Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
Prestige, Privilege & Murder
by Christa Nardi
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
A divorce decree is made null and void by murder, the only witness the Maltese Jasper, and his widow maybe the next victim.
With the divorce papers on Ted Noth’s kitchen table, the police notify his wife, Stacie Maroni Noth, an HR specialist and trauma counselor, of his murder. She’s not prepared for his death as she starts over in her own home. No sooner than she takes custody of Jasper and someone is after her. Her dad pays a visit afraid for her safety once she’s interrogated by the police, received anonymous threats, and someone broke into her house. At the same time, her in-laws continue to foster the idea that she’s responsible for Ted’s murder. If the state-of-the-art security system her dad installed isn’t enough, the police are keeping tabs on her as well.
Choke Point
by Brad Thor
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
A devastating series of bombings tears through Bangkok. Scores of American citizens are dead. The attacks send shock waves around the world.
As global assistance pours into Thailand—including the FBI’s famed Evidence Response Team—the president of the United States quietly prepares a plan B: Scot Harvath, America’s top spy, trained to operate outside the law and probe the dark corners others can’t…or won’t.
But the bomber Harvath is pursuing isn’t a terrorist. He’s something far more dangerous—one of ours.
The Secret Cabin
by Sharon Sala
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
While enjoying some relaxation time in a rustic cabin in Denver, ex-military Roman Justice is stunned to discover a lost and scared woman with no memory of who she is, why she is there or why she has a duffel bag with a million dollars. Trapped in a major snowstorm, Roman decides to take care of her, and the time they spend together soon warms his distrusting heart.
But can their strong connection endure the thrilling mystery behind her?
Kisscut
by Karin Slaughter
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
The second heart stopping Grant County novel by #1 New York Times bestselling author, Karin Slaughter, featuring Sara Linton of the acclaimed Will Trent Series.
In this chilling follow-up to Blindsighted, Sara Linton, her ex-husband, police chief Jeffrey Tolliver, and detective Lena Adams are caught in an evil web involving a young girl who commits suicide by forcing a cop to shoot her. Shouldering the political aftermath, Jeffrey struggles to understand the victim’s desperation. So does Sara, the girl’s pediatrician and now her coroner, who soon discovers that the suicide was linked to a brutal crime—one far more terrifying than anyone could have imagined.
Letters with Love
by Erma M. Ullrey
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
An encrypted message shatters Lila James’ forbidden marriage, but a twist of fate reveals the only love that can heal her.
Lila James wants the world to see her, not her skin color. She marries Army Air Corps flyboy Joe Lane, believing his promise that together they can change the world. An encrypted message shatters her marriage. Crushed, pregnant, and alone, Lila retreats home to Boise carrying wounds she never asked for. There, she discovers her wartime pen pal’s identity. The only love meant to heal her was never lost but simply waiting for acceptance.
Hell House
by Richard Matheson
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
Rolf Rudolph Deutsch is going die. But when Deutsch, a wealthy magazine and newspaper publisher, starts thinking seriously about his impending death, he offers to pay a physicist and two mediums, one physical and one mental, $100,000 each to establish the facts of life after death.
Dr. Lionel Barrett, the physicist, accompanied by the mediums, travel to the Belasco House in Maine, which has been abandoned and sealed since 1949 after a decade of drug addiction, alcoholism, and debauchery. For one night, Barrett and his colleagues investigate the Belasco House and learn exactly why the townsfolk refer to it as the Hell House.
Out of Sight
by Serenity Bea
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
A Page Turner Awards Finalist.
For readers of Jojo Moyes’s Me Before You who love emotionally powerful romances about imperfect people facing impossible choices. He’s the world’s most visible man. She just wants to disappear.
Silas Hart is a rock god—a storm on stage, adrift off it. Behind the sold-out shows and platinum records is a secret he’s desperate to hide—one that could end everything.
Rowan Skye has spent her life at sea, sailing solo and staying invisible. She doesn’t do fame. She doesn’t do feelings. And she definitely doesn’t do broken men with too much baggage.
Without Remorse
by Tom Clancy
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
From Tom Clancy, the celebrated author of the Jack Ryan series, comes the #1 New York Times bestseller that puts CIA operative John Clark front and center….
His code name is Mr. Clark. His work for the CIA is brilliant, cold-blooded and efficient…But who is he really?
In a harrowing tour de force, Tom Clancy shows how an ordinary man named John Kelly crossed the lines of justice and morality to become the CIA legend, Mr. Clark.
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
A Slay Ride Together With You
by Vicki Delany
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
The slay bells are ringing in this festive seventh installment of national bestselling author Vicki Delany’s Year-Round Christmas mystery series, perfect for fans of Amanda Flower and Donna Andrews.
Rudolph, New York, shop owner Merry Wilkinson’s best friend Vicky Casey is newly engaged to Chef Mark Grosse and is moving into the historic Cole House–a home surrounded by drama, intrigue, and a possible haunting that is in desperate need of renovation. The wedding is just three weeks away, but all is not bliss for the newly engaged couple as estranged relatives of the late owner fight over her will. Then, late one night, Vicky and Merry come across a dead body in the garden of Cole House–and Mark is the one standing over the corpse.
