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Mystery Fiction

Suspenseful fiction usually featuring professional or amateur detectives who solve murders and other crimes.

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Chicago lightning : the collected Nathan Heller short stories

The bookman's tale : a novel of obsession

Fifteen tales of murder, mayhem, and malice from the land of Minnesota nice

Jamaica plain : a resurrection man novel

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Mystery Fiction

Mystery Fiction

King's ransom : an 87th Precinct novel

Chicago lightning : the collected Nathan Heller short stories

Murder in three volumes

The bookman's tale : a novel of obsession

Fifteen tales of murder, mayhem, and malice from the land of Minnesota nice

Fangs out

Seeds of evidence

Untold damage : a Mark Mallen novel

A matter of blood

Jamaica plain : a resurrection man novel

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