Friday’s Mystery eBooks
A Measure of Rhyme
by Lloyd Jeffries
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
“Heart-pounding…truly unique…readers will not want to put it down.” – Publisher’s Weekly BookLife Elite
She’s Marked. The Countdown’s On. Rhyme Carter’s life explodes when she becomes the target of a secret society. Hunted across a world teetering on collapse, she’s got no time to breathe—killers close in, shadows strike fast, and every clue pulls her toward a deadly showdown.
Emery Merrick, hardened by the first fight, teams up to crack the riddle before it’s too late. Bullets fly, demons rise, and a hidden truth threatens to bury them both.
The Surgeon
by Karl Hill
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Five years ago, Jonathan Stark was working as a lawyer when a massacre took place, leaving most of his coworkers dead and Jonathan in a coma for eight weeks.
Now, he’s found a job as a legal trainee at a different firm, and a relationship with an attorney named Jenny. He spends much of his time in the basement cataloguing old files—where he comes across the death certificate of a woman. The document triggers a nightmare and eventually, a sudden memory. Soon, Stark begins working closely with DCI McGuigan, who’s been hunting an elusive serial killer known as “the Surgeon.”
Vertigo 42
by Martha Grimes
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
The inimitable Richard Jury returns in the latest in the bestselling mystery series: “Martha Grimes has written a whodunit with terrific characters and a grand plot mixed with her unique droll wit. Vertigo 42 is one smart mystery!” (Susan Isaacs, bestselling author of Goldberg Variations)
Richard Jury is meeting Tom Williamson at Vertigo 42, a bar on the forty-second floor of an office building in London’s financial district. Despite inconclusive evidence, Tom is convinced his wife, Tess, was murdered seventeen years ago. The inspector in charge of the case was sure Tess’s death was accidental—a direct result of vertigo—but the official police inquiry is still an open verdict and Jury agrees to re-examine the case.
Q Is For Quarry
by Sue Grafton
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Sue Grafton delivers an intensely gripping mystery based on an actual unsolved murder in this #1 New York Times bestseller featuring private investigator Kinsey Millhone.
She was a “Jane Doe,” an unidentified white female whose decomposed body was discovered near a quarry off California’s Highway 1. The case fell to the Santa Teresa County Sheriff’s Department, but the detectives had little to go on. The woman was young, her hands were bound with a length of wire, there were multiple stab wounds, and her throat had been slashed. After months of investigation, the murder remained unsolved…
Titus Ray Thrillers Books 1, 2, & 3
by Luana Ehrlich
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
From One Night in Tehran, through Two Days in Caracas, to Three Weeks in Washington, these thrillers are full of non-stop action, page-turning suspense, and touches of humor, romance, and faith. Together these novels have over 950 five-star reviews.
Book I, One Night in Tehran: When he starts searching for answers, an assassin begins his own search—for him.
Book II, Two Days in Caracas: On the hunt for an assassin, Titus Ray faces a threat he never imagined. Can he overcome the obstacles and capture Ahmed Al-Amin before it’s too late?
Book III, Three Weeks In Washington: Titus exposes a plot to attack the nation’s capital with chemical weapons.
The Red Room
by Nicci French
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
At the request of London police, psychologist Kit Quinn agrees to evaluate Michael Doll, a sexual predator who slashes her face. As she recovers, Kit has horrible dreams of a red room.
Months later, Doll is arrested for murder. As Doll’s obsession with Kit escalates, Kit is gripped with a paralyzing fear that the killer isn’t Doll–but someone close to her heart.
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.
Into the Gray Zone
by Brad Taylor
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
While on a routine security assessment in India, Taskforce operator Pike Logan foils an attempted attack on a meeting between the CIA and India’s intelligence service. Both government agencies believe it’s nothing more than a minor terrorist attack, but Pike suspects that something much more sinister is at play. After another terrorist operation at the Taj Mahal, he begins to believe that outside powers are attacking India in the gray zone between peace and war, leveraging terrorist groups for nothing more than economic gain. But the separatists conducting the operations have their own agenda.
