Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
Too Many Cooks
by Rosemary Shrager
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Prudence Bulstrode has fond memories of St Marianne’s School for Girls, the beautiful Cornish school where she boarded as a girl. It was at St Marianne’s that Prudence first learned the joy of cooking, from her dear old Home Economics teacher, Mrs Agatha Jubber. So when she’s invited back to the school, to lead a summer holidays course in the fundamentals of cookery, Prudence couldn’t be more delighted. What’s more, it’s a chance to show her grand-daughter Suki the way school used to be in the good old days.
But no sooner has Prudence arrived at St Marianne’s, a gruesome discovery is made.
Death on a Quiet Day
by Michael Innes
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
On holiday in the English countryside with his fellow university students, young David Henchman sets out alone for a hike across the moor. But instead of finding tranquil solitude, he stumbles upon a dead body. At first, David suspects suicide—until he spots a stranger on the moor. At the sound of gunfire, David flees for his life.
Once Inspector Appleby heads to the moors, it seems as if Scotland Yard’s most respected detective might have the matter in hand. But things go south when Appleby discovers the corpse on the moor has been swapped with another dead body. With the investigation underway, are Appleby and David bound to become victims of some perilous game?
Whistleblower
by Tess Gerritsen
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
When Victor Holland came flying out of the night, he ran straight into the path of Catherine Weaver’s car. Having uncovered a terrifying secret that leads all the way to Washington, Victor is running for his life—and from the men who will go to any lengths to silence him.
Though Victor’s story sounds like the ravings of a mad-man, the haunted look in his eyes—and the bullet hole in his shoulder—tell Cathy a different story. As each hour brings pursuers ever closer, she has to wonder, is she giving her trust to a man in danger or trusting her life to a dangerous man?
Chronicles of an Urban Elemental Complete Series
by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Jules Gagne is a Montreal detective dedicated to finding the answers to cold cases, unsolved mysteries, and hidden secrets.
Then the fae veil falls with a magical awakening and suddenly Jule’s finding the answers to her past and they aren’t what she expected.
Join Jules and her found family as they fight the fight and discover who and what they are destined to become in this complete series boxed set!
The Given Day
by Dennis Lehane
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Dennis Lehane, the New York Times bestselling author of Live by Night—now a Warner Bros. movie starring Ben Affleck—offers an unflinching family epic that captures the political unrest of a nation caught between a well-patterned past and an unpredictable future. This beautifully written novel of American history tells the story of two families—one black, one white—swept up in a maelstrom of revolutionaries and anarchists, immigrants and ward bosses, Brahmins and ordinary citizens, all engaged in a battle for survival and power at the end of World War I.
In Light of All Darkness
by Kim Cross
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
On October 1, 1993, a 12-year-old girl was kidnapped at knifepoint from her bedroom in Petaluma, California, during a sleepover with two friends, while her mother slept soundly in the room next door. This rarest of all kidnappings—a stranger abduction from the home—triggered one of the largest manhunts in FBI history.
Many Americans remember Polly’s face, which appeared on the national news every night, on the cover of People magazine, and on more than 8 million flyers distributed as far as China. The emotional gravity of Polly’s story touched every agent, police officer, and forensic technician who worked on her case. Many of these investigators have never shared their stories—until now.
The Lion’s Game
by Nelson DeMille
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Detective John Corey, last seen in Plum Island, now faces his toughest assignment yet: the pursuit and capture of the world’s most dangerous terrorist — a young Arab known as “The Lion” who has baffled a federal task force and shows no sign of stopping in his quest for revenge against the American pilots who bombed Libya and killed his family. Filled with unrelenting suspense and surprising plot twists at every terrifying turn, The Lion’s Game is a heartstopping race against time and one of Nelson DeMille’s most riveting thrillers.
Bird Box
by Josh Malerman
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Written with the narrative tension of The Road and the exquisite terror of classic Stephen King, Bird Box is a propulsive, edge-of-your-seat horror thriller, set in an apocalyptic near-future world – a masterpiece of suspense from the brilliantly imaginative Josh Malerman.
Something is out there . . .
Something terrifying that must not be seen. One glimpse and a person is driven to deadly violence. No one knows what it is or where it came from.