Cameron Trost's Blog - Posts Tagged "mystery"

Ian Carew left London to become a teacher in Mirebury, a town lost in the moors of Cornwall where everybody knows each other and life is quiet and pleasant. His elderly neighbour, Mrs Mary Hopkins, treats him like a son, and the local butcher, Jack Cochon, is his closest friend. All that is missing from Ian’s life is a good woman to share his bed with and a little adventure.

Little does he know, he is about to get a taste of both.

One day, when Mrs Mary Hopkins opens her letterbox, she makes a gruesome discovery and suddenly Mirebury is thrown into a state of shock and outrage.

At first, they assume it was a random act, but the horrible deliveries continue and, before long, the townsfolk of Mirebury are forced to acknowledge that they have become the target of a campaign of terror – and nobody’s letterbox is safe.

Is the dreaded “Postman” one of them, or is he an outsider?

Tensions grow and the solid communal values of Mirebury crumble as suspicion and accusations tear the town apart. Neighbour is pitted against neighbour and tempers flare.

The enemy only strikes at night and moves through the fog like a phantom as he makes his deliveries - it seems impossible to catch him. The fate of Mirebury will come down to one man.

LETTERBOX is a dark thriller about how fragile the fabric of small town society really is and how one man, by pulling the right strings, can expose dirty secrets and trigger underlying tensions between neighbours. Letterbox

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Black Beacon Books is an independent publisher based in Brisbane, Australia.

What are our aims?

- To promote short fiction and novellas. We have nothing against novels here at BBB and plan to publish novels eventually, but we absolutely love the shorter forms, particularly anthologies.

- To bring exciting and intriguing tales to the reading public. We like dark fiction that falls into the genres of mystery, suspense, psychological horror, adventure, black humour and the just plain weird. Tales that entertain and, at the same time, have something to say about society and the human condition are very highly regarded.

- To promote, as much as possible, Australian writers.

Black Beacon Books presents an anthology of dark tales about lighthouses and beacons. This unique book offers you, the most daring of readers, fourteen original stories of horror, mystery, suspense, and adventure.

Within these pages lurk monsters from the depths of the seas and the far reaches of the cosmos. There are murders to solve, hauntings to investigate, and loved ones to be rescued. There are tales of hidden treasure, timeless curses, and ancient orders. Seafarers face ferocious storms while families fall apart and lighthouse keepers lose their sanity.
The storm is coming, so batten down the hatches and let Lighthouses guide you into the darkness.

Light House, Dark House Greg Chapman
Scrimshaw Duncan Richardson
Horror at Hollow Head Cameron Trost
Psychopomp Mark McAuliffe
Trepidation Danielle Birch
Cloak of Madness Matthew Wilson
The Cape B. Michael Radburn
The Last Keeper Linda Brucesmith
In Search of Jimmy David Dolan
Into the Light Alice Godwin
The Crystal Lighthouse Sam Muller
To Keep the Lamp Alight Steve Cameron
The Tower B. T. Joy
Will o’ the Wisp Deborah Sheldon

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An anthology for readers who love stormy weather, whether it be the thunderstorms of the tropics, the tempests of the Atlantic, or the blizzards of the frozen north. Seek shelter, batten down the hatches, and lose yourself in this short anthology of suspense, mystery, and terror, designed to be read in one stormy sitting while the wind howls or thunder bellows.

Absinthe for the Soul by Danielle Birch
Deep-Sea Fishing by Claire Fitzpatrick
The Murder at Karreg Du by Cameron Trost
The Bells of St. Clement's by Stuart Olver
Creep's Motel by Jeremy Hayes
And Then There Were Two by Pym Schaare
The Inimitable Livers by Mark McAuliffe

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Shelter from the Storm: An Anthology

FREE for Kindle today only!
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Oscar Tremont, Investigator of the Strange and InexplicableIntroducing Oscar Tremont, Investigator of the Strange and Inexplicable.

Join Oscar Tremont on his first four cases as he tackles mysteries too strange for the police and assures his clients that a rational explanation lies behind what at first appears to be impossible. You will find clues, question suspects, don disguises, break into abandoned houses, solve codes and puzzles, and if you really have your wits about you, crack the case before our hero.

Oscar Tremont, Investigator of the Strange and Inexplicable consists of two novellas and two short stories that display the keen intellect of a private investigator who is bound to make a name for himself in the mystery genre.

◆ The Hunt for the Stayne Fortune
◆ The Ghosts of Walhalla
◆ The Witch at the Window
◆ The Secret of the Severed Hand

These four mysteries will challenge and surprise even the most experienced armchair detectives.

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Oscar Tremont, Investigator of the Strange and Inexplicable

To celebrate 7,600 wonderful Facebook followers (https://www.facebook.com/CameronTrost...) with impeccable taste in books, I've made "Oscar Tremont, Investigator of the Strange and Inexplicable" FREE to download for Kindle today (Sunday the 3rd) only! This collection features Oscar's first four cases, which took place in Australia before he moved to his wife's homeland of Brittany. Three novellas and a short story perfect for all the armchair detectives out there. Oscar Tremont, Investigator of the Strange and Inexplicable

* The Hunt for the Stayne Fortune
* The Ghosts of Walhalla
* The Witch at the Window
* The Secret of the Severed Hand

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I've just signed up for Kindle Unlimited and I'm looking for mystery novels, novellas, collections, and anthologies to read and review here on Goodreads. Mystery writers and fans, give me your suggestions! But before you do, please make sure you only send suggestions that fit the following criteria:

1) Kindle Unlimited books only.
2) Fairplay / traditional mysteries. This means the reader is given all the tools to solve the mystery before the detective reveals all.
3) For novels, no longer than 70,000 words. That's more than enough words to tell a ripping mystery without diluting it. 50,000 to 65,000 is the sweet spot for me.

I prefer private investigators and puzzles inspired by the mysteries of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. I particularly like clever locked-room and closed-circle mysteries with evocative settings. Think Doyle, Christie, and Carr, for example.

Letterbox, my novel of mystery and mayhem in the English countryside, is FREE for Kindle today only to celebrate 7,700 wonderful followers on my Facebook page, and 620 here on Goodreads! Download, enjoy, and please leave a review on Amazon and Goodreads. https://mybook.to/letterbox

Letterbox, my novel of mystery and mayhem in the English countryside, is FREE for Kindle today only to celebrate 7,700 wonderful followers on my Facebook page, and 620 here on Goodreads! Download, enjoy, and please leave a review on Amazon and Goodreads. https://mybook.to/letterbox
Letterbox