Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
White Elephant Dead
by Carolyn Hart
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Murder is, surprisingly, not all that uncommon on timy Broward’s Rock, an idyllic sea island community off the South Carolina coast.
Annie Darling’s popular mystery bookshop, Death on Demand, is where the locals come to discuss the juicy details of each criminal offense–under the watchful gaze of a pampered feline prima donna named Agatha. But now Annie’s dear friend (and best customer) Henny Brawley stands accused of murdering a Women’s Club volunteer-cum-blackmailer.
Heir to the Empire
by Timothy Zahn
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Five years ago, the Rebel Alliance destroyed the Death Star, defeated Darth Vader and the Emperor, and drove the remnants of the old Imperial Starfleet to a distant corner of the galaxy. Princess Leia and Han Solo are married and expecting twins. And Luke Skywalker has become the first in a long-awaited line of Jedi Knights.
But thousands of light-years away, the last of the Emperor’s warlords, Grand Admiral Thrawn, has taken command of the shattered Imperial fleet, readied it for war, and pointed it at the fragile heart of the New Republic…
Echoes of Evil
by Heather Graham
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Something lurks beneath the surface…
Brodie McFadden is supposed to be on vacation, getting some sunshine and deciding if he wants to join his brothers in the Krewe of Hunters, a special paranormal investigation unit of the FBI. But a diving excursion with an old navy buddy to a historic shipwreck uncovers a crime scene—and the corpse is new.
Museum curator Dakota “Kody” McCoy just wants her Key West culture festival to succeed. She’s always had a deep connection to her home, including being regularly haunted by some of the resident ghosts.
Three Dark Kings and the Starlit Court
by Everly Frost
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Three dark kings rule my fate.
The Ember King burns with fury and thirsts for destruction.
The Frost King strikes without mercy and delights in cruelty.
And the Iron King weaves lies into chains to cage his enemies.
For centuries, a cursed war has raged between the three fae kingdoms, their ruthless kings hunting for the power to destroy each other once and for all.
All my life, my father has warned me: the power they seek… is me.
Once In, Never Out
by Dan Mahoney
Kindle $0.50 Rating: 4.5 #ad
A girl missing in New York. A political bombing in Iceland. No ordinary cop would see a connection. But Detective First Grade Brian McKenna didn’t earn his reputation by being ordinary. In Once In, Never Out, McKenna travels the globe in pursuit of his darkest foe yet–a terrorist bomber whose next target could be New York’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Along the way he finds a good friend and cunning ally in Thor Erikson, Iceland’s sole homicide detective. This is a case that brings McKenna to the edge of his abilities, and puts both his detecting and survival skills to the ultimate test.
A Gambling Man
by David Baldacci
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Aloysius Archer, the straight-talking World War II veteran fresh out of prison, returns in this riveting #1 New York Times bestselling thriller from David Baldacci.
The 1950s are on the horizon, and Archer is in dire need of a fresh start after a nearly fatal detour in Poca City. So Archer hops on a bus and begins the long journey out west to California, where rumor has it there is money to be made if you’re hard-working, lucky, criminal—or all three.
The Haunting of Sorrow’s Leap
by Chris Sorensen
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Ellen Marx used to talk to the dead. Now they’re ghosting her. With her psychic gifts on the fritz, she’s been demoted to hawking discount crystals at third-rate paranormal conventions. But when she inadvertently solves a supernatural challenge at New Jersey’s Hooky Spooky Convention, she catches the eye of the event’s reclusive sponsor: a washed-up horror author with a haunted mansion in need of a serious cleansing.
Reluctantly, Ellen joins his ragtag crew of psychic misfits (a near-death survivor, a paranormal tech bro, and a woman who may or may not be possessed) to investigate the mystery lurking inside his crumbling Hudson Valley estate.
FROM THE PAINTED TOMB
by Brenda Hill
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
2021 Readers’ Favorite Silver Medal Award
Literary Titan’s Golden Book Award
Born an exalted Egyptian prince, 3rd son of Thutmose III, Prince Rahmor stood in favor with his father–until he commits the one unpardonable sin – he falls in love with a slave his father has chosen to be queen. His love for this woman not only endangers his life, but the consequences carry through the ages to a contemporary copper-haired American woman. He didn’t count on falling in love with her, nor did he know he’d have a fight to the death with a mystical werewolf that follows him through time.
