Sunday’s Mystery eBooks

Murder’s the Word
by Sue Minix
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad

To find the truth, she’ll have to read between the lines… Bookstore owner and crime writer Jen is leaving her amateur sleuthing days behind her. She’s got a new novel to finish – if she could just figure out the final murderous twist.

But, when the local high school Principal is murdered, Jen soon discovers that retiring is easier written than done. The town is shocked when their beloved vet is named the prime suspect, but Jen knows he simply couldn’t have done it.


Never Tell A Secret
by Miranda Rijks
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad

Having secrets is dangerous. Sharing them can be fatal. Emma’s family is coming apart at the seams. Her marriage to Hayden is crumbling. Their 21-year-old daughter Willow is unraveling after a breakup. Their teenage son Fred is isolated and unhappy.

So when they are offered the chance to test ClarityU—a revolutionary AI therapist built by Marcel, their widowed friend—it feels like a potential lifeline. And at first, it really does seem to help. But there’s a hidden catch. ClarityU is dangerously addictive and Marcel can see everything they share with it. Every confession. Every fear. Every secret.


Nancy Drew Mystery Stories Books 1-4
by Carolyn Keene
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad

Step into the thrilling world of Nancy Drew, the clever and fearless teenage detective whose adventures have captivated readers for generations. This Illustrated Edition brings together the first four classic mysteries in the beloved series, enhanced with evocative illustrations that help bring Nancy’s world, characters, and investigations vividly to life.

Join Nancy as she uncovers hidden clues, solves baffling puzzles, and confronts dangerous secrets with intelligence, courage, and determination. From mysterious disappearances to long-buried family secrets, each story delivers suspense, intrigue, and unforgettable twists that have made Nancy Drew one of literature’s most enduring heroines.


Three Fates
by Nora Roberts
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad

When the RMS Lusitania sank in 1915, one survivor became a changed man, giving up his life as a petty thief. But the man still kept the small silver statue he lifted, saving it as a reminder of his past and a family heirloom for future generations. A century later, that priceless heirloom—one of a long-separated set of three—has been stolen again.

Malachi, Gideon, and Rebecca Sullivan are determined to recover their great-great-grandfather’s treasure, reunite the Three Fates, and make their fortune. Their quest will take them from their home in Ireland to Helsinki, Prague, and New York, where they will meet a brilliant scholar who will aid them in their hunt—and an ambitious woman who will stop at nothing to acquire the Fates….


Hard Rain
by Joshua Harkin
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad

There’s something deadly in the water. His name is Frank Ranger. When Hurricane Harvey hits Houston, drowning the fourth largest city in America, former Marine Frank Ranger joins the desperate rescue effort, pulling strangers from flooded attics and rooftops.

Then a distress call leads him to Rose Davensworth, the daughter of a Texas oil billionaire, who has been taken hostage in her home by looters posing as Texas National Guardsmen. The leader of this crew owes money to a savage Aryan gang and he sees Rose as a pawn he can use to clear his debt.


The hidden staircase
by Carolyn Keene
Kindle $0.52 Rating: 4.6 #ad

Join Nancy Drew in one of her most thrilling and beloved mystery adventures. The Hidden Staircase is the second classic mystery featuring the world-famous teenage detective Nancy Drew. When strange occurrences and ghostly sounds begin terrorizing the owners of a mysterious mansion, Nancy embarks on a dangerous investigation to uncover the truth behind the haunting secrets hidden within its walls.

Filled with suspense, adventure, clever detective work, and unforgettable characters, this timeless mystery has captivated readers for generations and remains a cornerstone of children’s and young adult literature.


Claimed By My Weredragon
by Celeste Raye
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad

He was ordered to watch her. He never expected to become her mate. Diana Montanari has spent eighteen months fighting to save a dying world while raising her son and navigating a court determined to control her. Kavren has spent twenty-six years obeying orders, becoming the Dowager’s most trusted guard.

When he is assigned to protect Diana, their attraction is impossible to ignore—but so is the danger surrounding them. With Dobromia’s sun dying, a rebellion rising, and enemies determined to destroy the alliance, Kavren must choose between the loyalty that shaped his life and the woman fate has claimed as his.


Stalking the Angel
by Robert Crais
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad

Meet Elvis Cole, L.A. private eye . . . he quotes Jiminy Cricket and carries a .38. He’s a literate, wisecreacking Vietnam vet who is determined never to grow up.

The blonde who walked into Cole’s office was the bestlooking woman he’d seen in weeks. The only thing that kept her from rating a perfect “10” was the briefcase on one arm and the uptight hotel magnate on the other. Bradley Warren had lost something very valuable—something that belonged to someone else: a rare thirteenth-century Japanese manuscript called the Hagakure.