Born in Space
by Jeremy Clift
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
A LONE MOTHER’S DESPERATE STRUGGLE TO REUNITE WITH SEVEN CHILDREN, BORN IN A SPACE LAB
CAN TEAGAN WIN THE COSMIC CUSTODY BATTLE OF A LIFETIME?
When Teagan Ward donates her eggs to science, she never imagines that the consequences will ripple across the cosmos. As Earth crumbles under the weight of conflict and climate disaster, Teagan discovers that seven children, born from her donated eggs, are the centerpieces of a daring experiment to populate the stars. Determined to reunite with her children, she finds herself entangled in a web of greed, betrayal, and cosmic ambition.
Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
The Price of Dirt
by Frank Wheeler
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
But he never expected to be a landowner. When a long-lost uncle leaves him an inheritance in Gideon’s Bluff, Deen sees a chance to go legit, start over, maybe even rebuild the broken bond with his estranged sister, Josie. But the land comes with enemies.
Vernon Briggs, a ruthless land baron, wants what Deen now owns. And he’s not the kind of man to ask twice. As Deen digs into his uncle’s past, he uncovers a web of fraud, murder, and betrayal.
Malice By Design
by Gary Birken
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
In a prestigious oncology hospital, a deadly new disease threatens children already fighting for survival. But with a cure as controversial as the cause, can a dedicated doctor balance ethics and research to save lives?
Dr. Jack Wyatt is renowned for solving the unsolvable. When a colleague approaches him about a dangerous new malady affecting only Leukemia patients at a prestigious oncology hospital, the mysterious case is too intriguing to pass up. So he and the brilliant Dr. Madison Shaw, a physician who shares not only his expertise but also his secrets, embark in a race against time to save the children as cases mount…
The Eye of God
by James Rollins
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
In The Eye of God, a Sigma Force novel, New York Times bestselling author James Rollins delivers an apocalyptic vision of a future predicted by the distant past.
In the wilds of Mongolia, a research satellite has crashed, triggering an explosive search for its valuable cargo: a code-black physics project connected to the study of dark energy–and a shocking image of the eastern seaboard of the United States in utter ruin.
At the Vatican, a package arrives containing two strange artifacts: a skull scrawled with ancient Aramaic and a tome bound in human skin. DNA evidence reveals that both came from the same body: the long dead Mongol king Genghis Khan.
Silver Fox & The Western Hero
by M.H. Johnson
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Cheating Death. Alex was willing to do whatever it took to beat the tumors overwhelming his body. Even if it meant being frozen alive. And if his cortex got uploaded into a digital universe filled with countless worlds to explore until a cure could be found for his cancer, all the better.
The last thing he expected was to wake up naked and alone in the bowels of an ancient ship filled with raiders carrying enough poison to kill an entire city!
Fear Thy Neighbor
by Fern Michaels
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
A thrilling new book from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of No Way Out, that fans of Nora Roberts and Rachel Caine won’t want to miss! One woman’s picture-perfect island sanctuary reveals itself to be filled with dangers in this exciting page-turner…
At twenty-nine, Alison Marshall is ready to find a place to call home. With no family and no ties, she’s drifted from one small Florida town to another since high school, working odd jobs, saving hard, and building a nest egg. Once she finds the right place to settle down, she’ll know. And when she reaches beautiful Palmetto Island, she thinks she may have found it.
INTERCEPTED
by Susanna Seigler-Haymond
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
A BROTHER’S REVENGE, A GIRL GONE MISSING, ONE CHANCE TO CHANGE FATE
Nora Milton believes her calling is to help lessen the suffering in a world filled with pain. While chasing that calling, she goes to Mexico to help finish the construction of an orphanage in Mexico and meets mission pilot Anthony Goldberg. A spark is kindled between them but it’s cut short when Nora finds herself kidnapped at gunpoint.
Desperate to save the woman his heart longs for, Anthony sets out on a search for Nora on his own. All too quickly he learns just how perilous leaving the compound can be and finds himself entrenched in the dangerous drug trade..
Born in Space
by Jeremy Clift
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
A LONE MOTHER’S DESPERATE STRUGGLE TO REUNITE WITH SEVEN CHILDREN, BORN IN A SPACE LAB
CAN TEAGAN WIN THE COSMIC CUSTODY BATTLE OF A LIFETIME?
