Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
Murder, She Wrote
by Jessica Fletcher and Terrie Farley Moran
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Invited to deliver a lecture at the Boston Public Library, Jessica Fletcher excitedly makes plans to see local friends. Naturally that includes dinner at Gilhooley’s with PI Harry McGraw. Harry excitedly talks about his latest client, the CEO of Cure All Pharmaceuticals, who’s received anonymous blackmail demands and wants Harry to identify the culprit.
Cookie, Gilhooley’s longtime bartender, also has something he wants to tell Jessica: he asked Harry to investigate his daughter Aileen’s boyfriend, who Cookie thinks is too slick by half, but now Harry is too wrapped up in this new case.
The Third Victim
by Phillip Margolin
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
A woman stumbles onto a dark road in rural Oregon—tortured, battered, and bound. She tells a horrific story about being kidnapped, then tortured, until she finally managed to escape. She was the lucky one—two other women, with similar burns and bruises, were found dead.
The surviving victim identifies the house where she was held captive and the owner, Alex Mason—a prominent local attorney—is arrested. Although he loudly insists upon his innocence, his wife’s statements about his sexual sadism and the physical evidence found at the scene, his summer home, is damning.
Mr. Whiskers
by Joshua Koester
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
To the universe, he is a Class Omega entity of undefined chaos, capable of rewriting reality and staring down elder gods. To Detective Emily Chen, he is Mr. Whiskers: a stray black cat who appeared at a crime scene, eats too much Fancy Feast, and refuses to stay off the furniture.
It is 1982 in Chicago, and the cracks in the world are starting to show. A cult obsessed with an ancient serpent is stealing artifacts, bodies are vanishing from the morgue, and a comet is hurtling toward Earth with an appetite for destruction.
The Baggers
by James Hale
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
But beneath the surface of Main Street USA, after nightfall, the streets belong to a new breed of scavengers: the Baggers—young men chasing quick cash and fleeting purpose, whose choices go far beyond stolen copper pipes and discarded DVD players.
When a seasoned outsider arrives and organizes the Baggers into something more dangerous, Saint Albans becomes a battleground—not just between rival crews, but for the souls of its youth. As violence erupts and alliances shift, crime families from distant cities tighten their grip.
Red Fox Woman
by Judy Ann Davis
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Rancher Flint Ashmore never expected to find a redware potter squatting on the property he purchased along Cherry Creek with his four brothers and sister.
With a ruthless fiancé on her heels, Julia Gast has fled from Pennsylvania to the Colorado Territory to set up her pottery business and raise horses. She desperately needs not only the rich clay deposits of Cherry Creek, but also cash to survive. Against her better judgment, she aligns herself with a renegade Indian who helps her gather wild horses to sell to the same Army which is hunting him.
The Perfect Match
by Dandy Smith
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
Zara has always felt a little ordinary next to her spirited best friend Ivy. Even her dreams seem mundane: a boyfriend, marriage, children… Besides, who would pick her when they could choose lvy? So when Zara meets Henry and there’s an instant spark, she can’t believe her luck. A wealthy CEO who wants to settle down? He’s perfect…until Ivy insists he’s too good to be true.
As Henry and Ivy repeatedly clash, doubts creep into Zara’s mind.
Zero Hour (The NUMA Files)
by Clive Cussler and Graham Brown
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
It’s called zero point energy – a state of energy contained in all matter everywhere, and all but unlimited. Nobody has ever found a way to tap into it, however . . . until one scientist does.
The problem is, his machines also cause great earthquakes, even fissures in tectonic plates. One machine is buried deep underground; the other submerged in a vast ocean trench. If Kurt Austin, Joe Zavala and the rest of the NUMA team aren’t able to find and destroy them – and soon – the world will be on the threshold of a new era of catastrophe and unchecked volcanism.
Blood Moon
by Heather Graham and Jon Land
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
They may have managed to win a major battle against the powerful enemy determined to destroy civilization as we know it. But the war continues, with Alex and Sam embarking on a desperate journey to save mankind, even as their friendship blossoms into something much more.
The roadmap for their journey lies in a mysterious book, the language of which has never been deciphered, until Alex finds himself able to translate the words that may hold the keys to saving the future.
When You Call My Name
by Sharon Sala
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Rediscover this romantic suspense novel from New York Times bestselling author Sharon Sala.
When Glory Dixon sees an injured man in her dreams who shares her same rare blood, she knows she must help by giving Wyatt the most precious gift of all—the gift of life. After the life-saving transfusion, Glory and Wyatt develop a connection that extends beyond blood. When Glory’s life is in danger, she communicates without words, and Wyatt jumps into action without hesitation to protect the stranger who saved his life.