Monday’s Mystery eBooks
Busy Body
by M. C. Beaton
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Agatha Raisin has always been ambivalent about holiday cheer, but her cozy little village of Carsely has long prided itself on its Christmas festivities. But this year Mr. John Sunday, a self-important officer with the Health and Safety Board, has ruled that the traditional tree on top of the church is a public menace; that lampposts are unsafe for hanging illuminations; that May Dimwoody’s homemade toys are dangerous for children… Things have reached such a desperate pass that the Carsely Ladies’ Society joins forces with the ladies in the neighboring village of Odley Cruesis to try to put a stop to Mr. Sunday’s meddling—only to find that someone has literally put a stop to him with a kitchen knife.
Breakdown
by Jonathan Kellerman
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware meets beautiful and emotionally fragile TV actress Zelda Chase when called upon to evaluate her five-year-old son, Ovid. Years later, Alex is unexpectedly reunited with Zelda when she is involuntarily committed after a bizarre psychotic episode. Shortly after Zelda’s release, an already sad situation turns tragic when she is discovered dead on the grounds of a palatial Bel Air estate. Having experienced more than enough of L.A.’s dark side to recognize the scent of evil, Alex turns to his friend LAPD Lieutenant Milo Sturgis for help in finding out who ended Zelda’s broken life.
Eye of the Needle
by Ken Follett
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
His code name was “The Needle.” He was a German aristocrat of extraordinary intelligence – a master spy with a legacy of violence in his blood, and the object of the most desperate manhunt in history. . . .
But his fate lay in the hands of a young and vulnerable English woman, whose loyalty, if swayed, would assure his freedom – and win the war for the Nazis. . . .
The Mistaken
by M. J. Arlidge, Lisa Hall
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
In this family, everyone is telling lies.
Pete never wanted another child. Before baby Erin was born, they were happy. If Natalie hadn’t got pregnant, he would never have done what he did.
Natalie knows things have been difficult since the surprise arrival of Erin. Life with Pete and their two other children – Emily and Zadie – has been balancing on a knife-edge…
Dark as Night
by Lilja Sigurdardóttir, Lorenza Garcia
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
When Áróra receives a call telling her that a child she’s never met is claiming to be her missing sister reincarnated, she is devastated … as ridiculous as the allegations might seem. For three years she has been searching for her sister without finding a single clue, and now this strange child seems to have new information.
On the same day, Icelandic detective Daníel returns home to find a note from his tenant, drag queen Lady Gúgúlú, giving notice on her flat and explaining that she has to leave the country. Daníel is immediately suspicious, and when three threatening men appear, looking for Lady, it’s clear to him that something is very wrong…
The Phoenix and the Firefighter
by Amada Hernandez
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Some people set fires with matches. Brody Mitchell does it with his hands… and his mouth.
I chase arsonists for a living. Three years as Lawrence’s fire investigator, I follow the evidence and keep my heart under lock and key. But the latest fires are personal—Latino-owned businesses reduced to ash.
Enter Fire Lieutenant Brody Mitchell. Rugged, gorgeous, infuriating… and now my partner. He’s stubborn,wounded, protective, and argues with me like it’s foreplay.
Brody doesn’t just ignite my body—he sets my soul on fire. He’s breaking down my defensive walls, making me want things I swore I’d never risk. I can see my future tangled up with his.
Experimental Film
by Gemma Files
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Former film teacher Lois Cairns is struggling to raise her autistic son while freelancing as a critic when, at a screening, she happens upon a sampled piece of silver nitrate silent footage. She is able to connect it to the early work of Mrs. Iris Dunlopp Whitcomb, the spiritualist and collector of fairy tales who mysteriously disappeared from a train compartment in 1918.
Hoping to make her own mark on the film world, Lois embarks on a project to prove that Whitcomb was Canada’s first female filmmaker. But her research takes her down a path not of darkness but of light—the blinding and searing light of a fairy tale made flesh, a noontime demon who demands that duty must be paid. As Lois discovers terrifying parallels between her own life and that of Mrs. Whitcomb, she begins to fear not just for herself, but for those closest to her heart.
American Heroes
by James Patterson, Matt Eversmann
Kindle $4.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
In this instant #1 national bestseller from the authors of Walk in My Combat Boots, “American Heroes is a gripping collection of firsthand accounts…capturing the indomitable spirit of our nation’s finest”
U.S. soldiers who served in overseas conflicts—from World War II, Korea, and Vietnam to Iraq and Afghanistan—share true stories of the actions that earned them some of America’s most distinguished military medals, up to and including the Medal of Honor.