A New Volume of Mini-Mysteries from Stephen D. Rogers

We have a fondness for mini-mysteries, stories that present evidence — or sometimes lack of evidence — for a crime and then ask the reader to solve them.

Today we noticed that Stephen D. Rogers' third volume of Three-Minute Mysteries was available for free from the Kindle Store and couldn't resist downloading it.

The book includes 25 mysteries, each designed to take only several minutes to read. At the end of each story, you're invited to solve the case or go to the next page to discover the answer.

Though some of the stories have a familiar feel to them, many have an novel twist or something else original about them.

We've previously read a book of short stories by Rogers — Shot to Death — calling it an "entertaining collection, written by an author who clearly knows his craft and, more importantly, his audience." The same applies to this collection of mini-mysteries.

Three volumes are available: Three-Minute Mysteries 1, Three-Minute Mysteries 2, and Three-Minute Mysteries 3. Each is priced at $2.99 and are available as ebooks only. But as of the date and time of this post, the third and most recent volume is available for free.