Sunday’s Mysterious Reads
Dandy Gilver and an Unsuitable Day for a Murder
Catriona McPherson
Kindle 0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Sixth in the cozy historical mystery series that’s “guaranteed to appeal to those who never got over the death of Dorothy L. Sayers” (Financial Times, UK). Aristocratic and delightfully witty amateur sleuth Dandy Gilver was greeted with boisterous cheers from readers and reviewers alike in Catriona McPherson’s previous outing, Dandy Gilver and the Proper Treatment of Bloodstains, which The Boston Globe named one of the best crime novels of the year.
In this new book in this charming and funny series, Dandy is caught between two feuding families who run rival department stores.
Error in Diagnosis
by Gary Birken
Kindle 0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Dr. Jack Wyatt is done sulking. When he’s called to help his frantic best friend, whose newly-pregnant wife has been hospitalized, it’s the distraction he needs to finally get over his divorce. But the search for a cure forces him to work with the brilliant and beautiful Dr. Madison Shaw, with whom he has a rocky past.
Confronted by a disease they’ve never seen before, Jack and Madison must put their differences aside as severe symptoms plague more and more women. With the numbers multiplying and the nation on the brink of an epidemic, finding a cure may mean risking innocent lives.
Private Rome
by James Patterson, Adam Hamdy
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
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. As Morgan and Ricci work the case, they discover that eight priests have died, all under watch of the Swiss Guard and the Vatican Police.
The Creepypasta Collection, Volume 2
MrCreepyPasta
Kindle 1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Lock your doors, turn off the lights (or don’t), and dive into the darkest corners of the internet with this terrifying collection of modern urban legends.
Just when you thought it was safe to go back online, YouTube sensation Mr. CreepyPasta returns with a whole new collection of truly creepy tales deemed too terrifying for the offline world—until now. The Creepypasta Collection, Volume 2 delves into the depths of the absolute best Creepypasta stories and online horror fiction, curated from the darkest reaches of the internet.
The Buried
Sharon Bolton
Kindle 3.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
Florence Lovelady, the most senior serving policewoman in Britain, visits convicted serial killer Larry Glassbrook in prison. Larry is coming to the end of his life but has one last task for Florence: to learn the identity of the remains discovered at children’s home Black Moss Manor.
The town Florence escaped narrowly with her life still holds many secrets. Will she finally learn the truth? Or will time run out for her first? The latest Florence Lovelady thriller, set shortly after the bestselling first novel The Craftsman in the chilling, new series from Richard and Judy bestseller Sharon Bolton.
The List of Suspicious Things
Jennie Godfrey
Kindle 2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Twelve-year-old Miv is panicking. Life has been complicated since her mom got sick, and now her dad wants to move their family away from the town she’s lived in all her life because of the murders. Young women are dying, everyone is afraid, and no one knows who the culprit might be.
But leaving Yorkshire and her best friend Sharon isn’t an option, despite the dangers and the strangeness at home since Miv’s mum stopped talking. They decide to list suspicious people and things on their street. Their search for the truth reveals secrets in their neighborhood, within their families, and between each other. What if the real mystery Miv needs to solve lies closer to home?
The Executive Functioning Skills Playbook for Teens (Gamified!)
Richard W. Brenna
Kindle 0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Is your teen constantly procrastinating, forgetting assignments, losing track of time, getting distracted, or struggling to finish what they start? The Executive Functioning Skills Playbook for Teens turns life skills into a gamified system of Levels, Missions, Side Quests, Brain Hacks, and real-world challenges. Instead of dry theory or lectures about “trying harder,” teens build practical strategies for school, home, and everyday life.
They’ll learn to beat procrastination, break assignments into manageable steps, improve focus, manage time, get organized, adapt when plans change, and handle stress. Four Levels—Launch Mode, Mission Control, Pivot Mode, and Stay in Control—help teens become focused, confident, and independent.
Shifter Academy 1
by Annie Waye
Kindle 0.99 Rating: 3.0 #ad
Rosa always longed for Madrivar Academy, where shifters hone their powers, but she realizes she doesn’t belong when her transformation produces a tiny kitten. Her mentor is Ever Wilde, her arrogant best friend’s brother, whose teasing leaves her furious and unexpectedly breathless.
When Rosa meets Raven, a mysterious stranger invisible to everyone else, she grows more confident—but Ever’s behavior begins to change. Torn between the one who feels safe and the one who sets her heart on fire, Rosa must uncover who is hiding the truth. A low-heat, banter-loaded academy romantasy with shifters, this is book one of two.
THE COMPLETE BIRDS OF A FEATHER MYSTERIES
by MARTY WINGATE
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Do you love bird watching? And twisty whodunnits that keep you guessing until the final page? Then meet Julia ‘Jools’ Lanchester. An ornithologist’s daughter with a taste for fine wines and solving mysteries . . .
Don’t miss out on this fabulously cozy new box set. You get four wonderfully witty crime mysteries for hours of entertainment.
