Monday’s Mystery eBooks
Death at the Village Christmas Fair
by Debbie Young
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
It’s been a busy year for Alice Carroll, with her Curiosity Shop opening for business, and not one but two murders shaking things up in her quaint Cotswold village. She’s looking forward to her first countryside Christmas, complete with traditional Christmas Fair and Santa Run.
But her hopes for innocent festive fun are thwarted when one of the Santa Runners steals something from her mum’s knitting stall. His festive outfit makes him hard to spot, until he’s found fatally injured outside the village hall with the stolen item.
Keep Quiet
by Lisa Scottoline
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Scottoline delivers once again with Keep Quiet, an emotionally gripping and complex story about one man’s split-second decision to protect his son – and the devastating consequences that follow.Jake Buckman’s relationship with his sixteen-year-old son Ryan is not an easy one, so at the urging of his loving wife, Pam, Jake goes alone to pick up Ryan at their suburban movie theater. On the way home, Ryan asks to drive on a deserted road, and Jake sees it as a chance to make a connection. However, what starts as a father-son bonding opportunity instantly turns into a nightmare. Tragedy strikes, and with Ryan’s entire future hanging in the balance, Jake is forced to make a split-second decision that plunges them both into a world of guilt and lies.
The Silent Survivor
by RobertJ Walker
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
The lights vanish. The cities fall.
Alone on their ranch, a family must battle hunger, violence, and the enemy sweeping through the countryside. The lights died in seconds. Now the rules are gone. On an isolated ranch, one family faces starvation, raiders, and the end of everything they knew.
Wealth of Secrets
by Stacy Angell Curtis
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
In the wake of her parents’ sudden deaths, Brynnan’s reality is spinning out of control. Unexplained threats are dredging up old fears–and fueling new anxiety about her safety.
Determined to help, Brynnan’s billionaire uncle rushes to her side, along with his newly hired head-of-security—former special forces operative, Jack McKerrick. Jack is tasked with ensuring Brynnan’s safety, but when he realizes she’s being targeted, Jack learns about Brynnan’s painful past, and starts to suspect she’s in more danger than she realizes.
Wealth of Secrets
by Stacy Angell Curtis
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Last Christmas Marcie Sullivan said a final goodbye to her husband, Bobby. This Christmas she’s come to Virgin River to find the man who saved his life and gave her three more years to love him.
Fellow marine Ian Buchanan dragged Bobby’s shattered body onto a medical transport in Fallujah four years ago, then disappeared as soon as their unit arrived stateside. Since then, Marcie’s letters to Ian have gone unanswered.
A Grave in the Woods
by Martin Walker
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
When Abby, an American archaeologist, arrives in St. Denis on the heels of her divorce, she hopes to make a new life for herself as a specialist guide for visiting tourists. So when a local British couple discover a grave from World War II on their property, Abby is able to put her training to good use. As it turns out, in the grave are the remains of two German women and an Italian submarine officer who had a big secret to hide. The women are suspected of having had links to the German garrison in Bordeaux during the war. It’s up to Bruno, just recovered from a gunshot wound earlier in the year, to unravel the mystery—and its contemporary relevance.
Bad Thoughts
by Dave Zeltserman
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 3.7 #ad
From acclaimed author Dave Zeltserman comes a dark, captivating thriller unlike any you’ve ever seen, a killer unlike any you’ve ever imagined, and an ending unlike any you’ve ever dreamed of. One afternoon 13 year-old Billy Shannon comes home to a living nightmare. His mother being brutally murdered is only the beginning… 20 years later, Bill Shannon is now a cop in Cambridge, Massachusetts. As the twenty-year anniversary of his mother’s death is approaching, women are being murdered in the same horrific grisly fashion. And while this is going on, he’s having blackouts which only seem to be getting worse… Everything seems to be pointing to one of two possibilities: Shannon has gone insane or his mom’s killer is back to his old tricks. Except if it’s mom’s killer, he’s come back a long way to do these new killings… all the way from the grave.
