Friday’s Mystery eBooks
Dark Tort
by Diane Mott Davidson
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
The New York Times bestselling author of Double Shot cooks up a knockout treat featuring irrepressible caterer Goldy Schulz that gives new meaning to the phrase, “let’s kill all the lawyers”
I tripped over the body of Dusty Routt sometime after 10 on the evening of October 19th.
Goldy Schulz has a lucrative new gig, preparing breakfasts and conference room snacks for a local law firm. It’s time consuming, but Goldy is enjoying it—until the night she arrives to find the firm’s paralegal dead…
Maneater
by Jack Warner
Kindle $0.50 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Most hunts end in a death. This hunt begins with one–Lanelle Jackson’s. A wild tiger has escaped its cargo truck and now roams the dense forests of the Appalachian Mountains. When deer and wild boar run out, the tiger turns its growing hunger towards man. Now it has a taste for easy prey. With a body-count on the rise and the media coming in, Sheriff Grady Brickhouse calls upon Jim Graham, a tiger hunter trained in India to end the man-eater’s killing spree.
However, Graham is retired, and at 73 his body isn’t as fast as it used to be. The only edge Graham holds now is a nine-year-old boy who has somehow bonded with the tiger. But, it’s a bond that makes him protective of the beast, even as it circles ever closer to hurting the ones he loves. This hunt will probably be Graham’s last. The question is, will it end with the tiger’s death or his own?
Broken Rhodes
by Kimber Silver
Kindle $4.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Kinsley Rhodes blows into Harlow, Kansas like a tornado, twisting Sheriff Lincoln James’ life into knots. Her grandfather has been murdered and she wants answers.
As if the town’s first homicide in twenty years wasn’t enough, the beleaguered sheriff now has to deal with Henry Rhodes’ bobcat of a granddaughter, plunging his life deeper into chaos. As a dark storm threatens, long-held secrets are exposed, placing Kinsley directly in harm’s way.
In a race against time, Lincoln’s prime objective is to discover the killer’s identity before Miss Rhodes becomes the next victim…
Missing and Endangered
by J. A. Jance
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Cochise County Sheriff Joanna Brady’s professional and personal lives collide when her college-age daughter is involved in a missing persons case in this evocative and atmospheric mystery in J. A. Jance’s New York Times bestselling suspense series, set in the beautiful desert country of the American Southwest.
When Jennifer Brady returns to Northern Arizona University for her sophomore year, she quickly becomes a big sister to her new roommate, Beth Rankin, a brilliant yet sheltered sixteen-year-old freshman. For a homeschooled Beth, college is her first taste of both freedom and unfettered access to the internet, and Jenny is concerned that she’s too naïve and rebellious for her own good.
The Garden of Eden and Other Criminal Delights
by Faye Kellerman
Kindle Limited Time Deal $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
A collection of 14 crime and mystery stories—plus 4 bonus tales—by the New York Times bestselling “master of mystery” (Cleveland Plain Dealer).
In The Garden of Eden and Other Criminal Delights, Faye Kellerman returns to her fan-favorite characters, Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus, in three never-before-published stories—including “The Garden of Eden,” in which Peter and Rina investigate the death of a neighbor.
The volume also contains two other Decker-Lazarus short mysteries: “Bull’s Eye,” introducing Cindy Decker, who works with her father to find the killer of a police academy instructor; and “A Woman of Mystery,” in which Rina and Peter solve the mystery of a student with amnesia.
Red Rabbit
by Alex Grecian
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
A ragtag posse must hunt down a witch through a wild west beset by demons and ghosts—where death is always just around the bend—in this new supernatural horror by bestselling author Alex Grecian.
Sadie Grace is wanted for witchcraft, dead (or alive). And every hired gun in Kansas is out to collect the bounty on her head, including bona fide witch hunter Old Tom and his mysterious, mute ward, Rabbit.
On the road to Burden County, they’re joined by two vagabond cowboys with a strong sense of adventure – but no sense of purpose – and a recently widowed schoolteacher with nothing left to lose. As their posse grows, so too does the danger.
