Friday’s Mystery eBooks
Consigned to Death
by Jane K. Cleland
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Josie Prescott’s friends thought she was nuts when she left her high-paying New York auction house job and her boyfriend to live on the rugged and beautiful New Hampshire coast. Truth is, Josie wondered a little herself—never mind that her peripheral involvement in a well-publicized price-fixing scandal made the possibility of a new start incredibly enticing.
Things are looking better, though, now that she’s got her own auction business up and running and has made something of a success of her new life. That is, until she gets mixed up in murder, and the supremely eligible but emotionally distant local police chief seems to think she’s the prime suspect.
The Picasso Heist
by James Patterson, Howard Roughan
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Instant New York Times bestseller!
From the world’s #1 bestselling author James Patterson, a thriller that scales astonishing heights when a newcomer to the Manhattan art world executes a grand theft.
“The Picasso Heist is ripped-from-the-headlines relevant.” —USA Today
A $100 million painting. A previously unknown Picasso is discovered in the attic of a French villa. Everyone wants to possess it. Only one person knows how to take it.
Home and Family: A Short Story Duo
by Lisa Phillips
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
Home: Left for dead by a treacherous DEA team, Caleb Rourke returns to his quiet hometown in Montana seeking to escape his troubled past. When his neighbor, Tessa Langley, discovers encrypted documents hidden in her father’s secret safe Caleb’s return takes a perilous turn. He soon realizes that both his enemies and an enigmatic ally know exactly where to find him. Tessa’s family becomes a target for those intent on keeping the truth buried…
Family: Operative Durango James (Jay) is in small town Montana recovering with his K-9, a former military dog. The two of them have been forced into downtime against their will under the threat that if Jay gets into a scrape, he’ll lose his spot on the team. Too bad trouble seems to find him everywhere he goes. Veterinarian Morgan Lawson has a spunky eight-year-old daughter and a thriving practice, no thanks to her ex-husband…
House of Bone and Rain
by Gabino Iglesias
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
A Barnes & Noble Best Horror Book of the Year
A Locus Award Finalist
For childhood friends Gabe, Xavier, Tavo, Paul, and Bimbo, death has always been close. Hurricanes. Car accidents. Gang violence. Suicide. Estamos rodeados de fantasmas was Gabe’s grandmother’s refrain. We are surrounded by ghosts. But this time is different. Bimbo’s mom has been shot dead. We’re gonna kill the guys who killed her Bimbo swears. And they all agree.
Rise of the Y
by Angela D. Shelton
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
The rebellion is about to begin.
The Imperium controls everything. They arrange marriages, dictate professions, and orchestrate everyone’s destiny. But seventeen-year-old Lexi refuses to accept. She’s ready to ignite a revolution of her own, but fate has other plans.
When a hidden diary falls into her hands, its weathered pages whisper of rebellion and hope. Now, Lexi is thrust into the perilous shadows of the elusive rebel group Y. In a whirlpool of danger, deceit, and forbidden alliances, every ally could be an enemy. Every truth could be a lie. And falling in love? That was never part of the plan.
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…
The Ascent
by Christopher Walker
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Poof!
Our whole lives can change in an instant.
And John Atwater—a skilled engineer and army veteran, who has plenty of battle scars from his time serving in the elite group called The Undesirables—knows this better than anyone. John’s life is all about routine, discipline, and reliability—the tools he uses to cope with his anxiety. But that all changes when his boss sends him on a “routine” business trip to Scotland.
While in Scotland, he finds himself thrown into a beautiful yet troubled new world called Mhorelia, a magical place where he encounters mythical and dangerous creatures, must fight for his life in extreme climates, and faces the ultimate test to save Mhorelia from tyranny.
The Overlook
by Michael Connelly
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Near Mulholland Drive, Dr. Stanley Kent is found shot twice in the back of the head. It’s the case LAPD detective Harry Bosch has been waiting for, his first since being recruited to the Homicide Special Squad. When he discovers that Kent had access to dangerous radioactive substances, what begins as a routine investigation becomes something darker, more deadly, and frighteningly urgent. Bosch is soon in conflict with not only his superiors but the FBI, which thinks the case is too important for just a cop. Complicating his job even more is the presence of Agent Rachel Walling, his onetime lover. Now guarding one slim advantage, Bosch relentlessly follows his own instincts, hoping they are still sharp enough to find the truth — and a killer who can annihilate an entire city.
Classic Birthdays
by Daphne Simpkins
Kindle $0.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
Do you choose the movies or television programs for someone in your care? Do you plan activities and invite interesting guest speakers to address residents in your assisted living homes?
How do you know which programs to choose or watch or guest speakers to invite?
To know what topics, movies, books or television shows are relevant to the people in your care, you need to know who the popular culture creators were in the 20th century.
This set of four books attempts to introduce activity directors and caregivers-at-home to the popular culture creators of the 20th century by simply presenting them according to their birthdays.
London Bridges
by James Patterson
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
The inspiration for #1 hit streaming show, Cross. In broad desert daylight, a mysterious platoon of soldiers evacuates the entire population of Sunrise Valley, Nevada. Minutes later, a huge bomb detonates a hundred feet above the ground and lays waste to homes, cars, and playgrounds: a town annihilated in an instant. The Russian supercriminal known as the Wolf claims responsibility for the blast. Alex Cross is on vacation in San Francisco with his girlfriend, Jamilla Hughes, when he gets the call. World leaders have just four days to prevent an unimaginable cataclysm. Racing down the hairpin turns of the Riviera in the most unforgettable finale James Patterson has ever written, he confronts the truth of the Wolf’s identity, a revelation that even Cross himself may be unable to survive.
Honey I’m Home
by Merri Maywether
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
She lost her boyfriend. She might lose her home. Then a sudden stroke of luck changed everything—and proved that her problems were only just beginning.
Sarah’s world imploded in a single afternoon. It started with a phone call from her brother, who wants to sell their childhood home. It ended with her catching her boyfriend in a lie that broke her heart. She kicked his pickup tires. On a whim, she buys a ticket. After all, what was the worst that could happen?
She finds out when she hears, in front of the dinner rush at the local store, that she actually won.