Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
Kickbacks, Kayaks, and Kidnapping
by Tonya Kappes
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Welcome to Normal, Kentucky where NOTHING is normal.
Deep in the heart of the Daniel Boone National Forest, Mae West has spent the last few years bringing the rundown Happy Trails Campground and the small southern and cozy town of Normal, Kentucky back to a thriving economic community.
Mae’s efforts haven’t gone unnoticed. Not only is Happy Trails Campground in the running to be named Campground Hospitality of the Daniel Boone National Park, but she landed the coveted Paddle Fest kayak competition that secures the winner a spot on the Olympic team.
The Children of Men
by P. D. James
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Civilization itself is crumbling as suicide and despair become commonplace. Oxford historian Theodore Faron, apathetic toward a future without a future, spends most of his time reminiscing. Then he is approached by Julian, a bright, attractive woman who wants him to help get her an audience with his cousin, the powerful Warden of England. She and her band of unlikely revolutionaries may just awaken his desire to live . . . and they may also hold the key to survival for the human race.
Told with P. D. James’s trademark suspense, insightful characterization, and riveting storytelling, The Children of Men is a story of a world with no children and no future.
The Last Close Call
by Laura Griffin
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
A talented genetic analyst and a detective who’s haunted by an elusive cold case team up in the new standalone romantic suspense from New York Times bestselling author Laura Griffin.
Forensic genealogist Rowan Healy has made a name for herself by helping investigators trace the family trees of violent criminals who have eluded justice for years. But the pressure of police cases left her burned out, and she’s shifted her focus to helping adoptees find their biological parents.
Austin detective Jack Bruner has spent his career successfully tracking down vicious criminals—with the notable exception of the West Campus Rapist, a meticulous offender in Texas who has never been identified.
Oyster Bay Boogie
by Eric Wilder
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Buckle up! The ride’s about to get bumpy.
When a claw rips through Grogan ‘Chief’ La Tortue’s teepee at midnight, he quickly realizes it isn’t an ordinary beast but a rougarou, a Cajun werewolf stalking Oyster Island, the ancestral home of the Atakapa Indians. Cajun witch Paula Mouton and her friend Odette, who lives in a tent on the beach with her dog Mud Puppy, vow to confront the ghosts in the nearby lighthouse. Their actions soon lead them to the Majestic, a Prohibition-era hotel and casino—a noir setting where they face a vampire, demons, and an avenging angel. The paranormal island is about to become even more haunted. Buckle up and enjoy the thrills, fantasy, and mystery. The ride’s fun and a little racy, but it’s about to get bumpy.
Fly Away
by Kristin Hannah
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Return to the world of FIREFLY LANE—now a Netflix series—from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kristin Hannah.
Once, a long time ago, I walked down a night-darkened road called Firefly Lane, all alone, on the worst night of my life, and I found a kindred spirit. That was our beginning. More than thirty years ago. TullyandKate. You and me against the world. Best friends forever. But stories end, don’t they? You lose the people you love and you have to find a way to go on. . . .
Tully Hart has always been larger than life, a woman fueled by big dreams and driven by memories of a painful past. She thinks she can overcome anything until her best friend, Kate Ryan, dies. Tully tries to fulfill her deathbed promise to Kate–to be there for Kate’s children–but Tully knows nothing about family or motherhood or taking care of people.
Breaking Point
by John Rhodes
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
1940, World War II. The Nazis have crushed Europe, and Hitler launches a massive aerial assault with the Luftwaffe against the heavily outnumbered British RAF. The fate of civilization teeters in the balance.
Johnnie Shaux, a Spitfire fighter pilot, must summon up the fortitude to fly into a battle where death is all but inevitable, and continue to do so until the inevitable occurs…
Eleanor Rand, a brilliant Fighter Command mathematician, studies the control room map constantly tracking the ebbs and flows of the conflict, and sees the glimmerings of a radical breakthrough…
Skulduggery
by Carolyn Hart
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
“You’re the bone lady, aren’t you?”
San Francisco, 1980s: Anthropologist Ellen Christie’s date plans quickly change after a knock at her door. A frantic stranger named Jimmy says he has evidence of the ancient remains of the famed “Peking Man.” It’s a little hard to believe since the bones went missing in China in 1941, but if the bones are real, they belong in her museum. Ellen decides to throw caution to the wind and accompany Jimmy to inspect the remains.
Arriving at Jimmy’s Chinatown apartment, they meet Jimmy’s handsome brother, Dan, but thugs show up a moment later, forcing Jimmy to flee with the bones.
Unexpectedly Ivy
by Sebastiana Devine
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
There is no such thing as an Ivy League formula.
A quick, witty read told in bite-size chapteritas you can finish in one sitting. An extended bathroom break did it for some.
This book reveals how an ordinary family raised a child who was offered admission to Harvard on their own terms.
Through these pithy, reflective chapters, Sebastiana Devine shares what truly matters: confidence to resist turning a child’s life into a performance staged for applause.
For parents wondering whether they should turn into Dr. Frankenstein and stitch together the perfect child, this story offers perspective: a surgery-free, humorous path forward. No body parts required.
Last One Out
by Jane Harper
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
From the New York Times bestselling author of Exiles and The Dry comes a captivating new novel set in a modern ghost town.
Carralon Ridge, a once vibrant village in rural New South Wales, has become a shell of itself, its houses and buildings bought up and left to rot by the mining company operating at its borders. A decade into its slow death, surrounded by industrial noise and swathed in thick layers of dust, the skeletal town is all but abandoned, with just a handful of residents clinging onto what remains.