Friday’s Mystery eBooks
Here… Hold My Broom
by Carol Kilgore
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
What if Cinderella were a man and the prince a witch? A wicked good witch.
Strange happenings in the magic realm are turning Brielle Quinn’s life upside down. She’s been told to let things happen on their own and not to interfere. So difficult—and unfair!
On the night of her neighbor’s birthday party, Brielle’s drunk a little too much tequila. While on her way back to her home next door, a man calls to her and plants the kiss of a lifetime on her lips. Only thing is, Brielle doesn’t have the first clue about who he is. Or what he looks like. Yet she can’t get him out of her mind. Or the taste of his kiss off her lips. How is she ever going to find him?
The Snake and the Spider
by Karen Kingsbury
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Best friends Daryl Barber and James Boucher were responsible, and their parents trusted them to spend Spring Break at Daytona Beach unchaperoned. When the boys missed their agreed-upon daily check-ins, their parents were disappointed. When they failed to come home on their planned return date, their parents were terrified. They could not have known that their innocent sons would encounter two violent men on the Florida coast. They could not have imagined the torture their children would endure before their bodies turned up four months later in a Florida swamp. What starts as a dream vacation, ended as every parent’s worst nightmare . . .
Running from the Law
by Lisa Scottoline
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
A wisecracking lawyer takes on the defense of a prominent federal judge accused of sexual harassment, but all bets are off when the case turns deadly in this page-turning legal thriller from #1 bestselling author Lisa Scottoline—her classic novel, now available in trade paperback for the first time.
Whether it’s at the poker table or in a court room, wisecracking attorney Rita Morrone plays to win, especially when it comes to her latest case, which is also her most personal. She’s defending the Honorable Fiske Hamilton, a prominent federal judge accused of sexual harassment. It’s no coincidence her client happens to be her live-in lover’s father.
The Mysterious Affair at Style
by Agatha Christie
Kindle $0.39 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Step into the world of mystery and intrigue with Agatha Christie’s first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles. This groundbreaking work introduces the brilliant Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, who would go on to become one of literature’s most iconic characters.
When wealthy Emily Inglethorp is found dead in her locked bedroom at Styles Court, suspicion and tension run high. Was it her much-younger husband, her stepchildren, or one of the many houseguests? Hercule Poirot is called upon to unravel the tangled web of lies, motives, and red herrings that surround the case.
Cliff’s Edge
by Carolyn Hart
Kindle $0.39 Rating: 4.3 #ad
After she was arranged to be married at fifteen years old, Camilla has resigned herself to the role of respectable Roman wife, if only to please her father. Camilla knows that her husband Decimus is only interested in her vast fortune and social status. The only solace Camilla has is her daily walk along the pretty paths behind her seaside villa. But when she spies a beautiful stranger diving into the sea, a restlessness draws her again and again to the cliff’s edge to watch him swim, until the fortuitous moment she finds herself in Marcus Julius Paulus’s arms. Marcus, strong and gentle, is a man she could fall in love with, which only heightens her despair. For Camilla would never do anything to bring scandal to her family.
The 14th Colony
by Steve Berry
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Shot down over Siberia, ex-Justice Department agent Cotton Malone is forced into a fight for survival against Aleksandr Zorin, a man whose loyalty to the former Soviet Union has festered for decades into an intense hatred of the United States.
Before escaping, Malone learns that Zorin and another ex-KGB officer, this one a sleeper still embedded in the West, are headed overseas to Washington D.C. Noon on January 20th – Inauguration Day—is only hours away. A flaw in the Constitution, and an even more flawed presidential succession act, have opened the door to disaster and Zorin intends to exploit both weaknesses to their fullest.
New York to Dallas
by J. D. Robb
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
New York Times bestselling author J. D. Robb presents an intense and terrifying case for New York homicide cop Eve Dallas: one that will take her all the way to the city that named her—and plunge her into the nightmares of her childhood…
When a monster named Isaac McQueen—taken down by Eve back in her uniform days—escapes from Rikers, he has two things in mind. One is to take up where he left off, abducting young victims and leaving them scarred in both mind and body. The other is to get revenge on the woman who stopped him all those years ago.