Whaling Town
by David Parker Allen
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
“The poems are refreshing. Ambient. Mysterious . . . With language both tempered and ecstatic, Allen gives us a book steeped in the salt of old ports, the bite of memory, and the unexpected warmth of the now.” —Matthew Lippman, award-winning author of We Are All Sleeping with Our Sneakers On
This is a place you never hear about in America…
A unique American collection of poetry, Whaling Town explores the rough work of self-realization and the roots that anchor us to the unsteady ground of our past.
Return of the Spider
by James Patterson
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
Detective Alex Cross; the “human superhero” (New York Times) versus Gary Soneji; the “most deliciously wicked character since Hannibal Lecter” (Lexington Herald-Leader).
But that wasn’t their first meeting…
Police discover that Soneji kept a murder book, Profiles in Homicidal Genius, detailing his transformation from substitute teacher to hardened serial killer—including clues that imply missteps that Alex Cross may have made a rookie homicide detective.
Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good
by Helene Tursten, Marlaine Delargy
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Maud is an irascible 88-year-old Swedish woman with no family, no friends, and… no qualms about a little murder. This funny, irreverent story collection by Helene Tursten, author of the Irene Huss investigations, features two-never-before translated stories that will keep you laughing all the way to the retirement home.
Ever since her darling father’s untimely death when she was only eighteen, Maud has lived in the family’s spacious apartment in downtown Gothenburg rent-free, thanks to a minor clause in a hastily negotiated contract. That was how Maud learned that good things can come from tragedy…
One Little Mistake
by Miranda Rijks
Kindle 0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
They were best friends forever. Then Kate made one little mistake…
Kate thought the spreadsheet was harmless—a private ranking of her four best friends detailing their various strengths and weaknesses. But when it leaks online and goes viral, her carefully curated life implodes.
Social invitations vanish, her business crumbles, even her marriage starts to fall apart. It’s as if the silken thread that has been holding everything together has been pulled and now it’s all unravelling.
And it gets worse. Someone on the list seems to be out for revenge, determined to destroy whatever is left of Kate’s perfect life. As anonymous threats multiply and her son falls mysteriously ill, Kate doesn’t know where to turn or who to trust.
Something to Hide
by Elizabeth George
Kindle 1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers and Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley are back in the next Lynley novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth George.
When a police detective is taken off life support after falling into a coma, only an autopsy reveals the murderous act that precipitated her death. She’d been working on a special task force within North London’s Nigerian community, and Acting Detective Superintendent Thomas Lynley is assigned to the case, which has far-reaching cultural associations that have nothing to do with life as he knows it. In his pursuit of a killer determined to remain hidden, he’s assisted by Detective Sergeants Barbara Havers and Winston Nkata…
A Day in the Death of Dorothea Cassidy
by Ann Cleeves
Kindle 2.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
Before Shetland and Vera, Ann Cleeves wrote the Inspector Ramsay series featuring a talented, brilliant detective—now in print for the first time in the US.
For Dorothea Cassidy, Thursdays were special. Every week she would look forward to the one day she could call her own, a welcome respite from the routine duties of being a vicar’s wife. But one Thursday in June would be her last—the day Dorothea Cassidy was strangled…
Heat Lightning
by John Sandford
Kindle 1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Virgil Flowers hunts a killer responsible for a strange string of murders in this thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author John Sandford.
On a hot, humid summer night in Minnesota, Virgil Flowers gets a call from Lucas Davenport. A body has been found near a veterans’ memorial in Stillwater with two shots to the head and a lemon in his mouth—exactly like the body they found two weeks ago…
The Deputy & Mirabel
by L.K. Campbell
Kindle 0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Mirabel Findley is fired from her nursing job for allegedly helping outlaw Danny McGowan escape from a clinic. During a Christmas blizzard, she flees to Red Gorge, Dakota Territory, where her cousin is the sheriff. There, Mirabel discovers Danny is also in town, trying to clear his brothers of a crime they didn’t commit. He forces Mirabel to help, trapping her and Deputy Micah Hansen in a perilous situation. Mirabel and Deputy Hansen must work together to survive and ensure justice prevails.
All Her Fault
by Andrea Mara
Kindle 0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
ONE MISSING BOY.
