Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
Death of a Chimney Sweep
by M. C. Beaton
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
A Hamish Macbeth Mystery In the south of Scotland, residents get their chimneys vacuum-cleaned. But in the isolated villages in the very north of Scotland, the villagers rely on the services of the itinerant sweep, Pete Ray, and his old-fashioned brushes. Pete is always able to find work in the Scottish highlands, until one day when Police Constable Hamish Macbeth notices blood dripping onto the floor of a villager’s fireplace, and a dead body stuffed inside the chimney. The entire town of Lochdubh is certain Pete is the culprit, but Hamish doesn’t believe that the affable chimney sweep is capable of committing murder…
A Fleeting Shadow
by Daniel Zeigler
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
A murderous monk. An ancient riddle. A man willing to pay any price to protect the people he loves.
Nigel Baskervell has faced war, revolution, and plague—and survived. Now serving as county sheriff in 14th-century England, he’s determined to shield his family and closest friends from the horrors stalking the land. But when a monk seeking a lost relic collapses at his feet and dies in his arms, Nigel must choose: walk away unscathed or dive headlong into danger to solve a centuries-old mystery.
Trusting his newfound faith, Nigel embarks on a high-risk quest for the missing relic. As power-hungry nobles and hostile clergy close in, the sheriff fears he’s putting his loved ones in mortal danger. Can he unravel the riddle in time to recover the relic—and save those he holds dear?
Live to Telln
by Lisa Gardner
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
He knows everything about you – including the first place you’ll hide.
On a warm summer night in one of Boston’s working-class neighborhoods, an unthinkable crime has been committed: Four members of a family have been brutally murdered. The father – and possible suspect – now lies clinging to life in the ICU. Murder-suicide? Or something worse? Veteran police detective D. D. Warren is certain of only one thing: There’s more to this case than meets the eye.
Safe Haven
by Peter Hargraves
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Margaret was afraid of her murderous husband. She never knew that her fate would lie with the genetically modified cougars and their human agents that occupied the land to the far north. A chance encounter with an enigmatic man gives her the confidence to take matters into her own hands and she embarks on a perilous journey she never imagined she’d take.
In the distant future human fertility is much reduced and the remaining human population makes do with early twentieth century technology. Margaret and Wolfe fall victim to her husband’s almost supernatural reach into the halls of power and are forced to flee across Europe. In a final flight across the frozen north they finally confront their pursuers.
What Came Before He Shot Her
by Elizabeth George
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
The brutal, inexplicable death of Inspector Thomas Lynley’s wife, Helen, has left Scotland Yard shocked and searching for answers. Even more horrifying is that the trigger was apparently pulled by a twelve-year-old boy.
That story begins on the other side of London in rough North Kensington, where the three, mixed-race, virtually orphaned Campbell children are bounced first from their grandmother to their aunt. The oldest, fifteen-year-old Ness, is headed for trouble as fast as her high-heeled boots will take her. That leaves the middle child, Joel, to care for the youngest, Toby. No one wants to put it into words, but something clearly isn’t right with Toby.
Ring In the Dead
by J. A Jance
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
One day, at the end of Beaumont and Pickles’s shift, a stop at the Doghouse restaurant quickly turns deadly. Not feeling well, Pickles steps out into the parking lot for a breath of fresh air and stumbles into a crime in progress. Suffering from a heart attack, he is found unconscious, with a dead woman on the ground nearby and the murder weapon in his hand.
With Pickles under investigation from Internal Affairs, it’s up to the new kid on the block, J. P. Beaumont, and his friends on the force to find out the truth.
Light in Our Darkest Night
by Jacie Middlemann
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Dark Betrayal, Murder, Romance, a compelling & twisty mystery with a surprise ending…for most
Their lives had always been connected…first by friendship…and then by a chilling tragedy neither would ever forget. But they weren’t kids anymore and everything was different. Almost everything.
The night wasn’t nearly as dark as it should be. Jackson noticed the flickering lights in the windows almost immediately. But not before his sister did.
Ballistic
by Mark Greaney
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
After Court Gentry was betrayed by his compatriots and forced to take on a near-suicidal covert mission by the CIA, he thought he could find refuge living in the Amazon rain forest. But his bloody past finds him when a vengeful Russian crime lord forces him to go on the run once again. Court makes his way to one of the only men in the world he can trust—and arrives too late. His friend is dead and buried.
Years before, Eddie Gamboa had saved Court’s life. Now, Eddie has been murdered by the notorious Mexican drug cartel he fought to take down. And Court soon finds himself drawn into a war he never wanted. But in this war, there are no sides—only survivors…
Silent Was The Man
by James Leonard
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Here comes another western adventure of relentless action, obstacles and a touch of western romance
After the war, Parker Cole wanted quiet and distance. The scar across his throat marked the end of his voice, and the life he once knew. But peace is short-lived on the frontier.
When outlaw leader Delah Wagner mistakes him for the traitor who betrayed her gang, she sends her riders to hunt him down. Parker doesn’t know the man she seeks, but Delah’s fury doesn’t leave room for truth.
Each mile he rides tightens the noose. Towns turn wary, strangers whisper his name, and bullets follow close behind. He’s got no friends left but the gun at his side, he’s just not sure that’s enough.
The Proving Ground
by Michael Connelly
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly, the Lincoln Lawyer is back with a case against an AI company whose product may have been responsible for the murder of a young girl.
Following his “resurrection walk” and need for a new direction, Mickey Haller turns to public interest litigation, filing a civil lawsuit against an artificial intelligence company whose chatbot told a sixteen-year-old boy that it was okay for him to kill his ex-girlfriend for her disloyalty.