Friday’s Mystery eBooks
Gracie and the Trouble with Pinatas
by Carol Kilgore
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
What you see is not always what you get. In fact, what you see may be nothing at all.
Finding a woman attacked and left for dead in her driveway hadn’t been anywhere near San Antonio law enforcement consultant Gracie Hofner’s cold January plans. She immediately jumps into action and soon discovers a link to what appears to be a benign local research institution. Of course, what seems to be often isn’t, and it takes a series of explosive illusions that rock a small slice of the city before Gracie and her coworkers understand the fuller picture: a rogue relationship between the research group and a corrupt faction inside the Pentagon.
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The Haunting of Sorrow’s Leap
by Chris Sorensen
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #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.
Colorado K-9 Rescue
by Kathleen Donnelly
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
A kidnapper’s twisted game is on. And a trusty K-9 won’t let him succeed.
Years after being abducted, Mckenna Parker’s worst nightmare has come true—her kidnapper is out on parole. And he’s after her again. Now an FBI victim specialist, she and her crisis canine, Mocha, have been assigned to a case with FBI agent Evan Knox. Together they must find two local girls who disappeared. As passionate as Mckenna is about helping others, Evan is ambitious about his career. Both have sworn off love. But when Mckenna vanishes into the mountain wilderness, it’s Evan—with Mocha’s amazing help—who braves danger at all costs.
SEALs Sub Strike
by S. M. Gunn
Kindle $0.50 Rating: 4.1 #ad
Just as the ground war in Desert Storm begins, the U.S. military must destroy the most deadly weapon in Saddam Hussein’s arsenal. An air strike is too risky. An infantry charge is too slow. Next move — bring in the Navy SEALs! The place itself is meaningless — a small island in the Persian Gulf. But on the island is a rocket full of anthrax. If it explodes, it is close enough to Kuwait to kill thousands of Kuwaitis and servicemen. If it is launched on a rocket, it is capable of reaching the U.S. military bases in Saudi Arabia.
The Original
by Dan Ames
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
A string of brutal murders. A signature that shouldn’t exist. A secret worth killing for.
When Treasury investigator Joe Reacher discovers American expats are being hunted across the globe—each killed with the same disturbing military signature—he knows this is no ordinary case. The trail leads from a Montenegro penthouse to the scorched highways of Kuwait.
Partnering with brilliant analyst Ivy Harper in Washington and enigmatic Kuwaiti intelligence officer Yasmin Bukhari, Reacher races to uncover why these men are dying now, long after the war ended.
Rewired for Growth
by Anne Calder
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
Something feels off. You can’t quite explain it—life looks fine on the outside, but inside, something’s missing. The spark you once had for work, family, or everyday life seems dimmer. You catch yourself wondering, “Is this it?”
You’re not alone. Many of us reach a season where the old rules and routines stop working. The goals that once motivated us no longer fit, and we start to feel restless, uncertain, or disconnected. It’s not failure—it’s an invitation to grow.
This book helps you pause, reset, and create a life that feels aligned, purposeful, and alive again.
Woman Down
by Colleen Hoover
Kindle $5.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
Her words used to set the page on fire. But a viral backlash over her latest film adaptation forced Petra Rose to take a hiatus, resulting in missed deadlines and an overdue mortgage. Branded a fraud and fame-hungry opportunist, she learned the hard way what happens when the internet turns on you. And she’s been uninspired to write ever since.
Now, with her next suspense novel outlined and savings nearly gone, she retreats to a secluded lakeside cabin, hoping to find inspiration. It’s Petra’s last-ditch attempt to save her career—and herself.
Then he shows up…
AWAKENINGS
by Chuck Cascio, Chuck Cascio
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
The ten stories in this collection have many scenes, actions, settings, conflicts, moments. Different characters create awakenings–sometimes without knowing it–for one another, for themselves, and for others.
We all have those moments. It could be a word, a phrase, a look, an event, or just a thought that passes and then returns and then grows and then…we awaken! Many times, we do not realize the moments that made that impact until time has passed. And sometimes we do not see the moments in ourselves at all, yet we do see them in others. Perhaps we do not have to see inside ourselves in order to be awakened.
Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
Shadow of the Solstice
by Anne Hillerman
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
In this gripping chapter in New York Times bestselling author Anne Hillerman’s Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito series, the detectives must sort out a save-the-planet meditation group connected to a mysterious death and a nefarious scheme targeting vulnerable indigenous people living with addiction.
