Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
Bleeding Tarts
by Kirsten Weiss
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Val’s new pies are foolproof–but not bulletproof.
Old West ghost towns are as American as apple pie. So what better place to sponsor a pie-eating contest than the Bar X, a fake ghost town available for exclusive private events on the edge of Silicon Valley. Valentine Harris is providing the pies, hoping to boost business for her struggling Pie Town shop and become a regular supplier for the Bar X.
But no sooner does she arrive in town than a stray bullet explodes the cherry pie in her hands. And the delicious dessert is not the only victim. Val finds the Bar X bartender shot dead in an alley…
The Ones Who Got Away
by Stephen Graham Jones
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
Thirteen stories of monsters, murder, and mayhem from a master of horror, the New York Times–bestselling author of I Was a Teenage Slasher.
Stephen Graham Jones takes familiar horror tropes—zombies, camping mishaps, damaged children—and intertwines them with the dark forces of human nature to create unique and unforgettable short fiction. These thirteen tales run the gamut, immersing you in worlds you think you’ve seen before, but with outcomes you’ll never see coming.
In “Father, Son, Holy Rabbit,” a dad and his child are lost in a snowstorm and learn what the true cost of survival is. A snake-oil salesman makes his way across Arizona territory, peddling his wares to unsuspecting customers—and leaving ghost towns in his wake—in “Lonegan’s Luck.” While in “Raphael,” four twelve-year-old outcasts, seemingly invisible to everyone around them, make up a “scare” club, pushing themselves further and further into the unthinkable.
The Terry Henry Walton Saga
by Craig Martelle, Michael Anderle, Justin Sloan
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
They say that behind every great man is a great woman…but what if that woman is a Werewolf?
Join Terry Henry Walton as he helps drag humanity back into civilization after the World’s Worst Day Ever with the Terry Henry Walton Chronicles. Continue the story as Terry Henry, Char, and their people head to space in The Bad Company!
Get 19 books encompassing two complete series and more than 4600 pages of action and adventure-filled urban fantasy and science fiction with this digital boxed set
Left to Die
by Lisa Jackson
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
NOTHING’S MORE TERRIFYING . . . One by one, the victims are carefully captured, toyed with, then subjected to a slow and agonizing death. Piece by piece, his exquisite plan takes shape. The police can’t yet see the beauty in his work—but soon, very soon, they will . . .
THAN BEING LEFT ALONE . . . In the lonely woods around Grizzly Falls, Montana, four bodies have been discovered. Detectives Selena Alvarez and Regan Pescoli have been hoping for a career-making case, but this is a nightmare. Even with the FBI involved, Selena and Regan have nothing to go on but a killer’s cryptic notes, and the unsettling knowledge that there is much worse to come . . .
TO DIE . . .
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
by Agatha Christie
Kindle $0.49 Rating: 4.5 #ad
In Agatha Christie’s short story, “The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding,” Poirot is asked to attend a Christmas celebration in order to apprehend a jewel-thief who has taken advantage of an unwary eastern prince. Full of English holiday tradition and plenty of intrigue, this holiday tale first appeared in the December 12, 1923 issue of The Sketch magazine.
Wolf Pack
by C. J. Box
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett encounters bad behavior on his own turf—only to have the FBI and the DOJ ask him to stand down–in the thrilling novel from #1 New York Times-bestselling author C.J. Box.
The good news is that Joe Pickett has his job back, after his last adventure in The Disappeared. The bad news is that he’s come to learn that a drone is killing wildlife—and the drone belongs to a mysterious and wealthy man whose son is dating Joe’s own daughter, Lucy…
The Whisper of His Irons
by James Leonard
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Here comes another western adventure of relentless action, obstacles and a touch of western romance
At twelve years old, Flint McCrae buried his mother with his own hands after raiders tore through their Missouri homestead. From that day, he swore he’d never show mercy again. Seven years later, he has his father’s guns and a list of names. The men who killed her are nearly gone, one bullet at a time.
To most, Flint is already a legend. A shadow on horseback who rides the wind from Kansas to the frontier towns beyond. To Edda May, daughter of a boardinghouse keeper, he’s a quiet young man hollowed by grief.
The Life of Chuck
by Stephen King
Kindle $4.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Originally featured in the acclaimed story collection If It Bleeds, this unforgettable, mind-bending tale unfolds in reverse, taking readers through the extraordinary life of Charles “Chuck” Krantz.
In a crumbling world plagued by natural disasters, collapsing infrastructure, and mass panic, bizarre billboards and advertisements appear throughout town: “Charles Krantz. Thirty-nine great years. Thanks, Chuck!” Marty Anderson, a schoolteacher, becomes obsessed with these messages as the world, inexplicably linked to Chuck’s life, seems to be approaching its end.
