The Affair of the Mysterious Letter

The Affair of the Mysterious Letter
Author: Alexis Hall
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2019-06-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 044000134X

In this charming, witty, and weird fantasy novel, Alexis Hall pays homage to Sherlock Holmes with a new twist on those renowned characters. Upon returning to the city of Khelathra-Ven after five years fighting a war in another universe, Captain John Wyndham finds himself looking for somewhere to live, and expediency forces him to take lodgings at 221b Martyrs Walk. His new housemate is Ms. Shaharazad Haas, a consulting sorceress of mercurial temperament and dark reputation. When Ms. Haas is enlisted to solve a case of blackmail against one of her former lovers, Miss Eirene Viola, Captain Wyndham is drawn into a mystery that leads him from the salons of the literary set to the drowned back-alleys of Ven and even to a prison cell in lost Carcosa. Along the way he is beset by criminals, menaced by pirates, molested by vampires, almost devoured by mad gods, and called upon to punch a shark. But the further the companions go in pursuit of the elusive blackmailer, the more impossible the case appears. Then again, in Khelathra-Ven reality is flexible, and the impossible is Ms. Haas' stock-in-trade.

Lord Darcy

Lord Darcy
Author: Randall Garrett
Publisher: Gollancz
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014
Genre: Darcy, Lord (Fictitious character)
ISBN: 9781473201040

Welcome to an alternate world where Richard the Lion-Heart did not die in the year 1199 - where magic is a science and science is an art - where the great detective Lord Darcy and the sorcerer Sean O'Lochlainn combine occult skills and brilliant deductions to bring criminals to the King's Justice.

Portals

Portals
Author: Maer Wilson
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2014-10-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9781941637098

For supernatural detectives Thulu and La Fi, "normal" is a relative term. La Fi is a medium, Thulu is a finder, and their usual clients are already dead. But when their friend Reo is shot, and a group of stranded angels show up at their house for help to find a missing child, things are striking too close to home. And the portals that let the magical races return to Earth have started opening on their own. With trips off-world, a kidnapped psychic and changes to their own abilities, Thulu and La Fi are hit with a lot more than they usually handle. Of course, their magical friends are there to help, but even they may not be enough to save an increasingly unstable Earth. Portals is the cross genre (Sci Fi/Urban Fantasy) sequel to Relics and is Book 2 in the Modern Magics series.

Mystery, Novelty, and Fantasy Clocks

Mystery, Novelty, and Fantasy Clocks
Author: Derek Roberts
Publisher: Schiffer Book for Collectors
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1999
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780764308734

Over 300 clocks, for buildings or tabletops, which do far more than tell time, are presented with concise historical explanations, detailed drawings, and clear color photography. 700 years of clocks are studied, clocks that display magical acts, appear to require no power to drive them, or have no apparent connection between the movement and the hands. These mystery clocks are fascinating mechanisms.

Crime & Mystery Short Stories

Crime & Mystery Short Stories
Author:
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 516
Release: 2016-11-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1786645114

New Authors and collections. Following the great success of 2015's Gothic Fantasy, deluxe edition short story compilations, Ghosts, Horror and Science Fiction, this latest in the series is packed with detectives, mystery and murder. Whodunnits and mysteries from classic authors are cast with previously unpublished stories by exciting budding contemporary crime writers. Classic authors include Ernest Bramah, G.K. Chesterton, Wilkie Collins, Richard Harding Davis, Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, R. Austin Freeman, Jacques Futrelle, Anna Katharine Green, Arthur Griffiths, E.W. Hornung, Maurice Leblanc, Jack London, Arthur Morrison, Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur B. Reeve, Mark Twain, Edgar Wallace, Victor L. Whitechurch, Israel Zangwill.