The Navajo Nation police are on high alert when a U.S. Cabinet Secretary schedules an unprecedented trip to the little Navajo town of Shiprock, New Mexico. The visit coincides with a plan to resume uranium mining along the Navajo Nation border. Tensions around the official’s arrival escalate when the body of a stranger is found in an area restricted for the disposal of radioactive uranium waste. Is it coincidence that a cult with a propensity for violence arrives at a private camp group outside Shiprock the same week to celebrate the summer solstice?
Bone Dry
by Frank Wheeler
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
A classic western novel from Frank Wheeler with non-stop epic adventure and a blend of western romance
Carver Harding grew up watching his father save lives with one hand and ruin them with the other. Once a respected frontier doctor, he was disgraced by opium and met a violent end. Carver swore he’d never follow in his footsteps.
Six year later, he’s just a ranch hand. That’s how he wants it. No responsibility. No mistakes that can’t be taken back.
Then the creek dries up, and people start getting sick. It doesn’t take long to uncover the problem. The town’s wealthiest man is also its greediest. Gareth Sutton is building an illegal dam upstream, choking off the water and daring anyone to stop him.
Landon Falls
by Shannon Elliott
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.9 #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.
Stars of Mithra Complete Collection
by Nora Roberts
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Three best friends, three priceless gems…one ruthless killer. Don’t miss the complete Stars of Mithra trilogy from #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts!
HIDDEN STAR
CAPTIVE STAR
SECRET STAR
Spook
by Mary Roach
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
The best-selling author of Stiff and Bonk trains her considerable wit and curiosity on the human soul.
“What happens when we die? Does the light just go out and that’s that—the million-year nap? Or will some part of my personality, my me-ness persist? What will that feel like? What will I do all day? Is there a place to plug in my lap-top?” In an attempt to find out, Mary Roach brings her tireless curiosity to bear on an array of contemporary and historical soul-searchers: scientists, schemers, engineers, mediums, all trying to prove (or disprove) that life goes on after we die.
Hurricane Hawkins
by William Black
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
He was meant to hang at noon. Then a lone rider came with a letter – and a chance at redemption.
Once a notorious outlaw, Hurricane Hawkins was ready to meet his end. But the gallows release him on one condition: hunt down and annihilate the Deadly Eight, a fearsome gang terrorizing the frontier, or swing for his crimes. He lived a life of crime. Now is his chance to be forgiven and start over.
Sheriff Avery and U.S. Marshal Virgil offer him freedom in exchange for… the impossible. Become their secret agent, destroy the gang, and earn forgiveness – or die trying.
UNSTUCK
by Britannica Silkslate
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
UNSTUCK is for people who know what they want, yet still hesitate, overthink, procrastinate, or pull back when progress is finally within reach.
You may understand your patterns. You may have read the books, tried the advice, and promised yourself you would “do better next time.” And yet the same cycle keeps repeating. Not because you lack discipline or ambition, but because your mind is defaulting to old protective responses that no longer fit the life you are trying to build.
If you have ever asked yourself why you keep getting in your own way, this book offers a clear, compassionate explanation. You are not broken. Your brain is doing what it learned to do under pressure, fear, and uncertainty.
Tourist
by Timothy Strong
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Leaving a mental hospital for the second time, Jake returns to his hometown of Lake Placid amidst the frenzy leading up to the 1980 Winter Olympics.
His best friend Barney fell to his death while building condos to house the tourists attending the games. Conscious of the privilege and wealth surrounding the international competitions, Jake is confronted by the stigma that surrounds mental illness, compounded by the stigma of poverty…
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
Cheddar Luck Next Time
by Beth Cato
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
A cozy cheese-scented mystery with delightful characters, a dash of murder and tons of intrigue, perfect for fans of The Thursday Murder Club and The Maid.
Bird Nichols moves to a quiet, quirky Californian town in hopes of a fresh start. With an autismdriven special interest in cheese, all she wants to do is grow her gourmet cheese board business and live out the rest of her life in peace, a plan that is suddenly upended when she stumbles across a body not too far from her new home…
TWICE A BROKEN BREATH
by Lisette Brodey
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She stole his world. He’s got twenty-four hours to get it back.
Although Liam Tallamore can’t remember the first fourteen years of his life, he’s built a happy home with his wife, Carly, and their two children in suburban New Jersey … until one Friday afternoon when everything changes.
