Monday’s Mystery eBooks
Last Call
by Allyson K. Abbott
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
A bar owner taps into her special sleuthing talents when a businessman is shot in this top-shelf mystery with drink recipes included.
Fresh off solving a murder that hit too close to home, Mack’s trust is shattered. But when Milwaukee police detective Duncan Albright asks for her help with a shooting, she can’t resist using her extra-perceptive senses to benefit others. It turns out the victim was the ruthless businessman their friend Mal was investigating undercover. And now Mal is missing—and his fingerprints are on the gun…
The Secrets Next Door
by Sally Royer-Derr
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
What does she know? On a leafy, suburban street, curtains are subtly twitched to watch the new neighbor moving in.
Anne gets exactly the welcome to the neighborhood she expects: a basket of homemade cupcakes delivered by the woman next door and her best friend. One wears a curious smile while the other studies her every move. When Talia and Tabitha leave, Anne throws the treats in the trash.
She knows what to expect from the new neighbors. Talia with her perfect husband and pale-peach sweater sets, and Tabitha who reigns as queen in the close-knit community. That’s why she chose this house.
Dead Sweet
by Katrín Júlíusdóttir
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
A murder is just the beginning…
When Óttar Karlsson, a wealthy and respected government official and businessman, is found murdered, after failing to turn up at his own surprise birthday party, the police are at a loss. It isn’t until young police officer Sigurdís finds a well-hidden safe in his impersonal luxury apartment that clues start emerging.
As Óttar’s shady business dealings become clear, a second, unexpected line of enquiry emerges, when Sigurdís finds a US phone number in the safe, along with papers showing regular money transfers to an American account…
Eyes of a Child
by Richard North Patterson
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
A man has been found dead, a gun still wedged in his mouth. It looks like Ricardo Arias killed himself…but the physical evidence tells a different story, in Richard North Patterson’s riveting legal thriller, Eyes of a Child.
The police investigation turns up all sorts of troubling data—a bitter estrangement between Ricardo and his wife, Terri; an ugly custody battle over their six-year-old daughter, Elena; charges of child molestation. And before long there’s a murder suspect: San Francisco defense attorney and political hopeful Christopher Paget.
The Body in the Malibran Theater
by Barbara Marangon
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
During the restoration of the Malibran Theater in Venice, an ancient mummy of an Asian woman is discovered buried under the stage. Detective Antonio Galimberti and Professor Francesca Pavan, an expert in Chinese antiquities, are called to the scene. Two things are found on the mummy: a tiara of inestimable value and a diary. The only other lead they have is that the theater had been built on the foundation of Marco Polo’s house.
The next day, the precious tiara is stolen from the forensic department and later the suspected thief is discovered dead—without the tiara. A murderer has it now. Eventually, two people who can identify the killer are also found murdered.
Antonio and Francesca are attracted to each other from the beginning, sparking a romance.
The Black Gondolier: & Other Stories
by Fritz Leiber
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
A collection of supernatural horror stories from the SFWA Grand Master and Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author of the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser novels.
Assembled here is a selection of Mr. Leiber’s best horrific tales, many of which have been virtually unobtainable for decades. From the riveting “Spider Mansion” and “The Phantom Slayer” from Weird Tales to the more recent “Lie Still, Snow White” and “Black Has Its Charms” from rare, small‑press magazines, this collection provides an overview of Leiber’s fifty‑plus years as an acknowledged master of the weird tale.
No Exit
by Taylor Adams
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Soon to be a Hulu original film: a fast-paced, edge-of-your-seat psychological thriller about a determined young woman who struggles to save a kidnapped child while trapped in a blizzard—and who must unmask and outwit a deviously twisted psychopath before it’s too late.
A kidnapped little girl locked in a stranger’s van. No help for miles. What would you do?
On her way to Utah to see her dying mother, college student Darby Thorne gets caught in a fierce blizzard in the mountains of Colorado. With the roads impassable, she’s forced to wait out the storm at a remote highway rest stop. Inside are some vending machines, a coffee maker, and four complete strangers…
Post Mortem
by David Lagercrantz
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
From the bestselling author of The Girl in the Spider’s Web comes another mystery led by detective duo Rekke and Vargas: this time, their hunt for a killer has a literary twist.
Professor Hans Rekke and police officer Micaela Vargas have earned a reputation for solving the unsolvable. But they’ve never been confronted by a serial killer. Until now.
Rekke receives a visit from Spanish chief inspector Rafael Corales, who is unable to forget the brutal, unsolved murder of a young woman in Santander in 1988…
Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
Under the Hat
by Sara Bourgeois
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Blythe Fairfield chose to stay in Cauldron Hollow. She’s not sure the town has chosen her back.