Cover Her Face
by P.D. James
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
The first in the series of scintillating mysteries to feature cunning Scotland Yard detective, Adam Dalgliesh from P.D. James, the bestselling author hailed by People magazine as “the greatest living mystery writer.” Dalgliesh is also a streaming series starring Bertie Carvel—now in its third season!
Sally Jupp was a sly and sensuous young woman who used her body and her brains to make her way up the social ladder. Now she lies across her bed with dark bruises from a strangler’s fingers forever marring her lily-white throat. Someone has decided that the wages of sin should be death…and it is up to Chief Inspector Adam Dalgliesh to find who that someone is.
Vincible
by Jay Jameston
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.9 #ad
Life is like a party balloon. You never know when it’s going to explode.
What do you do when you wake up to find a video of your drunken stupor has gone viral on Reddit? Or social media is filled with your ex-girlfriend living the party life now that she’s finally dumped you?
Jake Durham is suddenly single again, and he feels like he’s lost in the jungle without a compass. Everything has changed since he was last in the game. Everything, that is, apart from Jake Durham.
Dating apps, one-night stands, it seems as if he’s totally out of control. But with the help of his loyal band of friends, and the sage advice of an unlikely ally, he’s beginning to find some meaning in the ruins of his life.
Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
The Silence of the Llamas
by Anne Canadeo
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Ellie and Ben Krueger arrived in Plum Harbor eager to live out their dream—tending a herd of gentle, friendly llamas for fun and profit, on a farm just beyond the village. Their grand opening fiber festival kicks off on a bright note but abruptly ends in malicious mayhem. Knitting shop owner Maggie Messina and her friends soon learn that this is not the first time a vicious visitor has called.
The Kruegers suspect that Justin Ridley, their eccentric neighbor, is the troublemaker. A misfit and loner, he’s known to roam the woods all night, though no one knows for sure what he’s hunting…
Celebrity in Death
by J. D. Robb
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
In this thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling In Death series, Lieutenant Eve Dallas must solve the murder of an actress whose final role was to die for…
Lieutenant Eve Dallas is no party girl, but she’s managing to have a reasonably good time at the celebrity-packed bash celebrating The Icove Agenda, a film based on one of her famous cases. It’s a little spooky seeing the actress playing her, who looks as though she could be her long-lost twin. Not as unsettling, though, as seeing the actress who plays Peabody—drowned in the lap pool on the roof of the director’s luxury building…
Golden Son
by Pierce Brown
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
As a Red, Darrow grew up working the mines deep beneath the surface of Mars, enduring backbreaking labor while dreaming of the better future he was building for his descendants. But the Society he faithfully served was built on lies. Darrow’s kind have been betrayed and denied by their elitist masters, the Golds—and their only path to liberation is revolution. And so Darrow sacrifices himself in the name of the greater good for which Eo, his true love and inspiration, laid down her own life. He becomes a Gold, infiltrating their privileged realm so that he can destroy it from within.
The Caretaker of Lorne Field
by Dave Zeltserman
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Jack Durkin is the ninth generation of Durkins who have for nearly 300 years weeded Lorne Field. It’s an important job, though no one else seems to realize it. For, if the field is left untended, a horrific monster called an Aukowie will grow.
Short listed by the American Library Association for best horror novel of 2010. Black Quill nominee for best dark genre book of the year.
Broken Souls
by Patricia Gibney
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
‘She shivered, though the kitchen was warm. Icicles of foreboding trickled down her spine. With trembling hands she whipped back her hair at the nape of her neck. As she turned away from the window, she missed the shadow passing by.’
One dark winter’s morning, bride-to-be Cara Dunne is found hanging in her home, dressed in her wedding dress, with a lock of hair removed. Detective Lottie Parker is first on the scene. Looking at Cara’s bruised and battered body, she wonders who could have hated her enough to kill her at the happiest time of her life…
Under False Flags
by Steve Anderson
Kindle $0.50 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Belgium, 1944. For both American GI Wendell Lett and German seaman Holger Frings, the relentless bloodbath of World War II has become a prison and a curse. Just as Lett meets a Belgian woman who offers him deliverance from the toll of combat, he is pushed into a reckless false flag mission. At the same time, Frings is conscripted into a similar operation that takes him to the breaking point.
