Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
The Itch of Murder
by Christa Nardi
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
A well-dressed man killed at a demolition site, at night in a snow storm.
Izzie Di Sante loves a challenge and the circumstances of Chance Corcoran’s murder sparks her curiosity and her passion for investigative journalism. While managing the day-to-day business of the Italian family restaurant, Izzie searches for answers to many questions. To start with, no one could provide an explanation for the investment analysis to be on the demolition site late at night. There was no obvious link between him and the demolition or the new Elite Townhomes to be built there…
The Nawkers: An Item of Great Worth
by Tom Raley
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
You probably know nothing of the Nawkers, which is not at all surprising. They are one of three tribes of little folk and make their home in the northern mountains. Timid, reclusive, and if we are being honest, not especially memorable. An adult Nawker will only reach the average man’s waist, perhaps an inch or so taller. They are not known to be fast, or agile, and well, they are not especially strong either. The Nawkers don’t use money, don’t mine for jewels and in reality, have nothing the outside world would consider of any real worth. Which, as chance would have it, is exactly the way the Nawkers prefer things to be.
Few outsiders can understand or appreciate the Nawkers ways. To the Nawkers, it is simply their way of life. A way of life that has not changed to any appreciable degree in nearly a thousand years…
Lowdown Road
by Scott Von Doviak
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Join a heart-racing road trip across 1970s America as two cousins make the heist of their lives and must avoid the cops and criminals hot on their tails.
It’s the summer of ’74…Richard Nixon has resigned from office, CB radios are the hot new thing, and in the great state of Texas two cousins hatch a plan to drive $1 million worth of stolen weed to Idaho, where some lunatic is gearing up to jump Snake River Canyon on a rocket-powered motorcycle. But with a vengeful sheriff on their tail and the revered and feared marijuana kingpin of Central Texas out to get his stash back, Chuck and Dean are in for the ride of their lives – if they can make it out alive…
The Family
by Mandasue Heller
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
HER BOYFRIEND’S A DREAM. HIS FAMILY’S A NIGHTMARE.
Since her mother died of an overdose, kind-hearted Cheryl’s always had to look out for herself. Until Dale Moran walks into her life.
Dale and his family have just bought the house across the street, and within a day, he’s chased off the violent thugs who’ve been threatening Cheryl for her ex-boyfriend’s debts…
Whispers in the Fog
by Kayla Lowe
Kindle $4.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
After the tragic death of her husband, Evelyn Marks returns to her childhood home of Harbor Point with her young son, desperate for a fresh start. But the peaceful coastal town she remembers is cloaked in secrets as thick as the fog that rolls in each night.
When an anonymous letter suggests her husband’s death was no accident, Evelyn’s fragile world is shattered. Seeking answers, she turns to Thatcher Caldwell, the kind-hearted local pastor whose unwavering faith becomes her anchor. As they unravel the mystery, they uncover shocking truths about her late husband’s involvement in a dangerous syndicate—a past Evelyn never knew existed.
The Darkest Night
by Barbara Nadel
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Dark magic is unleashed on the streets of Istanbul . . .
When a newborn baby is found drowned in the shallow waters of the Golden Horn, all-out warfare threatens to erupt between rival criminal gangs. Inspector Kerim Gürsel is assigned to the case and he must tread carefully when DNA tests reveal that the baby’s father is Görkan Paşahan, Istanbul’s most feared Mafia boss. But the identity of the infant’s mother is yet to be discovered . . .
Meanwhile, Çetin İkmen and Mehmet Süleyman attend the winter festival known as Bocuk Gecesi, held on the darkest night of the year, and witness a magic trick whereby a young man, Emir Kaya, disappears…
Gates of Fire
by Steven Pressfield
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
At Thermopylae, a rocky mountain pass in northern Greece, the feared and admired Spartan soldiers stood three hundred strong. Theirs was a suicide mission, to hold the pass against the invading millions of the mighty Persian army.
Day after bloody day they withstood the terrible onslaught, buying time for the Greeks to rally their forces. Born into a cult of spiritual courage, physical endurance, and unmatched battle skill, the Spartans would be remembered for the greatest military stand in history—one that would not end until the rocks were awash with blood, leaving only one gravely injured Spartan squire to tell the tale. . . .
Cowboy Watch
by Petie McCarty
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Someone – or something – wants Kellen out of town . . .
Kellen Brand’s inheritance comes as a monumental shock—a rundown farm she doesn’t want and one paroled Watcher all her own. Kellen’s eccentric mother believed Watchers to be fallen angels seeking penance by guarding individuals who had lost their way. Seriously? A Watcher?
Only her mother . . .
Since Kellen vows no sane woman would choose to live in Riverside, she’s on a mission to dump the old farm fast and to the first buyer who comes along…
Nobody’s Fool
by Harlan Coben
Kindle $14.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
In this stunningly twisty thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Harlan Coben, a secret from former Detective Sami Kierce’s college days comes back to haunt him. His memory is clear, but all these years later, the facts don’t add up…which is something he cannot ignore.
Sami Kierce, a young college grad backpacking in Spain with friends, wakes up one morning, covered in blood. There’s a knife in his hand. Beside him, the body of his girlfriend. Anna. Dead. He doesn’t know what happened. His screams drown out his thoughts—and then he runs.