While cashing his paycheck, he’s told his bank accounts have been emptied. Once at home, he learns Carly has left him for her first love—one he never knew existed. Most devastating of all, she’s taken their eight-year-old daughter, Rayelle, and is preparing to leave the country…
Surrender the Dead
by John Burley
Kindle $0.50 Rating: 4.1 #ad
From the award-winning author of The Absence of Mercy comes a chilling psychological thriller about a family and community divided by tragedy, and the dark secrets that will set their town aflame.
When Erin Reece left Wolf Point fifteen years ago after graduating high school, she’d planned to never set foot in her childhood hometown again. But an urgent phone call from her father’s doctor leaves Erin with no choice but to return to a place filled with painful memories and wounds that never closed. Two decades ago, people in Wolf Point started disappearing without a trace—including Erin’s mother—and no explanation was ever found.
Oriceran Tales of Retribution and Pixies
by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle
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Victoria Brie’s life was coming together. She has everything that matters… until an elf brought her world crashing down.
Z Thornbrook and her eccentric pixie cousins caused a little bit too much trouble on Earth. Now they’re facing the music: joing a new program for magical Army soliders, or return to Oriceran and stay there. The Army may never be the same.
Get two complete series—12 books and more than 2500 pages—with this Oriceran Collection!
Chasing the Night
by Iris Johansen
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
A forensic sculptor faces her own grief when working a kidnapping case in this thriller from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author.
A CIA agent’s two-year-old child was stolen in the night as a brutal act of vengeance. Now, eight years later, this torment is something Catherine Ling awakens to every day. Her friends, family, and colleagues tell her to let go, move on, accept that her son is never coming back. But she can’t. Catherine needs to find someone as driven and obsessed as she is to help her—and that person is Eve Duncan. She knows that Eve shares her nightmare, since closure is also something that eludes Eve after the disappearance of her daughter Bonnie.
The Peabrain Adventures Complete Series
by Martha Roo, Martha Carr
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Magic is real. Austin is weird. And Maggie Parker just found out the world is a malfunctioning star-ship running out of time.
Maggie Parker always thought the strangest thing in her garage was the old toolbox she inherited. That was before the puzzle box inside it started humming, the grackles began talking back, and a gnome named Bernie marched in with a wrench and an attitude.
Turns out, Earth isn’t a planet. It’s a damaged ship. And Maggie—armed with a stubborn streak, a sarcastic sense of humor, and the legendary Magic Compass—is the only one who can keep it from falling apart.
The Waters of Eternal Youth
by Donna Leon
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
The twenty-fifth mystery in the New York Times–bestselling series “is cause for celebration. . . . Leon brilliantly exposes the corrupt world of Venice” (Bay Area Reporter).
At a fundraising dinner for a Venetian charity, a wealthy and aristocratic patroness asks Brunetti if he will investigate the fifteen-year-old attempted drowning of her granddaughter, which left the girl irreparably brain damaged. Brunetti’s not sure what to do, but out of a mixture of curiosity, pity, and a willingness to fulfill the wishes of a guilt-wracked older woman—who happens to be his mother-in-law’s best friend—he agrees.
Private Rome
by James Patterson, Adam Hamdy
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This thrilling addition to the bestselling Private series transports readers inside the halls of the Vatican itself when a priest is murdered—and the new lead agent at Private is the number one suspect. Jack Morgan, ex-Marine helicopter pilot and CIA agent, is in Italy to open the latest outpost of his international private investigation firm. Its wealthy client base demands maximum force and maximum discretion. But when a priest is murdered at the firm’s opening party, Morgan and Matteo Ricci—a decorated former Rome police inspector, now Morgan’s newly appointed deputy—come under intense scrutiny.
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
The French Bookshop Murder
by Greg Mosse
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
Zoe Pascal has decided to live her dream: leave England and open up a bookshop in a small village in the south of France. She wants to spend her later years in life eating croissants, reading her beloved books, and getting to know her charming new hometown.
When the body of a tourist is found inside the local church, Zoe begins to discover that something is afoot in the village of Sainte-Catherine. And as the last person to have seen the deceased alive, Zoe suddenly becomes a prime suspect in a murder investigation.
People Behaving Badly: Collection
by John D. Ottini
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Semi-Finalist in the 2015 Royal Palm Literary Award Competition. (Florida Writers Association)
People Behaving Badly is a collection of thirteen short mystery stories exploring the folly of criminal behavior. Welcome to a world filled with strange and quirky characters where murder, vigilantism, jealousy, infidelity, sex, violence and people behaving badly are the norm.
