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This gripping anthology gathers classic American short fiction where deception is an art, truth is perilous, and crime often wears a human smile. From a real-life axe murder on a lonely New England island to calculated impostures, whispered rumors, political terror, and crimes born of obsession, these stories explore the dangerous motives that surface when masks begin to slip.

Drawn into a sprawling family riddled with theft, addiction, and prostitution, retired publisher and author Brian W. Smith witnessed a multigenerational saga of betrayal, treachery, and death. In this unsparing account of abuse and heartbreak, he follows one family member after another as they struggle to break free. Many don’t. In the end, two young boys do.

The Thinking Machine. This is the appellation given to perpetually petulant Professor S.F.X. Van Dusen, scientist and physician, by the newspapers for his startling use of logic to resolve all kinds of problems and solve all manner of mysteries. Generally he is brought mysteries to solve by...

River Patrol Deputy Jason Colefield is back at it. Charged with investigating a mysterious accident on the water, he uncovers a population of miscreants, homeless, and survivalists living on the river's islands. One of them holds the secret to what happened that night. And it will take every weapon in his arsenal to bring down the killer now hunting him.