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As the mists roll over the fens and enigmatic lights twinkle in the distance, only the locals know their way along the hidden paths through the mysterious watery terrain of one of England's most beautiful and sometimes dangerous places. Detective Matt Ballard may have retired but there's still plenty going on in the fens to keep him busy. Someone trashes an old lady's garden and daubs her isolated cottage with hateful graffiti. Emilia Swain seems to be totally harmless, so why is she being targeted?

An old friend's sister disappears without a trace. There's no sign of foul play, but she'd been acting very peculiarly. Meanwhile, Liz's cousin, Christie, comes to stay. She takes an immediate - and uncharacteristic - dislike to the local bookshop owner, Gina. Why does everyone put up with her awful behavior? Christie is convinced that Gina is manipulating everyone around her. Is she onto something dangerous or just pushing her new friends away? No one believes her suspicions until another friend goes missing late at night on the misty Fen marshes.

A deranged, derelict, crazed Vietnam vet has been arrested for gunning down successful young lawyer Glenn Holtzmann at a corner phone booth on 11th Avenue—and the suspect's brother wants unlicensed private investigator Matthew Scudder to prove the madman innocent. But Scudder's curiosity and dedication are leading him to dark, unexplored places in his own heart…and to passions and secrets that could destroy everything he loves. In this unmerciful metropolis, no one is truly innocent—including Matthew Scudder.

This combo bundle includes books one to four in the popular Matt Kile Mystery series.

From his arrival at Nekropolis, Matt has found himself embroiled in disputes with the city's vampire lords, shapeshifters, golems, and other monstrosities. Nothing has prepared him for the Dark War.

This package consists of Matt Cooper stories 13-45.

Here, for your approval, are the first 15 Matt Cooper, P.I. stories in the collection of 420 stories. These 15 take place in the mid-to-late 1940s, and show the beginnings of Cooper Investigations.

Matty Iapen is the most average bounty hunter and investigator you could hire in Cleveland. He graduated college with a journalism degree only to find work chasing criminals and solving B-rate mysteries. Along with his colleagues Mariah and Alison, Matty will solve any mystery -- mainly because he needs to pay the bills.

Retired rich at 46, golf and deep sea fishing just aren’t cutting it for him anymore. Then, out of the blue, a friend is shot dead. Now Matt has a purpose: track down the cold-blooded killer. Soon after, though, a beautiful woman comes into his life. Any sane man would stop playing Sherlock and devote himself full-time to the pursuit of this woman… but not multi-tasker Matt. No, he’s a man on a mission.

Sherlock Holmes ein Mörder? Das kann nicht sein! Davon ist Dr. Watson überzeugt und auch Inspektor Lestrade vollstreckt seinen Haftbefehl nur mit äußerstem Widerstreben. Hinter Gittern zwar in seiner Ermittlungs- aber nicht Denkfähigkeit beeinträchtigt, will der Meisterdetektiv nicht nur seine Unschuld beweisen, sondern auch herausfinden, was wirklich hinter dieser mysteriösen Geschichte steckt.

This stylish murder mystery could be called an edgy cozy or a private detective story, absent gratuitous violence. The one thing it isn’t is a predictable story of murder. One of the editors described it as a tongue-in-cheek slide into an unexpected conclusion.