It’s Smashwords Sunday. Today, we are focusing on murder, mayhem and mystery. Here is a selection of titles from the Smashwords Murder and Mystery collection. Click over and give them a look.

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Inconclusive Death

by Carol Carroll

When Victor Ackerman, the forty-two year old co-owner of a highly regarded architectural firm is found dead under suspicious circumstances, his partner is frantic to stop the rumors that could ruin her now shaky company. The police have all but given up on finding the cause of death. It soon becomes a case for the indomitable P.I., Aaron Blake, to delve into.

The Nell Sweeney Historical Mysteries

by P.B. Ryan

This bargain-priced “boxed set” contains all six of P.B. Ryan’s bestselling historical mysteries, originally published by Berkley Prime Crime. Set in post-Civil War Boston, the series features Irish-born governess Nell Sweeney and opium-smoking former battle surgeon Will Hewitt.

Until Proven

Nora Gaskin

Two young women are murdered in their homes, forty years apart. One of the crimes is solved, one is not. The families involved in both are forever changed. A murder mystery, yes, and also the multi-generational saga of two families in a changing South.

He Needed Killing Too

by Bill Fitts

Book 2 in the Needed Killing series. Dr. Douglas was often described as a man who “needed killing.” When someone takes the description literally and puts a bullet through his head, the provost calls in James Crawford. As Crawford tackles his second case as a private eye, he also wrangles with the particulars of becoming a licensed detective, including the burning question of business cards.