Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
Love, Death, and the Art of Cooking
by Linda Griffin
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Software engineer Reid Lucas loves to cook and has a history of falling in love with married women. When he leaves his complicated past in Chicago for a job in California, he runs into trouble and must call a virtual stranger to bail him out of jail.
Alyssa Knight, a tough street cop waiting for a church annulment from her passive-aggressive husband, is the roommate of the woman Reid calls for help, and she reluctantly provides bail for Reid.
When his boss is murdered, Reid is a suspect…or is he the intended target?
A Suitable Vengeance
by Elizabeth George
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Award-winning author Elizabeth George gives us an early glimpse into the lives of Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley, forensic scientist Simon Allcourt-St. James, and Lady Helen Clyde in a superlative mystery that is also a fascinating inquiry into the crimes of the heart. Lynley, the eighth earl of Asherton, has brought to Howenstow, his family home, the young woman he has asked to be his bride. But the savage murder of a local journalist is the catalyst for a lethal series of events that shatters the calm of a picturesque Cornwall village and embroils Lynley and St. James in a case far outside their jurisdiction—and a little too close to home…
Operation Cavolo
by E.S. Benton
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
When a toxin conspiracy grips the unsuspecting public through contaminated food, the world stands paralysed, devoid of an answer. Alpha Team receives a taunting letter from within the shadows, a challenge that hurls them into a race against an invisible clock and their darkest adversary.
With only eighty-four hours to thwart a lethal countdown, Alpha Team’s hunt for an antidote is fraught with false leads and cutthroat treachery. As they grapple with internal sabotage and unseen connections to their adversary, trust becomes as scarce as time. Their greatest ally might be the very villain they seek, dangling a cure above their heads. Tensions mount as leadership fractures and revenge fuels a battle that blurs friend from enemy.
The Never Game
by Jeffery Deaver
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
The son of a survivalist family, Colter Shaw is an expert tracker. Now he makes a living as a “reward seeker,” traveling the country to help police solve crimes and locate missing persons for private citizens.
“You’ve been abandoned. Escape if you can. Or die with dignity.”
Hired by the father of a young woman who has gone missing in Silicon Valley, Shaw’s search takes him into the dark heart of America’s cutthroat billion-dollar video-game industry. When another person goes missing, Shaw must ask: Is a madman bringing a twisted video game to life?
The Protector
by Gloria Repp
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
A heart divided . . . An enemy unseen . . . A riddle of trust.
Lindsey Dumont, photographer, must defend her home in the Pine Barrens while she struggles to revive her career and salvage a long-distance romance. What is God doing? And who can she trust?
“Excellent series of suspense, love of God And other exciting romances. Need more from Gloria Repp. I highly recommend this series” by Amazon Customer
Ghostheart
by R.J. Ellory
Kindle $0.75 Rating: 4.1 #ad
From a “master of the genre,” a psychological thriller about a woman lured by curiosity about her dead father into her family’s dark past. (New York Times bestselling authorClive Cussler)
Annie O’Neill has it all: a cozy Manhattan apartment, a beautiful bookshop, and a network of supportive friends? But her father died in her childhood, leaving a hole she has yet to fill. When a mysterious man named Forrester enters the shop and claims to be her father’s oldest friend, she jumps at the chance to discover more. But Forrester seems much more interested in telling her a story about a ruthless ganglord and a decades-old betrayal. A betrayal that, she will realize far too slowly, has something very much to do with her.
Where Roses Never Die
by Gunnar Staalesen
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
September 1977. Mette MisvÆr, a three-year-old girl disappears without trace from the sandpit outside her home. Her tiny, close middle-class community in the tranquil suburb of Nordas is devastated, but their enquiries and the police produce nothing. Curtains twitch, suspicions are raised, but Mette is never found.
Almost 25 years later, as the expiry date for the statute of limitations draws near, Mette’s mother approaches PI Varg Veum, in a last, desperate attempt to find out what happened to her daughter. As Veum starts to dig, he uncovers an intricate web of secrets, lies and shocking events that have been methodically concealed. When another brutal incident takes place, a pattern begins to emerge…