When Teagan Ward donates her eggs to science, she never imagines that the consequences will ripple across the cosmos. As Earth crumbles under the weight of conflict and climate disaster, Teagan discovers that seven children, born from her donated eggs, are the centerpieces of a daring experiment to populate the stars. Determined to reunite with her children, she finds herself entangled in a web of greed, betrayal, and cosmic ambition.
Vengeance of the Vanished Ones
by Lee Orlich Bertram
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
“In Vengeance of the Vanished Ones, don’t miss this trip into Baja where mining interests and the need to preserve sacred rock paintings clash violently. Move over, Indiana Jones!” –Warren C. Easley, author of the Cal Claxton Mysteries
Discovering the meaning of the mysterious, ancient rock art of Baja has obsessed archaeologist Marcos Andersson for decades. While investigating the macabre death of Davis Pearce on site, Marcos suspects it’s connected to the rock art, but before he can prove it, he gets dragged into the spirit world where Davis languishes. He happens to meet psychiatrist-psychic Susan Cohen who guides Marcos to some understanding of the art as they explore more sites, pile up deaths, encounter vengeful spirits, and fall in love. It’s complicated by local schemes to profit off the mineral deposits accompanying the rock art sites and the secrets both Marcos and Susan keep from each other.
Stephen King’s The Dark Tower
by Robin Furth, Stephen King
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
The Complete Concordance is an entertaining and incredibly useful guide to Stephen King’s epic Dark Tower series by Robin Furth and features a foreword by Stephen King himself.
The Dark Tower series is the backbone of Stephen King’s legendary career. Eight books and more than three thousand pages make up this bestselling fantasy epic. The Complete Concordance covers books I-VII and The Wind Through the Keyhole and is the definitive encyclopedic reference book that provides readers with everything they need to navigate their way through the series. With hundreds of characters, Mid-World geography, High Speech lexicon, and extensive cross-references, this comprehensive handbook is essential for any Dark Tower fan.
Shadow of the Solstice
by Anne Hillerman
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand New Release #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.
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
Foundations, Funny Business & Murder
by Christa Nardi
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
The best of intentions shouldn’t lead to murder.
HR specialist and trauma counselor Stacie Maroni joins the board of a fledgling nonprofit dedicated to supporting victims of domestic violence—a foundation created through the trust of her late husband. The diverse board includes powerful figures from senators and town mayors to mental health advocates and survivors. But as the board convenes to chart its future, tensions rise—and someone ends up dead.
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(A Stacie Maroni Mysteries)
The Perfect Nanny
by Iris Baxter
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Be careful who you trust with your child.
After losing her husband, Sarah is doing everything she can to hold herself—and her young son Theo—together. When Elena appears, calm, capable, and eager to help, she seems like the answer to Sarah’s prayers. Theo adores her, and for the first time in months, Sarah feels like she can finally breathe.
But soon, little things start to feel… off. Lullabies Sarah has never sung filling the house. Documents moved. Unfamiliar items appearing in Theo’s room. And the way Elena looks at her son—as if he belongs to her.
Storm of Secrets
by Kayla Lowe
Kindle $4.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
When a deadly storm ravages the quiet coastal town of Harbor Point, investigative journalist Elise Marlowe stumbles upon a chilling discovery—several bodies washed up on shore, their deaths shrouded in mystery. Determined to uncover the truth, Elise follows the trail to the town’s docks, where whispers of a human trafficking ring shake her to the core.
But she’s not the only one watching the shadows. Sam Lockwood, a reclusive fisherman with a past he won’t speak of, knows danger when he sees it. He warns Elise to walk away—but when threats close in around her, he realizes he can’t stand by and let her fight alone…
Code Red
by Ian Loome
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Bob is just another homeless guy. So why is he being hunted by a crack team of assassins? Bob Singleton used to be a top CIA assassin. Now, scarred by his terrible past, he lives in a refrigerator box behind a dumpster in downtown Chicago.
He just wants to be left alone. But his past is coming back to haunt him, in the shape of a nurse and a teenage boy who desperately need his help. They are being pursued by trained killers because they stumbled on a long-buried conspiracy, a secret that is tied to a failed mission in Bob’s military past.
