Friday’s Mystery eBooks
Up to Snow Good
by Beatrice Fishback
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
It’s almost Christmas, and Daisy McFarland must leave her quaint British home for the holidays. Aunt Juliet, her last living relative, has passed away. As the sole heir, it is Daisy’s responsibility to sell the childhood home she grew up in and liquidate her aunt’s assets in Windswept Pines, North Carolina.
Unexpected surprises face Daisy once she’s back in the States.Encounters with three teaching colleagues – otherwise known as the I.C.E. Queens – whose ill treatment over the years had been a primary reason for her move to England, appear genuinely happy to see her. But is their behavior merely a ruse?
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(Daisy McFarland Cozy Mysteries)
An Oriceran Warrior Witches Collection
by Judith Berens, Martha Carr, Michael Anderle
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Heroes aren’t born; they’re made. But so are villains.
Raine Campbell never knew she was special until her dormant magic unleashed to protect her friends.
Winland Underwood has been running her whole life. Today, she stops to stand her ground!
Grab two complete Oriceran Series – 16 books and more than 3500 pages of urban fantasy adventure—with this boxed set!
Invisible Girl
by Lisa Jewell
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of None of This Is True returns with an intricate thriller about a young woman’s disappearance and a group of strangers whose lives intersect in its wake.
Young Saffyre Maddox spent three years under the care of renowned child psychologist Roan Fours. When Dr. Fours decides their sessions should end, Saffyre feels abandoned. She begins looking for ways to connect with him, from waiting outside his office to walking through his neighborhood late at night. She soon learns more than she ever wanted to about Roan and his deceptively perfect family life. On a chilly Valentine’s night, Saffyre will disappear, taking any secrets she has learned with her…
Don’t Forget Me, Little Bessie
by James Lee Burke
Kindle $4.49 Rating: 4.6 #ad
A CRIMEREADS BEST BOOK OF 2025
Bestselling author James Lee Burke tells his most thrilling and insightful story yet through the eyes of fourteen-year-old Bessie Holland
At the beginning of the twentieth century, as America grapples with forces of human and natural violence more powerful than humanity has ever seen, Bessie Holland yearns for the love that she has never known. She finds a soulmate and mentor in a brilliant but tormented suffragette English teacher, who inspires Bessie to fight the forces of evil that permeate her world.
A Weekend Getaway, Another Murder
by Christa Nardi
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
What could go wrong when an amateur sleuth and her detective husband escape to a cabin in the woods for a weekend getaway?
With Maddie away on a high school trip, Sheridan and Brett are looking forward to some alone time – and a long-needed break from work and crime. To that end, they rent a cabin in the woods, planning to enjoy nature and hike the trails in the adjacent state park. But their plans are soon derailed by the appearance of a frantic dog, its owner nowhere in sight.
The insistent dog leads them to an injured couple and a lifeless body. Sheridan and Brett are quick to offer assistance, both to the injured and the local authorities. It turns out Sheridan and Brett aren’t the only amateur sleuth-detective couple to find these isolated cabins, and their dog, Jasper, helps in the investigation.
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(A Sheridan Hendley Mysteries)
Delusion in Death
by J. D. Robb
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Lieutenant Eve Dallas must foil a terrorist plot in this explosive thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling In Death series.
It was just another after-work happy hour at a bar downtown—until the madness descended. And after twelve minutes of chaos and violence, more than eighty people lay dead.
Lieutenant Eve Dallas is trying to sort out the inexplicable events. Surviving witnesses talk about seeing things—monsters and swarms of bees. They describe sudden, overwhelming feelings of fear and rage and paranoia. When forensics makes its report, the mass delusions make more sense: it appears the bar patrons were exposed to a cocktail of chemicals and illegal drugs that could drive anyone into temporary insanity—if not kill them outright.
Holidays in Danger Boxed Set
by Alexa Verde
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Because danger doesn’t take a holiday…
Discover hours of reading enjoyment with the inspiring romances in this set – real emotion, humor, and more than a dash of danger! You get six Christmas romances plus a bonus novella (not available anywhere else!), and each story includes completed tender romance and edge-of-your-seat mystery and suspense.
Book 1 SHOW ME A FAMILY FOR CHRISTMAS
Book 2 NO MISTLETOE KISS FOR A COWBOY
Book 3 SEASON OF AFFECTION
Book 4 SEASIDE COWBOY’S CHRISTMAS WISH
Book 5 NOELLE ON THE RUN
Book 6 WAY OF HONOR
Bonus novella HOLIDAY PURSUIT
Secret Room to Die For
by Jovie Grace
Kindle $4.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
She wants peace and quiet. She gets mystery, danger, and one infuriatingly handsome detective.
Tessa Kingsley has everything a lady could want – independence, wealth, a charming little bookstore to call her own, and an adoring cat who helps her run it. Best of all, she’s finally free of her scheming guardian’s clutches and the dreadful arranged marriage he once tried to force on her. She’s sworn off suitors forever, until a certain persistent Pinkerton agent refuses to leave town—or her thoughts.
Curl up with this cozy mystery full of cattitude, nail-biting suspense, and a love story that refuses to stay shelved.
Leave Murder to the Professionals
by A.G. Russ
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Maeve’s resolve is strained to the breaking point by demands from all sides. Though Vic supports her and does his best to protect her, she makes a difficult and dangerous decision to go against his advice. On one side, former first love, powerful Irish crime boss Lory, threatens her and those she cares about. On the other side, the FBI demands her help to stop him. The G-Men know she’s holding back information. She knows she can’t divulge all she knows or would face dire consequences. She has to walk a razor’s edge.
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(O’Shaughnessy Investigations Inc. Mystery Series)
Blood Mansion
by Robert Howell
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Peter Vanderbilt had a very special house built to his exact specifications. Unknown to almost everyone, the materials he used were ‘special.’ He searched the world, looking for parts of other haunted houses and places where acts of evil had taken place to build his final retreat. He then incorporated them into the very structure of his mansion. Why would someone intentionally build a haunted house? Was he a madman or the most brilliant mind of his generation?
Shortly after its completion, the owner offers the house to a young couple for their wedding. After the event, sixty-six guests, including the bride and groom, retired to their rooms.