Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
Death Scene
by Carol J. Perry
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
It takes a lot for Salem locals to get excited about their historic Massachusetts town being known as “the witch city.” But when a major studio arrives to shoot a witchcraft-themed movie, folks go Hollywood. For WICH-TV’S program director and chief documentary-maker, Lee Barrett, however, the project may come complete with a real-life death scene . . .
Between documenting the progress of the movie, corralling starstruck autograph seekers and fans, and managing unmanageable traffic on Salem’s narrow streets, Lee and her police detective husband, Pete Mondello, are beyond busy…
A Moment’s Madness
by Gary Cockaday
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Sometimes it’s the little decisions that have the biggest impact.
Had Jon not succumbed to a moment’s madness, he might still be married to the lovely Gaby, he might still be tucking his young children into bed at night. Alcohol might not have become his anaesthetic. Had Faye not chosen to hide from her overbearing Russian father and her uninterested Russian husband, she wouldn’t have met and fallen for the very beautiful Jo.
Knife Edge
by JT Sawyer
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
Kyle Payne – the last face the bad guys will ever see. CIA black-ops veteran Kyle Payne is on leave after a brutal mission. But when he gets word that his mentor, John Heller, has been killed in a high-speed crash in Pineland, Arizona, Payne smells a setup.
This was no accident – Heller was taken out. Unimpressed by local law enforcement, Payne launches his own investigation, crossing paths with beautiful DEA agent Lara Medina. Together, they uncover evidence of a ruthless cartel looking to turn Pineland into the center of their drug empire.
Lost Souls
by Theo Baxter
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
He’s doing the holiest work – murder.
When LAPD Homicide detective Marcy Kendrick and her partner Angel Reyes investigate the bizarre death of a drug dealer in an abandoned warehouse, they discover he was waterboarded – with baptismal water.
It isn’t long before the killer strikes again. This time the victim is a young woman. Her hands and feet were bound, she was decapitated, and her heart was cut out. Traces of baptismal water are found in her wounds.
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Three-Inch Teeth
by C. J. Box
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett faces two different kinds of rampaging beasts – one animal, one human – in this riveting new novel from #1 New York Times bestseller C.J. Box.
A rogue grizzly bear has gone on a rampage – killing, among others, the potential fiancé of Joe’s daughter. At the same time, Dallas Cates, who Joe helped lock up years ago, is released from prison with a special list tattooed on his skin. He wants revenge on the people who sent him away: the six people he blames for the deaths of his entire family and the loss of his reputation and property…
Throttle: Stories
by Joe Hill
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Thirteen relentless tales of supernatural suspense, including “In the Tall Grass,” one of two stories cowritten with Stephen King and the basis for the terrifying feature film from Netflix.
“Joe Hill has become one of my favorite writers to read. Whether it is a novel, novellas, comic books, or short stories(like this collection) I find his writing and tales to be enjoyable. This collection has a bit of fantasy, horror, and humor. There were some great moments of prose inside these tales. I hope Joe never stops writing because as long as he writes and publishes I will happily read what he has to offer. Favorite story in this collection for me is Late Returns — it really had the water works going. Bravo, Joe.” by Amazon Customer
The Love of Impossible Sums
by Panayotis Cacoyannis
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
“Cacoyannis has a unique, pensive, and mournful literary style to be savored” Publishers Weekly’s The BookLife Prize
Oliver has lost his wife Eden to illness. Still grieving three years later, unable or unwilling to imagine a future without her, he finds himself stuck in a joyless existence. But everything appears to change when on a bright December morning a stranger asks him for a light and then invites him to “They Them”, a poetry reading event by “a poet like no other”. The stranger is Alex, or They, and a ventriloquist’s dummy is Them, representing her dead husband Sam in a performance they had planned to do together. ‘Life is love and death,’ They Them declare on stage.