Their fates collide in the surprise Ardennes counteroffensive known as the Battle of the Bulge. As Lett tries to find his way back to his beloved Heloise, he and Frings team up to desert their savage overseers while the battle rages around them. In Under False Flags, the absurdity of war is brought to brutal light as each side attempts to disguise their cannon fodder in enemy uniform…
The Disappeared
by C. J. Box
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett has two lethal cases to contend with in this electrifying novel from #1 New York Times-bestselling author C.J. Box.
Wyoming’s new governor isn’t sure what to make of Joe Pickett, but he has a job for him that is extremely delicate. A prominent female British executive never came home from the high-end guest ranch she was visiting, and the British Embassy is pressing hard. Pickett knows that happens sometimes–these ranches are stocked with handsome young cowboys, and “ranch romances” aren’t uncommon. But no sign of her months after she vanished? That suggests something else.
All My Sins Remembered
by Joe Haldeman
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
An ultrasecretive, government-linked organization, the Confederación’s stated mission of protecting threatened life, both human and alien, throughout the galaxy greatly appeals to the Anglo-Buddhist McGavin as he eagerly prepares to embark on a career of diplomacy and selfless works. But Otto’s new masters have other plans for the idealistic young recruit. Through a process of immersion therapy and hypnosis, and by encasing him in temporary bodies of plastiflesh, scientists can overlay Otto’s true persona with other ones, transforming him completely – body, mind, and soul – into the ruthlessly effective prime operator the Confederación wants him to be. But decades of interstellar subterfuge and violence, and years spent wearing the personae of spies and cold-blooded killers, must ultimately take their toll – and before he leaves behind the lives that have been cruelly thrust upon him, Otto McGavin will have to somehow come to terms with who he really is and the monstrous things he has done.
The Coffin Maker’s Son
by James Leonard
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Here comes another western adventure of relentless action, obstacles and a touch of western romance
Luke Brenner had plans to spend his days with Laura by his side, building a life built on love and dreams. But all it took was one cruel moment for those dreams to shatter. Laura vanished without a trace.
The townsfolk say she ran off, troubled by ghosts of her past. But Luke knows better. When another young woman disappears and turns up barely clinging to life, Luke’s worst fears take shape. Laura didn’t leave on her own.
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
All the Colors of Murder
by Stephanie Parker McKean
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
MaCoy Rosemary Russo Randolph runs a flower shop in the desert, but things aren’t coming up roses – they’re coming up murder. And because she finds two murder victims – she is a suspect.
Adding to her misery is the fact she finds herself gravitating toward the pastor of the Broom Cowboy Church. She does not believe in God. Nor does she believe in love. And she certainly espouses neither church nor “churchy” things.
During her attempt to solve the murders popping up around her and capture the killer, MaCoy is inexorably drawn closer and closer to the one person she cannot allow herself to love – Pastor Hayden Christensen.
Sons of the Wolf
by Barbara Michaels
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Two girls are thrust into the care of a shadowy relative with two unusual sons and a bewitching manor home in this historical gothic mystery.
Ada and Harriet don’t know what to expect when they meet their new guardian, Mr. Wolfson. Here is a strangely magnetic, darkly amusing man confined to a wheelchair and flanked by a pair of fierce, dangerous dogs—an enigmatic benefactor, at once welcoming and intimidating. Even more unsettling to the girls are Wolfson’s two sons, Julian and Francis. One of them is warm and good-natured, the other is pure malevolence…
The Mummy Case
by Elizabeth Peters
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Radcliffe Emerson, the irascible husband of fellow archaeologist and Egyptologist Amelia Peabody, has earned the nickname “Father of Curses” – and at Mazghunah he demonstrates why. Denied permission to dig at the pyramids of Dahshoor, he and Amelia are resigned to excavating mounds of rubble in the middle of nowhere. And there is nothing in the barren area worthy of their interest – until an antiquities dealer is murdered in his own shop. A second sighting of a sinister stranger from the crime scene, a mysterious scrap of papyrus, and a missing mummy case have all whetted Amelia’s curiosity.
Fly Away
by Kristin Hannah
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
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.
Pandemic Z: The First Night
by Ryan Casey
Kindle $1.49 Rating: 3.9 #ad
A relentless virus. A desperate fight for survival…
It begins without warning: a normal night shattered by an outbreak that transforms ordinary people into bloodthirsty maniacs.