Lady Apprentice
by Toni Cabell
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Wishing Shelf Book Awards – FINALIST
Incipere Awards – 1st PLACE – YA FANTASY
Her homeland under siege. A dark sorcerer hot on her trail. All the prophecies say Linden can stop him. Who are they kidding?
Linden is the worst mage apprentice at her school. Her latest disaster: accidentally destroying her classroom when a small hooded fay pops up inside the fireball she’s just conjured.
Sea Storms
by Nellie Krauss
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
If a sea storm can change a coastline, imagine what it can do to a broken heart.
Antique jewelry appraiser Banji Aloysius Preston usually lives in the moment, but she never imagined a moment as devastating as this. Reinventing herself has left her unemployed and staying in her deceased Grandmother’s isolated seaside cottage. There she uncovers family secrets that should have stayed buried—while sharing her stretch of Southern California sand with a scarred man who hides secrets of his own.
Loving Jack
by Nora Roberts
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
From the #1 New York Times–bestselling author, the story of a writer enamored with her own imagined hero meets a man who ignites her desires in reality.
Three months of solitude in a gorgeous, secluded summer rental home is the perfect atmosphere for Jackie “Jack” MacNamara to write the novel featuring the man of her dreams. She only wishes that her rugged Wild West cowboy existed.
Then her reverie is interrupted by Nathan Powell, he’s a mild-mannered architect who is perplexed that his house has been rented without his knowledge and expects Jack to leave.
Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
6 Killer Bodies
by Stephanie Bond
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
A killer remains at large…
Carlotta Wren’s world is crumbling beneath her well-shod feet. One of her closest friends has been arrested as the Charmed Killer, but Carlotta refuses to believe it. And to prove her friend’s innocence, Carlotta goes against her boyfriend Peter’s wishes and resumes her after-hours body-moving duties.
And then… Peter pressures her for an answer to his proposal… Her troubled brother Wesley goes missing…
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 2003
by Multiple Authors
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
The finest exponents of horror fiction writing today, Neil Gaiman, China Mieville, Ramsey Campbell, Kim Newman, Graham Joyce, Paul McCauley, Stephen Gallagher, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Basil Cooper, Glen Hirshberg, Jay Russell, feature in the world’s premier annual horror anthology series, another bumper showcase devoted exclusively to excellence in macabre fiction.
To accompany the very best in short stories and novellas is the year’s most comprehensive horror overview and contacts listing as well as a fascinating necrology.
Ascendants
by Don Schechter
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
It’s not the life you lead; it’s the blood you bleed.
By 2060, society has been divided into two classes by a groundbreaking discovery: An afterlife exists, but only for the genetic few. Ascendants are genetically destined to experience what comes after. Biomasses are condemned to oblivion.
This new era of Ascension is controlled by The Jacobs Institute, a powerful research organization challenging the limits of consciousness and morality. Ascendants follows three characters caught up in The Institute’s web of secrets—the visionary scientist who started it all, a grieving husband beholden to his belief, and a fierce young woman grappling with what society has become. What will it cost them to unravel the science that fuels The Institute’s power?
Girls’ Night Out
by J. A. Jance
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
A skilled mechanic and certified spitfire, Twinkle Winkleman is as hard as nails; she has to be with a name like hers. Twinkle learned everything there is to know about cars from her time in her daddy’s garage in Anchorage, and when her father dies, she gains ownership of the shop and Maude, her dad’s prized 1973 International Harvester Travelall.
Life has not been kind to Twinkle: she grew up without her mother, her daddy’s gone, her ex-husband betrayed her, and her son Tad was killed after a trip to Seattle to handle some “unfinished business.” Right now, the only things Twinkle truly cares for are her garage, Maude, and Cindy—her daughter-in-law and Tad’s widow.
The Hidden Face of God
by R.A. Williams
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
In 2038, cybersecurity expert David Bishop believes his greatest battles will be fought behind firewalls—until a simple favor becomes an urgent calling he can’t ignore.
When his pastor’s website—dedicated to the mysterious Shroud of Turin—suddenly crashes, and the hosting company can’t explain why, David agrees to investigate. What he uncovers is chilling: nearly every Shroud-related site on the internet has been systematically hacked and erased. Someone—or something—is trying to silence the world’s most controversial relic and bury the scientific evidence pointing to the resurrection of Christ.
