, an expert analyst is called in to remotely process the scene. But when even the most carefully concealed cameras fail to capture even the slightest detail, that might reveal the assassin’s identity, it’s clear they have insider knowledge. Leaving just one question... from whom? Havoc is an intense, action-packed short story, not for the fainthearted. Pick up Havoc today to uncover the killer’s identity in an intense 20-30 minute read!

She’s in love with her best friend and ready to risk it all. Addie and Gretchen have been best friends for a long time. They share everything with each other – the ups and downs of their relationships, work struggles, and all their secrets. Except there’s one secret that Addie’s never shared with anyone. She’s in love with her best friend. Gretchen thought maybe she and Addie might end up together someday, but now that so much time has passed, she figures she missed her opportunity. Firmly in the friend zone, she contents herself with making her way through Seattle’s lesbian ...

“White Nights” tells the story of a lonely man who wanders the streets of St. Petersburg over the course of four nights, searching for an escape from his isolation.

Jordyn Carter has spent years moving on from the pain Damien King caused her, building a life for herself and her son, Kingston. But when Damien is released from prison after three long years, the walls Jordyn carefully constructed around her heart start to crumble. The pull between them is undeniable, and despite the past, their chemistry is as intense as ever. Damien is determined to show Jordyn that he’s changed, but Jordyn is reluctant to let him back in. Torn between the man who once broke her heart and the new man in her life, Zion, who promises a fresh start, Jordyn struggles with ...

The Gibson sisters weren’t expecting to speak to each other ever again after Isabel ran off to New York and left Sophie alone. But here they are, years later, running the family bookstore together on Brinkley’s Island, Maine. Isabel also thought she’d left Johnny Lenox behind, but whether or not she knew it, Johnny was always going to be there for her. Five years into their happily ever after, Isabel and Johnny are making the most of their second chance at love.

What starts as a night of celebration ends up in a battle for survival when Carol and her husband, Phil, see a strange creature on the road and wreck their truck.

Shy little Alice Clark doesn’t mean to cause trouble. She’s just trying to make it through another shift, balancing plates and pouring coffee, when her worst nightmare happens—she spills an entire cup of scalding hot coffee on him. Alexander Grant. Billionaire. Titan of industry. A man so powerful, people barely dare to look him in the eye. But he’s looking at her. And he’s not looking away. One moment, she’s apologizing, stammering, blushing furiously. The next, she’s trapped in his grasp, his dark, heated gaze burning through her defenses. Alice doesn’t know what she’s ...

An absolute rollercoaster of a horror novel! "If you're a fan of horror with a touch of psychological thriller, this book should be at the top of your reading list!" ★★★★★ Netgalley Reviewer "Buckle up, folks! Bully Me - I Dare You is a spine-tingling, nail-biting horror story that will grip you from the very first page." ★★★★★ Netgalley Reviewer "This definitely had the shock and wow factor." ★★★★ Netgalley Reviewer A psychological slice of revenge horror for fans of Adam Nevill and Andrew Michael Hurley Lily dreads each day at school, where she faces constant ...

Edgar Allan Poe was a writer, poet, editor and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre, and is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States and of American literature. Poe was one of the country's earliest practitioners of the short story and considered to be the inventor of the detective fiction genre, as well as a significant contributor to the emerging genre of science fiction.

An unlucky man falls upward into the sky. A disturbing dinner ritual begins with the family removing their left eyes and only grows worse from there… A woman encounters a mysterious entity that allows her to travel through time with gruesome consequences. A rapidly aging child with the ability to control minds forces her father into a nightmare of servitude. A man forms a deadly alliance with the intelligent parasite attached to his neck.

An imprisoned man is certain that his supposed murder victim is alive; a female driver is pursued by a menacing figure in another vehicle; a young artist gets a big break; a restless beauty manages the perfect birthday celebration; an escaped Iraqi on Saddam Hussein's death list pays a visit to his homeland. How will they react? How would you? Cleverly styled, with richly drawn characters and ingeniously plotted story lines, each of the 12 tales ends with a delightfully unexpected turn of events.

For the past twenty years, Lee Child has been one of the bestselling authors in the world, thanks to the popularity of his iconic and instantly recognizable hero Jack Reacher. But even at the height of Reacher's fame, Child's short story writing was not confined to the series; throughout the course of his career, he published tales about a range of characters on both sides of the law, including assassins, a body guard, CIA and FBI agents, gangsters, and more.

She dares him to take the polar plunge. By the end of it, he's ready to take another kind of plunge with her...but can he convince her to stay in town once the weekend's over? I need to get away. I'm a finalist in the national banking competition, so I should be ready to celebrate. But gloating over my victory seems wrong when those who didn't make the finals are forced to have dinner with us. So I go for a walk to an empty lift ticket building. There, I run into the super-sexy lumberjack I spotted at the bar in the restaurant last night. As it turns out, he spotted me too. And soon, we're ...

This collection of six exciting Western stories from early in Louis L’Amour’s career begins with “Fork Your Own Broncs”, in which Mac Marcy, who had saved for seven years to run his own small cattle ranch, sees his dream come true, only to have it threatened by Jingle Bob Kenyon. Also contains “Keep Travelin’, Rider”, “McQueen of the Tumbling K”, “Four Card Draw”, “Mistakes Can Kill You”, and “Showdown on the Tumbling T”.