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(Rogue Warrior Thrillers)
This Is Why We Lied
by Karin Slaughter
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
One toxic family. Eight suspicious guests. Everyone is guilty…But who is a killer?
For GBI investigator Will Trent and medical examiner Sara Linton, McAlpine Lodge seems like the ideal getaway to celebrate their honeymoon. Set on a gorgeous, off-the-grid mountaintop property, it’s the perfect place to unplug and reconnect. Until a bone-chilling scream cuts through the night.
A murderer in their midst. Mercy McAlpine, the manager of the Lodge, is dead. With a vicious storm raging and the one access road to the property washed out, the murderer must be someone on the mountain…
Murder in the Smithsonian
by Margaret Truman
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
In a mystery replete with “nonstop action and a brilliantly evocative setting,” a noted historian is murdered at the National Museum of Art (Booklist).
Dr. Lewis Tunney, a brilliant historian who had stumbled onto an international art scandal, was brutally murdered in front of two hundred guests at an elegant party at the Smithsonian.
Taking the case, DC police Cpt. Mac Hanrahan begins to uncover a web of secrets, lies, and revenge surrounding the historian’s killing. From the deceased Tunney’s strong-willed fiancée, Heather McBean, to the congressmen with secrets to hide, Hanrahan finds himself unsure who to believe. Soon after, two more murders add to the intrigue.
Rise of Tyrants: Whispers of War
by Callum Brooks
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
As the embers of old wars smoulder, the world of Gigas Earth stands on the brink of chaos. Fragile alliances strain under the weight of ambition, and in the shadows, whispers of treachery and war grow louder.
In the north, Queen Karak Thørn seeks to seize the throne of Nordon from her Husband, her King. But trust within her own court is a dangerous illusion. In the east, Lord Malum Thalron prepares to welcome foreign envoys to Borlong, unaware that their arrival will shatter his dominion and expose the fault lines in his house. And in the south, beneath the scorched skies of the Drylands, an ancient prophecy stirs—one that could reshape the fate of empires…
The Waiting
by Michael Connelly
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
LAPD Detective Renée Ballard tracks a serial rapist whose trail has gone cold, and enlists a new volunteer to the Open-Unsolved Unit: patrol officer Maddie Bosch, Harry’s daughter.
Renée Ballard and the LAPD’s Open-Unsolved Unit get a hot shot DNA connection between a recently arrested man and a serial rapist and murderer who went quiet two decades ago. The arrested man is only twenty-four, so the genetic link must be familial: His father was the Pillowcase Rapist, responsible for a five-year reign of terror in the City of Angels. But when Ballard and her team move in on their suspect, they encounter a baffling web of secrets and legal hurdles.
The Marfa Blues
by John Egenes
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Vera DeSota runs a cafe in Marfa, Texas in 1968. The cowboys and truckers who come in every day fantasize and hope for a chance with her, but she enjoys her solitary life and isn’t ready to settle down with anyone. Yet somehow, Vera seems to collect strays, lost and wayward people looking for second chances. A 14-year-old girl, two hippie boys, and a scared young artist manage to find their way into Vera’s life and suddenly, she’s joining them in a search for buried treasure in the badlands of the rugged desert of Southwest Texas.
2 Sisters Murder Investigations
by James Patterson, Candice Fox
Kindle $14.99 Rating: BRAND NEW RELEASE #ad
Patterson’s greatest crime-solving team since the Women’s Murder Club is the Bird Sisters.
Rhonda and Barbara “Baby” Bird are half-sisters—and full partners in their Los Angeles detective agency. They agree on nothing. Rhonda, a former attorney, takes a by-the-book approach to solving crimes, while teenage Baby relies on her street smarts.
But when they take a controversial case of a loner whose popular wife has gone missing, they’re accused of being PIs who can’t tell a client from a killer.
None Left to Tell
by Noelle West Ihli
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Three women, connected by one of the most brutal mass slayings in US history.
Lucy is sick of turning the other cheek. Ten years ago, an anti-Mormon mob drove her family and friends from their homes in Illinois. But now, the tables have turned. Rumor has it, some of those same men are traveling through Utah on their way to California. And this time, Lucy won’t run.
