Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
Murder Most Bookish
by Anthea Fraser
Kindle $0.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
Cosy up with a cup of tea and treat yourself to an utterly irresistible mystery, set amid England’s breathtakingly beautiful Chiltern Hills.
Meet Rona Parish, a feisty biographer with a talent for digging up murder and mystery wherever she goes — and Gus, the golden retriever, nipping loyally at her heels!
Rona jumps at the chance to write about Theo Harvey, a famous author who drowned in stranger-than-fiction circumstances. But is she diving head-long into danger?
The Shadow Land
by Elizabeth Kostova
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
From the #1 bestselling author of The Historian comes a mesmerizing novelthat spans the past and the present – and unearths the troubled history of a gorgeous but haunted country.
A young American woman, Alexandra Boyd, has traveled to Sofia, Bulgaria, hoping that life abroad will salve the wounds left by the loss of her beloved brother. Soon after arriving in this elegant East European city, however, she helps an elderly couple into a taxi—and realizes too late that she has accidentally kept one of their bags. Inside she finds an ornately carved wooden box engraved with a name: Stoyan Lazarov. Raising the hinged lid, she discovers that she is holding an urn filled with human ashes.
Windslash
by Chris Bennett
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
10,000 years ago. On a mythical island.
Where powerful magic exists that is destined to be lost to the seas.
Timaeus is a Wind Student, training to be a Wind Elemental. It is through an extraordinary anomaly that it is discovered he can use more than Wind Magic, this marks the beginning of an extraordinary adventure as he learns the extent of his abilities.
The Dark Elementals, malevolent and monstrous warriors, corrupted by Dark Magic, seek to revive a great evil that was sealed away long ago. After centuries of waiting they put their plan into motion, they invade Atlantis causing a war to break out, slaughtering Atlantis’ forces to find what they need to revive the great evil…
Dark Horse
by Gregg Hurwitz
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Gregg Hurwitz’s New York Times bestselling series returns when Orphan X faces his most challenging mission ever in Dark Horse.
Evan Smoak is a man with many identities and a challenging past. As Orphan X, he was a government assassin for the off-the-books Orphan Program. After he broke with the Program, he adopted a new name and a new mission–The Nowhere Man, helping the most desperate in their times of trouble. Having just survived an attack on his life and the complete devastation of his base of operations, as well as his complicated (and deepening) relationship with his neighbor Mia Hall, Evan isn’t interested in taking on a new mission. But one finds him anyway.
The Craving
by J F Saxby
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
What happens when two people long to be together . . . but are worlds apart?
‘The Craving’ is an award-winning, split-time Christian romance for young adults. A stadium collapse. A coma. A breathtaking journey of discovery.
Will Sutherland saves a girl from a falling beam in a stadium collapse, and is plunged into a coma. Finding himself on the Island of Eldrad, Will longs to go home to Aporto Bay. He battles addiction and anger against his rival, Ben Maddock, and his own father who has walked out.
His Last Text
by Rebecca Lake
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
A romantic anniversary dinner. A heartfelt message. Then silence.
Anna Stanten’s world shatters when she learns her boyfriend Wyatt’s corporate jet has crashed. With the company dragging its feet on the search, Anna takes matters into her own hands, assembling a team of volunteers to find the man she loves.
But as she retraces Wyatt’s last known steps, danger lurks at every turn. Her uncle, driven by an insatiable greed for a mysterious key mentioned in her grandmother’s will, seems to be pulling strings from the shadows. And who is this new “aunt” that suddenly appeared in her life?
Evil Bones
by Kathy Reichs
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
#1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs returns with a twisty, magnetic thriller featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, who finds herself enmeshed in a series of grisly animal killings that escalate into something far more sinister.
Small creatures—a rat, a rabbit, a squirrel—have been turning up throughout Charlotte, North Carolina, mutilated and displayed in a bizarre manner. But one day, as Tempe is relaxing at home alongside her aimless, moody great-niece Ruthie, she’s diverted by a disturbing call. The perp is upping the ante. This find could be human.
Whispers at Midnight
by Karen Robards
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Carly Linton returns to her hometown of Benton, Georgia, to open a bed-and-breakfast in the house she inherited from her grandmother. She’s also dead-set on burying her former good-girl image – by seducing the one man who can give her a guided tour of the wild side…Matt Converse, the local sheriff, was once the town’s bad boy who shared one magical night with Carly at her senior prom. But igniting the sparks of the past can lead to a blaze of danger: First her house is burglarized, then someone comes after her. A mysterious enemy wants Carly out of Benton for good, and now she needs Matt more than ever—to keep her alive.
