Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
Mrs. Christie at the Mystery Guild Library
by Amanda Chapman
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Book conservator Tory Van Dyne and a woman claiming to be Agatha Christie on holiday from the Great Beyond join forces to catch a killer in this spirited mystery from Amanda Chapman.
Tory Van Dyne is the most down-to-earth member of a decidedly eccentric old-money New York family. For one thing, as book conservator at Manhattan’s Mystery Guild Library, she actually has a job. Plus, she’s left up-town society behind for a quiet life downtown. So she’s not thrilled when she discovers a woman in the library’s Christie Room who calmly introduces herself as Agatha Christie, politely requests a cocktail, and announces she’s there to help solve a murder— that has not yet happened.
The Witch of Frognot County Complete Series
by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
In a town where whispers are currency, Carrie Moonshadow is the last secret anyone wants to admit. And yet, almost everyone has appeared at her back door.
Carrie Moonshadow is the witch of Frognot County, hidden away in her ivy-covered house, tending her garden, mixing her potions, and keeping her distance. The townsfolk may glance at her sideways in public, but when misfortune strikes, they come knocking at her door, desperate for the magic they refuse to acknowledge.
But with unnatural events happening throughout town, will Carrie be able to stay hidden forever?
The Last Detective
by Robert Crais
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
With his acclaimed bestsellers, Hostage and Demolition Angel, Robert Crais drew raves for his unstoppable pacing, edgy characterizations, and cinematic prose. Now, Crais returns to his signature character, Los Angeles private investigator Elvis Cole, in a masterful page-turner that probes the meaning of family and the burdens of the past.
Elvis Cole is back…
Elvis Cole’s relationship with attorney Lucy Chenier is strained. When she moved from Louisiana to join Elvis in Los Angeles, she never dreamed that violence would so easily touch her life—but then the unthinkable happens.
Annie and the Outlaw
by Sharon Sala
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Revisit a heartwarming and thrilling romance from New York Times best-selling author Sharon Sala.
Harley-riding Gabriel Donner had broken every rule and committed enough crimes to be sent to hell for at least two lifetimes. But, through an act of kindness, he was given a second chance to earn his way to heaven. Although his time is running out, he finds this chance when he meets schoolteacher, Annie O’Brien.
Annie is in desperate need of a guardian angel. Little does she know, angels come in may shapes, and this particular one comes riding a motorcycle and wearing a leather jacket.
The Witcher
by Paul Tobin
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Witchers Geralt and Ciri are in Novigrad searching for a striga. Geralt is one of very few men who have faced one of these werewolf-like creatures and lived to tell the tale. But what should be a straightforward job has been complicated by Elid, a boy who can become a crow, and the sudden appearance of Yennefer.
Primitive Weapons
by David Barbur
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
It was supposed to be a simple job: go to the private island, find the missing billionaire.
Instead, tracker Tye Caine and his friend Gary find themselves caught in a dark conspiracy that blends ancient artifacts with modern technology.
Hunted by an unseen gunman, stalked by dark shapes in the forest, Tye and Gary must first unlock the decades-old secret of the island, then understand the modern-day technological terror that is about to be unleashed.
Tye will need all his wilderness skills to survive this one.
Town House
by Tish Cohen
Kindle $0.50 Rating: 4.1 #ad
Jack Madigan is, by many accounts, blessed. He can still effortlessly turn a pretty head. And thanks to his legendary rock star father, he lives an enviable existence in a once-glorious, now-crumbling Boston town house with his teenage son, Harlan. But there is one tiny drawback: Jack is an agoraphobe. As long as his dad’s admittedly dwindling royalties keep rolling in, Jack’s condition isn’t a problem. But then the money runs out . . . and all hell breaks loose.
The bank is foreclosing. Jack’s ex is threatening to take Harlan to California. And Lucinda, the little girl next door, won’t stay out of his kitchen . . . or his life.
Criminal Mischief
by Stuart Woods
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
In this exhilarating new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Stuart Woods, Stone Barrington goes up against an enemy on the run.
After a dangerous adventure has him traveling up and down the coast, Stone Barrington is looking forward to some down time at his Manhattan abode. But when an acquaintance alerts him to a hinky plot being hatched across the city, he finds himself eager to pursue justice.
After the mastermind behind it all proves more evasive than anyone was expecting, Stone sets out on an international chase to places he’s never gone before…
Trust No One
by James Rollins
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
Knowledge can be magic—until it falls into the wrong hands.
The ritualistic murder of a British professor at the University of Exeter points to a startling cast of suspects: his own students. All are enrolled in a postgraduate program covering the history of witchcraft, folklore, and spiritualism.
