Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
White Elephant Dead
by Carolyn Hart
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Murder is, surprisingly, not all that uncommon on timy Broward’s Rock, an idyllic sea island community off the South Carolina coast.
Annie Darling’s popular mystery bookshop, Death on Demand, is where the locals come to discuss the juicy details of each criminal offense–under the watchful gaze of a pampered feline prima donna named Agatha. But now Annie’s dear friend (and best customer) Henny Brawley stands accused of murdering a Women’s Club volunteer-cum-blackmailer.
Heir to the Empire
by Timothy Zahn
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Five years ago, the Rebel Alliance destroyed the Death Star, defeated Darth Vader and the Emperor, and drove the remnants of the old Imperial Starfleet to a distant corner of the galaxy. Princess Leia and Han Solo are married and expecting twins. And Luke Skywalker has become the first in a long-awaited line of Jedi Knights.
But thousands of light-years away, the last of the Emperor’s warlords, Grand Admiral Thrawn, has taken command of the shattered Imperial fleet, readied it for war, and pointed it at the fragile heart of the New Republic…
Echoes of Evil
by Heather Graham
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Something lurks beneath the surface…
Brodie McFadden is supposed to be on vacation, getting some sunshine and deciding if he wants to join his brothers in the Krewe of Hunters, a special paranormal investigation unit of the FBI. But a diving excursion with an old navy buddy to a historic shipwreck uncovers a crime scene—and the corpse is new.
Museum curator Dakota “Kody” McCoy just wants her Key West culture festival to succeed. She’s always had a deep connection to her home, including being regularly haunted by some of the resident ghosts.
Three Dark Kings and the Starlit Court
by Everly Frost
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Three dark kings rule my fate.
The Ember King burns with fury and thirsts for destruction.
The Frost King strikes without mercy and delights in cruelty.
And the Iron King weaves lies into chains to cage his enemies.
For centuries, a cursed war has raged between the three fae kingdoms, their ruthless kings hunting for the power to destroy each other once and for all.
All my life, my father has warned me: the power they seek… is me.
Once In, Never Out
by Dan Mahoney
Kindle $0.50 Rating: 4.5 #ad
A girl missing in New York. A political bombing in Iceland. No ordinary cop would see a connection. But Detective First Grade Brian McKenna didn’t earn his reputation by being ordinary. In Once In, Never Out, McKenna travels the globe in pursuit of his darkest foe yet–a terrorist bomber whose next target could be New York’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Along the way he finds a good friend and cunning ally in Thor Erikson, Iceland’s sole homicide detective. This is a case that brings McKenna to the edge of his abilities, and puts both his detecting and survival skills to the ultimate test.
A Gambling Man
by David Baldacci
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Aloysius Archer, the straight-talking World War II veteran fresh out of prison, returns in this riveting #1 New York Times bestselling thriller from David Baldacci.
The 1950s are on the horizon, and Archer is in dire need of a fresh start after a nearly fatal detour in Poca City. So Archer hops on a bus and begins the long journey out west to California, where rumor has it there is money to be made if you’re hard-working, lucky, criminal—or all three.
The Haunting of Sorrow’s Leap
by Chris Sorensen
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Ellen Marx used to talk to the dead. Now they’re ghosting her. With her psychic gifts on the fritz, she’s been demoted to hawking discount crystals at third-rate paranormal conventions. But when she inadvertently solves a supernatural challenge at New Jersey’s Hooky Spooky Convention, she catches the eye of the event’s reclusive sponsor: a washed-up horror author with a haunted mansion in need of a serious cleansing.
Reluctantly, Ellen joins his ragtag crew of psychic misfits (a near-death survivor, a paranormal tech bro, and a woman who may or may not be possessed) to investigate the mystery lurking inside his crumbling Hudson Valley estate.
FROM THE PAINTED TOMB
by Brenda Hill
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
2021 Readers’ Favorite Silver Medal Award
Literary Titan’s Golden Book Award
Born an exalted Egyptian prince, 3rd son of Thutmose III, Prince Rahmor stood in favor with his father–until he commits the one unpardonable sin – he falls in love with a slave his father has chosen to be queen. His love for this woman not only endangers his life, but the consequences carry through the ages to a contemporary copper-haired American woman. He didn’t count on falling in love with her, nor did he know he’d have a fight to the death with a mystical werewolf that follows him through time.