Monday’s Mystery eBooks
Midnight Clear
by Mary Kay Andrews
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Ex-Atlanta cop-turned-house-cleaning entrepreneur Callahan Garrity doesn’t know what she is getting for Christmas, but she never expects the gift that arrives at her door: her estranged, ne’er-do-well brother, Brian, and his adorable three-year-old daughter, Maura. A rebel who’s been in and out of trouble most of his life, Brian’s deep in it now since he illegally abducted Maura from under the nose of his shrewish former wife.
When the beautiful child’s mother is found murdered, the police come looking for Brian. And now, to save her brother and her holiday, Callahan — along with her irascible mom, Edna…
It’s Not Her
by Mary Kubica
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
A scream shatters the silence… Courtney Gray’s peaceful vacation turns into a nightmare when she discovers her brother and sister-in-law dead in their lakeside cottage. Her niece Reese is missing. Her nephew Wyatt is asleep upstairs—unharmed.
A town full of secrets… As police swarm the quiet resort, dark truths about Courtney’s family—and the town itself—begin to surface. Is Reese a victim… or the killer?
A truth no one saw coming…
Fatal Friends, Deadly Neighbors
by Ann Rule
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
The New York Times bestselling True Crime Files series continues with this haunting collection of the dangers lurking among those we trust the most—from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Stranger Beside Me.
Doomed relationships and deadly betrayals are at the heart of this unputdownable collection of true cases from the personal files of Ann Rule, “America’s best true-crime writer” (Kirkus Reviews). First is one of the most tragic unsolved crimes of the last twenty years: the disappearance of Susan Powell and the murder of her two young sons. With in-depth research and clear-eyed compassion, Rule leaves no stone unturned as she searches for the truth in this shocking story.
Finders Keepers
by Brett Battles
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
In the latest thrilling adventure in the #1 New York Times bestselling series, Stone Barrington is caught in the lethal crossfire between a dear friend and a secret enemy from his past.
After attending an Arrington properties meeting at the group’s newest location, The Vineyard Arrington on Martha’s Vineyard, Stone Barrington returns to New York City to catch up with his old friend Jack Coulter. Over lunch, Jack requests Stone’s help in settling his niece Sara into city life post-divorce. Always one to please, Stone takes Sara under his wing.
The Thirteenth Count
by Paige Annabentleah
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Every ten years, the valley bleeds. Every ten years, the smoke rises red. Until hers.
Fern Grovekeeper has spent twenty years being no one – the Keeper’s daughter, raised on funeral rites in the lowest caste of a sealed valley where blood is currency and the Blackwells own the mountain that collects it.
Then the Thirteenth Count burns her blood white.
Torn from her family and taken to Blackwell Keep, Fern is given a new name, a new wardrobe, and a tutor: Cassius Blackwell, heir to the family that has ruled the valley for generations. He’s cold, exacting, and far too observant.
Dream Girl
by Laura Lippman
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Aubrey, the title character of Gerry Andersen’s most successful novel, Dream Girl, is so captivating that Gerry’s readers insist she’s real. Gerry knows she exists only in his imagination. So how can Aubrey be calling Gerry, bed-bound since a freak fall? A virtual prisoner in his penthouse, Gerry is dependent on two women he barely knows: his incurious young assistant, and a dull, slow-witted night nurse.
Could the cryptic caller be one of his three ex-wives playing a vindictive trick after all these years? Or is she Margot, an ex-girlfriend who keeps trying to insinuate her way back into Gerry’s life?
I Am Behind You
by John Ajvide Lindqvist
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
A compelling, eerie new novel from the internationally bestselling author of Let the Right One In.
Four families wake up one morning in their trailer on an ordinary campsite. However, during the night something strange has happened. Everything outside the camping grounds has disappeared, and the world has been transformed into an endless expanse of grass. The sky is blue, but there is no sign of the sun; there are no trees, no flowers, no birds. And every radio plays nothing but the songs of sixties pop icon Peter Himmelstrand…
Kingdom Come
by Daphne Simpkins
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Mildred Budge returns in Kingdom Come, a story about setbacks and how to face them.
The fourth novel in the series, Kingdom Come, continues with the stories of Mildred, Fran, Winston, Janie, and Chase.
In this story, Mildred’s Cloverdale bungalow is crowded.
Her best friend Fran observes, “For a single woman, Mildred, your quiver is getting very full.” And it is.