In a matter of hours, the country disintegrates. Riots engulf cities, law and order collapses, and survivors scramble for refuge in a world turned violently chaotic…
Burden’s Edge
by Sever Bronny
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
When a young man chooses a forbidden calling, he must prove his worth . . . or watch his kingdom fall.
Sixteen-year-old Augum Stone is a warlock prodigy suffocating under the weight of expectations. Students idolize him. Nobles plot to exploit him. Commoners think he’s a miracle-maker. And with invasion looming, his already war-weakened kingdom expects him to be its champion.
But Augum doesn’t want to be a pawn in someone else’s game. He’ll forge his own path: that of the Arcaner—not a warlock or a knight, but a lethal combination of both. Legend says Arcaners once had the power to summon dragons. If true, it could change everything.
Your Child Next
by M. J. Arlidge, Andy Maslen
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Things have been difficult for Annie since her husband left; her teenage daughter, Isla, has become a ghost of her former self. Annie’s terrified that Isla might do something desperate, and she’ll lose her, too. So when Annie receives a video of herself crying at Isla’s funeral, her blood runs cold.
Confused and horrified, Annie races upstairs to check on Isla, who is alive and well. The video has been faked. But who sent it and what do they want?
Dark Visions
by James Byron Huggins
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
An electrifying thriller from the international bestselling author of The Reckoning, Cain, and Hunter. “Huggins writes like a man possessed.”—Steve Jackson, New York Times bestselling author
Joe Mac was a legendary homicide detective until his vision was lost in the line of duty and he was forced into retirement. Now he lives a life of darkness, his only friend being a huge Raven that Joe Mac names “Poe.”
But when Joe Mac’s grandson is murdered by an unknown killer, Joe emerges from his self-imposed solitude to resurrect the skills of the detective he once was. And, although he is blind, Joe Mac begins to hunt down his tiny grandson’s murderer…
EMBRACE THE WIND
by Susan Denning
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
EMBRACE THE WIND continues the story of Aislynn Maher, heroine of FAR AWAY HOME. With over 100,000 copies sold and over 3500 5 star reviews/ ratings, this sequel has ranked as a bestseller in US Historical Fiction, Western Romance, and Historical Romance American.
What is the cost of living life on your own terms? For a young woman on the American Frontier, the price can be high. Aislynn Maher trusted the wrong man. To conceal her disgrace, she abandons her job, her home, her family and friends. She turns to the raw, contentious US marshal of the Wyoming Territory, Orrin Sage, who is hiding a guilty secret of his own. Setting out alone, Aislynn brings her optimism and determination to Cheyenne…
Roadmap to Publishing Children’s Books
by Diana Aleksandrova
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Are you dreaming of becoming a published children’s book author? Are you considering self-publishing but feeling overwhelmed by all the information you need to figure out?
Roadmap to Publishing Children’s Books provides practical solutions to all your questions. This comprehensive, step-by-step manual is designed to support and guide you through every phase of the self-publishing process. Say goodbye to expensive courses—here, you’ll find all the knowledge and tools you need to succeed at a fraction of the cost.
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
Hands On Homicide
by Sarah Hualde
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Almost dying left Corky with a little something extra… The ability to see people’s deepest secrets with a single touch. Not exactly the ideal gift for a professional masseuse.
After surviving a violent attack, Corky’s life takes an unexpected turn when she discovers her new ability to uncover hidden truths just by touching someone. But in a small town already shaken by a mysterious murder, Corky finds herself questioning everything.
Is her newfound power a blessing—or a dangerous burden? Did the villain target her personally, or was she simply in the wrong place at the wrong time? Will Corky be able to control her abilities before they expose her to even more danger?
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(Massage and Murder Mysteries)
Long Time Gone
by J. A. Jance
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Fifty years ago, when she was five, Sister Mary Katherine witnessed something terrible . . .
A former Seattle policeman now working for the Washington State Attorney’s Special Homicide Investigation Team, J.P. Beaumont has been hand-picked to lead the investigation into a half-century-old murder. An eyewitness to the crime, a middle-aged nun, has now recalled grisly, forgotten details while undergoing hypnotherapy.