Saturday’s Mystery eBooks

The Legend of Sleepy Mayfair
by Kassandra Lamb
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad

A Halloween romp with a seriously scary twist! Her adopted town is once again driving service dog trainer Marcia Banks a little nuts. No sooner has she moved her horse into the new Mayfair Riding Stable than its octogenarian, muumuu-wearing owner decides to turn the barn into a haunted house for Halloween.

Meanwhile, an anonymous prankster is haunting Mayfair, disrupting its small-town tranquility, and the local postmistress has a strange request for Marcia. All this, along with her new role of godmother to adorable twins, is a bit overwhelming. But it’s nothing compared to what’s coming.


The Anchored Series Collection
by Bridget E. Baker
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad

What if saving our world means destroying another? Alora’s brain has always been a little strange. No matter how hard things on Earth got, and they got pretty awful, she always dreamt that she possessed amazing telekinetic powers on another world. Her brother called them her delusions of grandeur.

But when things start to go unbelievably well on Earth—hot guys asking her out and her brother landing a terrific job—everything falls apart in her dream world. As people she’s seen in her dreams begin to appear on Earth, Alora fears that the two worlds may in fact be connected.


It’s Not What You Think
by Clare Mackintosh
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad

He has a secret. She knows he’s lying… Nadeeka is certain Jamie is having an affair. She knows the tell-tale signs. She’s been here before. When Jamie claims to be at work late, she knows he’s lying.

He’s with another woman, and she’s determined to catch him in the act. But when Nadeeka arrives home to confront him, Jamie can’t explain himself. The house has become a crime scene…Jamie is dead. YOU THINK YOU KNOW THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE YOU THINK YOU KNOW WHO YOU CAN TRUST YOU THINK YOU KNOW HOW THE STORY ENDS IT’S NOT WHAT YOU THINK.


Camilla Lackberg Crime Thrillers 4-6
by Camilla Läckberg
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad

THE STRANGER: A series of tragic road accidents and the murder of a reality TV contestant mark the end to a quiet winter for Detective Patrik Hedström. THE HIDDEN CHILD: The discovery of a Nazi medal in her late mother’s belongings leads Erica Falck to dig into her family’s past, and drag a dark truth from WW2 into the light…

THE DROWNING: When a local author and his circle of friends receive death threats, his mentor crime writer Erica Falck investigates. But as the victims conceal evidence, what is the secret they would die to protect?


I’m Thinking of Ending Things
by Iain Reid
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 3.7 #ad

Now a Netflix original movie, this deeply scary and intensely unnerving novel follows a couple in the midst of a twisted unraveling of the darkest unease. You will be scared. But you won’t know why… I’m thinking of ending things. Once this thought arrives, it stays. It sticks. It lingers. It’s always there. Always.

Jake once said, “Sometimes a thought is closer to truth, to reality, than an action. You can say anything, you can do anything, but you can’t fake a thought.” And here’s what I’m thinking: I don’t want to be here.


Long Upon the Land
by Margaret Maron
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad

On a quiet August morning, Judge Deborah Knott’s father Kezzie makes a shocking discovery on a remote corner of his farm: the body of a man bludgeoned to death. Investigating this crime, Deborah’s husband, Sheriff’s Deputy Dwight Bryant, soon uncovers a long-simmering hostility between Kezzie and the slain man over a land dispute.

The local newspaper implies that Deborah’s family may have had something to do with the murder-and that Dwight is dragging his feet on the case. Meanwhile, Deborah is given a cigarette lighter that once belonged to her mother.


Unexpected Visitor
by John Walker & Jack Dawson
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad

Mur has kept a secret under his floorboards for fifty years. He was twelve when his best friend’s mother handed him a strange box and made him promise to hide it. That evening the family drove away, their house burned down, and Cleo never came back.

Mur grew up, went gray, and became the handyman every small town needs. The box stayed where he put it. Then, in a single night, two visitors come for it. One steals it and vanishes. The other is Cleo. Fifty years have passed, yet she looks like she is just twenty-five.


The Far Empty
by J. Todd Scott
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad

In this gritty crime debut set in the stark Texas borderlands, an unearthed skeleton will throw a small town into violent turmoil.

Seventeen-year-old Caleb Ross is adrift in the wake of the sudden disappearance of his mother more than a year ago, and is struggling to find his way out of the small Texas border town of Murfee. Chris Cherry is a newly minted sheriff’s deputy, a high school football hero who has reluctantly returned to his hometown.


Robert Ludlum’s The Treadstone Rendition
by Joshua Hood
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad

The final days of the American presence in Afghanistan bring Adam Hayes a summons he can’t ignore in the latest electrifying thriller from the world of Robert Ludlum. Adam Hayes has stepped away from the field for the last time.

He’s promised his wife that he won’t put his life on the line any more, and there’s nothing that will make him break a promise to his wife. Well…almost nothing. With America withdrawing from Afghanistan and the Taliban closing in, Abdul Nassir reached out to his old friend.