Monday’s Mystery eBooks
The Lord Peter Wimsey Short Story Collection
by Dorothy L. Sayers
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Four volumes of short stories featuring the iconic British aristocrat and sleuth from “one of the greatest mystery story writers” (Los Angeles Times).
A gentleman needs hobbies. For Lord Peter Wimsey—a Great War veteran with a touch of shell shock—collecting rare books, sampling fine wines, and catching criminals are all most pleasant diversions. In these Golden Age whodunits, “Lord Peter can hardly be spared from the ranks of the great detectives of the printed page” (The New York Times).
Lord Peter Views the Body,
Hangman’s Holiday,
In the Teeth of the Evidence,
Striding Folly
World War Z
by Max Brooks
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
We survived the zombie apocalypse, but how many of us are still haunted by that terrible time? We have (temporarily?) defeated the living dead, but at what cost? Told in the haunting and riveting voices of the men and women who witnessed the horror firsthand, World War Z is the only record of the pandemic.
The Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of preserving the acid-etched first-hand experiences of the survivors, traveled across the United States of America and throughout the world, from decimated cities that once teemed with upwards of thirty million souls to the most remote and inhospitable areas of the planet…
The Camel Club Kindle
by David Baldacci
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
After witnessing a shocking murder, four conspiracy theorists team up with a Secret Service agent to uncover the government corruption that threatens to cause an international terrorism crisis in this New York Times bestselling thriller.
Welcome to The Camel Club.
Existing at the fringes of Washington, D.C., the Club consists of four eccentric members. Led by a mysterious man known as “Oliver Stone,” they study conspiracy theories, current events, and the machinations of government to discover the “truth” behind the country’s actions. Their efforts bear little fruit—until the group witnesses a shocking murder … and becomes embroiled in an astounding, far-reaching conspiracy.
KILL THE MESSENGER
by Jessica Lynn Sorensen
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
A serial killer leaves a chilling note on the bodies of his victims: They should’ve kept their mouth shut. His rule is simple; whoever reports the body of his last victim becomes his next target. But when Alyssa stumbles upon the crime and refuses to report it, she becomes his obsession.
He can’t kill her, it’s against the rules… but he can’t let her go, either. Instead, he starts toying with her mind, pushing her to the edge.
In a deadly game of survival, one question remains: Who will break first? The killer or Alyssa?
The House on Serpent Lake
by Brenda Hill
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
EARTHBOUND, HE WAITS FOR HER TO BE REBORN. Hints of Bay Rum aftershave follow her through the house. A stirring of air whispers, “Remember . . . remember.”
Strange things happen when she sees the decaying house for the first time: she knows how the rooms are arranged, knows of a gazebo that hasn’t existed for fifty years.
When her husband inherits his abandoned childhood home on a north woods lake, Lindsay Peterson is delighted.
Until . . .Strange things happen when she sees the decaying house for the first time; she knows how the rooms are arranged, knows of a gazebo that hasn’t existed for fifty years. After they move in, dreams of a lover from another time haunt her sleep then intrude on her days with déjà vu until the present blurs with the past. A stirring of air caresses her with whispered touch. Then the touches become real.
Out of Time
by Mario Diana
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
One moment Jay was ordinary. The next, he’s assigned to an elite time traveling force. The rules are strict: take DNA samples, and leave the past exactly as you found it. But time travel was the easy part.
On his first mission to Venice, Jay encounters an object that inconveniently jumped across centuries. Events shift, and the more Jay tries to contain the breach, the more the damage spreads.
The fracture draws in an American nursing student on vacation in Italy, whose presence compromises everything Jay has been trained to avoid. As Jay follows the object across shifting timelines, he races to repair a growing paradox, desperate to undo the mistake that began it all. Jay’s companion, an intelligent AI with a cloned human brain, has to come to their rescue. But she uncovers a forbidden truth: humanity was created by a primal Maker. And the story of that creation has been deliberately buried.
The Mersey Ferry Murders
by Brian L. Porter
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
A new serial killer is at large in Liverpool. The victims appear to have no connection to each other, and Detective Inspector Andy Ross and the Merseyside Police Force Specialist Murder Investigation Team are brought in to investigate.