Tracking Jack
by Diane Capri
Kindle $9.99 Rating: NEW RELEASE #ad
“Make some coffee. You’ll read all night.” Lee Child
A former NYPD detective with connections to Jack Reacher thwarts an attack at Atlanta’s Hartsfield Airport. A few hours later, both the detective and the attacker are murdered.
FBI Special Agent Kim Otto jumps into the high-stakes investigation, following a trail of breadcrumbs Reacher left in his wake after the Lee Child novel, Gone Tomorrow.
ACT Therapy Workbook for Kids
by Barrett Huang
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.9 #ad
Defuse negative emotions and help young readers build inner strength with this practical acceptance & commitment therapy (ACT) workbook for ages 8-12!
Do you want to equip your child with highly effective therapeutic tools for emotional resilience? Do you want to help kids develop social intelligence and friendship skills for a positive school life? Or are you looking for kid-friendly psychological techniques for working through anger, anxiety, or depression? Then this book is for you.
Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
Motorhomes, Maps, & Murder
by Tonya Kappes
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USA Today Bestselling author Tonya Kappes brings you southern and quirky characters in her mystery series. Her stories are charged with humor, friendship, family and life in small southern towns.
Welcome to Normal, Kentucky where NOTHING is normal. Mae West, owner of Happy Trails Campground, never thought she would become an actress like her namesake.
Calling herself an actress might be far stretch as she plays a minor role in the local Civil War reenactment BATTLE AT CAMP WILDCAT…
Ben Mitchell/Titus Ray Thrillers, Books 1-3
by Luana Ehrlich
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Enjoy this box set of three fast-paced, full-length Christian novels featuring Ben Mitchell, a CIA covert operative mentored by veteran intelligence officer, Titus Ray, who serves as the first-person narrator of this award-winning spy series.
Ben in Love – Book 1: Is Ben really in love with the daughter of a Turkish dissident?
Ben in Charge – Book 2: Can Ben handle his first assignment as a primary officer even when it turns deadly?
Ben in Trouble – Book 3: Will Ben’s scheme to impress the CIA director keep him out of a desk job?
Bones
by Jonathan Kellerman
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Jonathan Kellerman’s Victims.
When it comes to writing deftly layered, tightly coiled novels of suspense, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Kellerman reigns supreme as “master of the psychological thriller” (People). Kellerman has worked his magic again in this chilling masterpiece.
The anonymous caller has an ominous tone and an unnerving message about something “real dead . . . buried in your marsh.”
False Memory
by Dean Koontz
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
No fan of Dean Koontz or of psychological suspense will want to miss this extraordinary novel of the human mind’s capacity to torment—and destroy—itself.
It’s a fear more paralyzing than falling. More terrifying than absolute darkness. More horrifying than anything you can imagine. It’s the one fear you cannot escape no matter where you run . . . no matter where you hide.
It’s the fear of yourself. It’s real. It can happen to you. And facing it can be deadly.
Captive
by Iris Johansen
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Jane MacGuire is enjoying a period of domestic bliss as she focuses on her art and her partner Seth Caleb uses his unique abilities as an agent for the MI6 intelligence service. But when Seth crosses crime lord Hugh Bohdan, he incurs the wrath of one of the world’s most powerful criminal empires…one whose tentacles reach across the globe and even to the idyllic Scottish retreat where Jane is working.
Soon Jane is on the run, struggling to stay one step ahead of Bohdan’s army and his devastating high-tech weaponry. Even with the assistance of Earl John MacDuff, she finds danger at every turn. But with that peril comes an astonishing discovery: a 200-year-old secret on the brink of becoming lost to history.
The Seven Dials Mystery
by Agatha Christie
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A practical joke goes chillingly, murderously wrong in Queen of Mystery Agatha Christie’s classic detective story, The Seven Dials Mystery.
Gerry Wade had proved himself to be a champion sleeper, so the other houseguests decided to play a practical joke on him. Eight alarm clocks were set to go off, one after the other, starting at 6:30 a.m. But when morning arrived, one clock was missing and the prank then backfired, with tragic consequences.