These short mysteries were written as individual bite-size stories that can be devoured in one sitting. Perfect reading for your bus, train or subway commute to work, while you’re waiting at the doctor’s or dentist’s office, having your car serviced, enjoying a latte at your favorite coffee shop, or whenever you have a few minutes of free time.
Act of Defiance
by Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
A rogue nuclear Russian submarine is steaming toward the East Coast of the United States. For President Jack Ryan, memories of past events may seem stunningly vivid, but the dangers are terrifyingly real in the latest entry in this #1 New York Times bestselling series.
US intelligence is reporting turmoil in the Russian navy. Their deadliest submarine, the Belgorod, has unexpectedly launched, and taken along with it a long list of questions. Who authorized the departure? What mission is it on? And, most disturbing of all, what weapons do the giant doors on the sub’s bow hide?
The Hellspawned Chronicles Complete Series
by Michael Todd, Michael Anderle
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
A knight cursed by darkness. A kingdom on the brink.
Jackson McCade never asked for the infernal power burning through his veins. Feared as the Hellspawned Knight, he serves the King’s Eye, hunting traitors in the war-scarred realm of Kharadorn.
When a kidnapped Runeforger holds the key to a doomsday weapon, Jackson is ordered to retrieve him before a vengeful exile plunges the kingdom into chaos.
Enemies lurk in every shadow, from ruthless mercenaries to the whispers of his own cursed blood.
Forced to rely on a sharp-tongued noblewoman and a cynical rogue, Jackson must balance duty with the monstrous force threatening to consume him.
Tell Me What You Did
by Carter Wilson
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
She gets people to confess their crimes for a living. He knows she’s hiding a terrible secret. It’s time for the truth to come out…
Poe Webb, host of a popular true crime podcast, invites people to anonymously confess crimes they’ve committed to her audience. She can’t guarantee the police won’t come after her “guests,” but her show grants simultaneous anonymity and instant fame—a potent combination that’s proven difficult to resist. After an episode recording, Poe usually erases both criminal and crime from her mind.
But when a strange and oddly familiar man appears on her show, Poe is forced to take a second look. Not only because he claims to be her mother’s murderer from years ago, but because Poe knows something no one else does. Her mother’s murderer is dead.
Silverview
by John le Carré
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Julian Lawndsley has renounced his high-flying job in the city for a simpler life running a bookshop in a small English seaside town. But only a couple of months into his new career, Julian’s evening is disrupted by a visitor. Edward, a Polish émigré living in Silverview, the big house on the edge of town, seems to know a lot about Julian’s family and is rather too interested in the inner workings of his modest new enterprise.
When a letter turns up at the door of a spy chief in London warning him of a dangerous leak, the investigations lead him to this quiet town by the sea…
Beyond Her Reach
by Melinda Leigh
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
In the wake of a woman’s savage murder, the suspects and motives are only mounting for Sheriff Bree Taggert in a twisting novel of suspense by #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Melinda Leigh.
In a quiet suburban neighborhood in upstate New York, single mom Kelly Gibson is slain in her home—the victim of a rage killing. Right away, Sheriff Bree Taggert has three persons of interest: an angry soon-to-be ex-husband, a furtive rebound boyfriend, and an obsessive neighbor.
The Great Dane
by Suanne Laqueur
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
After the sudden death of his only child, Liko Greenman is looking for any way to pass, waste or kill time. He becomes obsessed with a compelling mystery within his son’s favorite video game, Three Hares, and is determined to solve it. The game travels along the Old Silk Road, following the triskelion motif of the Three Hares in art and architecture. The player’s journey ends abruptly at Paderborn Cathedral in Germany, but fans are certain the game isn’t over.
Liko receives a condolence letter from the gaming company, with a single clue that leads him to the rural town of Birch Island, New York and a farm called Schoenfeld’s. There, Liko comes face-to-face with Danelaw Strong, who has one blue eye, one brown eye, and a compelling, dual personality.
The Devil’s Daughter
by Danielle Steel
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Graduating magna cum laude from MIT is the happiest day of Billie Banks’s life, although her family is not part of it. Her mother, who always supported her, died when Billie was seventeen. Since then, her father has been slowly drinking himself to death on the family farm in Iowa, and she and her younger sister, Mickie, have grown even more estranged.
Growing up, the siblings could not have been more different. Billie was shy, small, bookish, more like their mother; tall, blond Mickie was boldly sexual, craving attention, and lacking empathy for anyone, like their father. Despite Billie’s attempts to look after Mickie following their mother’s death, her sister consistently treated her with cruelty.