The victims are all middle-aged and the police are initially baffled, until a tenuous link suggests the victims were involved in a rape/murder trial fifteen years previously. Ross and his team of detectives soon realize that the killer has a ‘murder list’ and that unless he or she can be stopped, the city’s streets will soon be awash with the blood of the innocents.
The Searcher
by Tana French
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Cal Hooper thought a fixer-upper in a bucolic Irish village would be the perfect escape. After twenty-five years in the Chicago police force and a bruising divorce, he just wants to build a new life in a pretty spot with a good pub where nothing much happens. But when a local kid whose brother has gone missing arm-twists him into investigating, Cal uncovers layers of darkness beneath his picturesque retreat, and starts to realize that even small towns shelter dangerous secrets.
26 Beauties
by James Patterson
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
From the world’s #1 bestselling author, the Women’s Murder Club goes searching for 26 Beauties – young women missing in San Francisco.
SFPD’s Sergeant Lindsay Boxer’s best friend, Claire Washburn, is named medical examiner of the year. But an uninvited guest crashes the Women’s Murder Club’s party: a concerned father seeking investigative reporter Cindy Thomas’s help in locating his missing daughter. And she’s not the only one. Lindsay’s been investigating the deaths of a Jane Doe washed up on a nearby beach, and a young woman found in Golden Gate Park.
Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
Vandals & Vigilantes
by Hope Callaghan
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
A wave of vandalism is sweeping through the small town of Misery, Mississippi and no one has felt the effects of it more than local business owners, Loretta and Lacy Sweet.
After their trailer park and teepee rental business is repeatedly vandalized, the twin sisters, along with their Uncle Ichabod, decide that enough is enough and fight back…vigilante style!
I’ll Be Watching You
by Deborah Masson
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
He sees everything. As a CCTV operator, Casey can monitor the streets of Aberdeen and keep people safe, all from the comfort of his chair.
He knows your secrets. You are one of his favourite people to follow. He keeps an eye on you even in your most private moments, when you think you’re alone.
But now he wants more. There’s a reason he’s learnt your routine like the back of his hand. Casey wants revenge. And when you know as much as he does, it’s easy to take advantage…
Explosive Eighteen
by Janet Evanovich
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
“The most popular mystery writer alive.”—The New York Times
Before Stephanie can even step foot off Flight 127 Hawaii to Newark, she’s knee deep in trouble. Her dream vacation turned into a nightmare, and she’s flying back to New Jersey solo. Worse still, her seatmate never returned to the plane after the L.A. layover. Now he’s dead, in a garbage can, waiting for curbside pickup. His killer could be anyone. And a ragtag collection of thugs and psychos, not to mention the FBI, are all looking for a photograph the dead man was supposed to be carrying.
Bad Lands
by Joshua Harkin
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
He works cattle by day. Buries trouble at night.
Former Marine sergeant Frank Ranger spent two years on the run after being framed for his wife’s murder. Having finally cleared his name, he arrives in rural South Dakota seeking honest work and a chance at redemption.
He signs on at a remote ranch owned by the Mercer family. But soon realizes that, even here, peace is hard to find. The Mercers are under siege from the Caldwell twins, ruthless developers hell-bent on swallowing up the whole county.
The Caldwells have deep pockets and they’ve bought off local Sheriff Roy Ecklund – a badge-carrying predator who’ll use any weapon at his disposal.
South of Nowhere
by Jeffery Deaver
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
When a levee collapses in Hinowah, a small town in Northern California, Colter Shaw is brought on by his sister, Dorion, a disaster response specialist, to help locate a family swept away by the raging water, with mere hours to survive.
But after a surprise attack along the river obstructs Colter’s urgent search, the siblings are forced to consider a new reality: Is the levee at risk of failing from natural causes, or is someone sabotaging it? Colter and Dorion must race against a ticking clock to uncover the truth and save the citizens before the village washes out completely, destroying everything and everyone in its path.