For Jimmy Thesiger in particular, the words “Seven Dials” were to take on a new and chilling significance. . . .
The Road to Jerusalem
by Jan Guillou
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Fate sets a young Swedish noble on a course for war in the Holy Land in this international bestselling epic trilogy opener.
Born in 1150 to a noble Swedish family and coming of age at a monastery under the tutelage of a Cistercian monk and a former Knight Templar, young Arn Magnusson is sent to fulfill his destiny beyond the cloister walls. But the world awaiting him is a place at odds with his monastic ways. And when the murder of a king engulfs Western Götaland into a whirlwind of intrigue and ruthless power plays, headstrong and naïve Arn is forced to leave behind the woman he loves and take up arms to battle infidels in the Holy Land.
Rufus & Bea
by Multiple Authors
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
“You don’t have to impress. Just express.” – Bea
Singing and flying may seem like they would come naturally to a songbird, but Rufus is having a hard time leaving his nest and finding his voice. When a curious honeybee named Bea notices his difficulties, she offers her help. Together, the two take on the brave act of singing, one simple step at a time, and before long, Rufus has gained confidence – and a new best friend.
Dying for Monet
by Claudia Riess
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
A gala evening auction at Laszlo’s, an upstart auction house in New York City, is in progress. Without notice, a much sought-after Impressionist painting is withdrawn from the block. Moments later, its broker is found dead at the foot of an imposing statue in Laszlo’s courtyard.
Amateur sleuths Erika Shawn and Harrison Wheatley are once again drawn into an investigation involving an art-related homicide, this time sharing an unnerving coincidence with violent crimes occurring abroad.
Robert B. Parker’s Hot Property
by Mike Lupica
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Spenser investigates a case that hits dangerously close to home in this latest installment of Robert B. Parker’s beloved series.
Spenser is waiting out the latest Boston snowstorm when he gets word that Rita Fiore has been shot. Rita’s always been a tricky one: flirting with Spenser for years, she’s an ever-present figure that transcends friendship in Spenser’s circle. But at the end of the day, Rita is family. And family will always be protected.
Friday’s Mystery eBooks
Cruel Intent
by J.A. Jance
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
On a dating site, SingleatHeart.com, bored housewives can find romance with married men looking for sex without strings. But these “married singles” are flirting with more than just their vows. At the heart of this seemingly innocent service, a vengeful computer hacker is playing games with people’s lives…and deaths.
Ex-television journalist Ali Reynolds just wants a break from excitement. In the midst of a remodel, the last thing she expects is a murder investigation that will stop the construction on her home. But when the savagely murdered body of stay-at-home mom Morgan Forester is found, Ali’s contractor Bryan is the prime suspect…
Bullets in the Briar
by Kimber Silver
Kindle $5.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
The discovery of a mutilated body on remote farmland is only the start of Sheriff Lincoln James’ latest investigation. A mysterious religious sect and an intimidating biker gang add fuel to the fire. Within the sheriff’s circle of friends is someone with a hidden connection – If only she’d be willing to step forward…
To add to his problems, Lincoln has a fiercely contested election to win if he’s going to continue as sheriff. His opponent is a smooth out-of-towner who is making friends among the local people, so it’s going to be a fight.
Riptide
by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
IN 1695, a notorious English pirate buried his bounty in a maze of booby-trapped tunnels on an island off the coast of Maine. In three hundred years, no one has breached this cursed and rocky fortress. Now a treasure hunter and his high-tech, million-dollar recovery team embark on the perfect operation to unlock the labyrinth’s mysteries. First the computers fail. The then crewmen begin to die. The island has guarded its secrets for centuries, and it isn’t letting them go–without a fight.
Rotten Tommy
by David Sodergren
Kindle $1.49 Rating: 4.1 #ad
It’s been forty years since Becky Sharp’s mother vanished without a trace. Becky has given up all hope of finding her, until she makes a strange discovery that may hold the key to solving her mother’s disappearance.
