Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
Death of a Bacon Heiress
by Lee Hollis
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
For food and cocktails columnist Hayley Powell, becoming a local culinary celebrity opens lots of doors. Unfortunately, one leads straight to cold-blooded murder…
When Hayley is invited to do a cooking demo on one of daytime’s most popular talk shows, it’s a welcome distraction from her empty nest blues. And the newfound fame certainly has its perks–especially when Olivia Redmond, the posh bacon heiress of Redmond Meats, offers Hayley a writing gig with a juicy paycheck.
EMP Silent Grid
by William Stone
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
She was watching her grandson laugh at a baby gorilla when the call came.
“You have minutes. Not hours. Minutes.”
Lindy didn’t panic. She’d spent forty years preparing for this exact moment. But she’d never imagined it would come while she was holding a hot chocolate at a zoo with the two people she loved most in the world. When the EMP hits, there is no second chance. No rescue. No government coming to help. Just a grandmother, two kids, and eighty miles of dying America.
A Better Man
by Louise Penny
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Catastrophic spring flooding, blistering attacks in the media, and a mysterious disappearance greet Chief Inspector Armand Gamache as he returns to the Sûreté du Québec in the latest novel by #1 New York Times bestselling author Louise Penny.
It’s Gamache’s first day back as head of the homicide department, a job he temporarily shares with his previous second-in-command, Jean-Guy Beauvoir. Flood waters are rising across the province. In the middle of the turmoil a father approaches Gamache, pleading for help in finding his daughter…
Killing the Shadows
by Val McDermid
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Rich in atmosphere, Val McDermid’s Killing the Shadows uses the backdrops of city and country to create an air of threatening menace, culminating in a tense confrontation between hunter and hunted, a confrontation that can have only one outcome.
A killer is on the loose, blurring the line between fact and fiction. His prey—the writers of crime novels who have turned psychological profilers into the heroes of the nineties. But this killer is like no other. His bloodlust shatters all the conventional wisdom surrounding the motives and mechanics of how serial killers operate. And for one woman, the desperate hunt to uncover his identity becomes a matter of life and death.
A Perfect Flock
by Mike Bogue
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.9 #ad
Tuck Jameson’s brother Clay has vanished, lured into The Body—a religious cult wielding cutting-edge nanotechnology to transform members into devout automatons. With just three days until Clay’s conversion is irreversible, Tuck is desperate.
Joining forces with Adam Shimura, a former mentor turned black ops agent with ambiguous allegiances, Tuck plunges into a perilous quest to rescue his brother.
But Chief Elder Brother Moody and his zealous followers are determined to thwart Tuck at every turn. As the tension escalates, a stunning prophecy reveals that the crisis transcends personal struggle—it threatens the very soul of America and perhaps the entire world.
Pants on Fire
by Denise Diana Huddle
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Lying to Iris Raines is like throwing a boomerang—the truth always comes back hard.
This gritty Texas private investigator mystery is relentless and razor-sharp—where sabotage, cartel money, and dark family secrets collide in a dangerous game of truth and consequences.
Iris Raines doesn’t scare easy. Sharp-tongued, relentless, and backed by her St. Bernard, Festus, she’s built a career digging the truth out of the dung heap of deception. But when sabotage turns lethal, Iris finds herself caught between powerful enemies—and a client who isn’t telling her everything she needs to know…
Hole to Hell Mystery
by Stephanie Parker McKean
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Two sisters. One murder. A lifetime of secrets.
A deeply powerful and emotive story unlike any other cozy mystery. Two estranged sisters must confront their painful past while investigating their father’s murder—only to discover that the truth may destroy them both.
What happens when the past refuses to stay buried?
Acacia and Dinah grew up in the same house but in completely different worlds. Bound by a childhood scarred by abuse and abandonment, the sisters took opposite paths in life. Acacia is grounded and practical, holding on to stability after years of chaos. Dinah is restless and unpredictable, living as if the world owes her something more. They barely speak…
Convincing Alex
by Nora Roberts
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Detective Alex Stanislaski thought he’d seen it all – until he mistakenly arrests the daringly bold soap opera writer Bess McNee for soliciting. Committed to understanding her characters, Bess often looks for research opportunities to help her write the best she can – and accidentally being arrested gives her the best opportunity of all. She decides to follow the sexy detective around to get ‘ideas’ for her show, but Bess will soon discover that Alex is not only perfect for research, but maybe a perfect match for herself, as well. Now all she has to do is convince him she’s right…
Stone Cross
by Marc Cameron
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Winter comes early to the rural native community of Stone Cross, Alaska—and so does hunting season. Caribou and moose are a major source of food through the long, dark months ahead. But Arliss Cutter has come here for a very different game. A federal judge is receiving death threats and refuses protection. Cutter and his deputy Lola Teariki have been assigned to shadow him on his trip to this icy outland to make sure that he’s safe. But they quickly discover that no one is ever really safe in a place like this. And no one is above suspicion . . .
Let Justice Burns Slow
by James Leonard
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Elwood Merrick spent five years in a Mexican prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Now he’s riding north hoping to find the woman he left behind—and the man who put him there.
But exposing the truth won’t be easy.
The real murderer is hiding in plain sight as Brenton’s most respected businessman, Pritchard Thomas. During the years Elwood was gone, Pritchard took control of the town, complete with a bought sheriff, hired killers, and a population too frightened to resist.
Elwood didn’t ride back looking for revenge.