Saturday’s Mystery eBooks

Blood and Ashes

by Eric Wilder

Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad

In the sultry haze of New Orleans, where shadows whisper secrets and history bleeds through the soil, private investigator Wyatt Thomas—renowned for untangling the city’s haunted past—tackles the enigma of Belle Reve’s destruction. The antebellum plantation mansion lies in charred ruins, officially blamed on an electrical fault.

But the streets hum with darker tales: arson fueled by vengeance, fanned by social media vitriol hailing the fire as “justice” for the estate’s brutal slaveholding legacy. Some point to descendants of the enslaved, their pain etched into the land’s bones.

Not a Word
by Linwood Barclay
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad

Every family has secrets, but when Reece visits his parents’ house, he’s shocked to find them in bed, dead. At first glance it looks like a murder-suicide perpetrated by his father, but on closer inspection there’s clearly more to the story.

For starters, inconsistencies in the crime scene suggest his dad may not have shot himself. As Reece, shaken by his horrifying discovery, awaits questioning from the police, his phone lights up with a call. It’s the last person he ever would have expected to hear from.

Faith Hunter
by William Pickrel
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Daniel Rowan used to find things for a living. Then he found something that cost too many people too much, and he disappeared to a cottage at the end of a dirt road. Now a foundation director has tracked him down with a clay jar from a dead collector’s estate.

Inside is a scroll written by a man who calls himself the son of Jesse. It tells where he laid down the sword of Goliath, and why he wrapped it in cloth: his own men had started turning on each other around it.

The Kate Dawson Mysteries, Books 1–3
by John L. Flynn
Kindle $0.50 Rating: 4.5 #ad

Det. Kate Dawson is called to investigate a mass murder and soon finds herself putting her life on the line to stop a doomsday cult from stoking the fires of Armageddon . . .

A car full of corpses on San Francisco’s subway system has Kate facing illegal arms dealers and racing to stop a runaway train loaded with deadly toxins as it speeds toward a packed stadium . . . Kate is called to San Francisco International Airport after a corpse is found in the lavatory of Air Force One.

Deadlock
by Iris Johansen
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Emily Hudson is a renowned archaeologist who travels the world to save priceless artifacts from theft or destruction. Her best friend and partner, Joel Levy, is always at her side—until one day, when her entire crew comes under attack. Joel and Emily are held hostage by a sadistic captor who is determined to find the missing link to a legendary treasure.

For weeks they struggle to survive against terrifying odds, pushed to their limits—and beyond . . . John Garrett has worked for the CIA, British intelligence, and whoever else was willing to pay for his services.

A Cornucopia of Murder
by Michele PW (Pariza Wacek)
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad

When Charlie accepts an invitation for a potluck Thanksgiving feast, she immediately decides to bring dessert. Homemade pies, of course. And they look so delicious that two of the guests decide to sneak a few bites before the meal.

Which wouldn’t be an issue, except they both end up dead! Obviously, Charlie didn’t poison the pies, but that’s not how it appears. Can she solve the case in time to save the day?

Paw and Order
by Spencer Quinn
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad

In the seventh book in the brilliant New York Times bestselling mystery series, canine narrator Chet and PI Bernie Little journey to Washington, DC, and the dog-eat-dog world of our nation’s capital. Chet and Bernie pay a visit to Bernie’s girlfriend, Suzie Sanchez, an ace reporter living in Washington, DC.

She’s working on a big story she can’t talk about, but when her source, a mysterious Brit with possible intelligence connections, runs into trouble of the worst kind, Bernie suddenly finds himself under arrest.

Clive Cussler Obsidian Sky
by Dirk Cussler
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad

When National Underwater and Marine Agency director Dirk Pitt rescues a team of archaeologists trapped in a cavern by an earthquake, an unexpected artifact is discovered that rewrites history. A two-thousand-year-old silver scroll contains a message in a language more ancient than Phoenician and offering clues to a priceless treasure from antiquity.

While they work to decipher the message, another mystery arises. A freighter has disappeared without a trace in the Mediterranean. When Pitt and his partner Al Giordino find the wreck, they discover that the cargo—a large scale particle accelerator capable of creating plutonium and radioisotopes—is missing.