Monday’s Mystery eBooks
Deadly Christmas Cipher
by Stacy Angell Curtis
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
But a blackmailer’s plans threaten to derail the Christmas-themed ceremony before it starts.
Two days before the wedding, the caterer attracts a sniper, and Jack needs to know if the woman baking their wedding cake is an innocent victim or complicit in her brother’s shady business dealings.
The happy couple would love to focus on each other, but they can’t ignore the growing danger when an ominous warning from Bryn’s incarcerated grandfather is followed by a shooting at the caterer’s shop.
Witness, Woods, & Wedding
by Tonya Kappes
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
USA Today Bestselling author Tonya Kappes brings you southern and quirky characters in her mystery series. Her stories are charged with humor, friendship, family and life in small southern towns.
In the heart of the charming town of Normal, Kentucky, Mae West has patiently awaited her wedding day to Hank Sharp. Friends and family gather, the crisp autumn air carries the scent of fallen leaves, and laughter dances through the warm Southern breeze. Everything is set for a picture-perfect day, a celebration of love in a town nestled by the serene Daniel Boone National Forest.
Blood Trails
by Diane Capri
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Michael Flint promises he can find anyone, anytime, anywhere – dead or alive. Now he’s forced to prove it.
More than $50 million in mineral royalties are up for grabs. The legal heir has disappeared. Two Texas oil barons, who will stop at nothing to win their bitter rivalry, desperately need to locate her before it’s too late.
In a hunt stretching from dusty, hot West Texas to snowy Saskatchewan, Flint finds himself caught in the crossfire between dueling tycoons and greedy mercenaries out for their own piece of the pie.
Windslash
by Chris Bennett
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
10,000 years ago. On a mythical island.
Where powerful magic exists that is destined to be lost to the seas.
Timaeus is a Wind Student, training to be a Wind Elemental. It is through an extraordinary anomaly that it is discovered he can use more than Wind Magic, this marks the beginning of an extraordinary adventure as he learns the extent of his abilities.
The Dark Elementals, malevolent and monstrous warriors, corrupted by Dark Magic, seek to revive a great evil that was sealed away long ago. After centuries of waiting they put their plan into motion, they invade Atlantis causing a war to break out, slaughtering Atlantis’ forces to find what they need to revive the great evil…
Fire Lover: A True Story
by Joseph Wambaugh
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
From Joseph Wambaugh, the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of such classics as The Onion Field and The Choirboys, comes the extraordinary story of the chase for the “Pillow Pyro,” led by one ambitious firefighter.
Growing up in Los Angeles, John Orr idolized law enforcement. However, after being rejected by both the LAPD and LAFD, he settled for a position with the Glendale Fire Department. There, he rose through the ranks, eventually becoming a fire captain and one of Southern California’s best-known and most respected arson investigators. But Orr led another, unseen life, one that included womanizing and an insatiable thirst for recognition.
Behind a Locked Door
by Sarah A. Denzil
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
She opened the wrong door. Now her life will never be the same.
When Lucy Foster visits her old friend, she doesn’t expect to hear a baby crying behind a locked cellar door. But what she finds shatters everything she thought she knew: a terrified teenage girl and a newborn, hidden away like a secret shame.
As Lucy’s quiet life spirals into a media frenzy, and as the town turns against her, one thing becomes clear—someone is watching. And they want Lucy to stop helping the girl in the cellar.
Because the truth is darker than anyone imagines. And unlocking it may cost Lucy everything.
In The Darkness of Delphi
by L. W. Lowe
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
An Oracle in denial. A Muse on a mission. And a Goddess rebelling against her own prophecy.
CALLIOPE, the Muse of Epic Poetry, arrives in the city of Delphi, Georgia, seeking answers from her Aunt Themis. However, THEMIS, the Goddess of Justice and Divine Order, is preoccupied with protecting The Oracle and keeping her unaware of her true identity. To prevent the prophecy from coming true, she needs to keep Calliope far away from The Oracle.
Aimless and broke, CORINNE Kosmas wants to do more with her life than working the night shift at the laundromat. But Corinne was never destined to lead a boring life.
One unnatural thunderstorm later, all three find themselves on the verge of having their destinies controlled by a secret society. Enter a hidden world where mythical beings and powerful mortals collide.
Dream Girl
by Laura Lippman
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 3.8 #ad
Following up on her acclaimed and wildly successful New York Times bestseller Lady in the Lake, Laura Lippman returns with a dark, complex tale of psychological suspense with echoes of Misery involving a novelist, incapacitated by injury, who is plagued by mysterious phone calls.
Aubrey, the title character of Gerry Andersen’s most successful novel, Dream Girl, is so captivating that Gerry’s readers insist she’s real. Gerry knows she exists only in his imagination. So how can Aubrey be calling Gerry, bed-bound since a freak fall? A virtual prisoner in his penthouse, Gerry is dependent on two women he barely knows: his incurious young assistant, and a dull, slow-witted night nurse.