Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
Guilty by Definition
by Susie Dent
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
She knew there’d be ghosts in Oxford, she just didn’t think they’d make their way to the dictionary.
Oxford, England. After a decade abroad, Martha Thornhill has returned home to the city whose ancient institutions have long defined her family. But the ghosts she had thought to be at rest seem to have been waiting for her to return. When an anonymous letter is delivered to the Clarendon English Dictionary, where Martha is a newly hired senior editor, it’s rapidly clear that this is not the usual lexicographical enquiry. Instead, the coded letter hints at secrets and lies linked to a particular year.
Out of the Darkness & Night Moves
by Heather Graham
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
OUT OF THE DARKNESS: Even after a decade, Sarah Hampton is haunted by the night that nearly ended in a bloody massacre and destroyed her high school romance with handsome Tyler Grant. Now the horror has returned. It’s a reckoning from the events of that terrifying night—and a love they never let go…
NIGHT MOVES: Photographer Bryn Keller is struggling to raise three boys while getting her career on track, so working with superstar Lee Condor is an opportunity she can’t pass up, even if he is the most infuriating—and desirable—man she has ever met…
Searing Fire
by Renata Riva
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
In a land where magic is feared and monsters rule the night, their journey becomes the key to survival.
At thirteen, Ari already knows that life is far from easy. But when tragedy strikes, she is forced to leave her remote village and everything she knows behind and journey to the king’s City in search of her only surviving relative. What awaits her is a world far more dangerous—and far more magical—than she ever imagined.
Wes, a young soldier hiding the fact that he is also a mage, serves in a kingdom where magic is feared and mages are hunted. To survive, he must keep his powers secret, even when the king commands him to undertake a perilous mission that could change the fate of the realm.
Ours Is a Tale of Murder
by Nora Murphy
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
One quiet neighborhood
Three different families
Bound by murder
Klara never wanted the house with the white picket fence. Troy never wanted anything else.
Nothing is quite right with this happy couple, but isn’t every home hiding something? Mary, the mother in the blue house, is cleaning out her son’s old room before she sells, haunted by the mistakes of her past and afraid of what her home has become…
Purity in Death
by J. D. Robb, Nora Roberts
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Louie Cogburn had spent three days holed up in his apartment, staring at his computer screen. His pounding headache was unbearable—like spikes drilling into his brain. And it was getting worse. Finally, when someone knocked at his door, Louie picked up a baseball bat, opened the door, and started swinging…
The first cop on the scene fired his stunner twice and Louie died instantly. Detective Eve Dallas has taken over the investigation, but there’s nothing to explain the man’s sudden rage or death. The only clue is a bizarre message left on his computer screen: Absolute Purity Achieved.
Mommy’s Little Girl
by Diane Fanning
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
When news broke of three-year-old Caylee Anthony’s disappearance from her home in Florida in July 2008, there was a huge outpouring of sympathy across the nation. The search for Caylee made front-page headlines. But there was one huge question mark hanging over the case: the girl’s mother.
As the investigation continued and suspicions mounted, Casey became the prime suspect. In October 2008, based on new evidence against Casey—her erratic behavior and lies, her car that showed signs of human decomposition—a grand jury indicted the young single mother.
The Friend
by Joakim Zander
Kindle $0.50 Rating: 4.2 #ad
“Thought-provoking… . . . Thriller fans who enjoy flawed, achingly human characters won’t be able to put this one down.” – Publishers Weekly
November 2015. Jacob Seger arrives in Lebanon eager to make the most of his internship at the Swedish embassy in Beirut. But when he meets the handsome and mysterious Yassim at a glamorous party his first night in the city, he is swept up into a passionate, obsessive affair that renders everything else in his life insignificant. When terrorist claims against Yassim are brought to light, Jacob must confront his role in a complicated game he is wholly unprepared to play. Unsure who to believe or trust, he knows only that he must flee Beirut—and fast.
Exit Strategy
by Lee Child, Andrew Child
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
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First—a Baltimore coffee shop. A seat in the corner, facing the door. Black coffee, two refills, no messing around. A minor interruption from two of the customers, but nothing he can’t deal with swiftly. As he leaves, a young guy brushes against him in the doorway. Instinctively Reacher checks the pocket holding his cash and passport. There’s no problem. Nothing is missing.