Marissa Irvine arrives at 14 Tudor Grove, expecting to pick up her young son Milo from his first playdate with a boy at his new school. But the woman who answers the door isn’t a mother she recognises. She isn’t the nanny. She doesn’t have Milo. And so begins every parent’s worst nightmare.
FOUR GUILTY WOMEN.
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
by Damien Lewis
Kindle 1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
One of the most remarkable stories in the history of Special Forces’ operations – Daily Express
In the bleak moments after defeat on mainland Europe in winter 1939, wartime leader Winston Churchill knew that Britain had to strike back hard.
He recruited a band of eccentric free-thinking warriors to become the first ‘deniable’ secret operatives behind enemy lines, offering these volunteers nothing but the potential for glory and all-but-certain death.
Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
Bichoned to Death
by C.B. Wilson
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Helping a friend in need could get her killed. Can she bake her way through the bedlam of bow wow biscuits to catch a murderer before he strikes again?
An award-winning, dog-loving chef should’ve fit right in the dog friendliest city in America. But, murder strikes on the set of Cat Wright’s hit cable show, Fido’s Food Fest, and what was once a simple rivalry turns into a dog fight.
With her star chef under arrest, Cat must dig up enough evidence to prove her innocence. But, as the facts stack up against them, her only suspect is a ghost.
Can Cat sniff beyond the obvious to fry the killer for life?
Counterfeit
by Kirstin Chen
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
For fans of Hustlers and How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, the story of two Asian American women who band together to grow a counterfeit handbag scheme into a global enterprise – an incisive and glittering blend of fashion, crime, and friendship from the author of Bury What We Cannot Take and Soy Sauce for Beginners.
Money can’t buy happiness… but it can buy a decent fake.
Ava Wong has always played it safe. As a strait-laced, rule-abiding Chinese American lawyer with a successful surgeon as a husband, a young son, and a beautiful home – she’s built the perfect life. But beneath this façade, Ava’s world is crumbling: her marriage is falling apart, her expensive law degree hasn’t been used in years, and her toddler’s tantrums are pushing her to the breaking point.
Verndari Awakening
by Deborah Lamoreaux
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
It’s 2135 and aliens live among us on earth. They are Verndari – the defenders.
But to God’s loyal angels, they are exiles. The one third who fell to earth at the dawn of time.
And as the human resistance knows all too well, they are growing restless…
Elise Sharpe runs a cutting-edge non-profit, and thanks to a fated meeting with her guardian angel, she’s going places. London, Paris, Rome. Just name a famous city; chances are she’s been there…
Bullets in the Briar
by Kimber Silver
Kindle $5.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
The discovery of a mutilated body on remote farmland is only the start of Sheriff Lincoln James’ latest investigation. A mysterious religious sect and an intimidating biker gang add fuel to the fire. Within the sheriff’s circle of friends is someone with a hidden connection – If only she’d be willing to step forward…
To add to his problems, Lincoln has a fiercely contested election to win if he’s going to continue as sheriff. His opponent is a smooth out-of-towner who is making friends among the local people, so it’s going to be a fight.
The Lancers Books 1-3 Omnibus
by P R Adams
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Bounty hunters, detectives, mercenaries—people with a particular set of skills.
Four people with secrets to keep, each drawn to the fringes of human space. Three tales of mystery and suspense.
A bounty hunter arrives on a mining colony, desperate for work, which she finds. But is she ready for what awaits her deep underground?
A mercenary takes an assignment on a frontier colony world where a small group of religious zealots threaten to undo the fragile balance with the colonial government. Is she there to rescue the man who hired her team, or is there some other game at play?
The Lying House
by Rick Mofina
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
In this domestic thriller, a terrifying home invasion unravels everything a young woman thinks she knows about her perfect home and marriage.
Lisa Taylor has friends, family and a job she loved back in Cleveland. But when her husband Jeff lands the promotion of a lifetime, she gives it all up to go him. Their whirlwind move to Miami feels like an adventure, their idyllic new neighborhood the perfect place to start a family. But their dreams are shattered when a stranger breaks into their house, holding a knife to Lisa’s throat before Jeff can chase him off…
MISTAKEN ASSASSIN
by Cynthia Hickey
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Amazon, and ECPA best-selling and award-winning author.