Ceremony in Death
by J. D. Robb
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Conducting a top secret investigation into the death of a fellow police officer has Lieutenant Eve Dallas treading on dangerous ground. She must put professional ethics before personal loyalties. But when a dead body is placed outside her home, Eve takes the warnning personally. With her husband, Roarke, watching her every move, Eve is drawn into the most dangerous case of her career. Every step she takes makes her question her own beliefs of right and wrong—and brings her closer to a confrontation with humanity’s most seductive form of evil…
The Manitou
by Graham Masterton
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Phony psychic and conman Harry Erskine never really believed in the occult until Karen Tandy approached him with a rapidly growing tumor on her neck, complaining of dark and disturbing dreams. When the mass is revealed by doctors to contain something living, the stakes skyrocket—not only for Karen and Harry but for all humanity.
Something terrible is returning from the shadows to which it has been confined for centuries—a Native American monstrosity determined to destroy every vestige of the white race that oppressed and preyed upon America’s Indians. And unless a motley group of ill-prepared defenders can harness an ancient native magic, there will be no stopping the malevolent shaman’s terrible rebirth—and no escaping the wholesale carnage it will engender.
The Drifters
by James A. Michener
Kindle 1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
In this triumphant bestseller, renowned novelist James A. Michener unfolds a powerful and poignant drama of disenchanted youth during the Vietnam era. Against exotic backdrops including Spain, Morocco, and Mozambique, he weaves together the heady dreams, shocking tribulations, and heartwarming bonds of six young runaways cast adrift in the world—as well as the hedonistic pursuit of drugs and pleasure that collapses all around them. With the sure touch of a master, Michener pulls us into the private world of these unforgettable characters, exposing their innermost desires with remarkable candor and infinite compassion.
Captive Star
by Nora Roberts
Kindle 1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
M.J. O’Leary is used to punching first and asking questions later. So when bounty hunter Jack Dakota tries to arrest her for bail jumping, she doesn’t go down easily. Little does Jack know, getting involved with M.J. will land him in a world of trouble. On the run from hired killers, M.J. refuses to talk about who’s after her…or why she has a massive blue diamond hidden in her purse. M.J. and Jack are drawn to each other, despite their better judgment, but can Jack learn to trust M.J. when she has so many secrets?
Savoring the World
by Michael Meyer
Kindle 0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Not your typical travelogue. Instead, this book is organized by the nature of the experience the author had while traveling.
I am an avid world traveler. I have lived in a variety of international locations, and I have both studied abroad and taught abroad. I have backpacked, camped out, stayed at youth hostels, and now, in my senior years, I have stayed in topnotch hotels and resorts. I have flown standby, and I have flown first class. I have hitchhiked, and I have taken public transportation, slow trains, fast trains, boats, and ships. I cherish my memories. They are solid, like granite, and they remind me of what I have been through and of how they have made me into a better person. World travel has taken me out of my comfort zone, has freed me from ever living a cocoon like life, has taught me to reach for the stars, and has provided me with an education that far surpasses any level that I could have achieved in any other way.
Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
Death and Dinuguan
by Mia P. Manansala
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
Love is in the air for the citizens of Shady Palms, but Cupid’s arrow isn’t the only thing striking the town—not with another killer on the loose.
Things are looking up for the Brew-ha Cafe, and Lila Macapagal can’t think of anything that could break the spell, especially with Valentine’s Day coming up—she can’t wait to celebrate with her boyfriend, Jae Park. Adding to the lovey-dovey atmosphere is Hana Lee, Shady Palms’s newest resident. She’s also Jae’s beloved cousin and chocolatier at Choco Noir, the latest addition to the town’s culinary offerings. Everything is coming into place for Hana, who left her old life in Minnesota behind to work at Choco Noir, owned by her best friend.
The Puzzle Within
by Gina Holder
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
A missing girl. A deadly puzzle. And a game someone is determined to win.
FBI agent Arizona “Ari” Powers is desperate for a second chance after a case nearly destroyed her career. Hoping to prove she still belongs in the field, she accepts what should be a simple assignment: help protect the ambassador’s rebellious teenage daughter.