It’s a case as cold as the grave, and it’s running headlong into another that’s tearing at Beau’s heart: the vicious slaying of his former partner’s ex-wife…
The First Beaufont Boxed Set
by Sarah Noffke, Michael Anderle
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
It’s time for a Medieval dragonrider to fix the modern world.
Six-hundred years ago, Genevieve Beaufont stole a dragon egg and buried it. Now it’s time for that egg to finally hatch. It’s time for Gen Beaufont to be the rebel she always dreamed of. Gen, a resident of 15th-century England, finds herself stuck in modern day America – all because she was overly curious and followed strangers through a time travel gate.
Two things have always gotten Gen in trouble: her curiosity and defiance. But times have changed, quite literally. Those traits could save her life…
Implicating Claudia
by Elle E. Kay
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Haunted by death and hunted by a killer.
Marine reservist Claudia McIntyre is on the wrong end of a murder investigation. Seeking refuge in an isolated farmhouse, she discovers that the killer has unfinished business with her. With the help of Dawson Montgomery, a former neighbor turned love interest, Claudia fights to survive and protect those she loves.
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(Endless Mountain Series)
False Prophet
by Faye Kellerman
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
LAPD Detective Peter Decker doesn’t know quite what to make of Lilah Brecht. The beautiful, eccentric spa owner and daughter of a faded Hollywood legend, Lilah was beaten, robbed, and raped in her own home – and claims to have psychic powers that enable her to see even more devastating events looming on the horizon. With his heart and mind on his pregnant young wife, Rina Lazarus, at home, Peter finds it hard to put much credence in the victim’s outrageous claims, or to become too deeply involved with her equally odd brothers and aging film star mom.
The Retreat
by Sarah Pearse
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
They couldn’t wait to stay here. An idyllic wellness retreat has opened on an island off the English coast, promising rest and relaxation—but the island itself, known locally as Reaper’s Rock, has a dark past. Once the playground of a serial killer, it’s rumored to be cursed.
But now they can’t leave. A young woman is found dead below the yoga pavilion in what seems to be a tragic fall. But Detective Elin Warner soon learns the victim wasn’t a guest—she wasn’t meant to be on the island at all.
And they would do anything to escape.
Fragments of Fright Complete Series
by Steve Hudgins
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
DO YOU LIKE SCARY STORIES? “Hudgins is a Horror-Meister to reckon with!” VICTOR MILLER – Writer of Friday the 13th
All 5 volumes of the International Bestselling series Fragments of Fright bundled into one gigantic convenient collection! Over 115 Tales of Terror told in a true story style that will curdle your blood and send shivers down your spine!
“I really enjoy Steve Hudgins stories. They’re a fast easy read, but you’re easily drawn into the drama and they always strike a visceral chord. Some are terrifying, some push our desire for revenge, some are just disgusting, but my favorites usually have me laughing out loud at a surprise ending. I love how Hudgins can come up with something brand new or put a unique spin on an old classic.” by Amazon Customer
Any Body Can Heal
by Sara Davidson
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
In this powerful and deeply personal work of nonfiction, survivor and psychotherapist Sara Davidson explores one of life’s devastating but all too pervasive realities—trauma, and its rippling aftereffects.
By her mid-thirties, Sara Davidson had fled a tsunami, fought off a knife-wielding thief and survived a horrific sexual assault by two masked gunmen who burst through her bedroom door in the middle of the night. As she was struggling to confront her own trauma, she was also helping her clients navigate theirs. At one point, she thought she had recovered. However, it was only after delving into the neuroscientific literature on trauma and discovering how her brain had protected her in her darkest hour that she found her way to true healing.
Random in Death
by J. D. Robb
Kindle $4.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
In this crime thriller from #1 New York Times-bestselling J.D. Robb, a small and easily concealed weapon wreaks havoc, and the killer is just a face in the crowd.
Jenna’s parents had finally given in, and there she was, at a New York club with her best friends, watching the legendary band Avenue A, carrying her demo in hopes of slipping it to the guitarist, Jake Kincade. Then, from the stage, Jake catches her eye, and smiles. It’s the best night of her life.
It’s the last night of her life.