Friday’s Mystery eBooks
Death of a Spy
by M. C. Beaton, R.W. Green
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Sergeant Hamish Macbeth is worried about how the folks will react to his new assistant officer; the enigmatic American James Bland, whose true mission is to track down the members of a Russian spy network. In the meantime, he and Bland deal with it the usual crop of traffic incidents, lost wallets, lost dogs, and lost people, but a spate of burglaries committed by a man dubbed “Spiderman” give Hamish cause for serious concern.
Hamish has to use all of his contacts and every ounce of his Highland guile to find the robber and protect the village.
SEEDS OF VENGEANCE
by Stephen Joyce
Kindle $3.49 Rating: 5.0 #ad
A series of grisly murders have occurred across the country and are being sensationalized by the media.
Police forces operating in isolation have been highlighted as being spectacularly ineffective against a devious and brutal adversary, whose M.O. is designed to render forensics almost useless.
Caught in a pincer movement between MI6 and the Home Office, MI5 has been invited to lead the manhunt. However, the higher echelons in MI5 must protect their prestige. They have no appetite to be reduced to mere plods.
This experiment must fail! A scapegoat is required.
Cathedral
by Nelson DeMille
Kindle $1.999 Rating: 4.2 #ad
St. Patrick’s Day, New York City. Everyone is celebrating, but everyone is in for the shock of his life. Born into the heat and hatred of the Northern Ireland conflict, IRA man Brian Flynn has masterminded a brilliant terrorist act the seizure of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral. Among his hostages: the woman Brian Flynn once loved, a former terrorist turned peace activist. Among his enemies: an Irish-American police lieutenant fighting against a traitor inside his own ranks and a shadowy British intelligence officer pursuing his own cynical, bloody plan. The cops face a booby-trapped, perfectly laid out killing zone inside the church. The hostages face death.
Stolen in the Night
by Gary C. King
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
The horrific, grisly true crime account of a child abuser, kidnapper, and serial killer from the bestselling author of An Almost Perfect Murder.
Joseph Duncan had been convicted of raping and torturing a fourteen-year-old boy in Tacoma, Washington. On the Internet he proudly boasted of his perversions. But the system turned Duncan loose, and no one would stop him from committing an even more horrifying act . . .
This time, he prepared meticulously. He chose his getaway car. He chose his murder weapon and loaded a video camera.
The Toll
by Cherie Priest
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
A 2020 LOCUS AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST HORROR NOVEL
From Cherie Priest, the author of The Family Plot and Maplecroft, comes The Toll, a tense, dark, and scary treat for modern fans of the traditionally strange and macabre.
Take a road trip into a Southern gothic horror novel.
Titus and Melanie Bell are on their honeymoon and have reservations in the Okefenokee Swamp cabins for a canoeing trip. But shortly before they reach their destination, the road narrows into a rickety bridge with old stone pilings, with room for only one car…
The Bogotá File
by David Archer, Damien Wild
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
In the heart of Bogotá, Colombia, a wealthy businessman vanishes, abducted by a powerful new drug cartel under the command of the ruthless Adolfo Sanchez. Jacob Hunter, a skilled operative for the top-secret organization Skia, is tasked with finding and rescuing the kidnapped businessman, Paul Brohman.
Assigned the codename “Montoya,” Jacob navigates the dangerous criminal underworld, leveraging savant-like linguistic skills and undercover expertise. As he delves deeper, Jacob uncovers a web of corruption involving the CIA, with agents working against the government’s interests.
Escape the Night
by Richard North Patterson
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 3.8 #ad
1 New York Times–bestselling author Richard North Patterson delivers a riveting novel of suspense and a powerful family’s secrets
Peter Carey was born into privilege during the McCarthy era, when the paranoia of Washington infected his parents’ house and seeped into Peter’s bones. His father was so obsessed with the family publishing business that he never had time for his son. Even as a teenager, Peter barely knew his father—and one dark night, an accident on a lonely road ensured he never would.
Peter’s memories of that horrific night have been erased by amnesia, but decades later he is still tortured by nightmares.
Bonnie
by Iris Johansen
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 3.8 #ad
The truth has eluded her for years…Now, is she ready to face it? The #1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen has written an explosive conclusion to the trilogy that will finally lay to rest the questions that have haunted her fans for a decade
When Eve Duncan gave birth to her daughter, she experienced a love she never knew existed. Nothing would stand in the way of giving Bonnie a wonderful life—until the unthinkable happened and the seven-year-old vanished into thin air. Eve found herself in the throes of a nightmare from which there was no escape.