After isolating a highly sophisticated viral worm and restoring his pastor’s website, David becomes the next target…
Riptide
by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
A captivating action and adventure thriller from bestselling duo, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.
In 1695, a notorious English pirate buried his bounty in a maze of booby-trapped tunnels on an island off the coast of Maine. In three hundred years, no one has breached this cursed and rocky fortress.
Now, a treasure hunter and his high-tech, million-dollar recovery team embark on the perfect operation to unlock the labyrinth’s mysteries.
Landon Falls
by Shannon Elliott
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
When seventeen-year-old Chase Allen touches someone, he is inundated by every sin they’ve committed. To minimize human contact, Chase keeps to himself at home and school. But when his mother’s death abandons him to the cruel despotism of his abusive grandfather, he follows an inexorable calling by an unknown power to seek out his destiny in a world he doesn’t understand. Led to the seemingly bucolic small town of Landon Falls, he encounters an ancient evil that holds the town in its grasp and meets the town’s new preacher, Frank Williams, who is oddly immune to Chase’s sixth sense.
Addison Landon recently arrived in Landon Falls with her husband Turner, heir to the Landon Mining Company fortune. Pregnant with their first child, Addison is excited to make such a wealthy, powerful, benevolent family her own. But a price must be paid for the Landons to continue their powerful hold on the town, and Addison’s unborn child is the fee…
Sam Holt
by Jesse Storm
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
She rides west as a man. She returns as a force of justice.
When Samantha Holloway’s husband vanishes chasing gold in California, she refuses to accept his disappearance. Determined to find him, she cuts her hair, binds her chest, and disguises herself as a man to join a dangerous wagon train west. Now, Sam Holt is armed with a Hawken rifle and an iron will to find the truth.
Her search leads her to Devil’s Basin and the lawless town of Calico Ridge, where her husband’s trail grows cold and rumors of betrayal swirl. She crosses paths with Jack Carver, a Union veteran turned deputy marshal, and together they uncover a conspiracy tied to stolen gold, corrupt officials, and the truth behind her husband’s fate…
Hope Rises
by David Baldacci
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
Walter Nash began a journey down a dark path of seemingly no return, and now he finds himself questioning everything that got him there in this thrilling sequel to Nash Falls from #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci.
Walter Nash, working under the alias of Dillon Hope, is on the road to revenge after becoming an informant for the FBI against a global criminal operation headed up by Victoria Steers. Steers has ripped everything Nash held dear away from him. He has nothing left to lose and with long, rigorous training under his belt the gentle and sensitive Nash has transformed into something he never thought he’d be: a physically imposing man with lethal skills. And now he has only goal left in life: taking down Victoria Steers.
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
Kickbacks, Kayaks, and Kidnapping
by Tonya Kappes
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Welcome to Normal, Kentucky where NOTHING is normal.
Deep in the heart of the Daniel Boone National Forest, Mae West has spent the last few years bringing the rundown Happy Trails Campground and the small southern and cozy town of Normal, Kentucky back to a thriving economic community.
Mae’s efforts haven’t gone unnoticed. Not only is Happy Trails Campground in the running to be named Campground Hospitality of the Daniel Boone National Park, but she landed the coveted Paddle Fest kayak competition that secures the winner a spot on the Olympic team.
The Children of Men
by P. D. James
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Civilization itself is crumbling as suicide and despair become commonplace. Oxford historian Theodore Faron, apathetic toward a future without a future, spends most of his time reminiscing. Then he is approached by Julian, a bright, attractive woman who wants him to help get her an audience with his cousin, the powerful Warden of England. She and her band of unlikely revolutionaries may just awaken his desire to live . . . and they may also hold the key to survival for the human race.
Told with P. D. James’s trademark suspense, insightful characterization, and riveting storytelling, The Children of Men is a story of a world with no children and no future.
The Last Close Call
by Laura Griffin
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
A talented genetic analyst and a detective who’s haunted by an elusive cold case team up in the new standalone romantic suspense from New York Times bestselling author Laura Griffin.
