Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
5 Bodies to Die For
by Stephanie Bond
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
The body count keeps rising…
The Charmed Killer is on the loose in Atlanta and Carlotta Wren is caught up in the terror–especially when her body-moving side business brings her dangerously close to the action.
And then… She’s forced to take refuge in her former fiancé’s house–much to the chagrin of other interested parties… Her brother Wesley begins to behave as if he has his own death wish…
And someone close to her is implicated in the mass murders.
Corpus
by Rory Clements
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
The gripping spy thriller for fans of Robert Harris from Sunday Times bestseller Rory Clements, author of the award-winning NUCLEUS.
1936 – Europe is in turmoil. The Nazis have marched into the Rhineland. In Russia, Stalin has unleashed his Great Terror. Spain has erupted in civil war.
In Berlin, a young Englishwoman evades the Gestapo to deliver vital papers to a Jewish scientist. Within weeks, she is found dead, a silver syringe clutched in her fingers.
Out of Time
by Mario Diana
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
The Assignment confirmed Jay’s life was over. Or maybe it was just beginning. His orders: to join the crew of ship that moves through centuries, and to leave the past exactly as he found it.
Easier said than done. Jay’s mission to the past leads him to an object that should not exist, a promise between two lovers meant to survive centuries. To mark a path across time, and reunite them forever.
But something has gone wrong, and history is already breaking. As Jay follows the object across shifting timelines, he races to repair a growing paradox, his captain desperate to undo the mistake that began it all. Unaware of the turmoil surrounding her, an American nursing student, Aurelia, is caught in the struggle between eras , and Jay is forced to confront the one thing his training never prepared him for: caring about someone he was never meant to meet.
To Die For
by David Baldacci
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Travis Devine has become a pro at accomplishing any mission he’s given. But this time it’s not his skills that send him to Seattle to aid the FBI in escorting orphaned, twelve-year-old Betsy Odom to a meeting with her uncle, who’s under federal investigation. Instead, he’s hoping to lay low and keep off the radar of an enemy—the girl on the train. But as Devine gets to know Betsy, questions begin to arise around the death of her parents. Devine digs for answers, and what he finds points to a conspiracy bigger than he could’ve ever imagined.
Miles from Mercy
by Carter Woods
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
They sent the kids to the woods to fix them. Then the EMP hit, and the woods became something else entirely. Harmony has eight troubled teenagers, three days of food, and zero contact with the outside world. The rules don’t apply anymore. The teens know it. She knows it. And whatever is stalking the edges of their camp knows it too. Survival out here won’t come down to supplies. It’ll come down to who breaks first.
Never Look Away
by Linwood Barclay
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
A warm summer Saturday. An amusement park. David Harwood is glad to be spending some quality time with his wife and their four-year-old son. But what begins as a pleasant family outing turns into a nightmare after an inexplicable disappearance. A frantic search only leads to an even more shocking and harrowing turn of events. Until this terrifying moment, David Harwood is just a small-town reporter in need of a break. Now the only thing he cares about is restoring his family. Desperate for any clue, David dives into his own investigation—and into a web of lies and deceit. For with every new piece of evidence he uncovers, David finds more questions—and moves ever closer to a shattering truth.
Obsession
by Stuart Woods, Brett Battles
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
While filming on location in scenic Santa Barbara, California, Peter Barrington and Ben Bacchetti look to expand Centurion Studios’ business by making a deal with a young Croatian tech billionaire. But when the magnate’s wife is kidnapped, Teddy Fay is brought in to assess the threat and recover the young woman.
As Teddy unravels the threads of her disappearance, he quickly comes to find an old vendetta seethes at the center, one that puts them all at risk. And danger is lurking even nearer to home as an obsessive fan with perilous intentions weasels his way onto the film set. It’s only Teddy who can stop him from getting too close for comfort.
EMBRACE THE WIND
by Susan Denning
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
What is the cost of living life on your own terms? For a young woman on the American Frontier, the price can be high. Aislynn Maher trusted the wrong man. To conceal her disgrace, she abandons her job, her home, her family and friends. She turns to the raw, contentious US marshal of the Wyoming Territory, Orrin Sage, who is hiding a guilty secret of his own. Setting out alone, Aislynn brings her optimism and determination to Cheyenne. But in this rough town, with its prejudice, violence and lawlessness, it’s not just difficult to do what you believe is right─ it’s potentially deadly…