But simple isn’t in Ari’s vocabulary. Then the girl vanishes.
The Work of Wolves
by Kent Meyers
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
When fourteen-year-old Carson Fielding bought his first horse from Magnus Yarborough, it became clear the teenager was a better judge of horses than the rich landowner was of humans. Years later, Carson—now a skilled and respected horse trainer—grudgingly agrees to train Magnus’s horses and teach his wife to ride.
But as Carson becomes disaffected with the power-hungry Magnus, he also grows more and more attracted to the rancher’s wife, and their relationship sets off a violent chain of events that unsettles their quiet town in South Dakota…
The Lesser Dead
by Christopher Buehlman
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
The secret is, vampires are real and I am one.
The secret is, I’m stealing from you what is most truly yours and I’m not sorry…
New York City in 1978 is a dirty, dangerous place to live. And die. Joey Peacock knows this as well as anybody—he has spent the last forty years as an adolescent vampire, perfecting the routine he now enjoys: womanizing in punk clubs and discotheques, feeding by night, and sleeping by day with others of his kind in the macabre labyrinth under the city’s sidewalks.
Before the Poison
by Peter Robinson
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Quietly reeling from the death of his beloved wife, Chris Lowndes decides to return to the Yorkshire Dales after twenty-five successful years spent in Hollywood composing film scores. He purchases Kilnsgate House, a charming old mansion deep in the country, but something about the place disturbs him. His unease intensifies when he learns Kilnsgate was once the scene of a sensational murder. More than fifty years earlier, prominent doctor Ernest Arthur Fox was poisoned there, allegedly by his beautiful and much younger wife, Grace, who was subsequently tried, condemned, and hanged for the crime.
Adrift
by Brian Murphy, Toula Vlahou
Kindle 2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
A True Story of Tragedy on the Icy Atlantic and the One Who Lived to Tell about It
A story of tragedy at sea where every desperate act meant life or death
The small ship making the Liverpool-to-New York trip in the early months of 1856 carried mail, crates of dry goods, and more than one hundred passengers, mostly Irish emigrants. Suddenly an iceberg tore the ship asunder and five lifeboats were lowered. As four lifeboats drifted into the fog and icy water, never to be heard from again, the last boat wrenched away from the sinking ship with a few blankets, some water and biscuits, and thirteen souls. Only one would survive. This is his story.
Unforgotten
by Clare Francis
Kindle 0.50 Rating: 4.1 #ad
A courtroom drama of deceit and family secrets set in the heart of London from international bestselling author Clare Francis
Lawyer Hugh Gwynne is in the throes of his most difficult court case yet: His client Tom Deacon was in a car accident in which he witnessed the death of his young daughter . . .
Since the crash, Deacon claims to be suffering from trauma and flashbacks, and the case seems poised for victory as a result of Deacon’s PTSD.
The Clan of Hogan Falls Boxed Set
by Serena Meadows
Kindle 0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Eight wolf shifters. Hunted since birth. Now nowhere is safe.
Abandoned by the clans that wanted them dead, these women built a new life together running a quiet bed and breakfast. But when their fated mates appear, everything changes. Passion ignites. Secrets unravel. And the enemies who once hunted them return—stronger, deadlier, and closer than ever. From forbidden love and second chances to assassins, betrayal, and unexpected pregnancies, each woman must decide if she’ll run… or risk everything for the one man destined to claim her heart.
Friday’s Mystery eBooks
Archie’s No Criminal
by Deb Graham
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Blue-collar Archie Wilson can’t catch a break. His wife, Della, spends money they don’t have like she’s one of the la-dee-dah ladies down at the boutique—talk about gold-plated taste on a tin foil budget. Their marriage is stale, Della quit her job, and she shows more attention to her teacup poodle Smoochie-Pie than to Archie. A lesser man would turn to crime, but Archie is no criminal. When his great-aunt leaves him a small inheritance, he seizes the chance for a once-in-a-lifetime cruise vacation, hoping to rekindle Della’s love. When they come home, things will be different. Maybe even better.