Monday’s Mystery eBooks
A Cup of Holiday Fear
by Ellie Alexander
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
It’s Christmastime and everyone is heading to Torte, the most cheerful bakery in town. There’s no place like home for the homicide…
Ashland, Oregon, looks as pretty as a postcard this holiday season. The halls are decked, stockings hung, and eyes are all aglow—mostly thanks to the buttered rum. Jules Capshaw and her staff at Torte are busier than ever. . . still, even the town’s most in-demand bakers need to take a break. So Jules invites everyone to celebrate at the local Winchester Inn’s Dickens Feast, a six-course extravaganza with Yorkshire Pudding, Christmas goose, and all the trimmings…
Austin Wyrd
by Steve Curry
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Being a bouncer at a Heavy Metal/Goth bar sounds pretty exciting…unless you’re one of Odin’s Chosen Warriors hiding out from Valhalla and your past. So Magnus aka Mouse is less than thrilled when Fate drops a supernatural murder at his feet. Is there anyway he can stop the killer without tripping over his own secrets? Or will the cops, the feds, or his Valkyrie find him first? And can someone explain how his pet raven is learning to speak Norse?
Something I Keep Upstairs
by J.D. Barker
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
For a haunted house to be born, somebody has to die.
In the sleepy coastal town of New Castle, New Hampshire, seventeen-year-old Billy Hasler’s life is about to take a terrifying turn. When his best friend David Spivey inherits a mysterious house on a nearby island, it seems like the perfect place to spend their final summer before heading off to college. No parents. No police. No responsibilities.
As they dig into the island’s dark past, they awaken an ancient evil that has influenced generations. What begins as an innocent summer adventure quickly descends into a nightmare.
Treachery in Death
by J. D. Robb
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
In this thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling phenomenon, Eve Dallas tracks down those who break the law—including the ones sworn to uphold it.
Detective Eve Dallas and her partner, Peabody, are following up on a senseless crime—an elderly grocery owner killed by three stoned punks for nothing more than kicks and snacks. This is Peabody’s first case as primary detective—good thing she learned from the master…
Dust to Dust
by James M. Thompson
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 3.6 #ad
A MEDICAL MIRACLE
The first subjects are lab rats. Injected with two experimental drugs by two different doctors, the rats begin to show signs of renewed youth, restored health, and remarkable vigor. Surprised by the results, neurologist Kat Williams and biochemist Burton Harris believe they have stumbled upon a major breakthrough in the science of aging. But there is only one way to know if their formula can truly reverse the aging process. Their next subject needs to be human . . .
A LIVING NIGHTMARE
Audrey Rose
by Frank De Felitta
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
When Elliot Hoover loses his wife and daughter, Audrey Rose, in a fiery car crash, his world explodes. To heal his mental anguish and claim some peace, he visits a psychic who reveals to him that his daughter has been reincarnated into Ivy Templeton, a young girl living in New York City. Desperate to reclaim anything from his daughter’s past, he searches out Ivy, only to discover that the unbelievable is shockingly true-his daughter is back. Now, in an effort to save her life, Hoover must choose between two horrifying possibilities-leaving his daughter’s soul in torment, or taking the life of the young girl in whom she now lives.
Cruel Deception
by Gregg Olsen
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Gregg Olsen tells the whole shocking story of this true crime in Cruel Deception.
In and out of hospitals since birth, angelic nine-month-old Morgan Reid finally succumbed to what appeared to be Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Morgan’s Texas-born mother Tanya, a nurse and devoted wife, pulled up stakes with her grieving husband Jim, and moved on. It was the best way to put the past behind them. Until their son Michael, a boy who by all accounts was terrified of his mother, began showing signs of the same affliction that stole the life of his baby sister…
Disrupt Everything – and Win
by James Patterson, Patrick R.
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Disruption is the most powerful force of change in our lifetime.
Every day we are confronted with:
Sudden pivots at our workplace and in the job market
Rule-changing technology such as Artificial Intelligence
Unexpected crises and a culture of chaos
The sinking feeling that we are losing control of our lives
This book is about taking back control. It’s easy to follow and easy to turn into lifelong habits. It has been thoroughly researched and examined. Simply put, Disrupt Everything works.
Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
Hardcore Twenty-Four
by Janet Evanovich
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Janet Evanovich’s #1 New York Times bestselling sensation Stephanie Plum returns in her twenty-forth thriller as mutilated corpses litter the streets of New Jersey…
Trouble comes in bunches for Stephanie Plum. First, professional grave robber and semi-professional loon, Simon Diggery, won’t let her take him in until she agrees to care for his boa constrictor, Ethel. Stephanie’s main qualification for babysitting an extremely large snake is that she owns a stun gun—whether that’s for use on the wandering serpent or the petrified neighbors remains to be seen…
The Snowman
by Jo Nesbo
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
One night, after the first snowfall of the year, a boy named Jonas wakes up and discovers that his mother has disappeared. Only one trace of her remains: a pink scarf, his Christmas gift to her, now worn by the snowman that inexplicably appeared in their yard earlier that day. Inspector Harry Hole suspects a link between the missing woman and a suspicious letter he’s received. The case deepens when a pattern emerges: over the past decade, eleven women have vanished—all on the day of the first snow. But this is a killer who makes his own rules … and he’ll break his pattern just to keep the game interesting, as he draws Harry ever closer into his twisted web…
Silent Refuge
by William Stone
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
An EMP Post Apocalypse Prepper Survival Thriller
The moment the grid dies, she realizes the EMP wasn’t the threat… it was the evil waiting for it.
Her family is trapped in a city losing its soul, and Caroline must fight through lawless streets to save them, then defend their ranch from the chaos spreading outward.
Into the Leopard’s Den
by Harini Nagendra
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Amateur detective Kaveri Murthy returns with her most complex case yet: investigating a series of murders that take her from the bungalows of Bangalore to the mist-enshrouded mountains of Coorg.
Bangalore, 1922: Pregnant and confined to the house by her protective mother-in-law, Kaveri Murthy has resolved to take a break from detection. But when an elderly woman is murdered at night and dies clutching a photograph of Kaveri while asking for her help—how can she refuse? Missing the assistance of her husband Ramu, who is working in Coorg, Kaveri investigates her new case with her able assistants, milk boy Venu and housemaid Anandi. They find a trail of secrets that lead them to suspect the killer may be in Coorg.
Forget Me Not
by Leah Cupps
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Riley earns a living by digging up the past. But some secrets are better left buried.
Archaeologist Riley Donovan has had it rough. Her beloved fiancé has passed away, her career is crumbling, and lately she feels like she’s losing the will to live.
But when she meets Corbin Cross, a charismatic YouTube historian, Riley finally sees a glimmer of hope. He’s charming, brilliant, and seems to understand her pain. Seizing this second chance for happiness, Riley begins to rebuild her shattered life.
But there’s a problem – nothing is as it seems.
Chrysalis
by Lincoln Child
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Like millions of people around the world, Jeremy Logan (famed enigmalogist, or investigator of unexplained things) has grown to rely on his incredible new tech device. Made by Chrysalis, the global multibillion dollar tech company, the small optical device connects people in a stunning new way, tapping into virtual reality for the first time on a wide scale.
And yet, when Logan is summoned by Chrysalis to investigate a disturbing anomaly in the massive new product rollout, Logan is shocked to see the true scope of the massive company. He also quickly realizes that something in Chrysalis’s technology is very wrong, and could be potentially devastating.
Wedding to Die For
by Jovie Grace
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Falling in love is risky. This Christmas, it might be deadly.
Three years ago, Bea Hazelwood jilted humble cowboy Griff Jameson to please her well-to-do family. Now she’s broke and applying for a job at the inn he owns.
Griff doesn’t need Bea stirring up old feelings while he’s tracking a gang of train robbers. Secrecy is key to serving as an undercover detective. But Bea’s sharp wit, secret family recipes, and signature stubborn streak make it difficult to keep his heart — or his cover story about a fake second engagement — intact. All too soon, she, her Christmas Book Club friends, and a nosy cat are sniffing out clues to his case that land them in grave danger.
Dark Blood
by James M. Thompson
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 3.4 #ad
AN UNDENIABLE CRAVING For two hundred years, Roger Neimann has never had to know the end that mortals face. But eternal existence comes with a price he cannot accept . . . consuming human blood. Hiding in New Orleans under an assumed identity, he desperately searches for a cure for his vampirism.
AN INSATIABLE HUNGER Stalking the streets of New Orleans, a vicious serial killer dubbed “The Ripper” leaves his victims drained of blood. For Houston physician Matthew Carter, it is an all-too-familiar pattern—one that sends him racing to find Neimann. But he is not alone in his hunt.
A RAGING THIRST
The Truth about the Devlins
by Lisa Scottoline
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
TJ Devlin is the charming disappointment in the prominent Devlin family, all of whom are lawyers at their highly successful firm—except him. After a stint in prison and rehab for alcoholism, TJ can’t get hired anywhere except at the firm, in a make-work job with the title of investigator.