Three unmarked videotapes, hidden in the wall of her childhood home. And as Becky watches the tapes, she finds herself drawn into a horrific mystery far greater than she could possibly have imagined.
For Becky has unwittingly summoned a long-forgotten nightmare — a creature that threatens the lives and sanity of all around her. Rotten Tommy has come to play… and nothing on Earth can sate his diabolical bloodlust.
The Sixth Kingdom
by pdmac
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
The Sixth Kingdom is the center of the known world. It is the repository of the all knowledge and secrets, and the heart of arcane wizardry. It is the College, the arbiter and enforcer of world peace. It’s also the place to learn magic, perfect deadly warrior skills, or bond with dragons.
Comprised of four Castes, the College accepts only the best and brightest of those who can afford to send their children to the hallowed halls of destiny where they are groomed to assume their future roles in each of the five kingdoms.
The Ultimate Urban Druid Collection
by Auburn Tempest , Michael Anderle
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Magic has a price. Fiona Cumhaill is about to learn exactly how steep.
Running her family’s Irish pub in Toronto was all Fiona ever wanted, until a midnight attack left her marked with burning druid symbols. Now she sees the city’s hidden realm, where ancient spirits prowl and dark forces gather strength.
Her father buried their supernatural heritage for decades, but there’s no hiding from destiny. When a shadowy organization begins sacrificing innocents for their magic, they set their sights on Fiona’s newfound power—and they’re holding her family hostage.
Never Sleep with Strangers
by Heather Graham
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Four years ago, while vacationing at their country estate in Scotland, Jon Stuart watched his wife plummet from the balcony to a horrific death. Although cleared of any involvement, he’s endured years of public suspicion—losing friends and his good standing in the community. But this was no accident, and now he’s determined to prove it was murder.
Orchestrating a dangerous plan, Jon has gathered the prime suspects at the scene of the crime. The stage is set as past and present collide, old lovers reunite…and a killer plots another perfect crime.
Sidney Sheldon’s The Silent Widow
by Tilly Bagshawe
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
In a crime spanning generations, it seems L.A. psychologist Nikki Roberts knows all too much—and a ruthless killer knows the price of her silence.
A young American au pair, Charlotte Clancy, vanishes without a trace in Mexico City. The case is left cold, but its legacy will be devastating. A decade later, L.A. is shaken by a spate of violent murders. Psychologist Nikki Roberts is the common link between the victims, her patients at the heart of this treacherous web. When someone makes an attempt on Nikki’s life, it’s clear she is a marked woman.
Dread Tribunal of Last Resort
by Brian Kaufman
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Decker Brown is a proud young Virginian, Boston-educated, with plans to manufacture fireworks and raise a family.
He loves Paula Crane, the daughter of a Virginia flour mill owner. When the country is divided by Civil War, their loyalty to each other is put to the ultimate test. Decker believes in the Republic’s promise of liberty. Paula can’t imagine taking up arms against her friends and neighbors.
What happens when the runaway train of history shatters every hope for the future?
Tom Clancy Defense Protocol
by Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson
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For decades, Taiwan has been a thorn in the side of the Chinese government. An independent nation to the rest of the world, it is considered a rogue province by the PRC. Previous governments have tried to conquer the island using economic force and diplomatic pressure, but new Chinese President Li Jian Jun is done fooling around. He’s devised a secret military operation to take the island. Only one man knows how to stop Li’s mad and bloody plan for reunification and that’s Minister of Defense Qin Haiyu. Fearing for his life and the safety of his family, Qin covertly makes contact with the CIA in Beijing and signals his desire to defect to the West.
Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
Death Comes to Marlow
by Robert Thorogood
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
BBCOne show creator of Death in Paradise, Robert Thorogood delights in giving the Christie-mystery a busy-body twist. Judith (our favorite skinny-dipping, whiskey-sipping, crossword puzzle author), along with Becks the vicar’s wife, and Susie the dogwalker find themselves in a head-scratching, utterly clever country house, locked-room murder mystery.
