Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
Killer Pancake
by Diane Mott Davidson
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
When Goldy, owner of Goldilocks’ Catering, whips up a sumptuous lowfat feast for the Mignon Cosmetics’ company banquet, she discovers just how ugly the beauty biz can be!
On the day of the banquet Goldy finds herself confronting an angry mob of demonstrators—“Spare the Hares”—who object to Mignon Cosmetics’ animal-testing policies. As she carries lowfat fare from her van to the mall where the banquet is being held, she hears an ominous squeal of tires and a horrifying thump. Seconds later a Mignon employee lies dead on the pavement.
Blood Ties
by Jo Nesbo, Robert Ferguson
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
From the modern master of Nordic suspense comes an explosive novel about a community in crisis and two brothers on the verge of losing everything they’ve worked so hard to achieve.
By all accounts, Carl and Roy Opgard are doing quite well for themselves. Or at least they’re doing as well as can be expected in a small town like Os. Carl manages the area’s swanky and successful spa and hotel, while Roy runs a nearby gas station and harbors grand plans to build it out into an entire amusement park, complete with a roller coaster. But when news breaks about a new highway to be built nearby, bypassing Os and leaving the town cutoff and isolated, it’s clear that something has to be done . . . even if the methods are bound to be dirty. Fortunately, Carl and Roy have experience with just that kind of work.
Before Democracy: The Sacrifice
by Tyler True
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Anthropologist Theodore Hansen discovers a magical plant in the Amazon rainforest that has the potential to both heal and destroy society. He takes a cutting from the indigenous guardians of the plant and clones enough of it to sell to the world, becoming one of the richest humans alive.
After witnessing the corruption and greed from some of the most powerful governments and pharmaceutical companies on Earth, he decides to use his vast fortune to start a political revolution that truly gives the power to the people…despite the danger to himself and his family.
The Perfect Family
by Iris Baxter
Kindle $0.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
The perfect family. The perfect lie. Mellie hasn’t been home in over twenty years. Not since her parents and her brother Jacob died under mysterious circumstances. Not since she was left completely alone.
But the past isn’t gone. It’s waiting. Her name appears in confidential files – alongside dozens of missing children. Her family’s house holds hidden rooms, medical records, and surveillance equipment she was never meant to find. And someone is slipping inside at night, leaving things behind to remind her she isn’t safe. The deeper she digs, the more twisted the truth becomes. Because her family’s deaths were only the beginning. And Mellie was never meant to walk away.
Die Trying
by Alan Jacobson
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
One piece of intel could blow up a treaty – and an operative’s life – in this new black-ops thriller by the USA Today bestseller and “major talent” (Douglas Preston).
When Aaron “Uzi” Uziel, head of the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force, receives highly protected intelligence that has the potential to throw the Middle East into turmoil, the CIA orders him to stand down—the information could compromise sensitive negotiations. But after Uzi discovers that the intel carries implications that impact not only national security but his own life, career, and family, he cannot ignore it.
The Day of the Triffids
by John Wyndham, Jeff VanderMeer
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
What if a meteor shower left most of the world blind—and humanity at the mercy of mysterious carnivorous plants?
Bill Masen undergoes eye surgery and awakes the next morning in his hospital bed to find civilization collapsing. Wandering the city, he quickly realizes that surviving in this strange new world requires evading strangers and the seven-foot-tall plants known as triffids—plants that can walk and can kill a man with one quick lash of their poisonous stingers.
Conviction
by Juan Martínez
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
From the lawyer who put the woman who killed her ex-boyfriend in cold blood behind bars, an insider look at the courtroom drama that gripped the country.
Juan Martinez, the fiery prosecuting attorney who convicted notorious murderess Jodi Arias for the killing of Travis Alexander, speaks for the first time about the investigation and trial that captivated the nation.
Through two trials, America watched as Juan Martinez fought relentlessly to convict Jodi Arias of Murder One for viciously stabbing her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander to death…
Deadly Storms
by Christine Feehan
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
Danger is gathering on the horizon in this gripping novel of romantic suspense from #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan.
Shabina Foster does her best to lead a normal life. She takes comfort in her friends and her dogs and finds passion in running her own small-town café in the eastern Sierra. But she can’t help always looking over her shoulder, not after what happened in her past. Since then, Shabina has worked very hard to build herself up and live life to the fullest.