Friday’s Mystery eBooks
The Great Nashville Bake Off Mishap
by Greta Sinclair
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Hattie Leiper never imagined her baking could earn a handshake from a famous TV judge—especially one that’s followed by his sudden collapse!
During a tented garden bake off at a Belle Meade estate, Hattie, along with her bestie and detective Bo Becket, must navigate competitive bakers, daily mishaps, and sugary secrets.
Her furbabies are less than thrilled about the whole event, making their objections known at every turn, but Hattie can’t ignore the nagging feeling that something fishy is at play. Was it a careless ingredient mix-up or something more deliberate?
Going Once, Going Twic
by Jan Thompson
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
An abducted child. A desperate mother. A secretive father.
When her four-year-old son is kidnapped, a stay-at-home mother reactivates her hidden skills to mount a rescue operation. Will the kidnapping drive her to the edge?
Phoebe’s Fears. Office manager Phoebe O’Tierney’s decision to help a single mother earn some childcare income ends up putting her son in grave danger when he is abducted in broad daylight.
The search and rescue would’ve been like looking for a needle in a haystack, but the human traffickers don’t realize that Phoebe has a powerful magnet in the form of connections in high places at Mendenhall Retreat where she works.
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…
Sharp Force
by Patricia Cornwell
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
NO ONE IS SAFE FROM THE SERIAL KILLER. NOT EVEN SCARPETTA…
During the early hours of Christmas morning, chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta receives a chilling call. The Phantom Slasher has struck again.
The serial killer has terrorized Northern Virginia for months. His pattern is to stalk with a sophisticated technology that enables him to invade his victims’ homes and watch their every move. They wake up to a ghost-like hologram before being murdered in their beds.
Beyond Paydirt at Destiny’s End
by Ralph Hecht
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
Dive into a thrilling adventure of camping and gold prospecting with retired engineer Richard Hammer and his loyal companion Peggy Jacobs in the rugged Little Thunder Mountains.
What begins as a simple search for gold quickly unfolds into an exhilarating tale of suspense, heart, and the irresistible thrill of the hunt. Richard and Peggy are compelling, relatable characters whose journey from ordinary life into the wild feels both inspiring and unforgettable.
As they trade metal detectors and pans for sluice boxes and high-stakes mining, the danger rises with the stakes: claim jumpers, mountain lions, and every challenge the mountains can throw at them. Vivid detail, strong pacing, and a genuine sense of adventure keep the pages turning.
Fox on the Roof Murder
by Stephanie Parker McKean
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Is Wren Casper a doddering old woman or is she being gaslighted? Her friends wonder. First she claims to play ball with a fox on a roof. Then her stories escalate…to include murder.
Newly elected Bluebonnet, Texas, Sheriff Tulsa Edwards dismisses the woman with brown hair growing tired of fighting against the grey overtaking it and silver eyes capable of penetrating his façade of authority when she comes to him with claims of cars changing colors and rock climbers stealing children. He can’t dismiss the things that happen to her—like the eight-foot concrete gorilla mysteriously plunked down in her front yard. But did she order it and then forget?
The Omen of Crows Nest
by Cathrina Constantine
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
No blood. No body. No murder.
That’s what the police found after Penelope spun her bizarre tale. In a hysterical state, she said her father was butchered and eaten by a mob of birds ~ in her bedroom.
They claim she’s crazy. That she suffers from delusions. Penelope is dead set on proving them wrong.
After being institutionalized for eight months, Penelope is out and more determined than ever to find answers to her so-called hallucinations. With her father’s untimely disappearance, she’s convinced her family is hiding something sinister…
Shadows Reel
by C. J. Box
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Wyoming Game Warden Joe Pickett and his wife, Marybeth, make separate discoveries that put the Pickett family in a pair of killers’ crosshairs in this thrilling new novel in the bestselling series.
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A day before the three Pickett girls come home for Thanksgiving, Joe is called out for a moose-poaching incident that turns out to be something much more sinister: a local fishing guide has been brutally tortured and murdered. At the same time, Marybeth opens an unmarked package at the library where she works and finds a photo album that belonged to an infamous Nazi official. Who left it there? And why?
Whistleblower
by Tess Gerritsen
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
When Victor Holland came flying out of the night, he ran straight into the path of Catherine Weaver’s car. Having uncovered a terrifying secret that leads all the way to Washington, Victor is running for his life—and from the men who will go to any lengths to silence him.
Though Victor’s story sounds like the ravings of a mad-man, the haunted look in his eyes—and the bullet hole in his shoulder—tell Cathy a different story. As each hour brings pursuers ever closer, she has to wonder, is she giving her trust to a man in danger or trusting her life to a dangerous man?