Holiday festivities are now January doldrums when Judith gets a call—Sir Peter Bailey, a prominent Marlovian is inviting notable citizens to his house the day before his wedding to celebrate.
Kitten Quest
by LJ Peace
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Family friendly action and adventure with a twist of science fiction. The Golden Rule rules in this family friendly tale.
Kitten Quest is about an imaginative girl who finds adventure each summer in the special town of Cliffside. This time around, she must save a sweet kitten from the clutches of an evil bird named Buzz. You will also meet some rather creepy kittens, a very mad professor, and a strange artificial intelligence going by the name of Tinman. And that is just the start. There are monsters afoot.
On top of all that stuff, Crissy has to face a tangle of issues all twisted up within a troubled friendship. Issues like anger, envy, and arrogance. For a girl like Crissy, who loves action, the Golden Rule’s love-in-action foundation will definitely help with all of that…
Remains of Innocence
by J. A. Jance
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Sheriff Joanna Brady must solve two perplexing cases that may be tied together in New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance’s thrilling tale of suspense that brings to life Arizona’s Cochise County and the desert Southwest in all its beauty and mystery.
An old woman, a hoarder, is dying of emphysema in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. In cleaning out her house, her daughter, Liza Machett, discovers a fortune in hundred dollar bills hidden in the tall stacks of books and magazines that crowd every corner…
Power Play
by Catherine Coulter
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Natalie Black, the U.S. ambassador to the Court of St. James, has returned to Washington, her job in jeopardy. Her fiancé, George McCallum, Viscount Lockenby, has died in a car accident, and mysterious rumors begin that she’s responsible begin to surface: she broke off the engagement and, heartbroken, he killed himself. Then someone tries to force her off the M-2 outside London. Again, rumors claim it was a sympathy ploy. When she returns to the United States, she’s nearly killed when a car tries to mow her down while she’s out for a run. No one believes her except FBI Special Agent Davis Sullivan.
C.O.R.P.S.E. Complete Series
by Michael Anderle
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
What happens when the world’s deadliest operative is activated with no target to take out?
Tina Harrington was a member of the black ops team known as C.O.R.P.S.E. – until she was killed.
But her death triggered a secret program, activating an android that was trained to kill, yet is now confused about its mission.
To survive, the android must learn how to blend in with society, acquire resources, and avoid detection – all while trying to uncover the truth about Tina’s death.
The Family Trip
by Daniel Hurst
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
How can a whole family go missing?
Everybody wants to be like the Conways – beautiful and rich with an enviable lifestyle. Rosalind and Donovan have everything most people dream of. But on a family trip to Ireland – the place where they fell in love – the secrets of their complicated past begin to unravel.
Nothing about the Conways is as it seems. Then Rosalind, Donovan and their eight-year-old son Barnaby all go missing.
Over the Edge
by Jonathan Kellerman
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
When the phone rings in the middle of the night, child psychologist Alex Delaware does not hesitate. Driving through the dream-lit San Fernando Valley, Alex rushes to Jamey Cadmus, the patient he had failed five years before—and who now calls with a bizarre cry for help. But by the time Alex reaches Canyon Oaks Psychiatric Hospital, Jamey is gone, surfacing a day later in the hands of the police, who believe Jamey is the infamous Lavender Slasher, a psychotic serial killer. Wooed by a high-powered attorney to build a defense, Alex will get a chance to do what he couldn’t five years ago.
Stuart Woods’ Golden Hour
by Brett Battles
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Former CIA operative Teddy Fay returns for another heart-pounding Hollywood-fueled adventure in this latest installment in the New York Times bestselling series.
Teddy Fay is ready to embark on the European press tour of Peter Barrington’s latest film Storm’s Eye, when he receives an unexpected visit from Lance Cabot, director of the CIA. Several CIA agents have been turning up dead. The commonality? They were all part of a mission Teddy was involved in: Golden Hour. Lance wants Teddy to use his trip as a cover to investigate who is behind these killings…