All evidence points to Sharyn Karr—an American student. Prior to the professor’s death, he had thrust a centuries-old book upon her. It appears to be the handwritten and encrypted diary of an eighteenth-century mystic and occultist, the Comte de Saint-Germain. The professor begged her to keep the text safe, ending with a warning: Trust no one.
Monday’s Mystery eBooks
Rex Stout Collection (10 Books)
by Rex Stout
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
Over My Dead Body, Trouble in Triplicate, Three Doors to Death, Curtains for Three, Triple Jeopardy and others
The Classic Detective Novels. Rex Stout Collection (10 Books) is an illustrated compilation of some of the most beloved mysteries featuring the legendary detective Nero Wolfe and his sharp-witted assistant, Archie Goodwin. This collection includes ten thrilling works, among them Over My Dead Body, Trouble in Triplicate, Three Doors to Death, Curtains for Three, Triple Jeopardy, and others, each showcasing Rex Stout’s signature blend of clever plotting, intellectual rigor, and engaging character dynamics.
A Sunless Sea
by Anne Perry
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Anne Perry’s spellbinding Victorian mysteries, especially those featuring William Monk, have enthralled readers for a generation. The Plain Dealer calls Monk “a marvelously dark, brooding creation”—and, true to form, this masterpiece is as deceptively deep and twisty as the Thames.
As commander of the River Police, Monk is accustomed to violent death, but the mutilated female body found on Limehouse Pier one chilly December morning moves him with horror and pity. The victim’s name is Zenia Gadney. Her waterfront neighbors can tell him little—only that the same unknown gentleman had visited her once a month for many years. She must be a prostitute, but—described as quiet and kempt—she doesn’t appear to be a fallen woman.
The Dark Angel
by Elly Griffiths
Kindle 1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
When archaeologist Angelo Morelli asks forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway to come to the Italian countryside to help identify bones found in picturesque Fontana Liri, she jumps at the chance to go—and brings her daughter along for what she assumes will be a working vacation. Upon arriving, Ruth hears murmurs of Fontana Liri’s strong resistance movement during World War II, adding a layer of historical mystery as she begins to sense that the townspeople are harboring an age-old secret.
But how, if at all, could this chapter in history be connected to the human remains that Angelo has unearthed? Just as she’s getting her footing in the dig, DCI Nelson appears, unexpectedly and for no clear reason.
The Curse of Pietro Houdini
by Derek B. Miller
Kindle 1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
August, 1943. Fourteen-year-old Massimo is all alone. Newly orphaned and fleeing from Rome after surviving a bombing raid that killed his parents, Massimo is attacked by thugs and finds himself bloodied at the base of the Montecassino. It is there in the Benedictine abbey’s shadow that a charismatic and cryptic man calling himself Pietro Houdini, the self-proclaimed “Master Artist and confidante of the Vatican,” rescues Massimo and makes him an assistant in preserving the treasures that lay within the monastery walls…
Untamed
by Nora Roberts
Kindle 1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
A carefree performer finds her heart drawn to a man unused to being in the spotlight in life and love in Untamed by #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts.
Lawyer Keane Prescott goes from courtroom to center ring when he inherits his late father’s family business—a circus. Working with acrobats and clowns hold no appeal for him, but his curiosity about animal acts is piqued after meeting lion tamer Jovilette Wilder. As bold and unpredictable a force of nature as the big cats she trains, Jo is wary her new boss intends to cage her passion. But to her surprise, Keane is more than willing to join Jo for a walk on the wild side.
Veronika Decides to Die
by Paulo Coelho
Kindle 1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
A thrilling tale of resilience and radical self-realization—From the international bestselling author comes an emotional journey of profound healing by challenging assumptions and overcoming life’s darkest moments with clarity and conviction.
This captivating and life-affirming tale follows twenty-four-year-old Veronika, who on the surface has it all: youth, beauty, and a loving family. Yet, she feels something crucial is missing. Taking a drastic step, she consumes a handful of sleeping pills, expecting to slip away from life. Instead, she awakens in a mental hospital, with the revelation that she has mere days to live.
The Isabel Long Mysteries Books One to Three
by Joan Livingston
Kindle 0.50 Rating: 5.0 #ad
The first three gripping novels in the explosive mystery series featuring journalist-turned-sleuth Isabel Long.
Chasing the Case: Isabel decides to reinvestigate a cold case that was her first big story as a rookie reporter…
Redneck’s Revenge: A dead father. A grieving daughter. Was it an accident or was it murder?
Checking the Traps: Some say he jumped. His brother says he was pushed. Will she uncover the truth?
Shaila’s Dance
by Mohini Dasari
Kindle 0.50 Rating: 5.0 #ad
For Anokhi, dance is more than art. It’s the key to finding her roots.
Since she was a child, Anokhi has been haunted by the same vivid vision: amysterious dancing woman with golden anklet bells and white flowers in her ink-black hair. Her movements are hypnotic, flowing, beautiful. But who is she? And why does Anokhi feel so connected to her?
Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
Dakota Lawmen Mysteries: Complete Series
by L.K. Campbell
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Murder and romance collide in Red Gorge, Dakota Territory. In The Law & Annabelle, young widow Annabelle Miles is the key witness to a crime that Marshal Luke Johnson must solve. In The Sheriff & Camille, a visiting school teacher must prove that her childhood friend didn’t murder her business partner. The Marshal & Susanna brings Stanley and Susanna Washburn to Red Gorge from Philadelphia, and they soon become involved in the murder of a lecherous banker.
In The Deputy & Mirabel, Nurse Mirabel Findley arrives in Red Gorge during a Christmas blizzard, but her precarious past has followed her. In The Detective & Charlotte, a runaway witness to a bank robbery is murdered, opening old wounds for tavern manager, Charlotte Atkins.
Darkness, Take My Hand
by Dennis Lehane
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
In this gripping psychological thriller, Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro’s latest client is a prominent Boston psychiatrist, running scared from a vengeful Irish mob. The private investigators know about cold-blooded retribution. Born and bred on the mean streets of blue-collar Dorchester, they’ve seen the darkness that lives in the hearts of the unfortunate.
But an evil for which even they are unprepared is about to strike, as secrets that have long lain dormant erupt, setting off a hunt for a serial killer that will stain everything — including the truth.
The Missing Heiress
by Robert Goldsborough
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
The daughter of a steel magnate disappears, and Wolfe and Archie must forge ahead with an investigation in this mystery from the Nero Award–winning author.
Archie Goodwin’s very good friend, Lily Rowan, spends much of her time—and considerable financial resources—helping women in need, from underpaid workers to mistreated wives. But at the moment she’s particularly concerned about one woman: her best friend, Maureen, a beautiful socialite who’s been incommunicado for two weeks.
Ravenhurst’s Return
by Sandra Sookoo
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
What doesn’t kill you might make you stronger unless it forces you to become what you hate…
Alexander Sutcliffe – the 8th Duke of Ravenhurst – has finally returned to England after a twenty-year absence, and he wants the man who destroyed his life punished. At the age of twenty-two, after being forced to witness his parents’ brutal murder, he was kidnapped from his bed in London and shanghaied onto a ship to toil in the English navy. Finally able to escape that life and the complications therein, he’s back and he has revenge on his mind.
Killer Bodies
by Michael Fleeman
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
A look behind the 2005 Las Vegas murder that ended a love triangle between a bodybuilding couple and their personal assistant.
He was the “bad boy” of bodybuilding . . .
Craig Titus once earned the championship title of Mr. USA, but that was before his illegal drug use and terrible temper got the best of his body—and his career. Soon he would redirect his attention toward a young, bubbly fitness professional who looked up to Craig as a mentor . . . and later became his wife.
She was a cover girl for muscle magazines . . .
Graduation Day
by John Walker
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Elias Renn thought his final weeks at Ignis Prime Academy would be routine. He was wrong.
Assigned to the training vessel TNS Horizon, Elias expects one last exercise before graduation, far from expectations and the legacy he’s spent years trying to escape. It’s supposed to be simple. Safe.
Then the attack comes. An unknown enemy strikes without warning, shattering the fleet and cutting the cadets off from command. Outgunned and isolated at the edge of known space, Elias is forced into leadership as the survivors fight to stay alive.
Quinn
by Iris Johansen
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Eve Duncan closes in on the killer who stole her daughter so many years ago.
As a former Navy SEAL turned cop, Joe Quinn has seen the face of evil and knows just how deadly it can be. When he first met Eve Duncan, he never expected to fall in love with a woman whose life would be defined by her dual desires to bring home her missing daughter and discover the truth behind her disappearance—no matter how devastating. With the help of CIA agent Catherine Ling, they make a shocking discovery that sheds new light on young Bonnie’s abduction and puts Quinn squarely in the crosshairs of danger. Eve’s first love, John Gallo, a soldier supposedly killed in the line of duty, is very much alive—and very much a threat.
Cowboy Dragons Inn Boxed Set
by Serena Meadows
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Get ready for an unforgettable journey with Cowboys Dragons Inn, where swoon-worthy dragon shifters protect the women who claim their hearts on the ranch. These sexy cowboys stir up trouble with hidden secrets behind their irresistibly sculpted bodies.
Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
Storykeeper
by Daniel A. Smith
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
The first recorded Europeans to cross the Mississippi River reached the western shore on June 18, 1541. Hernando De Soto and his army of three hundred and fifty battle-hardened conquistadors spent the next year and a half conquering the nations in the fertile flood-plains of eastern Arkansas.
