Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
Murder at a Musical Retreat
by P. C. James
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Accused of murder, a violinist pleads for help. Can this retired sleuth stop a concert of discordant deaths?
Tom Ramsay is finding his rhythm. So when local authorities ask the former inspector to advise their top suspect in a killing, he cautiously agrees to evaluate the evidence. And though the young woman’s pleas of innocence ring false, the dogged detective can’t ignore a whisper of doubt — especially when another musician turns up dead.
Chasing stolen instruments, backstage shadows, and missing money, Ramsay composes a long list of alternative suspects. But instincts alone can’t clear his client’s name and the frustrated Scot is running out of time.
The Boy
by Tami Hoag
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
An unfathomable loss or an unthinkable crime? #1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag keeps you guessing in her most harrowing thriller yet.
When Detective Nick Fourcade enters the home of Genevieve Gauthier outside the sleepy town of Bayou Breaux, Louisiana, the bloody crime scene that awaits him is both the most brutal and the most confusing he’s ever seen. Genevieve’s seven-year-old son, KJ, has been murdered by an alleged intruder, yet Genevieve is alive and well. Meanwhile, Nick’s wife, Detective Annie Broussard, sits with the grieving Genevieve. A mother herself, Annie understands the devastation this woman is going through, but as a detective she’s troubled: Who would murder a child and leave the only witness behind?
Night People
by Eric Wilder
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.9 #ad
No one is who they seem
Private Investigator Wyatt Thomas takes a seductive journey through the dark, glittering streets of New Orleans, where passion and danger collide. Wyatt is no stranger to the Crescent City’s secrets, but when a mysterious voodoo mambo draws him into the heart of the French Quarter’s underworld, he finds himself entangled in a web of deceit, lust, and murder. As the nights grow hotter, so do the stakes, and Wyatt must navigate the twisted desires of the city’s most dangerous inhabitants. But in the world of the Night People, no one is who they seem—and Wyatt is playing a game that could cost him more than just his heart.
Killer Smile
by Lisa Scottoline
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
With her trademark wit and style, New York Times bestselling author Lisa Scottoline delivers yet another blockbuster thriller
With the halfhearted okay of her boss at the boutique Philly firm of Rosato & Associates, insecure young lawyer Mary DiNunzio takes on a pro bono case – which is Latin for not paying squat. What’s more, the client is dead and the case is half a century old, involving an Italian fisherman interned at a camp in Montana during World War II.
Mary wants to prove herself, but she ends up drowning in documents—and a lost cause. Add to that a colleague who keeps fixing her up with blind dates from hell…
The Girl Behind the Gates
by Brenda Davies
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
1939. Seventeen-year-old Nora Jennings has spent her life secure in the certainty of a bright, happy future – until one night of passion has more catastrophic consequences than she ever could have anticipated. Labelled a moral defective and sectioned under the Mental Deficiency Act, she is forced to endure years of unspeakable cruelty at the hands of those who are supposed to care for her.
1981. When psychiatrist Janet Humphreys comes across Nora, heavily institutionalised and still living in the hospital more than forty years after her incarceration, she knows that she must be the one to help Nora rediscover what it is to live. But as she works to help Nora overcome her past, Janet realises she must finally face her own.
The Golden One
by Elizabeth Peters
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
A new year, 1917, is dawning, and the Great War that ravages the world shows no sign of abating. In these perilous times, archaeologist Amelia Peabody and her extended family must confront shocking dangers. But it is son Ramses who faces the most dire threat, answering a call that will carry him to the fabled seaport of Gaza on a mission as personal as it is perilous – where death will be the certain consequence of exposure. While far away, Ramses’s beautiful wife, Nefret, guards a secret of her own. . . .
The Twisted Ones
by T. Kingfisher
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
When Mouse’s dad asks her to clean out her dead grandmother’s house, she says yes. After all, how bad could it be?
Answer: pretty bad. Grandma was a hoarder, and her house is stuffed with useless rubbish. That would be horrific enough, but there’s more—Mouse stumbles across her step-grandfather’s journal, which at first seems to be filled with nonsensical rants…until Mouse encounters some of the terrifying things he described for herself.
Alone in the woods with her dog, Mouse finds herself face to face with a series of impossible terrors—because sometimes the things that go bump in the night are real, and they’re looking for you.
Southern Greed
by Peggy Holloway
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Having led a sheltered life—except for a major trauma—twenty-three-year-old Belinda easily falls in love with the handsome, suave Adam. He talks her into running a scam. An extremely wealthy woman is dying and wants to find her granddaughter, who disappeared at three years old. Belinda agrees to pretend to be Kathy, the granddaughter, but while exploring the mansion she has flashbacks and wonders if she really is Kathy.
After she marries Adam, his actions sometimes indicate that it was only for the inheritance. Kathy suspects that her grandmother is being poisoned. She doesn’t know who to trust in the household: her grandmother’s doctor, the nurse, the chef, the memoirist, even her husband.
Experiences of the Paranormal
by Terry Fox
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.9 #ad
In Experiences of the Paranormal: Real Conversations with Demons, author and paranormal pastor Terry Fox shares personal experiences from hundreds of paranormal cases, revealing how to confront and defeat demons through deliverance and exorcisms.
With a biblical worldview and the power of the Holy Spirit, this book shows how to bring light to those trapped in darkness and hopelessness. Terry offers insights on discerning between mental health issues and spiritual warfare, helping readers recognize and respond to unseen spiritual threats.
Queen of the Bay
by J. Clare
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
How far will a woman go for love? He suspects she’s out to steal his daughter’s legacy. He seems too good to be true. They thought they met by accident. Who’s calling the shots?
When Amanda West’s mother died, her father’s grief turned to rage and alcoholism. So, Amanda did what he told her. She abandoned her father and the Chesapeake Bay for Washington, throwing herself into her work as a CIA logistics officer. It’s been a decade, and she hasn’t visited home since. That is, until a vintage letter postmarked “Jamestown” with rare $2,000 stamps shows up in her mailbox.