Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
The Cat Who Saw Red
by Lilian Jackson Braun
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Jim Qwilleran and his cats Koko and Yum Yum must solve a curious caper in this mystery in the bestselling Cat Who series.
Something is amiss at Maus Haus. Not just the mystery of an unsolved “suicide” which hangs over the old mansion, but something ominous in the present-day residence. When Qwilleran moves in to work on his new gastronomical assignment, strange things begin to happen. First it’s a scream in the night, then a vanishing houseboy. But when his old girlfriend disappears, something has to be done. Qwilleran, Koko and Yum Yum set out to solve the mystery—and find a murderer!
The Contingency Plan: Thriller Boxset
by Colton Lively
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
In a powerless world with no food or government help, bounty hunter Christine and her brother Jacob fight to survive as cities burn and chaos reigns. Their mother’s dying wish binds them against treacherous odds.
A mysterious traveler reveals a secret, forcing Christine to choose: protect Jacob or risk all for the truth. Danger closes in, and survival demands sacrifice.
The Cold Millions
by Jess Walter
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins comes another “literary miracle” (NPR)—a propulsive, richly entertaining novel about two brothers swept up in the turbulent class warfare of the early twentieth century.
An intimate story of brotherhood, love, sacrifice, and betrayal set against the panoramic backdrop of an early twentieth-century America that eerily echoes our own time, The Cold Millions offers a kaleidoscopic portrait of a nation grappling with the chasm between rich and poor, between harsh realities and simple dreams…
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
by Grady Hendrix
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
They were never girls, they were witches . . . .
They call them wayward girls. Loose girls. Girls who grew up too fast. And they’re sent to the Wellwood House in St. Augustine, Florida, where unwed mothers are hidden by their families to have their babies in secret, to give them up for adoption, and most important of all, to forget any of it ever happened.
Fifteen-year-old Fern arrives at the home in the sweltering summer of 1970, pregnant, frightened, and alone. Under the watchful eye of the stern Miss Wellwood, she meets a dozen other girls in the same predicament.
No Tomorrow
by Tom Wood
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Victor the assassin returns in the new novel from the author of The Killer, The Enemy, and The Game…
THE JOB IS SIMPLE
When Victor is called to meet with an old friend who ultimately betrayed him, what he thought was an ambush is in fact a plea for help. As a Russian gangster, Norimov is accustomed to death threats, but now an unknown enemy wants more than his life. They intend to kill everyone he cares about, including his missing daughter Gisele. This time, Victor’s job is not to kill but to protect. Unfortunately, locating Gisele is his first mistake—because someone is watching his every move.
ESCAPE IS IMPOSSIBLE
Jared Wolf Kindle
by Geoffrey Porter
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
“Action-packed, the book carries the reader swiftly from chapter to chapter with no downtime. Although the author states that he particularly hopes the book will appeal to boys, it features a diverse cast of complex, well-developed characters whose hidden strengths both confound and delight. One of my favorite aspects of the book was the inclusion of full-color character cards. I think readers would love to have these cards available as a stand-alone deck with more to be added with (what I hope is the inevitable) sequel. One final note: the author offers an unusually vulnerable transparency in his bio at the back of the book, discussing his lifelong challenge of schizophrenia and how that has affected his life and his work. Both prosaic and inspirational, I think it would encourage anyone who faces mental health battles in their own life, especially adolescents who are just beginning to grapple with what that means for them. Now we wait for book two!” by Amazon Customer
The Tenth Justice
by Brad Meltzer
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
Landing a prestigious position as a Supreme Court clerk fresh out of Yale Law, Ben Addison is on the ultrafast track to successun – til he inadvertently shares a classified secret with the wrong listener. And now the anonymous blackmailer who made a killing with Ben’s information is demanding more. Guilty of a criminal act, his golden future suddenly in jeopardy, Ben turns for help to his roommates—three close friends from childhood, each strategically placed near the seats of Washington power – and to his beautiful, whip-smart fellow clerk, Lisa Schulman. But trust is a dangerous commodity in the nation’s capital. And when lives, careers, and power are at stake, loyalties can shatter like glass… and betrayals can be lethal.
Taming the Wind
by Joe R. Eagleman
Kindle $5.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
What if the power to command the storm was no longer natures alone?
Dr. Jack Engle, a brilliant scientist, respected professor, and bestselling textbook author, has done the unthinkable: he has engineered the first artificial tornado. Designed to revolutionize clean energy, his creation could change the world—or destroy it.
But Engle isn’t just a scientist. He’s also a family man who finds balance in Sunday jam sessions with his children and grandchildren, performing in the family band that keeps him grounded. His world of music, teaching, and family dinners is suddenly shattered when his discovery ignites a corporate firestorm.
Coyote Hills
by Jonathan Kellerman, Jesse Kellerman
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand new Release #ad
Clay Edison has left behind the Alameda County coroner’s office to strike out on his own as a private investigator. He’s perfectly happy working low-stakes embezzlement cases—that is, until PI Regina Klein calls him with a mystery only he can solve. The son of a wealthy couple has washed up dead on the shores of San Francisco Bay with drugs in his system and a head injury. The police are calling it an accident. But the parents are adamant something’s not right—and as Clay digs deeper, he uncovers a horrifying tangle of betrayal and lies.