The Truth Chamber
by Duncan Ritchie
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
CAN THE TRUTH SAVE AMERICA?
In an election year marred by violence, Mack Leach—the Red Caesar—rises in the polls.
His rival, Democratic presidential candidate Anna Hoffman, warns a divided country that under the Red Caesar, America will devolve into an authoritarian state: a Russia 2.0.
Admiral Liam Driscall, struggling with the devastating loss of his family, lives in isolation until a confrontation with a book burner jolts him into action. He sets aside his grief and joins Anna’s campaign.
The Spiral
by George Q. Smith
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Enter the twisted mind of George Q. Smith with 190 one-page stories of supernatural mystery and horror – each a 60-second read that draws you deeper into one single, interconnected narrative.
The stories range from Lovecraftian dread to the deeply personal; from the occult to serial killings; from visceral shocks to quiet psychological unease. And sometimes, there is no horror at all – or at least not until you think about the things you’ve just read.
From the haunted forests of 17th-century Germany to the cradle of humankind and to modern-day New York, the tales span time and space – with an occasional detour outside our reality as well.
The Governor
by Lynda La Plante
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
No one is above the law.
Barfield Prison is one of the toughest high-security prisons in England, housing the country’s most dangerous criminals. And when an inmate is found dead in his cell, a riot breaks out, forcing the authorities to investigate a potential murder.
Despite being Barfield’s youngest ever female Governor, Helen Hewitt is seen as the best woman for the job. But with a prison full of corrupt and suspicious officers, restless inmates and a broken system, Helen has her work cut out – and no allies to help her….
Bold Encounter
by Emily Jane Trent
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Is she doomed to be the celebrity stalker’s victim?
After a twenty-year struggle in her New Orleans career, blues singer Genevieve Dumas begins to achieve popularity. But can she fulfill her dreams and rise to the top of her field as a singer/songwriter when a vengeful former band leader threatens her life?
Detective Abe Stewart of the New Orleans PD volunteers his protection. He admires Genevieve, and the attraction blossoms into love.
Distant Shores
by Kristin Hannah
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Elizabeth and Jackson Shore married young, raised two daughters, and weathered the storms of youth as they built a family. From a distance, their lives look picture perfect. But after the girls leave home, Jack and Elizabeth quietly drift apart. When Jack accepts a wonderful new job, Elizabeth puts her own needs aside to follow him across the country.
Then tragedy turns Elizabeth’s world upside down. In the aftermath, she questions everything about her life—her choices, her marriage, even her long-forgotten dreams. In a daring move that shocks her husband, friends, and daughters, she lets go of the woman she has become—and reaches out for the woman she wants to be.
The Last Temptation
by Amy O. Lewis
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
In book three of the Colorado Skies mystery series, Kim Jackson learns she isn’t the only one trying to outrun her past.
Murder has a way of finding Kim Jackson, even in the small mining town of Creede, Colorado. Forced to leave Durango behind and move on, Kim is now working in Creede’s tax accounting office, trying not to get attached. Her life is simple and quiet until the day an unusual young woman, Laurie Beltran, walks through her door with a sticky tax problem. Laurie is pious and seemingly naïve, living as a pauper but possessing a secret fortune she seems afraid to touch—and there’s a family tragedy lurking in her past.Kim offers to help her sort out her accounts, but what begins as a good deed quickly leads Kim into a dark web of greed, corruption, and lies.
Sketch
by Ros Hill
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
What happens when the world’s newest superhero is also its last hope?
On a study trip to Egypt, art student Charles meets Heba, a street peddler guarding an ancient secret: magic ink that can transform imagination into reality. When Charles returns home and sketches his own superhero, he doesn’t just finish a drawing. He brings it to life.
Too bad Sketch’s first day on the job is a disaster. His grand attempt at flight ends in a four-foot face-plant, his strength sputters in and out, and even the cops chasing him are more annoyed than afraid. As Sketch fumbles his way through powers he can’t fully control and emotions he’s never felt before, he starts to learn what it really means to be human…and a hero.
Our Noble Selves
by Kate Atkinson
Kindle $14.99 Rating: BRAND NEW RELEASE #ad
When crime correspondent turned war reporter Harry Flynn returns to Britain from Singapore in 1945, he takes a quiet job with the Festival of Britain, a government-funded endeavor aimed at celebrating the nation’s creativity, grit, and ingenuity. There, he joins a team of misfits and eccentrics as they help to ready the Festival for launch.
When a Frenchwoman goes missing, Flynn becomes the central suspect in her disappearance—and possible murder. He was the last person to see her alive, yet he has no memory of the evening they spent together. As evidence against him mounts, Flynn begins to wonder if he might actually be to blame. To make matters worse, he is surrounded by people who have their own secret agenda.