Fans of Sarah Yarwood-Lovett, Agatha Christie, The Thursday Murder Club, Simon Brett and The Marlow Murder Club will be hooked from the very first page of this enthralling series of crime mysteries!
As The World Burns
by Aaron Ryan
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
For the Earth to survive, one father must sacrifice his only son.
A father. A dying planet. A sacrifice that mirrors the greatest story ever told. As The World Burns weaves faith, prayer, and biblical allegory into a gripping sci-fi catastrophe.
In 2557, 15-year-old Cooper Calloway lives 75 miles underground in a sealed plastic habitat because metal clings to his irradiated skin. Every heartbeat steals momentum from the planet, shortening the days and setting continents on fire. It is a lean, emotionally-direct Christian dystopia: an android guard named Valente, a girl who whispers Cooper’s name across a lava gulf, a first love written clean. In the end, what will one father give out of love?
Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
Bar None
by Deany Ray
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
It’s been two months since Piper and her Gran relocated to Bitter End, Florida, as part of the witness protection program, and things are only slightly looking up.
That is, if you don’t count another murder.
Piper has taken a bartending job at a dive bar that’s shadier than a palm tree at night. Dealing with questionable characters comes with the territory, but she’s used to that. After she threatens one of the patrons with a knife, she stumbles upon his dead body in the alley later that night. She is not used to that.
The Carrier
by E.D Atanasoski
Kindle $3.54 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Surprisingly wholesome for an apocalyptic novel, this mystery-adventure is sure to thrill readers of all genres.
The world ended in just days.
After losing his parents in the outbreak, Nate survives by keeping to himself, scavenging what he needs and avoiding the living almost as carefully as the infected. It’s a system that works…until it doesn’t.
Then he meets Morgan and Jace, a married couple travelling with their young niece and nephew. The children’s parents are missing, and Morgan and Jace are determined to find them, even as the country collapses around them…
Death Row
by Freida McFadden
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
With all hope of an appeal fading away, the fate of a condemned murderess takes a shocking turn in a breathtaking short story by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid.
Talia Kemper is on death row for murdering her husband. She had an alibi and no known motive, yet Talia’s unwavering protestations of innocence have always been ignored. Then one day in the visiting area, she sees a recognizable stranger she’s certain is her husband. It turns out the man she’s been convicted of killing may not be dead after all. But as the days tick away toward Talia’s execution, what will it take for her to be believed?
Paradise Cove
by Davin Goodwin
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Roscoe Conklin never dreamed he’d be looking down at a severed human leg—on the island paradise of Bonaire. But he quickly determines who it belongs to—the nephew of a friend.
A bizarre barter lands Conklin the case file, but he can’t make any progress. He has the pieces and needs to snap them together soon.
Before the body count rises.
Perfect for fans of John Sanford’s Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers
Schrader’s Chord
by Scott Leeds
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Heart-Shaped Box meets The Haunting of Hill House in Schrader’s Chord, Scott Leeds’s chilling debut about cursed vinyl records that open a gateway to the land of the dead.
I told you they were real.
After his estranged father’s mysterious death, Charlie Remick returns to Seattle to help with the funeral. There, he discovers his father left him two parting gifts: the keys to the family record store and a strange black case containing four antique records that, according to legend, can open a gate to the land of the dead.
When Charlie, his sister, and their two friends play the records, they unwittingly open a floodgate of unspeakable horror.
The Amateur Detective
by Peter Zander-Howell
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
In 1950, a death occurs under the uniquely-banded cliffs in Hunstanton. It is soon realised that this is a case of murder, but the Norfolk police inspector runs into difficulties, and Scotland Yard DCI Philip Bryce finds himself back in the county for the second time in a matter of months.
A local amateur detective with a considerable knowledge of murder cases (both real and fictional) is determined to help the police, and comes up with various suggestions. However, initially neither he nor the police seem to be able to pin all the usual key elements – means, motive, and opportunity – on any one person…
The Forgotten Girl
by Rio Youers
Kindle $0.50 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Nominated for the 2018 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Novel.
A dark mystery unfolds in Rio Youers’s riveting thriller, The Forgotten Girl.
Harvey Anderson is a twenty-six-year-old street performer from New Jersey. He enjoys his peaceful life, but everything turns upside down when he is abducted and beaten by a group of nondescript thugs. Working for a sinister man known as “the spider,” these goons have spent nine years searching for Harvey’s girlfriend, Sally Starling. Now they think they know where she lives. And whom she loves.
There’s only one problem: Sally is gone and Harvey has no memory of her. Which makes no sense to him, until the spider explains that Sally has the unique ability to selectively erase a person’s memories—an ability she has used to delete herself from Harvey’s mind.
The Lazarus Solution
by Kjell Ola Dahl
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
Summer, 1943. Daniel Berkåk, who works as a courier for the Press and Military Office in Sweden, is killed on his last cross-border mission to Norway.
Demobbed sailor Kai Fredly escapes from occupied Norway into Sweden, but finds that the murder of his Nazi-sympathiser brother is drawing the attention of the authorities on both sides of the border…