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
12 Ways to Kill Your Family at Christmas
by Natasha Bache
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
All Olivia wanted was one last miserable Christmas with her husband’s awful family before moving to Australia. She didn’t expect a murder. Now the snow has cut them off and she’s stuck in a stately country house, with her increasingly deranged relatives and the rising suspicion that someone is picking them off one by one.
As the bodies pile up and the festive façade starts to crack, Olivia must survive the season, or, at the very least, get through lunch without anyone else choking on a sprout.
Legacy of Dragons
by Kevin Mclaughlin, Michael Anderle
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Dragons used to rule the world; those days are over. But humans, mages, and dragons have just begun learning to co-exist without conflict.
Kylara Diamantine is a young dragon with a lot to learn. When her mother goes missing, Kylara is sent to a school to learn about magic and draconic powers alongside dragons and mages. She will need to master her dragon powers to save herself and find her missing mother. Will she be prepared for what’s to come?
What do a dragon and a dwarf have in common? Sometimes, all you need is one thing to bind you together. And when that one thing is fighting to survive…
Alone, Galen Stormwing and Vala don’t stand a chance. Together, they might be able to save each other!
The Invited
by Jennifer McMahon
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
A chilling ghost story with a twist: the New York Times bestselling author of The Winter People returns to the woods of Vermont to tell the story of a husband and wife who don’t simply move into a haunted house–they build one….
In a quest for a simpler life, Helen and Nate have abandoned the comforts of suburbia to take up residence on forty-four acres of rural land where they will begin the ultimate, aspirational do-it-yourself project: building the house of their dreams. When they discover that this beautiful property has a dark and violent past, Helen, a former history teacher, becomes consumed by the local legend of Hattie Breckenridge, a woman who lived and died there a century ago…
The Nowhere Man
by Gregg Hurwitz
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Includes 7 free chapters of HELLBENT, the latest in the international bestselling Orphan X series.
Spoken about only in whispers, the Nowhere Man can only be reached by the truly desperate, he can —He will do anything to save them.
Evan Smoak is the Nowhere Man.
Taken from a group home at twelve, Evan was raised and trained as part of the Orphan Program, an off-the-books operation designed to create deniable intelligence assets—i.e. assassins. Evan was Orphan X. He broke with the Program, using everything he learned to disappear and reinvent himself as the Nowhere Man.
The Boyfriend
by Michelle Frances
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
He loves you not.
Amy is fiercely independent, with a high-powered career, a flat of her own and tight-knit friendships. But as she approaches her thirtieth birthday, she can’t help but rue the one thing she doesn’t have – a relationship.
When Amy comes around following a serious fall, she doesn’t remember anything from the last six months. Not even the upcoming skiing holiday at her aunt’s luxurious chalet in Val d’Isère with her mum and best friends to celebrate her birthday. And she certainly doesn’t remember being swept off her feet by the handsome Dr Jack Stewart . . .
Life Hikes
by Renée Brown Harmon MD
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
A powerful and hopeful essay collection exploring grief, courage, and the healing power of nature.
In October 2018, Dr. Renée Brown Harmon lost her husband, Harvey, to younger-onset Alzheimer’s disease when he was only fifty-eight years old. After Harvey’s passing and nearly a decade of caring for him, Harmon found solace in hiking, nature, and travel—discovering that even when she felt frozen in her grief, her feet would keep her moving.
With Life Hikes, a memoir in three parts, Harmon shares her journey of self-discovery in the wake of loss with authenticity, candor, and grace. From an encounter with gigantic Galápagos tortoises to the 19,000-foot summit of Mount Kilimanjaro to the mythology-steeped Greek island of Ithaca, she explores the parts of herself and the edges of her grief that will ultimately bring her through it.
Peril at Christmas
by Virginia Vaughan, Liz Johnson
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
A dangerous season
Mistletoe Reunion Threat by Virginia Vaughan: Someone wants Mississippi prosecutor Ashlynn Morris dead…and they’ve taken her son to get to her. The only person she can turn to is his father, a man who doesn’t even know about their child…
Christmas Captive by Liz Johnson: On his cousin’s Christmas wedding cruise, navy SEAL Jordan Somerton anticipated the typical best man duties. But when the luxury liner is infiltrated by men determined to kidnap the flower girl, he’s plunged into an unexpected mission…
NYPD Red 8
by Marshall Karp
Kindle $9.99 Rating: BRAND NEW RELEASE #ad
It’s 11:59.