Knights, Witches, and Murder

Knights, Witches, and Murder
Author: R. M. Schultz
Publisher:
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2021-11
Genre:
ISBN:

"Characters as deep and layered as any epic fantasy. Pacing and plot as quick as a thriller. Perfect combination."--D. Patterson In a land where the wolf wind and mists roam like ghosts, the conflicted son of a witch was knighted by the king. Knighted to repay a debt to his father. His name is Calec. He alone holds knowledge from both the knighthood and the mysterious witches of the woods. When the king's sheep are found lying in the snow, riddled with black rashes and hemorrhagic eyes, Calec is summoned to discover the reason for their deaths. Then, as human victims arise in the city, Calec uncovers an eerie string of clues. He seeks the aid and determination of pious Eristin--his betrothed and niece of the king--but to catch the murderer they must find answers, answers hidden beneath a web of secrets ensnaring the royal family, a witch, an innkeeper, a priest, and a former thief. And Calec never suspected he'd have to choose between the only two things he's ever loved. "... a thorough blend of fantasy, mystery, and murder."--Readers' Favorite "One of the most distinctive new voices in fantasy."--Emily Saunders "Heart pumping enough to match any thriller or mystery on the market, but in an epic fantasy/Arthurian legend setting."--J. Weersma "Schultz is a gifted storyteller who wove this story to perfection." --Readers' Favorite "... an incredibly intriguing story that weaves the reader into the characters' lives. Well done, well written ..."--Readers' Favorite

Fairy Tale

Fairy Tale
Author: Stephen King
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 800
Release: 2024-06-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1668052679

"Legendary storyteller Stephen King goes into the deepest well of his imagination in this spellbinding novel about a seventeen-year-old boy who inherits the keys to a parallel world where good and evil are at war, and the stakes could not be higher--for that world or ours." --

A Touch of Truth Book One-Raven, Fire and Ice

A Touch of Truth Book One-Raven, Fire and Ice
Author: Nita Round
Publisher: Silver Dragon Books by Rc
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2018-04-17
Genre:
ISBN: 9781619293724

Lucinda Ravensburgh sees the truth in everything she touches. When Captain Magda Stoner of the airship Verity, asks for her help in a very strange and messy crime, Lucinda cannot refuse. From that moment on, Lucinda's life is changed forever. She discovers, no matter what the obstacle, nor the troubles they encounter, finding the truth is paramount.

If You're Out There

If You're Out There
Author: Katy Loutzenhiser
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2019-03-05
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0062865692

“Funny, engrossing, and one-of-a-kind. If You’re Out There completely swept me away.” —Becky Albertalli, New York Times bestselling author of Leah on the Offbeat Part whip-smart suspense tale, part touching story of friendship, this is an extraordinary debut about a determined teen trying to solve a mystery no one else believes in. After Zan’s best friend moves to California, she is baffled and crushed when Priya suddenly ghosts. Worse, Priya’s social media has turned into a stream of ungrammatical posts chronicling a sunny, vapid new life that doesn’t sound like her at all. Everyone tells Zan not to be an idiot: Let Priya do her reinvention thing and move on. But until Zan hears Priya say it, she won’t be able to admit that their friendship is finished. It’s only when she meets Logan, the compelling new guy in Spanish class, that Zan begins to open up about her sadness, her insecurity, her sense of total betrayal. And he’s just as willing as she is to throw himself into the investigation when everyone else thinks her suspicions are crazy. Then a clue hidden in Priya’s latest selfie introduces a new, deeply disturbing possibility: Maybe Priya isn’t just not answering Zan’s emails. Maybe she can’t.

Servant of the Underworld

Servant of the Underworld
Author: Aliette de Bodard
Publisher: Watkins Media Limited
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2010-10-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0857660322

IT IS THE YEAR ONE-KNIFE IN TENOCHTITLAN - THE CAPITAL OF THE AZTECS. The end of the world is kept at bay only by the magic of human sacrifice. A Priestess disappears from an empty room drenched in blood. Acatl, High Priest of the Dead must find her, or break the boundaries between the worlds of th living and the dead. But how do you find someone, living or dead, in a world where blood sacrifices are an everyday occurrence and the very gods stalk the streets? File Under: Fantasy [ Aztec Mystery | Locked Room | Human Sacrifice | The Dead Walk! ]