Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
Badlands
by C.J. Box
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Twelve-year-old Kyle Westergaard dreams of getting out of Grimstad and leading a better life. Even though Kyle has been written off as a “slow” kid, he has dreams deeper than anyone can imagine. One day, while delivering newspapers, he witnesses a car accident and takes a mysterious bundle from the scene. Suddenly he’s in possession of a lot of money—and packets of white powder—and Kyle can’t help but wonder whether his luck has changed…for better or for worse.
“Suspenseful—you can’t put it down.” – Library Journal
He Sees You When You’re Sleeping
by Alta Hensley
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 3.9 #ad
Why choose between naughty or nice in this steamy, suspenseful Christmas-themed stalker romance that’s perfect for dark romance readers seeking a spicy, festive read.
It’s the night before Christmas and I’m alone in the house…
Popular jewelry influencer Chloe Hallman is steeling herself to spend another holiday on her own. Instead, she finds herself drawn to two different guys… a smoldering hot fan of her secret, seductive online persona, and a sexy fireman named Jack who looks out for her in their NYC neighborhood…
Lost and Hunted
by Frank Wheeler
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
A classic western novel from Frank Wheeler with non-stop epic adventure and a blend of western romance Hunter Creed has lived every day since his wife’s murder with a singular purpose.
To hunt down the worst criminals and make them pay.
The scar on his face serves as a constant reminder of what happens when justice fails—and why it must not fail again. When Creed takes a bounty for Abby Deighton, the wife of a powerful rancher, he expects a simple job: bring her back and collect his pay…
Northern Spy
by Flynn Berry
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
The acclaimed author of Under the Harrow and A Double Life returns with her most riveting novel to date: the story of two sisters who become entangled with the IRA
A producer at the BBC and mother to a new baby, Tessa is at work in Belfast one day when the news of another raid comes on the air. The IRA may have gone underground in the two decades since the Good Friday Agreement, but they never really went away, and lately bomb threats, security checkpoints, and helicopters floating ominously over the city have become features of everyday life. As the news reporter requests the public’s help in locating those responsible for the robbery, security footage reveals Tessa’s sister, Marian, pulling a black ski mask over her face.
Talking God
by Tony Hillerman
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Reunited by a grave robber and a corpse, Navajo Tribal Police Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn is trying to determine the identity of a murder victim, while Officer Jim Chee is arresting Smithsonian conservator Henry Highhawk for ransacking the sacred bones of his ancestors.
But with each peeled-back layer, it becomes shockingly clear that these two cases are mysteriously connected—and that others are pursuing Highhawk, with lethal intentions. And the search for answers to a deadly puzzle is pulling Leaphorn and Chee into the perilous arena of superstition, ancient ceremony, and living gods.
Never Never
by Colleen Hoover, Tarryn Fisher
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Never stop…Never forget…Just remember.
Charlie Wynwood and Silas Nash have been best friends since they could walk. They’ve been in love since the age of fourteen. But as of this morning…they are complete strangers. Their first kiss, their first fight, the moment they fell in love…every memory has vanished. Now Charlie and Silas must work together to uncover the truth about what happened to them and why.
Lost for Murder
by Stephanie Parker McKean
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Kymber Allan might get lost in a cardboard box, but she has no problem finding trouble. After she gets fired on her second day at work for getting lost—she finds a dead body. That discovery thrusts her into a path of danger and dark secrets. From attempts on her life to thefts from her aunt’s art collection, Kymber struggles to stay one step ahead of the menace stalking her.
Finding a murder victim while being lost might be an unusual beginning for romance, but in this little Scottish village, the unusual is usual. The crook and the copper. Two men vie for her love and she must choose which one to believe…
End of Watch
by Stephen King
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
For nearly six years, in Room 217 of the Lakes Region Traumatic Brain Injury Clinic, Brady Hartsfield has been in a persistent vegetative state. A complete recovery seems unlikely for the insane perpetrator of the “Mercedes Massacre,” in which eight people were killed and many more maimed for life. But behind the vacant stare, Brady is very much awake and aware, having been pumped full of experimental drugs…scheming, biding his time as he trains himself to take full advantage of the deadly new powers that allow him to wreak unimaginable havoc without ever leaving his hospital room…
Field of Bones
by J. A. Jance
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
This time Sheriff Joanna Brady may expect to see her maternity leave through to completion, but the world has other plans when a serial homicide case surfaces in her beloved Cochise County. Rather than staying home with her newborn and losing herself in the cold cases to be found in her father’s long unread diaries, Joanna instead finds herself overseeing a complex investigation involving multiple jurisdictions…
Open Season
by Jonathan Kellerman
Kindle $14.99 Rating: BRAND NEW RELEAS #ad
People come to Los Angeles to chase their dreams. Sometimes they find themselves cast into a nightmare. And sometimes, the most ardent dreamers turn out to be the most vicious monsters.
The body of an aspiring actress is found dumped near a hospital emergency room. She’s been drugged and murdered and the motive for the callous crime remains maddeningly out of reach. Until, a prime suspect materializes. Another Hollywood hopeful…