Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
Witches and Fairies and Tacos… Oh My
by Carol Kilgore
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Charli Quinn and her sister Brielle own House Witches Cleaning and promise to clean like magic. They may not be your everyday, run-of-the-mill witches, but they are… something.
When Charli finds the husband of one of their clients dead, the wind warns her to beware the man with eyes of green. As the sisters search for the ominous man, they find themselves in danger and rely on their real magic to outsmart the killer.
Along the way, Charli and Brielle have help from a group of fairies, and even a talking cow. And Charli falls head over broomstick for a tall, sexy deputy with dreamy blue eyes who saves her from being hijacked by a water sprite.
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(Here… Hold My Broom)
Downfall
by J. A Jance
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Arizona sheriff Joanna Brady returns in this outstanding new mystery set in the beautiful desert country of the Southwest.
With a baby on the way, sudden deaths in the family from which to recover, a re-election campaign looming, and a daughter heading off for college, Cochise County Sheriff Joanna Brady has her hands full when a puzzling new case hits her department, demanding every resource she has at her disposal.
Two women have fallen to their deaths from a small nearby peak, referred to by Bisbee locals as Geronimo. What’s the connection between these two women? Is this a case of murder/suicide or is it a double homicide?
Blood Auction
by Joshua Harkin
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
When the law fails, Ranger delivers justice. One body at a time.
Former US Marine Frank Ranger is on the run. Accused of a murder he didn’t commit, he is laying low, working the door in a Vegas strip club.
When he steps in to protect a dancer, he stumbles on a brutal human trafficking ring operating in the dark underbelly of the neon city.
Driven by his own guilt and seeking a chance for redemption, Ranger feels duty bound to rescue a teenage girl who has been taken by the traffickers. And soon finds himself up against a powerful crime syndicate led by shadowy crime boss Sal Torno and his sadistic lieutenant, Novio Rama.
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(Bullet Proof)
Friendly Fyre
by Kia Leep
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Reborn as the Dark Lord… Born to make friends.
After living 50 years as a human scientist, being reborn as a fire-wielding harpy is a bit of a shock. Not to mention, Fyre now has the physiology one might expect from someone with two X chromosomes. However she’s much more concerned about the Role that’s appeared at the bottom of her game-like stats sheet: The Dark Lord. That’s probably fine… Right?
Stuck in a freezing cave, Fyre forms a pact with a ravenous and morally ambiguous Dungeon Core, which helps tunnel a path to civilization. Though she now has some semblance of shelter, the community she joins is barely scraping by itself. With the power of her fire—and science!—she believes she can help build a thriving metropolis…
The Old Success
by Martha Grimes
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
As the New York Times–bestselling series continues, an unlikely trio of detectives teams up to solve three murders spanning three English counties.
When the body of a French woman washes up on a wild inlet off the Cornish coast, Brian Macalvie, divisional commander with the Devon-Cornwall police is called in. Who could have killed this beautiful tourist, the only visible footprints nearby belonging to the two little girls who found her?
While Macalvie stands stumped in the Scilly Islands, inspector Richard Jury, twenty miles away on Land’s End, is at the Old Success pub, sharing a drink with the legendary former CID detective Tom Brownell, a man renowned for solving every case he undertook—well, nearly every case. Bronwell discloses that there was one he once missed.
Deep Harbor
by Fern Michaels
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
THE COURAGE TO START OVER
Carol Ann “CJ” Jansen has felt adrift ever since she lost her beloved older brother, Kick, to a tragic boating accident. But working for powerful congressman Snapper Lewis in the exciting and often tumultuous world of politics has provided a kind of anchor in her life.Until CJ stumbles upon information that could implicate her boss in corruption. When the congressman dies of an apparent suicide, CJ digs deeper with the help of Colin, Kick’s former life partner. But as they expose one shocking secret after another, CJ begins to wonder if she’s also in jeopardy.
Little Black Lies
by Gillian Jackson
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Murder, buried secrets, and one woman’s fight for justice propel this gripping police procedural from the author of Snatched.
Det. Samantha Freeman is barely recovering from the devastating accident that killed her fiancé, Ravi, when she’s thrust into a chilling homicide case. Valerie Turner, a wife and mother of two, is found dead in her kitchen. But as Samantha peels back the layers of Val’s seemingly ordinary life, she uncovers shocking truths—a son given up for adoption, an illicit affair, blackmail, and stolen identities.
Heartwood
by Amity Gaige
Kindle $5.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
In the heart of the Maine woods, an experienced Appalachian Trail hiker goes missing. She is forty-two-year-old Valerie Gillis, who has vanished 200 miles from her final destination. Alone in the wilderness, Valerie pours her thoughts into fractured, poetic letters to her mother as she battles the elements and struggles to keep hoping.
At the heart of the investigation is Beverly, the determined Maine State Game Warden tasked with finding Valerie, who leads the search on the ground. Meanwhile, Lena, a seventy-six-year-old birdwatcher in a Connecticut retirement community, becomes an unexpected armchair detective. Roving between these compelling narratives, a puzzle emerges, intensifying the frantic search, as Valerie’s disappearance may not be accidental.