Katrina knew the trek west would be difficult. But she had no idea she’d be walking straight into hell. The young mother of four is prepared to do whatever it takes to protect her family from the violence closing in, but the battle to survive will be more harrowing than anything she can imagine.
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
The Fashion in Shrouds
by Margery Allingham
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Albert Campion’s sister is a success in her own right. A top fashion designer, she works for a legendary couturier and dresses Georgia Wells, the best-dressed actress in the world. Albert also has a connection to Georgia, but his is based on failure, not success. Georgia’s former fiancé disappeared nearly three years ago, and Campion has never been able to find him. Until now . . .
The victim’s remains—discovered by Campion in a deserted country house—point to suicide. But the man’s father assumes it was foul play. In a rarified world of wealth and privilege where silence and secrets can be bought, the investigation won’t be easy, especially when another death takes center stage…
Cold Case, Warm Hearts Collection
by Multiple Authors
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Seven Christian romantic suspense novels from seven bestselling writers in the industry.
Windigo Twilight by Colleen Coble
Grave Pursuits by Elle E. Kay
Inheritance of Secrets by Robin Patchen
Point of Impact by Lisa Phillips
Ranger Honor by Lynn Shannon
Cast the First Stone by Susan May Warren
Burned by Jennifer Youngblood
Hour of the Hunter
by J. A. Jance
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
The brilliant psychopath Andrew Carlisle spent only six years in prison for the brutal torture–murder of a young girl of the Tohono O’odham tribe. The testimony of Diana Ladd—a teacher on the reservation—put Carlisle behind bars, and now she can’t ignore the dark, mystical signs that say a predator has returned to prowl the Arizona desert. Because no matter where Diana and her young son hide . . . he will find them.
Vincible
by Jay Jameston
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #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…
The Chronicles of Shadow Bourne Complete Series
by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
There is a nest of Drows living in hidden caves just outside of Los Angeles. The dark side of LaLa Land knows them well. Young Drows come out of the shadows at nightfall, looking for trouble and it always finds them. But then there’s Ellis Burton. Half Drow, half human and searching for an identity in either world.
Her father, Connor Burton is the leader of the Drow clan and the overseer in their underground drug traffic. It’s all medicinal mushrooms. Nothing to see here.
Now her mother, that’s a different story. Mom disappeared a long time ago into the city and no one is saying anything. Sometimes, if you want answers, you have to go in search of them for yourself.
Ellis Burton has been prowling the city at night looking for answers but instead, she’s found a calling.
Thrilled to Death Volume One
by James Byron Huggins
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
When man plays god, evil follows in these three sci-fi fantasy thrillers by the international bestselling author whose “pacing is nonstop” (Publishers Weekly, on Hunter).
Hunter
Cain
Leviathan
“One of my favorite authors and a story that leaves you wanting more and waiting for his next book. I’ve read everything James Byron Huggins has written. Longtime fan.” by Amazon Customer
Distant Shores
by Kristin Hannah
Kindle $1.99 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…
She’s Not Sorry
by Mary Kubica
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
Everyone has secrets, but not everyone has remorse…
A terrible accident. Meghan Michaels is trying to find balance between being a single mom and working full time as an ICU nurse, when a patient named Caitlin arrives in her ward with a traumatic brain injury. They say she jumped from a bridge and plunged over twenty feet to the train tracks below.
A shocking revelation. When a witness comes forward with new details about Caitlin’s fall, it calls everything they know into question. Was a crime committed? Did someone actually push Caitlin, and if so, who… and why?
No one is safe.
Jackknife
by William W. Johnstone , J.A. Johnstone
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Only one man can stop a Black Friday terrorist strike in this pulse-pounding and timely thriller from the national bestselling author of American Jihad.
America Is Under Attack. And this time, it’s not New York City or Washington.
A sleeper cell of Middle Eastern terrorists is targeting the heartland: an all-American superstore on opening day, right outside of Fort Worth, Texas. The day after Thanksgiving. As insurance, the terrorists have also hidden a suitcase nuke somewhere in the store which they plan to detonate—a strike fifty times worse than 9/11 that will paralyze America.