Monday’s Mystery eBooks
The Librarians
by Sherry Thomas
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Sometimes a workplace isn’t just a workplace but a place of safety, understanding, and acceptance. And sometimes murder threatens the sanctity of that beloved refuge….
In the leafy suburbs of Austin, Texas, a small branch library welcomes the public every day of the week. But the patrons who love the helpful, unobtrusive staff and leave rave reviews on Yelp don’t always realize that their librarians are human, too.
Hazel flees halfway across the world for what she hopes will be a new beginning…
Tangled Vines
by John Glatt
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
In Tangled Vines, bestselling true crime author John Glatt reconstructs the rise of the prestigious Murdaugh family and the shocking double murder that led to the downfall of its patriarch, Alex Murdaugh.
Among the lush, tree-lined waterways of South Carolina low country, the Murdaugh name means power. A century-old, multimillion-dollar law practice has catapulted the family into incredible wealth and local celebrity—but it was an unimaginable tragedy that would thrust them into the national spotlight. On June 7th, 2021, prominent attorney Alex Murdaugh discovered the bodies of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, on the grounds of their thousand-acre hunting lodge. The mystery deepened only months later when Alex himself was discovered shot in the head on a local roadside.
The Girl Who Wouldn’t Die
by Jeff Abugov
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
“A consistently fascinating take on the idea of immortality.” — Kirkus Reviews
Millie was born of our time, and she doesn’t age. Our epic tale follows the immortal woman through her many “lifetimes”—past, present, and distant future—her struggle to keep her secret a secret; her remorse in having to leave her loved ones behind when time to move on; and her ongoing difficulties slipping into her next identity. Violence, sex, adventure and romance abound but one thing’s for sure . . . Eternal youth ain’t all it’s cracked up to be.
Autopsy
by Patricia Cornwell
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Forensic pathologist Dr. Kay Scarpetta has come almost full circle, returning to Virginia, the state where she launched her storied career, as the chief medical examiner. Finding herself the new girl in town once again after being away for many years, she’s inherited both an overbearing secretary and a legacy of neglect and potential corruption.
She and her husband, Benton Wesley, now a forensic psychologist with the U.S. Secret Service, have relocated to Old Town Alexandria, where she’s headquartered five miles from the Pentagon in a post-pandemic world that’s been torn apart by civil and political unrest.
Ashes and Honor
by Kayla Lowe
Kindle $4.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
Fire can destroy – or it can reveal what’s truly burning inside.
Captain Eli Grant has spent years burying the pain of losing his wife to a fire he couldn’t stop. When a string of suspicious blazes rocks Glory, Tennessee, he’s forced to work with Dani Rivers—a brilliant arson investigator with secrets of her own. As they chase the flames to the truth, sparks ignite between them, but can two burned hearts find love again? Or will the embers of the past consume them both?
Hanging Hill
by Mo Hayder
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
On a picture-perfect morning in Bath, England, a teenage girl’s body is found on the towpath of a canal. Police detective Zoe Benedict is convinced the department head should look beyond the usual domestic motives to solve the brutal murder case. But no one wants to hear any far-fetched ideas from the department’s black sheep.
Meanwhile, Zoe’s sister, Sally, has started working as a housekeeper for a wealthy entrepreneur whose eccentricities are beginning to seem increasingly repugnant, and possibly dangerous. As Zoe digs into the case and Sally’s suspicions grow, all signs point to one conclusion: There’s something very wrong at the house on Hanging Hill.
The Long Blackout
by RobertJ Walker
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
An EMP Post Apocalypse Prepper Survival Thrille
At 4:16 AM, everything dies.
Planes. Power. Law. Stranded in the wilderness when an EMP wipes out the grid, Alaric knows the truth immediately. If he does not reach his family before society turns violent, they will be killed by those who do.
Unwanted Starship
by John Walker
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Ethan Cross expected second shift at Meridian Industrial to end the way it always did—oil-stained hands, clock out, go home.
Then something impossible shows up behind the plant. It isn’t on any schedule. It isn’t on any radar. And it definitely isn’t human. Ethan makes one mistake, he gets close.
That’s when his ordinary life ends. Whatever is sitting in the dark isn’t debris or a prank—it’s a machine built for a purpose, and it didn’t arrive by accident. Ethan doesn’t know what it wants, or who it belongs to, but he knows this much: the moment he touched it, a countdown started.
Temptation
by Nora Roberts
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Far from fashionable galas and high society soirees, Eden Carlbough has ventured out into the countryside, challenging herself to run a girls’ camp. Unruly, uncivilized, and unbelievable, her charges defy her at every turn—and run her up an apple tree. She’s not off the ground long before gravity comes calling and she finds herself in the arms of orchard owner Chase Elliot. As if being overrun by obnoxious children wasn’t humiliating enough, Eden now has to endure Chase’s wicked teasing. But his playful flirtations promise much more, enticing Eden to follow her instincts in a way she’s never done before.