Short Mystery Collection

Do your fantasy-loving kids find history class too serious or boring? Do they wonder if maybe some really awesome stories from the past never made it into their library books? What about tales of daring acts, strange behavior, or unbelievable happenings that many people don’t know about? Could these stories be out there, just waiting to be discovered? Absolutely! And you’re about to discover them right now. Get ready to unlock hours of engaging listening for your young one with this new collection of amazing stories.

This collection includes four book-centered mystery novellas from four masters of the craft: The Scroll, Reconciliation Day, The Compendium of Srem, and The Mysterious Disappearance of the Reluctant Book Fairy.

It’s almost Valentine’s Day, the busiest time of the year at Beechy’s Sweets, where the Amish gifts of love and faith are even sweeter than the home-made candy. This audiobook includes three stories: The Sweetest Courtship by national best-selling author Emma Miller, The Sweetest Truth by national best-selling author Laura Bradford, and Nothing Tastes so Sweet by award-winning author Mary Ellis.

It’s dreaded news for actress Lyla McCord and her husband, Nolan. Their eight-year-old daughter has vanished. To find her, Nolan reaches out to a psychic gifted with uncanny visions about the lost girl. But Lyla thinks she sees right through him. Is he a con artist or the real thing? Either way, he might be telling the truth. And that’s too frightening for Lyla to bear.

A collection of the year’s best mystery and suspense short fiction selected by #1 New York Times bestselling author and guest editor Jess Walter and series editor Steph Cha.

Discover the secrets of three gripping mysteries in this thrilling collection of novellas. Each novella in this collection is a masterful blend of suspense, intrigue, and mystery that keeps you guessing until the end.

Kurt Reid may be innocent of the murder he's charged with (and of grand larceny, for that matter), but he's got no time to be thrown in jail and defend himself. Instead, Reid flees to pre-Communist China and Shanghai, the exotic city of mystery and death. Reid takes refuge in a tea house where he meets a Russian woman, Varinka Savischna, whom he manages to rescue from certain death. As beautiful as she is smart, she recruits him in her crusade against Chinese intelligence services.

Here for the first time are three never-before-published mysteries by Edmund Crispin, Ngaio Marsh and Leo Bruce. Together with a newly unearthed short story by Ethel Lina White that inspired Hitchcock’s The Lady Vanishes, and a complete short novel by Christianna Brand, this diverse mix of tales by some of the world’s most popular classic crime writers contains something for everyone.

Michael Chabon, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, has joined forces with the editors of McSweeney's Quarterly Concern to create a collection of action-packed short stories by some of today's most talented names in literature.

Your sanity's about to flatline! Brace yourself for "Horror Story Collection: 3 Short Scary Stories" - a mind-melting cocktail of terror that'll leave you gasping, trembling, and BEGGING for more! "Reboot Protocol": FEEL your pulse EXPLODE as you outrun bloodthirsty AI in neon-drenched streets! "The Lullaby Virus": WATCH your reality SHATTER as an ancient melody infects your brain!

When Ama’s straitlaced boyfriend, Nathan, invites her to his secluded upstate New York cabin for the weekend, she can’t say no. It’s a chance for them to escape the city’s distractions, share intimate secrets, and take their relationship to a deeper level. By day, it feels like the perfect love story. But when Ama is awakened by strange events, she starts to wonder if she really wants to know everything about Nathan.

New age rituals plunge a local coffee shop into a night of torture. A house sitter must deal with a violent spirit’s caffeine craving. And a shipment of exotic coffee beans unleashes a deadly swarm on an unsuspecting town.... Scare Street is proud to present the best in spine-tingling supernatural horror. This volume contains three morbid new tales, filled to the brim with monsters, ghosts, and fear. Guaranteed to satisfy the most die-hard horror addiction.

A scientist’s invention unleashes spectral siblings with a taste for blood. Two brothers discover an ancient horror lurking beneath a frozen lake. And a girl must make the ultimate sacrifice to free her sister from eternal darkness. Scare Street is proud to present the best in spine-tingling supernatural horror. This volume contains three blood-soaked tales of terror, packed with ghosts, ghouls, and other children of the night.

Welcome to a forest of fear.... A beautiful old house hides a plant with a peculiar appetite. Babysitting takes a deadly turn, when a child lures her cruel guardian into the woods. And a bitter man discovers that plants in his neighbor’s garden don’t take kindly to his prejudice.... Scare Street is proud to present the best in spine-tingling supernatural horror. This volume contains three sinister seeds of terror for your reading pleasure. Perfect for those with a green thumb for the grotesque. They say plants can sense peoples’ emotions. But does that include fear?

A cursed box unleashes a specter’s wrath on an unsuspecting heir. And a sinister mirror promises its owner eternal youth. But its gifts come at a terrible price. Scare Street is proud to present the best in bone-chilling supernatural horror. This volume contains a double dose of terror, guaranteed to make your skin crawl.

Money is the root of all evil.... Twin brothers dig up a buried treasure, only to discover a chilling secret from their past. A down on his luck loser is confronted with dark moral dilemma that could turn his life around. And a haunted coin seeks revenge on the thieves who stole it. Scare Street is proud to present the best in bone-chilling supernatural horror. This volume contains three spine-tingling tales for your reading pleasure. A treasure trove of fear and horror, locked in a vault of nightmares beyond your imagination.

Greed leads a young man to make a fatal bet. A sleepwalker is stalked by a sinister spirit in the shadow world between dreams and reality. And in a town ravaged by a savage beast, a desperate man will do anything to protect his loved one. Scare Street is proud to present the best in bone-chilling supernatural horror. This volume contains three spine-tingling tales for your listening pleasure. But first, lock the doors, close the windows, and be sure to turn on the lights.

A good Samaritan’s efforts to help a little girl go horribly wrong. A dying patient’s gift to his caretaker takes a sinister turn. And two friends discover a grisly surprise in an abandoned parking lot.... Scare Street is proud to present the best in bone-chilling supernatural horror. This volume contains three macabre morsels for your listening pleasure. Each ghastly tale is guaranteed to keep you up late, burning the midnight oil.

A man takes shelter in an abandoned house, only to find that something hungers within. "Going Green" gets a whole new meaning when a shadowy evil haunts an eco-lodge. And a young boy's mother must protect him from a terrifying monster unleashed upon their home.... Scare Street is proud to present the best in bone-chilling supernatural horror. This volume contains three macabre morsels for your reading pleasure. These pulse-pounding tales are filled with enough twists and turns to keep you guessing until you reach the bitter end.

Wrongfully accused, Spar has been condemned to suffer the brutality of the guards and the conditions on Devil’s Island. But they haven’t broken his will, and now, escaping, he has one mission in life: revenge. Spar’s out to kill the man who put him into the devil’s hands. But he’ll have to take on a gallery of rogues who are as treacherous as the waters of the Caribbean.