Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
The Cat Who Lived High
by Lilian Jackson Braun
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
When a glamorous art dealer is killed in Jim Qwilleran’s high-rise, he and cats Koko and Yum Yum reach new heights of detection in this mystery in the Cat Who series.
The colorful Casablanca apartment building is in danger of demolition—but not if Jim Qwilleran can help it. He’s determined to restore the building to its original grandeur.
So he moves in with Koko and Yum Yum—and discovers that the Casablanca is steeped in history…and mystery…
Immaculate Deception
by Warren Adler
Kindle $0.50 Rating: 4.2 #ad
A high-caliber police procedural mystery from the acclaimed author Warren Adler, well-known for the iconic novel turned international box-office hit “The War of the Roses.”
“Both the public and the private story in Adler’s second book about intrepid sergeant Fitzgerald make good reading, capturing the political scene and the passionate duplicity of those who would wield power.” — Publisher’s Weekly on Immaculate Deception
When an outspoken pro-life congresswoman is found dead, there isn’t enough evidence to point to the congresswoman’s death as a suicide, as everyone thinks.
Evil is Forever
by Trilina Pucci
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
In this sizzling sequel to One Killer Night, a special effects artist and a hotshot chef put their shared past to the test to survive a stalker—and their feelings for each other.
It’s been two years since Evie and Chase clawed their way out of the real-life horror movie that would define most people. They’ve finally moved on.
Or so they thought.
Evie’s doing special effects for a new slasher film. Chase is preparing to open his own restaurant. But it’s not work that’s getting to them—it’s each other. While Chase still has his heart-eyed sights set on Evie, she’s got hers on the nearest exit. And she’s dreaming up the best comeback to whatever annoying thing he says next.
The Killing Code
by Steve Frech
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
THE POWERFUL ARE DYING ONE BY ONE
In the heart of Atlanta, a shadowy figure emerges, targeting the city’s most powerful tech and healthcare billionaires, each with a dark past of unethical practices.
THE KILLER HAS A LIST
As bodies pile up, Detective Meredith Somerset is thrust into a high-stakes game of cat and mouse. Amidst the chaos, she grapples with her own personal demons, haunted by anonymous emails from her sister’s abductor.
AND HE’S JUST GETTING STARTED
Shadow Academy
by E.K. Frances
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Tristan thought life was already as bad as it could get… Orphaned. Beaten. An outcast. Then he’s taken. Stolen in the night.
They chose the right boy. No one will miss Tristan Webb. No one will come looking. And no one will hear him scream as he’s trained inside the Shadow Academy.
As Tristan’s power grows, so does the fear of what he’s becoming. He isn’t being educated — he’s being shaped into a weapon. In a world where darkness wears many faces, Tristan must decide who the real enemy is… and whether survival is worth surrendering everything he once was.
The Enemies of My Country
by Jason Kasper
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
David Rivers is an elite-level assassin. A veteran operator who has served as a Ranger, a mercenary, and now as a CIA contractor conducting covert action around the world.
In his secluded mountain home in Virginia, however, David Rivers lives the quiet life of a family man. His cover legend is so strong that even his wife doesn’t know the true nature of his work.
Half a world away, on a mission to assassinate a foreign operative, Rivers uncovers intelligence pointing to an imminent attack on US soil. Now he must hunt down the terrorists before it’s too late.
Caput Mundi
by B.R. Kang
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
“It’s wonderful when readers discover a book with unexpected ideas.” – YA Books Central
When Niil Terra sets off to find his missing parents, he ends up in Caput Mundi, a dazzling place filled with flourishing innovation and alchemic wonders. It is also the home of enarii, a shape-shifting metal that can be willed into any shape, whether it be swords, forks or fly swatters.
As Niil’s talent for shaping enarii emerges, he discovers something he’s never had before: a place where he belongs.
It Began With a Lie
by Michele PW
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
An award-winning, gripping psychological suspense mystery, now complete and bingeable!
All Becca wanted was a fresh start. That wasn’t what she got.
Becca was sure the move from New York to Redemption, Wisconsin was exactly what her troubled family needed. A way to get her crumbling marriage back on track, and to bond with her difficult 16-year-old stepdaughter.
But instead of a new beginning, Becca is thrust into a mysterious past she barely remembers. A past that includes the complications of interacting with her old teenage crush, Daniel, as well as living in her aunt’s old house.
It Could Have Been Her
by Lisa Jewell
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Then She Was Gone Lisa Jewell, two women’s lives converge in a house containing devastating secrets that refuse to stay buried in this “deliciously dark, devilishly addictive” (Alice Feeney, bestselling author of My Husband’s Wife) novel.
Jane Trevally is walking her dogs on her country estate when a small white terrier appears, alone and with no sign of the teenaged girl he’d been staying with nearby. When the teenager is reported missing, Jane offers to return the dog to his registered owner, hours away in London. Arriving at a run-down house called Thornwood in the deepest backwaters of Hampstead, she is immediately on alert—because Jane has a dark history with this house.