When Marilu Hutchins wakes to a stranger in her bed and ten years of lost memories flooding back, she must face the terrifying truth—she might be a hired killer.
Marilu Hutchins thought she was living a normal life—until she wakes beside a man who isn’t her husband and memories of the last ten years come crashing back. Among the fragments lurks a chilling possibility: she might be a professional assassin.
Haunted by her past and desperate to find her missing daughter, Marilu’s world spirals into chaos when she crosses paths with Brad Morrison, an undercover agent whose brother she was hired to kill…
The Beaver Theory
by Antti Tuomainen
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Henri Koskinen, intrepid insurance mathematician and adventure-park entrepreneur, firmly believes in the power of common sense and order. That is until he moves in with painter Laura Helanto and her daughter…
As Henri realises he has inadvertently become part of a group of local dads, a competing adventure park is seeking to expand their operations, not always sticking to the law in the process…
Unbreakable
by Kate Lowry
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Feeling stuck with a fear-based leader? You’re not powerless – and you’re not alone.
In our fast-changing world, fear-based leaders rise quickly – tightening their grip as chaos grows. But what if you could learn to predict their behavior, neutralize their impact, and protect what matters most?
Unbreakable is your tactical guide to thriving under fear-based leadership.Written in short, digestible chapters, this book shows you how to manage up, set boundaries, and stay anchored—without losing your job, your values, or your sanity. Drawing on decades of experience in start-ups, venture capital firms, big tech, and consulting, Kate Lowry offers a master class in navigating high-control, unstable environments with clarity and agency.
Friday’s Mystery eBooks
Just Another Dead Author
by Katarina Bivald
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
The pen is mightier than the sword—but both are deadly in the wrong hands
When mystery author Berit Gardner agrees to attend a writer’s conference in the idyllic French countryside, she dreams of basking in the sun and nurturing budding talent. But her vacation takes a dark turn when the keynote speaker—a notorious literary titan known for his biting critiques—drops dead at the end of her lecture. As whispers of foul play swirl, Berit quickly realizes she’s stepped into a tangled web of jealousy, betrayal, and long-held grudges.
Between Friends
by Natalie Banks
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Three friends. One terrible secret. The truth will destroy them all.
When Olivia vanishes without a trace, Madison and Imogen swear they’ll never speak of what happened that summer night. But years later, the past refuses to stay buried. As terrifying clues surface, Madison realizes someone knows what they did – and this time, silence won’t save them.
If you love twisty psychological suspense woven with haunting emotion, Natalie Banks delivers both in this gripping thriller.
Perfect for readers of Lisa Jewell, Freida McFadden, Melinda Leigh, and Kendra Elliot.
Phantom
by H. D. Carlton
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
The married woman of the manor. The stranger outside. An intoxicating novel of dark temptation and dangerous desire by the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Cat and Mouse Duet.
November 12, 1944. This house holds on to souls for a lifetime. I thought I had given it to my husband when I vowed to love him until the end of time. I lied. Nothing could have prepared me for the day my phantom appeared outside my window. He was terrifying, yet hypnotizing, and I couldn’t deny my intrigue. I never intended to fall into a whirlwind romance with my stalker. Especially because he’s so much more than that. A criminal. A mobster…
The God of the Woods
by Liz Moore
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
When a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two worlds collide
Early morning, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant, Barbara Van Laar, has gone missing. Barbara isn’t just any thirteen-year-old: she’s the daughter of the family that owns the summer camp and employs most of the region’s residents. And this isn’t the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared. Barbara’s older brother similarly vanished fourteen years ago, never to be found.
The Killing Hour
by Lisa Gardner
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Each time he strikes, he takes two victims. He waits for the first victim to be discovered—a body containing all the clues investigators need to find the second victim, who counts the seconds to a slow but certain death.
Now two girls have disappeared and the deadly countdown begins again. Rookie FBI agent Kimberly Quincy knows that the killer’s deadline can be met—but she’ll have to break some rules to do it. Joining forces with her father, renowned FBI profiler Pierce Quincy, and his partner, Rainie Conner, Kimberly will begin a dangerous hunt for a predator like none she’s ever seen.
