Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
Lethally Blond
by Kate White
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Whenever a celebrity throws a phone, crashes a car, or kills a spouse, celebrity journalist Bailey Weggins is there to cover it for the gossip magazine Buzz. Now, the new television show Morgue is the talk of the town, and just as Bailey starts reminiscing about her brief summer fling with the show’s gorgeous star, Chris Wickersham, he calls.
But Chris isn’t thinking about rekindling their old flame. His friend and fellow actor on the show has gone missing, and while nobody else seems to be alarmed, Chris can’t believe his friend would just run off while on the brink of stardom…
The First Beaufont Complete Series
by Sarah Noffke, Michael Anderle
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
It’s time for a Medieval dragonrider to fix the modern world.
Six-hundred years ago, Genevieve Beaufont stole a dragon egg and buried it. Now it’s time for that egg to finally hatch. It’s time for Gen Beaufont to be the rebel she always dreamed of.
Gen, a resident of 15th-century England, finds herself stuck in modern day America—all because she was overly curious and followed strangers through a time travel gate.
Two things have always gotten Gen in trouble: her curiosity and defiance. But times have changed, quite literally. Those traits could save her life.
A Dangerous Man
by Robert Crais
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
A brilliant new crime novel from the beloved, bestselling, and award-winning master of the genre–and Joe Pike’s most perilous case to date.
Joe Pike didn’t expect to rescue a woman that day. He went to the bank same as anyone goes to the bank, and returned to his Jeep. So when Isabel Roland, the lonely young teller who helped him, steps out of the bank on her way to lunch, Joe is on hand when two men abduct her. Joe chases them down, and the two men are arrested. But instead of putting the drama to bed, the arrests are only the beginning of the trouble for Joe and Izzy.
False Witness
by Karin Slaughter
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
AN ORDINARY LIFE… Leigh Collier has worked hard to build what looks like a normal life. She’s an up-and-coming defense attorney at a prestigious law firm in Atlanta, would do anything for her sixteen-year-old daughter Maddy, and is managing to successfully coparent through a pandemic after an amicable separation from her husband Walter.
HIDES A DEVASTATING PAST… But Leigh’s ordinary life masks a childhood no one should have to endure … a childhood tarnished by secrets, broken by betrayal, and ultimately destroyed by a brutal act of violence.
BUT NOW THE PAST IS CATCHING UP…
Nightmares & Grief Vol. 2
by Derrick Heisey
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Dare to Face the Darkness Within? From the shadows of grief and trauma comes Nightmares & Grief Vol. 2, a masterfully crafted collection of dark, supernatural horror. Written in a style reminiscent of Stephen King, these haunting tales will grip your soul, challenge your perceptions, and leave you questioning the boundaries of the human psyche.
Perfect for fans of dark, gritty supernatural horror, these stories combine visceral terror with deep psychological themes, blending the eerie with the profound.
The Missing Witness
by Allison Brennan
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
When a key witness goes missing, Quinn & Costa must find her before a killer silences her for good…
Detective Kara Quinn is back in Los Angeles to testify against a notorious human trafficker, finally moving past the case that upended her life. But when the accused is shot in broad daylight, the chaotic scene of the crime turns up few reliable bystanders. And one witness—a whistleblower who might be the key to everything—has disappeared.
After another person close to the case is killed, it’s clear that anyone who knows too much is in danger, and tracking down the witness becomes a matter of life-and-death…
Cemetery Road
by Greg Iles
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
“An ambitious stand-alone thriller that is both an absorbing crime story and an in-depth exploration of grief, betrayal and corruption… Iles’s latest calls to mind the late, great Southern novelist Pat Conroy. Like Conroy, Iles writes with passion, intensity and absolute commitment.” – Washington Post
When Marshall McEwan left his Mississippi hometown at eighteen, he vowed never to return. The trauma that drove him away spurred him to become one of the most successful journalists in Washington, DC. But as the ascendancy of a chaotic administration lifts him from print fame to television stardom, Marshall discovers that his father is terminally ill, and he must return home to face the unfinished business of his past.
Prayers for Rain
by Dennis Lehane
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
When a former client jumps naked from a Boston landmark, Private Investigator Patrick Kenzie wants to know why. Once a perky young woman in love with life, her suicide is the final fall in a spiral of self-destruction.
What Kenzie discovers is a sadistic stalker who targeted the woman and methodically drove her to her death – a monster that the law can’t touch. But Kenzie can. He and his former partner, Angela Gennaro, will fight a mind-twisting battle against the psychopath, even as he turns tricks on them…
Carmilla
by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Kindle $0.75 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Enter the eerie world of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu’s “Carmilla,” a gothic horror tale that weaves together themes of love, fear, and the supernatural, leaving a lasting impression on all who dare to read it.
Set against the haunting backdrop of 19th-century Europe, the novella introduces Carmilla, a mysterious young woman whose presence casts a shadow over Laura, the unsuspecting protagonist. As their bond deepens, a chilling truth unfolds—Carmilla is not just a captivating beauty, but a vampire whose dark secrets come to light. Through his masterful storytelling, Le Fanu explores themes of seduction, desire, and the complexities of the human condition, creating a narrative that is both terrifying and thought-provoking.
Mistletoe on Main Street
by Holly Schindler
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
A magical sweet Christmas romance about lost love, second chances, and the holiday miracles waiting at Ruby’s Place.
Hard-nosed journalist Russ Keegan only wants to coast through the remainder of the holiday season, avoiding all the sentimental schmaltz. But his editor gives him one last-minute assignment: a Christmas investigation into Ruby’s Place, the mysterious supper club in Sullivan, Missouri. Locals whisper that on Christmas Eve, anyone who enters can see their long-lost loved one, share a table, hold their hand, tell them everything they didn’t have a chance to while they were still alive. Maybe I love you. Or I’m sorry.