Take it to the Limit
by Linda Opdyke
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Revenge is a timeless motive. Isn’t it peculiar how it can simmer for years, then explode, and the victim never sees it coming?
When top private investigator Ethan Jenks works undercover at a Nashville Christmas gala, a staged robbery and shocking drug-spiked drink exposes a three way race to retrieve an embezzled five million dollars. With a rising body count, events rapidly escalate.
Ethan and his wife Michele (Mickey) follow the deadly trail from Nashville to Ethan’s small Kentucky home town to uncover who’s behind the killings and why their family is targeted…
Latter End
by Patricia Wentworth
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
In this classic British mystery starring a sleuth who “has her place in detective fiction as surely as Lord Peter Wimsey or Hercule Poirot,” Miss Silver investigates a case of marital murder (Manchester Evening News).
Lois has always dreamed of being a Latter. The Latter brothers are both so attractive—nearly as handsome as their stately manor, Latter End. After she spoils her relationship with one brother, Lois succeeds with the other, winning his heart with her good looks and a sizeable fortune from her first marriage. But even after they’ve wed, she never quite fits in with the family. Still, she hardly expects them to kill her.
Dangerous Shadows
by Gail Pallotta
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Shaken from an assault in the library parking lot at Hilltop College in Western North Carolina, crime reporter Emily Hanover contacts her ex-fiancé, private investigator Nick Lancaster. When the college hires Nick to recover quartz and ancient maps stolen from the library, Nick insists there’s a connection between the theft and Emily’s attack.
As Nick and Emily face danger from an elusive stalker, their romance rekindles. Nick’s sidekick, Hucklesford, spots two suspects, so he and Nick go undercover. While Nick’s surveillance points to illegal gambling and murder, Hucklesford’s investigation leads him to the college cross-country team.
Pursuit
by Joyce Carol Oates
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Less than twenty-four hours after exchanging vows with her new husband, Willem, Abby steps out into traffic. As his wife lies in her hospital bed, sleeping in fits and starts, Willem tries to determine whether this was an absentminded accident or a premeditated plunge, and he quickly discovers a mysterious set of clues about what his wife might be hiding. Why, for example is there a rash-like red mark circling her wrist? What does she dream about that causes her to wake from the sound of her own screams?
Slowly, Abby begins to open up to her husband, revealing to him what she has never shared with anyone before—a story of a terrified mother; a jealous, drug-addled father; a daughter’s terrifying captivity; and the demons behind her terrible recurring dreams of wandering through a field ridden with human skulls and bones…
The Forever Home
by Sally Royer-Derr
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
It’s our fresh new start. If we live to enjoy it…
I can’t contain my smile as we open the white screen door and step into our new home. Building a life with my amazing new husband Archie in this historic farmhouse is my dream come true. This is where we’ll grow old together, and where I can finally forget about my past. Or is it?
First, it’s a light left on in the attic, and music playing when no one is home. Next, a faded photograph of me on a hazy summer day long ago, delivered in an unmarked envelope. After years of running, someone has finally found me. My new home, our safe haven, has been threatened.
The question now is, what am I going to do to protect it?
Well-Schooled in Murder
by Elizabeth George
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
“Powerful . . . sure to delight readers in the mood for a thought-provoking, hard-hitting mystery.”—Baltimore Sun
When thirteen-year-old Matthew Whately goes missing from Bredgar Chambers, a prestigious public school in the heart of West Sussex, aristocratic Inspector Thomas Lynley receives a call for help from the lad’s housemaster, who also happens to be an old school chum. Thus, the inspector, his partner, Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, and forensic scientist Simon Allcourt-St. James find themselves once again outside their jurisdiction and deeply involved in the search for a child—and then, tragically, for a child killer.
Grace
by A.M. Shine
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
SHE ESCAPED ONCE. NOW IT WANTS HER BACK.
Everyone living on the island feels it. There are no visitors anymore. No children. No one willing to set foot there. Then Grace arrives.
She’s come to learn the truth about her birth parents and, in her search for answers, she soon feels the presence too – something lurking beneath the surface.