And the city that never sleeps is afraid to get out of bed.
A bomb explodes in a crowded New York subway station at exactly 11:59 a.m. The next day, a second blast rips through a busy department store—again at 11:59.
As the bombs go off with clockwork precision, the death toll climbs and businesses shut their doors as the city hunkers down in fear.
Monday’s Mystery eBooks
A Christmas Murder in Merrywell
by Jane Bettany
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
A cosy, festive murder mystery to curl up with in front of the fire, for fans of Clare Chase and Katie Gayle.
In the charming village of Merrywell, an exciting new Christmas Market is bringing festive cheer and bustling crowds. But as the stallholders celebrate in the village bookshop at the end of a successful first day, someone rushes in to announce that a body has been found.
Once again in the wrong place at the wrong time, Violet Brewster is on hand to offer the police her astute – if perhaps unwelcome – opinion on the crime…
All Her Fault
by Andrea Mara
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
ONE MISSING BOY. Marissa Irvine arrives at 14 Tudor Grove, expecting to pick up her young son Milo from his first playdate with a boy at his new school. But the woman who answers the door isn’t a mother she recognises. She isn’t the nanny. She doesn’t have Milo. And so begins every parent’s worst nightmare.
FOUR GUILTY WOMEN. As news of the disappearance filters through the quiet Dublin suburb and an unexpected suspect is named, whispers start to spread about the women most closely connected to the shocking event.
Creep
by Jennifer Hillier
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
A popular psychology professor in Seattle, Sheila works hard to keep her secrets hidden. On the surface, she’s an expert in human behavior and a well-liked educator, but nobody knows she’s a recovering sex addict in therapy—not even the love of her life, Morris. And she needs it to stay that way, or she could lose everything.
But Ethan Wolfe is impossible to resist. The graduate student is brilliant, charming, and seductive as hell. He’s also Sheila’s teaching assistant, and thirteen years her junior…
True Evil
by Greg Iles
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Dr. Chris Shepard has never seen his new patient before. But the attractive young woman with the scarred face knows him all too well. An FBI agent working undercover, Alex Morse has come to Dr. Shepard’s office in Natchez, Mississippi, to unmask a killer. A local divorce attorney has a cluster of clients whose spouses have all died under mysterious circumstances. Agent Morse’s own brother-in-law was one of those clients, and now her beloved sister is dead. Then comes Morse’s bombshell: Dr. Shepard’s own beautiful wife consulted this lawyer one week ago, a visit Shepard knew nothing about.
Instant Replays of the Exodus
by Christopher Gazeent
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
FOUR MISFITS. Red, a rebel and aspiring writer who’s probably too smart for his own good. Bones, who is bipolar and trying to find a place for himself in the world. Jim, a charismatic, loveable dork. And Ox, a hardcore introvert who loves music more than anything. Back in the day, they were the best of friends. Now, a decade later, Ox has lost his battle with depression, Jim has disappeared, and Bones wants nothing to do with Red.
Then there’s Kev, a young gay man who happens to be a goth and a furry, and Rich, a slacker with autism. Will wrongs ever be righted? Can they?
The London Bookshop Affair
by Louise Fein
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Two courageous women. One astonishing secret. A world on the brink of war.
London, 1962: The world is teetering on the brink of nuclear war but life must go on. Celia Duchesne longs for a career, but with no means or qualifications, passes her time working at a dusty bookshop. The day a handsome American enters the shop, she thinks she might have found her way out of the monotony…
France, 1942: Nineteen-year-old Anya Moreau was dropped behind enemy lines to aid the resistance, sending messages back home to London via wireless transmitter. When she was cruelly betrayed, evidence of her legacy and the truth of her actions were buried by wartime injustices.
Broken Love
by Linda Robinson
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Physically mistreated by her spouse, Jennifer Tadlock changes her appearance, runs, and is hiding out in a home for abused women when she’s hired by Sheri Jenkins, owner of Serenity Cove, a bed-and-breakfast inn.
As Jennifer begins to relax in an apartment provided by Sheri and her husband Bradley, she longs to get her own identity back, but an ominous phone call from her estranged husband results in a setback of profound fear and insecurity.
Paul Mixon, a young, handsome landscaping contractor, who lost the love of his life to cancer two years before, is also employed by the inn. He’s made it through crippling grief at last and begins to think of dating, marrying, and raising a family when Jennifer catches his eye.
The Christmas Guest
by Sally Royer-Derr
Kindle $4.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Who is he?