But one night, TJ’s world turns upside down after his older brother John confesses that he murdered one of their clients, an accountant he’d confronted with proof of embezzlement. It seems impossible coming from John, the firstborn son and Most Valuable Devlin.
Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
He Knows When You’re Awake
by Alta Hensley
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
This Christmas, it’s all about getting what you really want in this dark billionaire stalker romance sequel to He Sees You When You’re Sleeping.
Stalking in a winter wonderland… Jewelry designer Sloane dreams of launching her own custom line—but she needs a Christmas miracle to pull it off. With traditional banks turning her down left and right, she can’t resist when a mysterious stranger offers her a lifeline.
I see what she creates in those stolen moments when she thinks no one’s watching. I see everything. There’s a darkness at her core and I will unravel her until I find it.
No Way Out
by Alan Jacobson
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
The FBI profiler teams up with Scotland Yard in this “outstanding thriller” by the USA Today–bestselling author of The 7th Victim (Library Journal, starred review).
When a potent firebomb destroys part of an art gallery in an exclusive London district, FBI profiler Karen Vail is dispatched to England to work with Scotland Yard on drafting a threat assessment to head off future attacks. But Vail soon discovers that at the heart of the bombing lies a four-hundred-forty-year-old manuscript that holds clues to England’s past—with dramatic political and social implications. The manuscript’s content is so explosive that a group of political radicals is bent on destroying it at all costs.
The Root of the Matter
by Lynne Tagawa
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Her job is to prep time travelers. Now she is one.
Archivist Geneva Fielding would rather stick to ancient manuscripts and chocolate croissants. But when a mission to 1630s New England loses its Traveler, Geneva and her physicist friend Peter are tapped to go, with only three days to prepare.
She’s terrified but determined. This is her chance to learn the truth about John Winthrop and the early Puritans—were they the oppressors history has painted them to be?
Geneva and Peter are dumped into an early, struggling Massachusetts, the Puritan inhabitants having escaped the persecution only to face a howling wilderness.
Along Came a Spider
by Ben Patterson
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
The Peacekeepers were meant to fix a broken justice system – until a Spider turned them into targets. Someone wanted judges bought, not dead, but Everett Chase refused to kneel. With partner Lex and rogue judge Dane Varron, he fought back. The war wasn’t won with weapons, but with truth. As corruption fell, Peacekeepers became legends. But justice has a price – and Everett was willing to pay it.
Whispers from the Ice
by Robert Smith
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
In the eternal frost of Saturn’s moon Enceladus, a forgotten rover stirs. Echo-7—its batteries nearly drained, its final log echoing the melancholy of its Martian ancestor: Batteries low, and it’s getting dark. A tremor ripples through the ice, and the rover’s systems flicker to life, sending a ping across the void.
The reply doesn’t come from a human ear. It comes from Zyrak, an exiled scout from the Hive-world Kaelith Prime, forty-seven light-years away. He found a Voyager probe and followed its star-map to Earth. What he finds is not a cradle, but a ruin: humanity’s own merciless superintelligence pruned its makers into extinction.
Let Me in Your Window
by Adam Ellis
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
This brand-new collection of delightful horror comics includes ten new thrilling and terrifying stories that will keep readers on the edge of their seats and peering out their windows in fright. Adam Ellis, one of the biggest stars in webcomics, brings his unique blend of humor and horror to life with stunning illustrations and gripping narratives. Stories include Sleepwalker, about a terrifying and unexplained incident at a youth hostel, Old Machines, about receiving instant messages from a friend who has been dead for years, and Sunken Express, which chronicles a paranormal journey on a phantom subway car.
Season of Angels
by Jo Grafford
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
A waitress is keeping a huge secret to protect two people she loves — a task that would be a lot harder if the bachelor sheriff she’s crushing on wasn’t forever lending her a hand.
Tiva Nez’s life has been a hot mess since the day she was born, so it’s just her misfortune to find herself posing as a single mom to protect her sister and nephew. No, Christmas is NOT the most wonderful time of the year. She would rather skip it altogether.
Everyone knows Police Chief Adriel Montana is married to his job. He lives to serve his tribe on the reservation, including his favorite waitress who refuses to officially date him despite privately paying him in kisses every time he rushes to her rescue — which is pretty often.
The Covered Bridge
by Karen Harper
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
When Benjamin Kline returns to the fold after eight years, Abigail Baughman welcomes her neighbor with an open heart. But all is not well in their Amish village. Abby overhears some suspicious activity, and it lands her in harm’s way, forcing Ben to come to her rescue. He vows never to let anyone hurt her, even though secrets in his past threaten to put everything at risk—their community, their way of life…and their future together.