Song of Echoes
by R.E. Palmer
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
An ancient evil stirs. The realms stand divided. Who will rise when all seems lost?
Toryn, a young man haunted by a legacy he fears may claim his life, is forced to flee his home. But when he’s seized by a witch in the north, the truth of his destiny is revealed — a truth that terrifies him.
Elodi, called to lead her people after her father’s sudden death, is burdened by doubt. When a creature from the past storms the gates of Calerdorn, she finds the courage to face the rampaging hordes that seek to enslave her people. But this is only the beginning; a far greater horror looms, one that will test every ounce of her strength and resolve.
House of Windows
by John Langan, Adam Nevill
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
The haunting debut novel by the Bram Stoker Award-winning author—”think Henry James and Joyce Carol Oates with just a few paragraphs of Joe Lansdale” (Tor.com).
For the last few years, Veronica Croydon has been at the center of scandal, first as the younger woman for whom her famous professor left his wife, and then as his apparent widow. When a writer staying at the same vacation home as Veronica has the chance to hear her story, he jumps at it. What follows takes him to the dark heart of a father’s troubled relationship with his only son, in a story that stretches from the Hudson Valley to Afghanistan; and from post-9/11 America to Victorian England.
Song of the West
by Nora Roberts
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
In Song of the West, #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts sets the rhythm between two disparate hearts who find their natural desires are bringing their abilities to love out of the cold.
Philadelphian Samantha Evans is content with the life she made for herself after competing as an Olympic gymnast. So she has some hesitation about giving up the city for the wilds of Wyoming ranch country to help out her pregnant twin sister. It isn’t long before the beautiful mountains and natural landscape cast a spell over Sam’s spirit, tempting her to stay. But even more tempting is Jake Tanner, a rugged cowboy who knows just how to tap into her natural instinctual passions.
Harbor Lights
by James Lee Burke
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
A dynamic, gripping collection of short stories from “America’s best novelist” (Denver Post), the New York Times bestselling James Lee Burke
Harbor Lights is a story collection from one of the most popular and widely acclaimed icons of American fiction, featuring a never-before-published novella. These eight stories move from the marshlands on the Gulf of Mexico to the sweeping plains of Colorado to prisons, saloons, and trailer parks across the South, weaving together love, friendship, violence, survival, and revenge.
The King’s Ransom
by Janet Evanovich
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
Gabriela Rose, recovery agent extraordinaire, can find just about anything. Too bad she can’t seem to lose her gorgeous-but-infuriating ex-husband Rafer Jones. And now he needs her help. His cousin, Harley, is in trouble…big trouble.
As the president of a too-big-to-fail bank, he invested an astronomical amount of money in insuring some of the world’s most priceless artifacts at the urging of his board. It seemed like a low-risk, high-reward business move, so he jumped in with both feet.
Dragon’s Curious Cop
by Serena Meadows
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
A dragon bound by duty. A cop bound by lies. A love too dangerous to deny.
Taylor Gordon is ready to walk away from the clan that has ruled his every step. With graduation in sight, he’s determined to finally break free—even if it means facing a cousin who will stop at nothing to steal his birthright.
Emily Torres is undercover, tasked with exposing the truth about Sigma Delta Hu. Her badge demands she get close to Taylor. Her heart demands she stay far away…
Some lies can tear them apart. Only love can make them whole.
The Munich Girl
by Phyllis Edgerly Ring
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Anna Dahlberg grew up eating dinner under her father’s war-trophy portrait of Eva Braun.
Fifty years after the war, she discovers what he never did—that her mother and Hitler’s mistress were friends.
The secret surfaces with a mysterious monogrammed handkerchief, and a man, Hannes Ritter, whose Third Reich family history is entwined with Anna’s.
Plunged into the world of the “ordinary” Munich girl who was her mother’s confidante—and a tyrant’s lover—Anna finds her every belief about right and wrong challenged. With Hannes’s help, she retraces the path of two women who met as teenagers, shared a friendship that spanned the years that Eva Braun was Hitler’s mistress, yet never knew that the men they loved had opposing ambitions.