Her relationship with Sheriff Paine Wilder is in ruins. Her bank account is worse. The only job she can find is running a cash register at the local grocery store, where her boss is a conspiracy theorist, her customers include a woman who screams about paying for eggs, and the one friend who made it all bearable keeps talking her into things she shouldn’t do.
Then a reclusive prepper turns up dead on his rural property, and Blythe finds more than a body…
We Will Find You
by Ian Blackwood
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Three women. One monster. And a debt that can only be paid in blood.
When Serena meets Tod, he seems too good to be true — charming, wealthy, ready to sweep her off her feet. He proposes to her on his yacht, puts a beautiful diamond ring on her finger.
But when Serena shows gym owner Chloe a photo of Tod, her friend turns pale.
Years ago, Chloe was married to the same guy. Except his name isn’t Tod, it’s Tam and he is a con man. The ring is fake. The yacht was never his. And everything he’s been telling Serena is a lie…
The Sixth Address
by K. R. Eckert
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
When a mysterious man hires Davenport to attend an auction and purchase a lost copy of the Gettysburg Address, he jumps at the chance to escape his dull routine as a teacher. The job seems simple and straightforward. But he’s not the only one bidding for the Address. When two of his rival bidders chase him along the California coastline, he realizes that not all is as it seems. The chase becomes a race, from California to the bayous of Louisiana, where Davenport discovers that his purchase contains not only the words of Abraham Lincoln, but a treasure map. Somewhere, under the waters of the Mississippi River Delta, lies a golden secret. And someone thinks it’s worth killing for.
A Vengeful God
by David Archer, Blake Banner
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
TWO OPERATIVES. ONE ESCAPED KILLER. AND A MISSION THAT’S ANYTHING BUT ROUTINE.
Multiple time USA TODAY & Amazon 6-million copy bestselling authors DAVID ARCHER and BLAKE BANNER have combined forces to create one hell of a thriller series!
Alex Mason is the top operative at the Office of the Director of Intelligence Networks (ODIN) in DC. Aila Gallin is a captain in the IDF and a katsa with the Mossad. They often collaborate and are close friends. So he is not surprised when he receives a call from her at four in the morning.
Dragon Secrets of Parkhurst College Collection
by Serena Meadows
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
Seven irresistible dragons. Seven fated mates. One college hiding a dangerous secret.
Parkhurst College isn’t just a university—it’s home to powerful dragon shifters sworn to protect their kind at any cost. But when fate throws seven fierce, independent women into their lives, duty collides with desire. From forbidden love and secret babies to undercover spies, relentless danger, and unforgettable passion, every story is packed with protective alpha dragons, sizzling chemistry, heart-pounding suspense, and guaranteed happily ever afters.
Binge all seven complete paranormal romances in one addictive box set—and discover the dragon heroes readers can’t stop falling for.
The Munich Girl
by Phyllis Edgerly Ring
Kindle $2.99 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.
Big Easy
by Eric Wilder
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
“Forget about it, Wyatt. It’s the Big Easy.”
Step into the sultry streets of New Orleans and immerse yourself in a world of voodoo, mystery, and murder in this gripping crime thriller. N.O.P.D. homicide detective Tony Nicosia faces the greatest challenge of his career: a sadistic serial killer who delights in ritualistic murders of his victims. With voodoo as the only link, Tony enlists the help of urban French Quarter private investigator Wyatt Thomas and voodoo mambo Mama Mulate to unravel the paranormal mystery and bring the killer to justice.
As Tony and Mama delve deeper into the world of voodoo, they uncover a shocking truth: the killer is none other than a former U.S. senator and a prominent member of New Orleans’ high society. Is he a demon, psychic, shapeshifter, vampire, voodoo spirit, or all of the above? With the clock ticking and the stakes higher than ever, Tony must navigate the dark, treacherous waters of local politics and mob corruption to stop the ominous killer before it’s too late.
The Most Dangerous Games
by MrBeast, James Patterson
Kindle $14.99 Rating: BRAND NEW RELEASE #ad
“You are someone who will look the impossible in the face and tell it to sit down and shut up. The world needs that. The world needs you.”
A thousand strangers receive the invitation. One hundred make the cut. An unprecedented competition from MrBeast, the world’s #1 creator with more than a billion followers, and James Patterson, the world’s #1 bestselling author, where the stakes couldn’t be higher.
The Games begin in Antarctica, where one wrong step on the ice kills you, and they never let up: Shark water off a remote Chilean island, desert heat that cooks you where you stand, storm-battered peaks, and caves so black you cannot find your own hand. No rescue. No second chances. A billion dollars to whoever is still standing.