Friday’s Mystery eBooks
Deal Breaker
by Harlan Coben
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Sports agent Myron Bolitar is poised on the edge of the big time. So is Christian Steele, a rookie quarterback and Myron’s prized client. But when Christian gets a phone call from a former girlfriend—a woman who everyone, including the police, believes is dead—the deal starts to go sour.
Trying to unravel the truth about a family’s tragedy, a woman’s secret, and a man’s lies, Myron is up against the dark side of his business—where image and talent make you rich, but the truth can get you killed.
Memories of Midnight
by Sidney Sheldon
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
From the exotic shores of the Mediterranean to post-war London, Memories of Midnight is a passionate, unforgettable story of an innocent woman’s fight against a terrifying destiny. The survivors of The Other Side of Midnight come back for one last round of play in this compelling sequel set in post-war Europe.
Catherine Douglas, victim of amnesia, is taken in by the world’s richest man, Greek shipping tycoon Constantin Demiris. Haunted by faint memories of the past, Catherine must remember the truth before Demiris, the man who killed her husband, sets his murderous sights on her.
Bullets in the Briar
by Kimber Silver
Kindle $5.99 Rating: 4.6 #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 Widow and the Professor, Safe Harbors #4
by Donna K. Weaver
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
When the Professor meets his match, romance and risk may write the final test.
With her only child off to Harvard, recent widow Francie Davis is finally going to college. But when a grumpy and undeniably attractive new boss and an unexpected visitor enter the picture, she realizes life still has a few surprises in store for her.
Meanwhile, Professor Alex Diederik’s life is spiraling out of control. His bitter ex-wife is trying to poison his relationship with their daughter, and his attractive new administrative assistant is a distraction at work. As he tries to navigate the complexities of his personal life, he finds himself drawn to Francie in ways he never thought possible.
Murder in the Paperback Parlor
by Ellery Adams
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, Jane Steward is organizing a week of activities for fans of love stories at her book-themed resort. But her Regency readers barely have time to brush up on their Jane Austen before tragedy strikes Storyton Hall. Rosamund York, one of the most celebrated authors in attendance, is killed.
Rosamund had as many enemies as she did admirers, including envious fellow novelists, a jealous former lover, and dozens of angry fans. It’s up to Jane, with the help of her book club, the Cover Girls, to catalogue the list of suspects and find a heartless killer quickly—before the murderer writes someone else off…
Becoming the Boogeyman
by Richard Chizmar
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Back in the summer of 1988, a young Richard Chizmar was catapulted into the center of a living nightmare as the serial killer Joshua Gallagher—dubbed by the media as “The Boogeyman”—stalked his tranquil Maryland town. A lot has changed in the intervening years.
These days, Chizmar enjoys a certain level of celebrity and notoriety himself, being the only person that an incarcerated Josh Gallagher will speak to on or off the record. Chizmar likes to believe that he’s doing the world a public service by visiting Gallagher in prison…
The Passenger in 5B
by Norm Hulcher
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
In a series of stunning encounters that lead to a shocking climax and a heart-rending conclusion, The Passenger in 5B takes you on an uplifting, breathtaking journey from darkness to hope that will stay with you long after the last page.
Richard once lived for the rush — extortion, racketeering, and drug smuggling – and for the gambling addiction that plunged him into money laundering and a criminal conviction.
Now, after eight years in the darkness, he’s a changed man: a restored Christ follower who, with God’s grace and the compassionate support of fellow believers, has rebuilt his life on repentance and faith.
The Summer She Vanished
by Jessica Irena Smith
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Summer, 1972. Sister Francesca Pepitone was found strangled in a parking lot on the outskirts of Boweridge.
A week later, seventeen-year-old Minna Larson disappeared. No one has seen or heard from her since.
The cases were never linked, and neither was solved. For some, it was a scar that never healed. Others simply forgot.
Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
The Cat Who Talked to Ghosts
by Lilian Jackson Braun
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
When Mrs. Cobb heard unearthly noises in the antique-filled farmhouse, she called Jim Qwilleran for help. But he was too late. It looked as if his kindly ex-housekeeper had been frightened to death—but by whom? Or what? Now Qwilleran’s moved into the historic farmhouse with his two cat companions—and Koko the Siamese is spooked.
Is it a figment of feline imagination—or the clue to a murder in Moose County? And does Qwilleran have a ghost of a chance of solving this haunting mystery?
Wealth of Secrets
by Stacy Angell Curtis
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #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.
The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper
by John D. MacDonald, Lee Child
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
He had done a big favor for her husband, then for the lady herself. Now she’s dead, and Travis McGee finds that Helena Pearson Trescott had one last request of him: to find out why her beautiful daughter Maureen keeps trying to kill herself. But what can a devil-may-care beach bum do for a young troubled mind?
McGee makes his way to the prosperous town of Fort Courtney, Florida, where he realizes pretty quickly that something’s just not right. Not only has Maureen’s doctor killed herself, but a string of murders and suicides are piling up—and no one seems to have any answers.
Yours to Protect Collection
by Jennifer Youngblood
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
USA Today Bestselling Author and Kindle All-Star Jennifer Youngblood presents a gripping collection of bodyguard romances filled with fearless protectors, dangerous secrets, and undeniable attraction.
These highly trained bodyguards know how to anticipate every threat, maintain control, and put themselves between danger and the people they’re sworn to protect. But as professional boundaries blur and every new threat draws protector and client closer, they’ll face the one risk they didn’t anticipate—falling in love.
Packed with high-stakes danger, unexpected twists, and swoony romance, this four-book collection will keep you on the edge of your seat from start to finish.
Paper Girls
by Alex Smith
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
The one case he couldn’t crack was the one that finally broke him.
Haunted by his inability to track down and save his missing wife, DCI Robert Kett leaves the Metropolitan Police behind and moves to Norwich with his three young children, hoping to heal their broken family.
But his newfound peace doesn’t last. Two newspaper delivery girls have gone missing in the city, and the clues point to a serial kidnapper.
Kett is dragged into the centre of one of the darkest cases of his career—a case that pits him head to head against a horrifying evil.
MAN ONE
by Loren D. Estleman
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Young widow Sage Holland doesn’t look like a murderer—and that’s because she isn’t one. The beautiful dame has driven non-stop from her home in frozen Alaska to seek out the services of private investigator Amos Walker, bringing not just the ice and snow with her. Sage has a stalker: her late husband’s vengeful brother, who’s determined to make her pay for a crime she didn’t commit. Someone killed David, but it wasn’t her.
Walker is no fool. He knows not to take the words of husky-voiced, sorrowful women at face value. But Sage is in sore need of protection, and Walker’s hunt for clues on Detroit’s wintry streets soon leads to far more dead bodies than expected.
The Butcher Game
by Alaina Urquhart
Kindle $4.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author and co-host of chart-topping true crime podcast Morbid comes the thrilling book two in the Dr. Wren Muller series, told from the dueling perspectives of a notorious serial killer and a medical examiner seeking justice.
Destruction follows the ruthless serial killer, Jeremy Rose, the Bayou Butcher, as he heads north to evade capture for his horrific crimes. As he seeks safe harbor with a former friend, he remains focused on unfinished business with forensic pathologist Dr. Wren Muller, the only target who’s ever escaped him—twice. But not this time. He’s determined to make Wren suffer, and he’s promised to make her play by his own twisted rules.
Stranger
by Frank Wheeler
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Wes Avery has spent years riding freight roads and keeping other men alive. Then a dying friend asks him for one last favor.
He is to protect his sister and her eight-year-old daughter from the Coyle family, and get them to Larkin alive.
Lacey Reed has already watched the Coyles burn her homestead and hunt her brother into the winter. Her daughter has not spoken since. Now an armed stranger rides into her yard carrying news of her brother’s death, asking Lacey to trust him with the only family she has left.