Forensic genealogist Rowan Healy has made a name for herself by helping investigators trace the family trees of violent criminals who have eluded justice for years. But the pressure of police cases left her burned out, and she’s shifted her focus to helping adoptees find their biological parents.
Austin detective Jack Bruner has spent his career successfully tracking down vicious criminals—with the notable exception of the West Campus Rapist, a meticulous offender in Texas who has never been identified.
Oyster Bay Boogie
by Eric Wilder
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Buckle up! The ride’s about to get bumpy.
When a claw rips through Grogan ‘Chief’ La Tortue’s teepee at midnight, he quickly realizes it isn’t an ordinary beast but a rougarou, a Cajun werewolf stalking Oyster Island, the ancestral home of the Atakapa Indians. Cajun witch Paula Mouton and her friend Odette, who lives in a tent on the beach with her dog Mud Puppy, vow to confront the ghosts in the nearby lighthouse. Their actions soon lead them to the Majestic, a Prohibition-era hotel and casino—a noir setting where they face a vampire, demons, and an avenging angel. The paranormal island is about to become even more haunted. Buckle up and enjoy the thrills, fantasy, and mystery. The ride’s fun and a little racy, but it’s about to get bumpy.
Fly Away
by Kristin Hannah
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Return to the world of FIREFLY LANE—now a Netflix series—from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kristin Hannah.
Once, a long time ago, I walked down a night-darkened road called Firefly Lane, all alone, on the worst night of my life, and I found a kindred spirit. That was our beginning. More than thirty years ago. TullyandKate. You and me against the world. Best friends forever. But stories end, don’t they? You lose the people you love and you have to find a way to go on. . . .
Tully Hart has always been larger than life, a woman fueled by big dreams and driven by memories of a painful past. She thinks she can overcome anything until her best friend, Kate Ryan, dies. Tully tries to fulfill her deathbed promise to Kate–to be there for Kate’s children–but Tully knows nothing about family or motherhood or taking care of people.
Breaking Point
by John Rhodes
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
1940, World War II. The Nazis have crushed Europe, and Hitler launches a massive aerial assault with the Luftwaffe against the heavily outnumbered British RAF. The fate of civilization teeters in the balance.
Johnnie Shaux, a Spitfire fighter pilot, must summon up the fortitude to fly into a battle where death is all but inevitable, and continue to do so until the inevitable occurs…
Eleanor Rand, a brilliant Fighter Command mathematician, studies the control room map constantly tracking the ebbs and flows of the conflict, and sees the glimmerings of a radical breakthrough…
Skulduggery
by Carolyn Hart
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
“You’re the bone lady, aren’t you?”
San Francisco, 1980s: Anthropologist Ellen Christie’s date plans quickly change after a knock at her door. A frantic stranger named Jimmy says he has evidence of the ancient remains of the famed “Peking Man.” It’s a little hard to believe since the bones went missing in China in 1941, but if the bones are real, they belong in her museum. Ellen decides to throw caution to the wind and accompany Jimmy to inspect the remains.
Arriving at Jimmy’s Chinatown apartment, they meet Jimmy’s handsome brother, Dan, but thugs show up a moment later, forcing Jimmy to flee with the bones.
Unexpectedly Ivy
by Sebastiana Devine
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
There is no such thing as an Ivy League formula.
A quick, witty read told in bite-size chapteritas you can finish in one sitting. An extended bathroom break did it for some.
This book reveals how an ordinary family raised a child who was offered admission to Harvard on their own terms.
Through these pithy, reflective chapters, Sebastiana Devine shares what truly matters: confidence to resist turning a child’s life into a performance staged for applause.
For parents wondering whether they should turn into Dr. Frankenstein and stitch together the perfect child, this story offers perspective: a surgery-free, humorous path forward. No body parts required.
Last One Out
by Jane Harper
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
From the New York Times bestselling author of Exiles and The Dry comes a captivating new novel set in a modern ghost town.
Carralon Ridge, a once vibrant village in rural New South Wales, has become a shell of itself, its houses and buildings bought up and left to rot by the mining company operating at its borders. A decade into its slow death, surrounded by industrial noise and swathed in thick layers of dust, the skeletal town is all but abandoned, with just a handful of residents clinging onto what remains.