Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
MURDER AT THE FOLLY
by JANE ADAMS
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
A crumbling old manor house with its own sinister folly.
A cast full of suspects with secrets to hide. And a killer waiting in the wings . . .
Retirement suits actress Rina Martin just fine. Until she’s tempted back for one last hurrah, reprising her role as sharp-witted TV sleuth Lydia Marchant.
But is Rina returning for an encore — or the final curtain?
Rina’s seen plenty of drama over the years. But nothing like the chaos she finds on location at Septon Hall. Her costar, the decidedly sour Grace Sweeting, gets a poison pen letter — in what looks like a tasteless prank. Until . . .
Saving Grace
by Madison Lov
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.9 #ad
The man she left behind is now her only hope of staying alive.
Grace Atwood vanished from my life nearly three decades ago, leaving me heartbroken on the courthouse steps. Now, she’s back—using a pen name, hiding from an unknown enemy, and asking for my help. As a journalist who witnessed the murder of a whistleblower, she’s seen too much. And someone is trying to make sure she stays silent.
As a former Air Force Pararescueman turned elite protection specialist for the Southern Knights, I never thought I’d see Grace again—let alone be the one assigned to protect her…
The Law of Innocence
by Michael Connelly
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
On the night he celebrates a big win, defense attorney Mickey Haller is pulled over by police, who find the body of a former client in the trunk of his Lincoln. Haller is immediately charged with murder but can’t post the exorbitant $5 million bail slapped on him by a vindictive judge.
Mickey elects to represent himself and is forced to mount his defense from his jail cell in the Twin Towers Correctional Center in downtown Los Angeles. All the while he needs to look over his shoulder—as an officer of the court he is an instant target, and he makes few friends when he reveals a corruption plot within the jail.
Bride Price
by Barbara Nadel
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Every relationship comes at a cost in this tense and gripping Turkish mystery from award-winning crime writer Barbara Nadel and featuring Ikmen – ‘one of modern crime fiction’s true heroes’ The Times
When jeweler Fahrettin Muftugolu is found dead in his apartment in the Istanbul district of Vefa, it looks like suicide. Searching the jeweler’s home, Inspector Mehmet Suleyman and his team come across a hoard of extraordinary artefacts including solid gold religious relics and a mummified human head. But are they real and, if so, who owns these priceless possessions?
The Housekeeper
by Joy Fielding
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
A woman hires a housekeeper to care for her aging parents—only to watch as she takes over their lives in this riveting novel from the New York Times bestselling author Samantha M. Bailey calls “an ingenious master of domestic suspense.”
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Reader’s Digest
In the end, I have only myself to blame. I’m the one who let her in.
Jodi Bishop knows success. She’s the breadwinner, a top-notch real estate agent. Her husband, Harrison . . . not so much. Once, he had big dreams. But now, he’s a middling writer who resents his wife’s success.
Boom!Town
by Robert Pondillo
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.9 #ad
Bob Pondillo is back!The award-winning screenwriter and author returns with a hilariously dark crime story,BOOM!Town—a satire of every mob movie you’ve ever seen!
It’s a bonkers tale packed with noir comedy and mayhem! If you’re looking for a slow-burn mystery forget it! This mob parody moves like a runaway train!
It’s Youngstown, Ohio, 1962. They call it “Bomb City, USA” for good reason.
When a car bomb rocks the neighborhood and a bloody, severed foot—still wearing its shoe and argyle sock—lands on his roof, retired Mafia cleaner Nunzio sees an opportunity. The foot belongs to Salvatore, a mob turncoat who stole a pile of cash before “losing his breathing license” in a spectacular car bombing. Scribbled on the foot’s arch? A cryptic code that might lead to the missing loot.
Dance of Dreams
by Nora Roberts
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts, two ballet artists whose performances grace the world’s most famous stages discover a more passionate connection when they engage in a Dance of Dreams.
Five years have passed since prima ballerina Ruth Bannion joined the company founded by Russian choreographer Nikolai Davidov. Five years of intense training and conditioning to achieve the physical perfection her impulsive mentor demands of all his dancers. Five years as student and teacher before appearing on stage as equals in a sensual ballet that will inspire Ruth to break through Nikolai’s reserves so they can finally share their hearts’ desires for one another.
Your Next Breath
by Iris Johansen
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Your Next Breath is an explosive thriller from New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen
Catherine Ling is one of the CIA’s most prized operatives. Raised on the streets of Hong Kong, she was pulled into the agency at the age of fourteen. If life has taught her anything, it is not to get attached, but there are two exceptions to that rule: her son Luke and her mentor Hu Chang. Luke was kidnapped at age two, and now, nine years later, he has astonishingly been returned to her. Catherine vows never to fail him again.
The Final Storm
by Fern Michaels
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In an exciting and richly moving new standalone page-turner from New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels, an acclaimed photographer who has overcome her difficult past is suddenly faced with a test of all her courage and resilience.
In her award-winning wildlife photographs, Charlotte Gray captures all the beauty and wonder of the natural world. Far better to focus on breathtaking landscapes than to turn the lens on her own painful childhood and the uncaring mother she left behind in Florida. Piece by piece, Charlotte has built a new, independent life, one she’s eager to protect.