Three surviving sixteenth-century journals written during the expedition detailed a complex array of twelve different nations. Each had separate beliefs, languages, and interconnected villages with capital towns comparable in size to European cities of the time. Through these densely populated sites, the Spanish carried a host of deadly old-world diseases, a powerful new religion, famines and wars. During this short timeframe, ninety to ninety-five percent of the existing population perished according to current estimations…
Detection
by Lisa Phillips
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
BIG CITY CRIME. SMALL TOWN HEROES.
A boy with no name. Officer River Gaines walks in the footsteps of the cop who rescued him from the ocean and gave him a name—and a family to belong to. River and his K-9 partner, Kutter, work side-by-side finding people in Benson, but the fact he never remembered who he is has become a weight he never let go.
A girl with no future. Search and Rescue handler Tessa Atkins is back from a dark FBI case she volunteered for in Arizona. Tessa and her dog Maverick live in Benson at the SAR training center during the warm Pacific Northwest months. But up in Washington she’s got to contend with her family, and their expectations, while she figures out what’s next.
Evidence of Love
by John Bloom, Jim Atkinson
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Candy Montgomery and Betty Gore had a lot in common: They sang together in the Methodist church choir, their daughters were best friends, and their husbands had good jobs working for technology companies in the north Dallas suburbs known as Silicon Prairie. But beneath the placid surface of their seemingly perfect lives, both women simmered with unspoken frustrations and unanswered desires.
On a hot summer day in 1980, the secret passions and jealousies that linked Candy and Betty exploded into murderous rage. What happened next is usually the stuff of fiction. But the bizarre and terrible act of violence that occurred in Betty’s utility room that morning was all too real.
Taking Eve
by Iris Johansen
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
As a forensic sculptor, Eve Duncan’s mission is to bring closure to the families whose loved ones have vanished. She knows their anguish—her own beloved daughter, Bonnie, was taken from her when Bonnie was just seven years old. It is only recently that this mystery was resolved and Eve could begin her journey to peace.
Now Jim Doane wants the same kind of answers that Eve always longed for. His twenty-five-year-old son may or may not be dead, and he has only burned skull fragments as possible evidence…
Evidence of Love
by John Bloom, Jim Atkinson
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Candy Montgomery and Betty Gore had a lot in common: They sang together in the Methodist church choir, their daughters were best friends, and their husbands had good jobs working for technology companies in the north Dallas suburbs known as Silicon Prairie. But beneath the placid surface of their seemingly perfect lives, both women simmered with unspoken frustrations and unanswered desires.
On a hot summer day in 1980, the secret passions and jealousies that linked Candy and Betty exploded into murderous rage. What happened next is usually the stuff of fiction. But the bizarre and terrible act of violence that occurred in Betty’s utility room that morning was all too real.
Battleforged: Survivor
by M.H. Johnson
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
To do list for the post apocalypse:
- Survive the orcs rampaging through your city.
- Survive the pod trying to steal your mind.
- Pull off the greatest heist of all time.
Eric was as shocked as everyone else when the apocalypse struck, but unlike his mother’s movie, there were no chosen heroes destined to fight the beast hordes now overrunning the planet.
Just people trying desperately to survive.
Yet there was a glimmer of hope that humanity could hold on to. A chosen few really could level up in this brave new world, and embrace magic, adventure, and the potential for limitless power!
Frogs and Margaritas
by Angel Ramon
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 3.5 #ad
Welcome to Puerto Rico! Home to cold margaritas, warm beaches, cool mountains, marvelous ruins, and killer frogs! Wait, killer frogs? That doesn’t sound right!
Justin, a college student studying archeology heads to Puerto Rico to explore the ruins of the Taino Indians. What is supposed to be a fun expedition turns into a nightmare. There is a dark legend lurking on the island of Puerto Rico. Three valuable Taino relics keep Puerto Rico from being cursed by the spirits of the extinct people. However, grave robbers attempt to make a quick payday by stealing the relics.
All That Is Mine I Carry With Me
by William Landay
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
A BOOKREPORTER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
One afternoon in November 1975, ten-year-old Miranda Larkin comes home from school to find her house eerily quiet. Her mother is missing. Nothing else is out of place. There is no sign of struggle. Her mom’s pocketbook remains in the front hall, in its usual spot.
So begins a mystery that will span a lifetime. What happened to Jane Larkin?
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.
A Man at Arms
by Steven Pressfield
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
From the acclaimed master of historical fiction comes an epic saga about a reluctant hero, the Roman Empire, and the rise of a new faith.
Jerusalem and the Sinai desert, first century AD. In the turbulent aftermath of the crucifixion of Jesus, officers of the Roman Empire acquire intelligence of a pilgrim bearing an incendiary letter from a religious fanatic to insurrectionists in Corinth. The content of this letter could bring down the empire.