Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
Shoot Don’t Shoot
by J. A. Jance
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
A prisoner languishes in a Phoenix jail cell accused of slaying his estranged wife. No one believes the man is innocent, except the new female sheriff of Cochise County, in town for a crash course in police training. Joanna Brady is out of her jurisdiction – and possibly out of her league. For a human monster is on the prowl, hiding the grisly evidence of his horrific crimes in the vast emptiness of the Arizona desert. And an impromptu investigation, with no official sanction, and no back-up, is drawing a cold, ingenious serial killer much too close to Brady for comfort – and closer, worse still, to her little girl.
Secrets of the Catalogue
by Amelia Spencer
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
A secret Library in the heart of New York City. A Catalogue filled with books that are doorways to parallel universes.
Secrets of the Catalogue is a dark academia fantasy adventure set in a hidden New York City library that holds books capable of opening portals to parallel universes. The mysterious Library is governed by an organization that has begun banning books and hunting down authors—are these banned books truly dangerous, or does the Library have a darker secret?
When Emerson Blackwell’s mother died in a tragic fire, Emerson booked a one-way ticket to New York City to escape her grief. Years later, the trauma of her past comes rushing back when she uncovers a hidden Library in the heart of the city where the books are doorways to parallel worlds…
Hunting Badger
by Tony Hillerman
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
The fourteenth novel featuring Leaphorn and Chee by New York Times bestselling author Tony Hillerman, now reissued in the Premium Plus format.
Three men raid the gambling casino run by the Ute nation and then disappear into the maze of canyons on the Utah-Arizona border. When the FBI, with its helicopters and high-tech equipment, focuses on a wounded deputy sheriff as a possible suspect, Navajo Tribal Police Sergeant Jim Chee and his longtime colleague, retired Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn, launch an investigation of their own…
Hope to Die
by Cara Hunter
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Midnight. A grisly murder scene at isolated farm on the outskirts of Oxford.
A man lies dead in the kitchen – shot point blank. The farm’s elderly owners claim the shooting was self-defense against a burglar. But something about the crime scene doesn’t sit right with DI Adam Fawley, whose gut tells him there’s more to their story. If the victim came to rob the house, why wasn’t he wearing gloves or carrying tools? Why didn’t the owner of the house call the police right after the shooting? Why did his wife wash his blood splattered clothes immediately?
Once Upon A Crime
by Alan Brenham
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
What if a predator becomes the prey? What if a hunter has eyes on your child?
In a twisted game of cat and mouse, Detective Madison Chase must outwit a serial killer targeting sex offenders – before her own daughter becomes the next victim.
October in Fort Worth takes on a sinister hue for Penny Grimes. She’s not just a vigilante; she’s a poetic executioner, leaving headless pedophiles as her gruesome calling cards. Each murder scene is adorned with a chilling rhyme, taunting the police and, in particular, haunting veteran homicide detective Madison Chase.
The English Girl
by Daniel Silva
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
When a beautiful young British woman vanishes on the island of Corsica, a prime minister’s career is threatened with destruction. Gabriel Allon, the wayward son of Israeli intelligence, is thrust into a game of shadows where nothing is what it seems…and where the only thing more dangerous than his enemies might be the truth.
Silva’s work has captured the imagination of millions worldwide; his #1 New York Times bestselling series which chronicles the adventures of art-restorer and master spy Gabriel Allon has earned the praise of readers and reviewers everywhere. This captivating page-turner from the undisputed master of spy fiction is sure to thrill new and old fans alike.
Sacred and Profane
by Faye Kellerman
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Detective Peter Decker”s camping trip into the foothills above Los Angeles was meant to help get him closer to the young sons -Sammy and Jake – of his girlfriend, Rina Lazarus. So when the older boy stumbles on a horrific find – two charred human skeletons – Decker is filled with appalled guilt, not to say plunged into a case of double murder. And it is a truly horrifying case. One that takes him from the middle-class respectability of the suburbs to the terrifying crack dens of Hollywood Boulevard. But he is constantly drawn back to the fact that the only unifying thread in a network of violence and sickening corruption seems to be the deaths of two apparently very different young girls…
The Wild Side
by Fern Michaels
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
For Melanie Drake, school guidance counselor in a small Virginia town, the day’s challenges typically involve a playground scuffle or a student skipping school—worlds away from her former life in the Office of Special Investigations, where she devoted herself heart and soul to covert operations, the riskier the better.
Since leaving, Melanie has cherished her peaceful, calm existence, with her two beloved retired service dogs for company. Then a call comes from her former supervisor, Rich Patterson…
Death and Judgment
by Donna Leon
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
In Death and Judgment, a truck crashes and spills its dangerous cargo on a treacherous road in the Italian Dolomite mountains. Meanwhile, in Santa Lucia, a prominent international lawyer is found dead aboard an intercity train. Suspecting a connection between the two tragedies, Brunetti digs deep for an answer, stumbling upon a seedy Venetian bar that holds the key to a crime network that reaches far beyond the laguna. But it will take another violent death in Venice before Brunetti and his colleagues begin to understand what is really going on…
When Ghosts Speak
by Mary Ann Winkowski, James Van Praagh
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Lights flicker on and off for no good reason. You feel drained and inexplicably irritable. Your four-year-old is scared to enter her bedroom.
Tell these things to Mary Ann Winkowski, and she’ll tell you that you have a ghost.
A happily married, devout Catholic, suburban mother and full-time paranormal investigator, Mary Ann Winkowski has been able to see earthbound spirits, spirits that are trapped on earth and haven’t “crossed over,” since she was a little girl. Mary Ann works with these spirits to help them make peace with what keeps them here – whether it be people they can’t let go of or homes they love.
Bonded in Death
by J. D. Robb
Kindle $14.99 Rating: BRAND NEW RELEASE #ad
His passport read Giovanni Rossi. But decades ago, during the Urban Wars, he was part of a small, secret organization called The Twelve. Responding to an urgent summons from an old compatriot, he landed in New York and eased into the waiting car. And died within minutes…
Lieutenant Eve Dallas finds the Rossi case frustrating. She’s got an elderly victim who’d just arrived from Rome; a widow who knows nothing about why he’d left; an as-yet unidentifiable weapon; and zero results on facial recognition…