Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
Shadow of the Solstice
by Anne Hillerman
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
In this gripping chapter in New York Times bestselling author Anne Hillerman’s Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito series, the detectives must sort out a save-the-planet meditation group connected to a mysterious death and a nefarious scheme targeting vulnerable indigenous people living with addiction.
The Navajo Nation police are on high alert when a U.S. Cabinet Secretary schedules an unprecedented trip to the little Navajo town of Shiprock, New Mexico. The visit coincides with a plan to resume uranium mining along the Navajo Nation border. Tensions around the official’s arrival escalate when the body of a stranger is found in an area restricted for the disposal of radioactive uranium waste. Is it coincidence that a cult with a propensity for violence arrives at a private camp group outside Shiprock the same week to celebrate the summer solstice?
Bone Dry
by Frank Wheeler
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
A classic western novel from Frank Wheeler with non-stop epic adventure and a blend of western romance
Carver Harding grew up watching his father save lives with one hand and ruin them with the other. Once a respected frontier doctor, he was disgraced by opium and met a violent end. Carver swore he’d never follow in his footsteps.
Six year later, he’s just a ranch hand. That’s how he wants it. No responsibility. No mistakes that can’t be taken back.
Then the creek dries up, and people start getting sick. It doesn’t take long to uncover the problem. The town’s wealthiest man is also its greediest. Gareth Sutton is building an illegal dam upstream, choking off the water and daring anyone to stop him.
Landon Falls
by Shannon Elliott
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.9 #ad
When seventeen-year-old Chase Allen touches someone, he is inundated by every sin they’ve committed. To minimize human contact, Chase keeps to himself at home and school. But when his mother’s death abandons him to the cruel despotism of his abusive grandfather, he follows an inexorable calling by an unknown power to seek out his destiny in a world he doesn’t understand. Led to the seemingly bucolic small town of Landon Falls, he encounters an ancient evil that holds the town in its grasp and meets the town’s new preacher, Frank Williams, who is oddly immune to Chase’s sixth sense.
Addison Landon recently arrived in Landon Falls with her husband Turner, heir to the Landon Mining Company fortune. Pregnant with their first child, Addison is excited to make such a wealthy, powerful, benevolent family her own. But a price must be paid for the Landons to continue their powerful hold on the town, and Addison’s unborn child is the fee.
Stars of Mithra Complete Collection
by Nora Roberts
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Three best friends, three priceless gems…one ruthless killer. Don’t miss the complete Stars of Mithra trilogy from #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts!
HIDDEN STAR
CAPTIVE STAR
SECRET STAR
Spook
by Mary Roach
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
The best-selling author of Stiff and Bonk trains her considerable wit and curiosity on the human soul.
“What happens when we die? Does the light just go out and that’s that—the million-year nap? Or will some part of my personality, my me-ness persist? What will that feel like? What will I do all day? Is there a place to plug in my lap-top?” In an attempt to find out, Mary Roach brings her tireless curiosity to bear on an array of contemporary and historical soul-searchers: scientists, schemers, engineers, mediums, all trying to prove (or disprove) that life goes on after we die.
Hurricane Hawkins
by William Black
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
He was meant to hang at noon. Then a lone rider came with a letter – and a chance at redemption.
Once a notorious outlaw, Hurricane Hawkins was ready to meet his end. But the gallows release him on one condition: hunt down and annihilate the Deadly Eight, a fearsome gang terrorizing the frontier, or swing for his crimes. He lived a life of crime. Now is his chance to be forgiven and start over.
Sheriff Avery and U.S. Marshal Virgil offer him freedom in exchange for… the impossible. Become their secret agent, destroy the gang, and earn forgiveness – or die trying.
UNSTUCK
by Britannica Silkslate
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
UNSTUCK is for people who know what they want, yet still hesitate, overthink, procrastinate, or pull back when progress is finally within reach.
You may understand your patterns. You may have read the books, tried the advice, and promised yourself you would “do better next time.” And yet the same cycle keeps repeating. Not because you lack discipline or ambition, but because your mind is defaulting to old protective responses that no longer fit the life you are trying to build.
If you have ever asked yourself why you keep getting in your own way, this book offers a clear, compassionate explanation. You are not broken. Your brain is doing what it learned to do under pressure, fear, and uncertainty.
Tourist
by Timothy Strong
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Leaving a mental hospital for the second time, Jake returns to his hometown of Lake Placid amidst the frenzy leading up to the 1980 Winter Olympics.
His best friend Barney fell to his death while building condos to house the tourists attending the games. Conscious of the privilege and wealth surrounding the international competitions, Jake is confronted by the stigma that surrounds mental illness, compounded by the stigma of poverty…