Friday’s Mystery eBooks
An Itch of Secrecy
by Christa Nardi
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Known for his immense wealth and his impact on private healthcare services, Carson J. Keltce’s murder had ripple effects from the small town of Blanton to Baltimore and beyond. Izzie Di Sante, a restaurant owner with a passion for investigative reporting, is pulled into the investigation when her best friend calls sobbing. Nicole was living with CJ and the police have her pegged as a person of interest. The police question Nicole’s involvement, given the strained relationships CJ had with his family and the secrecy surrounding his personal life…
An Itch of Secrecy is the fifth in the Izzie Di Sante Mysteries but easily read as a stand-alone mystery. Recipe included.
End of Story
by A. J. Finn
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 3.8 #ad
“I’ll be dead in three months. Come tell my story.”
So writes Sebastian Trapp, reclusive mystery novelist, to his longtime correspondent Nicky Hunter, an expert in detective fiction. With mere months to live, Trapp invites Nicky to his spectacular San Francisco mansion to help draft his life story . . . while living alongside his beautiful second wife, Diana; his wayward nephew, Freddy; and his protective daughter, Madeleine. Soon Nicky finds herself caught in an irresistible case of real-life “detective-fever.”
City of Toys
by Lindy S Hudis
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Four beautiful women seek fame and fortune in Hollywood, the City of Toys, where actresses are like dolls, playing pretend on the big screen…
Marlo, Rhonda, Kim, and Guyla, become friends living in the same apartment complex, in the city where dreams and disasters go hand-in-hand. They come to rely on each other as they deal with sexual come-ons, crazed stalkers, jealous starlets and the constant pressure of trying to make it in showbiz. But when the pressure gets too much, will their friendship save them or will the City of Toys break them?
Tame Me
by Jenna Jacob
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
As owner of a thriving skincare company, I, Sasha Evans, discover an unconventional way to relieve my stress. But finding a man masterful enough to supply the spine-bending agony I crave proves challenging. When Parker Cane presents me with a contract promising to fulfill my dark desires, I’m ready to sign, despite his strict rules.
But before I can commit, Lawson Pratt—the tall, rugged, and unbearably handsome marketing genius I hired to rebrand my line—strolls through the door. Defying Cane’s demands, I fall into bed with Lawson. When secrets unravel, I soon find myself sandwiched between both gorgeous, commanding men…
Imperfect Strangers
by Stuart Woods
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Step one: The perfect murder
Sandy Kinsolving’s once-glittering life hangs by a thread; his future depends on his wife’s inheritance and whether or not she’s about to throw him out on his ear. What he wouldn’t give for a solution to his money and marriage problems.
If this were an Alfred Hitchcock movie, the solution would be obvious. Enter a stranger with wife problems of his own, who offers a violent—and mutually advantageous—proposal.
Elen: For Camelot’s Honor
by Sarah Zettel
Kindle $0.50 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Steel and sorcery collide in this epic series featuring the women of Camelot.
When treachery and violence destroy Elen’s homeland, a power begins to rise inside her. But it will take more than that untested magic to avenge her family, unite her people, and reclaim their land. Her enemy receives power from an evil source: the wicked sorceress Morgaine LeFay, who will stop at nothing to destroy King Arthur and his knights of Camelot. And she plans to use Elen to work for her own vile purpose.
Broken Rhodes
by Kimber Silver
Kindle $4.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Kinsley Rhodes blows into Harlow, Kansas like a tornado, twisting Sheriff Lincoln James’ life into knots. Her grandfather has been murdered and she wants answers.
As if the town’s first homicide in twenty years wasn’t enough, the beleaguered sheriff now has to deal with Henry Rhodes’ bobcat of a granddaughter, plunging his life deeper into chaos. As a dark storm threatens, long-held secrets are exposed, placing Kinsley directly in harm’s way.
The Sentence Is Death
by Anthony Horowitz
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
“You shouldn’t be here. It’s too late . . . “
These, heard over the phone, were the last recorded words of successful celebrity-divorce lawyer Richard Pryce, found bludgeoned to death in his bachelor pad with a bottle of wine—a 1982 Chateau Lafite worth £3,000, to be precise.
Odd, considering he didn’t drink. Why this bottle? And why those words? And why was a three-digit number painted on the wall by the killer? And, most importantly, which of the man’s many, many enemies did the deed?
My Brother’s Keeper
by Chris Russo Blackwood, Ted Kergan
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
The true story of a 1984 murder and the lengths one man went to in order to achieve justice for his brother’s killing.
The moment he found out his brother was missing and presumed dead, Ted Kergan launched a relentless effort to bring two suspected killers—a teenage prostitute and her much older grifter boyfriend—to justice and find Gary Kergan’s body. Little did he know his quest would consume a fortune and take thirty years to reach its conclusion…
Murder in the Family
by Cara Hunter
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
It was a case that gripped the nation. In December 2003, Luke Ryder, the stepfather of acclaimed filmmaker Guy Howard (then aged 10), was found dead in the garden of their suburban family home.
Luke Ryder’s murder has never been solved. Guy Howard’s mother and two half-sisters were in the house at the time of the murder—but all swear they saw nothing. Despite a high-profile police investigation and endless media attention, no suspect was ever charged.
But some murder cases are simply too big to forget…