Friday’s Mystery eBooks
Murder on Mortuary Mound
by P. C. James
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
An ancient burial mound. A fatal accident. Can a retired inspector unearth the real threat before another victim ends up in the grave?
Isle of Man, 1967. Tom Ramsay is at a crossroads. Taking a vacation while deciding whether to continue the new agency on his own, the ex-policeman has also arrived to investigate stolen finds from an archaeological dig. But the case takes a dangerous turn when a trench gives way and a young student loses her life.
Finding the site a hotbed of romantic triangles and jealousy, Ramsay suspects the death is linked to secrets beneath the surface of theft, vandalism, and festering resentment…
Dead and Buried
by J. S. Scheffel
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
Just when Tai Jotun is starting to come to grips with her Kitsune heritage, life throws her more curveballs than an MLB playoff. The ghost of her dead cousin is following her around and wreaking havoc on the renovations at the club. Her grandmother Inari’s idea of help gives her a headache, and now she has to learn to control her Strigoi powers on top of everything else.
Join Tai, Nico, and Magoo as they navigate contractors, heartbreak, and the undead…
Dark Lie
by Nancy Springer
Kindle $0.50 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Dorrie White should be content with her life. She has a steady job, a loving husband.
But Dorrie also has a secret—one that has caught up with her. When she was a teenager in high school, Dorrie got pregnant and put her baby up for adoption. When she discovers her daughter, Juliet, lives nearby, she can’t help but keep tabs on the girl. But the maternal urge to be close to her child turns into every mother’s nightmare when, right before Dorrie’s eyes, Juliet is abducted at a suburban shopping mall, forced into a van that quickly drives away. Stricken, Dorrie does the only thing any mother would: she goes after her.
The Revenants
by Renata Riva
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
After being magically transported to the capital city of Iriluxir, Terven, Kitaj and Iir find themselves in more danger than ever. Iir is forced to confront her estranged grandfather—who turns out to be nothing like she imagined—while Terven seeks a mage who can heal his paralyzed arm. But the palace of King Jekon, Terven’s ruthless half-brother, is dangerously close, and if the king discovers them, death is a certainty.
In the Academy of Light Magic, Yarrow begins a new chapter with a new job and a new teacher—Daraan, a charismatic, talented young mage. Daraan is good-looking and a rising star in the Academy, and soon Yarrow finds herself torn between a budding attraction and the need to keep her identity secret.
The Body Farm
by Patricia Cornwell
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Little Emily Steiner left a church meeting late one afternoon and strolled toward home along a lakeside path; a week later, her nude body was discovered, bound in blaze-orange duct tape. Called by the North Carolina authorities, forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta recognizes similarities to the gruesome work of a serial killer who has long eluded the FBI But as she tries to make sense of the evidence, she is left with questions that lead her to the Body Farm, a little known research facility in Tennessee where, with the help of some grisly experiments, she might discover the answer.
If the Creek Don’t Rise
by Leah Weiss
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
He’s gonna be sorry he ever messed with me and Loretta Lynn.
Sadie Blue has been a wife for fifteen days. That’s long enough to know she should have never hitched herself to Roy Tupkin, even with the baby.
Sadie is desperate to make her own mark on the world, but in remote Appalachia, a ticket out of town is hard to come by and hope often gets stomped out. When a stranger sweeps into Baines Creek and knocks things off kilter, Sadie finds herself with an unexpected lifeline…if she can just figure out how to use it.
Hemlock Grove
by Brian McGreevy
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
An exhilarating reinvention of the gothic novel, inspired by the iconic characters of our greatest myths and nightmares. Hemlock Grove is now a hit television series on Netflix.
The body of a young girl is found mangled and murdered in the woods of Hemlock Grove, Pennsylvania, in the shadow of the abandoned Godfrey Steel mill. A manhunt ensues—though the authorities aren’t sure if it’s a man they should be looking for…