Friday’s Mystery eBooks
The Incident of the Book in the Nighttime
by Vicki Delany
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
Bookshop owner Gemma Doyle heads to London for a wedding, but when a body is found in connection with a rare book, Gemma sets out to sleuth the slaying in bestselling author Vicki Delany’s tenth Sherlock Holmes Bookshop mystery.
Gemma Doyle and her friends have packed their bags and headed to London for her sister Pippa’s wedding. Waiting for her in the hotel lobby is none other than Gemma’s ex-husband, Paul Erikson. Paul has a rare book he wants her to see – calling it “the real deal” – so Gemma agrees to meet him at their old shop, Trafalgar Fine Books, the following day. But when Gemma arrives, accompanied by Grant, a rare book dealer, they find Paul dead in his office.
Tarnished Relics
by AJ Titter
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Bronze Medalist of the 2025 Global Book Awards for sword & sorcery
Finalist of the 2025 Storytrade Award for fantasy.
Justice is good. Revenge is power.
Amiir, one of the first born, seeks to dethrone his father Isteni, the creator. An ancient prophecy of Ouroby says there is a woman destined to bring Amiir victory. He has searched eons, waiting for a female seer born when the lorkiss and the swan are high in the night sky.
Attoria sees the future when she dreams. A rare gift in Halgrond, even rarer for a woman. When Attoria’s parents are cursed with a deadly illness, she is determined to get her revenge. But first, she needs to discover who is responsible.
Head Wounds
by Michael McGarrity
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Clayton Istee, son of retired police chief Kevin Kerney, goes up against an elusive Mexican hitman in a mesmerizing story of murder, revenge, and redemption.
Given a chance to salvage his law enforcement career, Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Detective Clayton Istee catches a bizarre late-night double homicide at a Las Cruces hotel. Both victims, a man and a woman, have been scalped with their throats cut.
The murders show all the signs of a signature hit, but national and state crime databases reveal no similar profiles…
Better Off Dead
by Michael Fleeman
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
The true story of the love triangle murder of Robert Limon—from the New York Times bestselling author of Missing . . . and Presumed Dead.
In Better off Dead, Michael Fleeman strips away the pleasant veneer of the Silver Lakes neighborhood in California’s high desert to tell a shocking story about a headline-grabbing crime.
A conversation with handsome young firefighter Jonathan Hearn leads Sabrina Limon, a vivacious blond mother of two, into a steamy affair that has them hooking up once and twice a week at her home, his home, and out in hidden spots in the vast Mojave.
Broken Rhodes
by Kimber Silver
Kindle $4.99 Rating:4.5 #ad
Kinsley Rhodes blows into Harlow, Kansas like a tornado, twisting Sheriff Lincoln James’ life into knots. Her grandfather has been murdered and she wants answers.
As if the town’s first homicide in twenty years wasn’t enough, the beleaguered sheriff now has to deal with Henry Rhodes’ bobcat of a granddaughter, plunging his life deeper into chaos. As a dark storm threatens, long-held secrets are exposed, placing Kinsley directly in harm’s way.
In a race against time, Lincoln’s prime objective is to discover the killer’s identity before Miss Rhodes becomes the next victim…
Down Cemetery Road
by Mick Herron
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
It’s an evening like any other when an explosion rips through the leafy Oxford suburb Sarah Tucker calls home. In the aftermath, a house now stands devastated, with two adults dead and a young girl missing.
Frustrated by the police, who seem more interested in keeping the neighbors from rubbernecking than in searching for the missing child, Sarah becomes obsessed with finding her, and enlists the help of Oxford private investigator Zoë Boehm. But their search reveals more secrets than answers. As Zoë and Sarah draw closer to the truth, they are caught in a web of conspiracy and come up against government forces, cold-blooded mercenaries and vengeful loners.
The Launch
by Terry Toler
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
READ WHAT STARTED IT ALL! This novella started two award winning franchises. The Jamie Austen Spy Thrillers and The Eden Stories.
Jamie Austen is in college and has been looking for her father for two years. Adam Lang, Jamie’s father, has been looking for her, ever since he learned he has a daughter.
She knows where he is. Kennedy Space Center. Adam is an astronaut about to leave earth on a one-way journey to the ends of the universe. It’s a race against time. Will she make it before the launch? Will there even be a launch or will a terrorist fire a missile into the spacecraft killing thousands including her father?
Chess Tactics for Beginner
by Karl-Antoine Simoneau
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
Do you want to become a better chess player but feel stuck making beginner mistakes? Do you want to quickly increase your skills and climb the ELO rankings? Then this book is for you!
Packed with 1200 carefully selected chess puzzles for adults in the 600-1200 ELO range, this guide shares hundreds of fundamental tactics and must-know strategies that you’ll encounter in real games.
Featuring large graphics with easy-to-read boards and answers at the bottom of every page, this chess manual shares fun activities and calculation exercises to help you build a strong foundation—so you can avoid game-losing beginner mistakes, spot tactical opportunities, and consistently gain the advantage.
True Crime
by Patricia Cornwell
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
Patricia Cornwell is best known for her international bestselling thriller series about forensic pathologist Dr. Kay Scarpetta. Every story comes from somewhere, and Scarpetta’s began when Patricia Cornwell embedded herself in a morgue.
In this achingly honest memoir, Cornwell excavates her own life, detailing her traumatic childhood being raised by neglectful parents, her father abandoning the young family on Christmas day, her mother being institutionalized twice, an abusive foster family, and developing a parental relationship with evangelist Billy Graham’s wife Ruth…