When handsome author, Nate, moves into Laura’s picturesque guesthouse in coastal Maine, it seems like a holiday fairy tale.
Her quiet, comfortable life takes a new direction as they get to know each other. He seems too good to be true, and she can hardly believe how everything falls into place for them. As their romance blossoms, Laura questions what Nate is hiding from her. Who is he talking to in the middle of the night? Why is he so secretive?
Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
Anna and the Grumpy Ghost
by Maggie March
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
She sees dead people. He is dead people. And their canine companion has a few secrets of her own. Together, they’re Lockwood Cove’s most dysfunctional detective trio!
When aspiring romance novelist Anna McGuffin relocates to Lockwood Cove, she’s hoping for a quiet retreat to jumpstart her writing – not a haunted mansion complete with a grumpy ghost and a mischievous stray dachshund.
Anna’s lifelong secret? She can see the dead—a fact she’s managed to keep hidden from the world…
Winter Kill
by Joshua Harkin
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
One little town. One deadly cult. So many ways to die.
Former Marine Frank Ranger has been a fugitive for two long years. Framed for his wife’s murder and relentlessly hunted, his search for the truth finally leads him to Aniatak, a frozen Alaskan outpost where winter never truly ends.
There he hopes to find Bruno Harris, the last surviving member of his old squad and the man who may hold the key to clearing his name…
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A Cry for Vengeance
by Ernesto Patino
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
Moments before he dies, terminally ill Karl Muller makes a startling deathbed confession: he admits to killing thousands of Jews during World War II. His nurse, Helen Dobson, is understandably shocked. She refers the matter to Bryan De Luca, a part-time professor with experience in international affairs.
De Luca soon learns that shortly after the war, Muller and dozens of former Nazis were recruited by American Intelligence to work as spies against the Soviets. De Luca also learns that Sam O’Hara, a former immigration investigator, had compiled a secret list of ex-Nazis in America—a list that so-called contractors hired to protect them are desperate to obtain.
Judge and Jury
by Stephen Penner
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
A good lawyer knows the law. A great lawyer knows the judge.
Seattle attorney Dan Raine is hired by an old friend, Judge Michael Hawkins, to help with a delicate family matter. Hawkins’s son has been romancing Lydia Szabo, the daughter of a local crime lord, and now owes her brother a large sum of money.
The Szabo family is using this debt to blackmail the judge into a favorable verdict on an upcoming case. Raine’s job is to scare them off by digging up some serious dirt on their criminal empire. But before he can do it, Lydia is murdered and Judge Hawkins is found standing over her body, a smoking gun in his hand.
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(A Rain City Legal Thriller)
A Face to Die For
by Iris Johansen
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Eve Duncan attempts to unearth one of history’s most intriguing lost secrets in this adventure ripped from the pages of Greek mythology, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen.
Archaeologist Riley Smith has been obsessed with Helen of Troy since she was a small girl, trailing her professor father all over the world in search of the tomb of the world’s most beautiful woman. Professor Smith put his life on the line to prove that, instead of a myth, Helen had been a living, breathing queen.
Haint
by Samuel Brower
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
BLOOD RUNS DEEP IN THE HOLLER – AND SOMETHING HUNGRY WAITS IN THE DARK.
When the Haint’s Rest Mine caves in, eighteen men are trapped underground. But what crawls out of the dark isn’t human.
Sheriff Hunter Gallogly wants answers, but the bodies piling up across Haint’s Hollow tell their own story—throats ripped open, no blood left behind. His cousins, Greg and Bob, run the holler’s drug trade and don’t believe in monsters. But when their crew starts dying, denial isn’t an option.
End Game
by Jeffrey Archer
BRAND NEW RELEASE #ad
William Warwick and Ross Hogan will return, for one last time, in a gripping and unputdownable finale. Available now!
London, 2012. The eyes of the world are on Britain as the country prepares to host the Olympic Games.
But the glare of the spotlight makes London a target for some of the most dangerous people on earth. And the moment the bid is won, an international conspiracy is set in motion to unleash a devastating attack that will leave the world in chaos.
Transforming Treatment
by Ryan Bauer
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
AI and Machine Learning in Healthcare: Transforming the Future of Medicine
In an era where technology is reshaping every aspect of our lives, healthcare stands on the brink of a revolution. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are no longer just buzzwords—they’re powerful tools poised to transform the way we prevent, diagnose, and treat diseases.
This comprehensive guide takes you on a journey through the cutting-edge world of data and AI in healthcare…