Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
The Body in the Piazza
by Katherine Hall Page
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
The twenty-first Faith Fairchild mystery takes Faith and her husband, the Reverend Tom Fairchild, to Italy, where murder and mayhem mix with pecorino, panna cotta, and prosecco.
To celebrate their twentieth wedding anniversary, amateur sleuth Faith Fairchild and her husband, the Reverend Tom Fairchild, leave placid New England behind for a week of romance and fine food in Italy. The bruschetta, the biscotti, the Chianti—Faith can’t wait! She’s also looking forward to seeing her former assistant Francesca, and take a class at her new cooking school in Florence…
Fatal Insomnia: The Complete Trilogy
by CJ Lyons
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
A terminally ill doctor battles crime and corruption in this medical thriller trilogy by the New York Times–bestselling author of Critical Condition.
Farewell to Dreams
A Raging Dawn
The Sleepless Stars
AN AURA OF MYSTERY
by JOY ELLIS
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
The newly discovered novel from multi-million-selling author Joy Ellis. Never-before published!
Flower shop owner Ellie McEwan is driving home late one frosty November night when a shadowy figure leaps into the road out of nowhere. Ellie swerves to avoid him — and slams head-on into the crash barrier.
Days later, Ellie wakes up in hospital — and notices there’s something different.
Allegiance
by Lisa Phillips
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
BIG CITY CRIME. SMALL TOWN HEROES. A dead man.
EMT Freya Olson has lost her faith, but not her drive to save those who need her help. When the past that her family left behind after her mother’s death shows up in Benson, Freya lands on the target list as well. But things aren’t what they seem, and Freya’s loyalty will be pushed to the limit.
A disgraced cop hiding a dangerous secret.
City Primeval
by Elmore Leonard
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
“As gritty and hard-driving a thriller as you’ll find….The action never stops, the language sings and stings.” – Washington Post
The City Primeval in Elmore Leonard’s relentlessly gripping classic noir is Detroit, the author’s much-maligned hometown and the setting for many of the Grand Master’s acclaimed crime novels. The “Alexander the Great of crime fiction” (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) shines in these urban mean streets, setting up a downtown showdown between the psychopathic, thrill-killing “Oklahoma Wildman” and the dedicated city copy who’s determined to take him down.
Finders Keepers
by James Leonard
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Flynn Noble spends most of his time caring for his younger brother Tate, whose recent injury left him with a good heart but a slow mind. Flynn doesn’t have time to chase after outlaws or look for romance. But he gets his share of both when he and Tate find a satchel of money in the woods, and a dead man alongside it.
They don’t know who’s it is or what to do with it, but Sheriff Hal Watson just might. The brothers don’t realize that by going to the sheriff, they’re putting themselves in danger.
Getting Even: Two Thrilling Novels
by Lisa Jackson
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author—two timeless novels of revenge in one volume, perfect for fans of Jeneva Rose, Freida McFadden, and Lucinda Berry.
“Trask McFadden is back.” Those are words that Tory has been waiting to hear, half in dread, half with longing. It’s been five years since Trask landed her father behind bars for horse swindling, using things she’d told him in confidence. Her father died there, but now Trask insists he has information that could help prove who was really responsible for the crime, not to mention his own brother’s death. Trask needs her help. But he won’t get it, not after destroying her family, her ranch, and the love they shared.
A Knife for Harry Dodd
by George Bellairs
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Harry Dodd needs a ride home from the pub – but it’s not because he’s schnockered. He’s actually been stabbed. Unfortunately, no one realizes it until it’s too late. Who would want to kill such a well-liked fellow? Inspector Littlejohn is called in, and his investigation reveals a recent woeful turn in Dodd’s life, the ambitious family that cast him out, and a cesspit of jealousy, greed, and tawdry secrets. Then another body turns up, and another . . .
Century Rain
by Alastair Reynolds
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Part science fiction thriller, part interstellar adventure, and part noir crime, Century Rain is an astonishing international bestseller of “blistering powers and style” (SF Revu).
Three hundred years from now, Earth has been rendered uninhabitable due to the technological catastrophe known as the Nanocaust. Archaeologist Verity Auger specializes in the exploration of its surviving landscape. Now, her expertise is required for a far greater purpose. Something astonishing has been discovered at the far end of a wormhole: a mid-20th-century version of Earth, preserved like a fly in amber.