Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
Dust Off Your Magic
by Claire Robyns
Kindle $1.49 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Welcome to Shadow Vale, where the locals bite, monsters are real and the witches play fast and loose with the rules.
Kristen O’Mead left behind grief and the magical shenanigans of Shadow Vale ten years ago. Now she’s back, to dust off her magic and solve the riddle of her ex-husband’s ghost. Unfortunately he’s not the only ghost from her past she has to deal with. Shadow Vale isn’t your usual town tucked away amongst the rolling hills. It’s a haven for paranormals, protected by a Forget-Me spell, and the old stomping grounds of her teenage hormones.
The Two Minute Rule
by Robert Crais
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
From the author of The Last Detective and Hostage, comes a thriller featuring a father searching for vengeance in the City of Angels. But for an ex-con fresh on parole, finding answers in the corruption of the LAPD means asking for help from the person least expecting it: the FBI officer who put him away…
Every seasoned criminal knows the two minute rule: the two minutes before the cops show up at the scene of a robbery. Keeping the rule means changing your life, breaking it means a lifetime in jail. But not everyone plays by the rules…
Verdict at River’s Edge
by Colleen Snyder
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
What terrifies you? In the dark recess of your soul, what is it that you’ve managed to avoid, to hide, to bury deep, never to be faced? And what if the Lord asked you to face that fear for no other reason than, “Because I’m asking?” What would you do?
Welcome to Collin Walker’s world. Collin Walker, a social worker from the innercity of Oakton, Ohio comes to Camp Grace for what is billed as “an extreme sports camp.” Her single purpose: to show her ward, Rob Sider, that there is more to life than the streets “…show you can be strong and still love, win without cheating, and succeed in life without all the bells and whistles…”
Zoo 2
by James Patterson
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Zoo was just the beginning. Now, the last humans on Earth are fighting for their lives in a dystopia where humans are prey.
The planet is still under violent siege by ferocious animals. Except some humans are evolving, mutating into a savage species that could save civilization . . . or end it.
Spring of Souls
by N. B. Shira
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Journey into the forbidden world of Angelic powers and Demonic influence in the first installment of The Archangel Sisters saga.
A mysterious glowing book locked in their basement sends triplets Mika, Gabby, and Orr searching after their secret angelic lineage. In a world where angels gather in holy underground conclaves and legions of demons prowl the dark, busy streets of Jerusalem, the sisters navigate between their complicated divine callings and the crucial, life-defining moments of ordinary seventeen-year-olds: budding romances, college entrance exams, and band practices, which all become a lot more complicated when wings and time-bending powers are involved.
Zombie Fungus
by Bryan Dean
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
Looking for a “different” zombie story? You may have finally found it.
Abe thought he was ready for this. He’d watched the movies, read the books, and prepared accordingly. But when the monsters arrived, he realized Hollywood didn’t get all the facts right. Some of these zombies are not your father’s zombies – not even close.
Maybe it’s because the source isn’t a virus, but a fungus? Or that it was synthesized in a laboratory? But who would attempt something so dastardly? How many lives will be lost when humans manipulate what they should have left alone?
They All Love Jack
by Bruce Robinson
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
For over a hundred years, the mystery of Jack the Ripper has been a source of unparalleled fascination and horror, spawning an army of obsessive theorists and endless volumes purporting to finally reveal the identity of the brutal murderer who terrorized Victorian England.
But what if there was ne/ver really any mystery at all? What if the Ripper was always hiding in plain sight, deliberately leaving a trail of clues to his identity for anyone who cared to look, while cynically mocking those who were supposedly attempting to bring him to justice?
Colton Day: Human Zoos
by William Black
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 3.8 #ad
Colton Day, a veteran of the Mexican-American War as well as of the Civil War, is a rugged figure on the Texas frontier. The former lawman was recently the toast of Temple Ridge, Texas in 1866, helping the town fight off a gang of ruthless killers and outlaws.
Colton’s unique set of skills are needed again to help his lifelong friend, Running Deer, an educated and savvy Kiowa Indian…