Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
Patterns in the Sand
by Sally Goldenbaum
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
The follow-up to Death by Cashmere: next in the new mystery series set in a tight-knit seaside community.
When young fiber artist Willow Adams visits Izzy Chambers’s knitting studio, she’s immediately embraced by the Seaside knitters, and they see the monthly arts event at Canary Cove as a perfect place to showcase Willow’s work. But the idyllic summer in Sea Harbor turns somber when the body of Nick Peabody-owner of a popular gallery-is found in a community garden. Soon all Nick’s secrets begin to surface, and the residents of Sea Harbor realize they didn’t know him at all.
The Others
by Evette Davis
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
True Blood meets Supernatural in the kickoff of this urban paranormal fantasy series from an acclaimed author. Readers enter a dystopian San Francisco filled with empaths and vampires embroiled in political unrest—and Book 1 is just the beginning.
Much as she wishes otherwise, superstar political consultant Olivia Shepherd was born a powerful empath. It’s a legacy she walked away from long ago—but when she wakes up one morning to find Elsa, a tenacious time-walker, standing in her kitchen, she realizes she can no longer ignore her gifts. She is quickly plunged into the hidden world of powerful “Others” and drafted to work for the Council, a shadowy organization that summons the fog to San Francisco to obscure their involvement in human affairs.
The Devil All the Time
by Donald Ray Pollock
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Set in rural southern Ohio and West Virginia, The Devil All the Time follows a cast of compelling and bizarre characters from the end of World War II to the 1960s. There’s Willard Russell, tormented veteran of the carnage in the South Pacific, who can’t save his beautiful wife, Charlotte, from an agonizing death by cancer no matter how much sacrificial blood he pours on his “prayer log.” There’s Carl and Sandy Henderson, a husband-and-wife team of serial killers, who troll America’s highways searching for suitable models to photograph and exterminate. There’s the spider-handling preacher Roy and his crippled virtuoso-guitar-playing sidekick, Theodore, running from the law…
Tell No One/Gone for Good
by Harlan Coben
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Two Novels in One Volume
TELL NO ONE: For Dr. David Beck, the loss was shattering. And every day for the past eight years, he has relived the horror of what happened. The gleaming lake. The pale moonlight. The piercing screams. The night his wife was taken…
GONE FOR GOOD: As a boy, Will Klein had a hero: his older brother, Ken. Then, on a warm suburban night in the Kleins’ affluent New Jersey neighborhood, a young woman—a girl Will had once loved—was found brutally murdered in her family’s basement. The prime suspect: Ken Klein…
Sea Swept
by Nora Roberts
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
A champion boat racer, Cameron Quinn traveled the world spending his winnings on champagne and women. But when his dying father calls him home to care for Seth, a troubled young boy not unlike Cameron once was, his life changes overnight.
After years of independence, Cameron has to learn to live with his brothers again, while he struggles with cooking, cleaning, and caring for a difficult boy. Old rivalries and new resentments flare between Cameron and his brothers, but they try to put aside their differences for Seth’s sake…
The Final Sunshine
by Joseph Galloway
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
The Final Sunshine is an apocalyptic thriller set in a future where the sky has fallen and the sun no longer shines. A time of darkness will come upon the Earth. Nothing on Earth will grow. There will be famine on the Earth. Extreme violence will exist. Lawlessness will become the norm as governing bodies cease to exist. Everyone will be fighting for their own survival. Many will die from the violence, famine and sickness. Wild beasts will roam the Earth and seek out humans for food.
Technology will no longer exist. Transportation will no longer exist as fuel will not be available. Money will have no value as food becomes the most essential commodity. The limited available resources will only last a short period. Producing more food will be impossible without sunlight.
Playing with Fire
by Peter Robinson
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Chief Inspector Alan Banks finds himself up against a diabolical arsonist in this electrifying novel of suspense from New York Times bestselling author Peter Robinson.
In the early hours of the morning, a man reports a fire on two old canal boats. One of the firefighters notices the use of accelerant at the scene and calls the police, but by the time Inspector Banks arrives, the fire brigade have put out the flames and only the smoldering wreckage remains. A body has been found on each barge, and all the evidence points towards a deliberate arson attack.
The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires
by Grady Hendrix
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Steel Magnolias meets Dracula in this New York Times best-selling horror novel about a women’s book club that must do battle with a mysterious newcomer to their small Southern town.
Bonus features: • Reading group guide for book clubs • Hand-drawn map of Mt. Pleasant • Annotated true-crime reading list by Grady Hendrix • And more!
The Persian
by David McCloskey
Kindle $9.66 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
From former CIA analyst and best-selling author David McCloskey, a novel that takes readers deep into the shadow war between Iran and Israel.
Kamran Esfahani, a dentist living out a dreary existence in Stockholm, agrees to spy for the Mossad after he’s recruited by Arik Glitzman, the chief of a clandestine unit tasked with running targeted assassinations and sabotage inside Iran. At Glitzman’s direction, Kam returns to his native Tehran and opens a dental practice there, using it as a cover for the Israeli intelligence agency. Kam proves to be a skillful asset, quietly earning money helping Glitzman smuggle weapons, run surveillance, and conduct kidnappings.
