Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
A Slay Ride Together With You
by Vicki Delany
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
The slay bells are ringing in this festive seventh installment of national bestselling author Vicki Delany’s Year-Round Christmas mystery series, perfect for fans of Amanda Flower and Donna Andrews.
Rudolph, New York, shop owner Merry Wilkinson’s best friend Vicky Casey is newly engaged to Chef Mark Grosse and is moving into the historic Cole House–a home surrounded by drama, intrigue, and a possible haunting that is in desperate need of renovation. The wedding is just three weeks away, but all is not bliss for the newly engaged couple as estranged relatives of the late owner fight over her will. Then, late one night, Vicky and Merry come across a dead body in the garden of Cole House–and Mark is the one standing over the corpse.
The Truth Chamber
by Duncan Ritchie
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
CAN THE TRUTH SAVE AMERICA?
In an election year marred by violence, Mack Leach—the Red Caesar—rises in the polls.
His rival, Democratic presidential candidate Anna Hoffman, warns a divided country that under the Red Caesar, America will devolve into an authoritarian state: a Russia 2.0.
Admiral Liam Driscall, struggling with the devastating loss of his family, lives in isolation until a confrontation with a book burner jolts him into action. He sets aside his grief and joins Anna’s campaign.
The Spiral
by George Q. Smith
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Enter the twisted mind of George Q. Smith with 190 one-page stories of supernatural mystery and horror – each a 60-second read that draws you deeper into one single, interconnected narrative.
The stories range from Lovecraftian dread to the deeply personal; from the occult to serial killings; from visceral shocks to quiet psychological unease. And sometimes, there is no horror at all – or at least not until you think about the things you’ve just read.
From the haunted forests of 17th-century Germany to the cradle of humankind and to modern-day New York, the tales span time and space – with an occasional detour outside our reality as well.
The Governor
by Lynda La Plante
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
No one is above the law.
Barfield Prison is one of the toughest high-security prisons in England, housing the country’s most dangerous criminals. And when an inmate is found dead in his cell, a riot breaks out, forcing the authorities to investigate a potential murder.
Despite being Barfield’s youngest ever female Governor, Helen Hewitt is seen as the best woman for the job. But with a prison full of corrupt and suspicious officers, restless inmates and a broken system, Helen has her work cut out – and no allies to help her….
Bold Encounter
by Emily Jane Trent
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Is she doomed to be the celebrity stalker’s victim?
After a twenty-year struggle in her New Orleans career, blues singer Genevieve Dumas begins to achieve popularity. But can she fulfill her dreams and rise to the top of her field as a singer/songwriter when a vengeful former band leader threatens her life?
Detective Abe Stewart of the New Orleans PD volunteers his protection. He admires Genevieve, and the attraction blossoms into love.
Distant Shores
by Kristin Hannah
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Elizabeth and Jackson Shore married young, raised two daughters, and weathered the storms of youth as they built a family. From a distance, their lives look picture perfect. But after the girls leave home, Jack and Elizabeth quietly drift apart. When Jack accepts a wonderful new job, Elizabeth puts her own needs aside to follow him across the country.
Then tragedy turns Elizabeth’s world upside down. In the aftermath, she questions everything about her life—her choices, her marriage, even her long-forgotten dreams. In a daring move that shocks her husband, friends, and daughters, she lets go of the woman she has become—and reaches out for the woman she wants to be.
The Last Temptation
by Amy O. Lewis
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
In book three of the Colorado Skies mystery series, Kim Jackson learns she isn’t the only one trying to outrun her past.
Murder has a way of finding Kim Jackson, even in the small mining town of Creede, Colorado. Forced to leave Durango behind and move on, Kim is now working in Creede’s tax accounting office, trying not to get attached. Her life is simple and quiet until the day an unusual young woman, Laurie Beltran, walks through her door with a sticky tax problem. Laurie is pious and seemingly naïve, living as a pauper but possessing a secret fortune she seems afraid to touch—and there’s a family tragedy lurking in her past.Kim offers to help her sort out her accounts, but what begins as a good deed quickly leads Kim into a dark web of greed, corruption, and lies.
Sketch
by Ros Hill
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
What happens when the world’s newest superhero is also its last hope?
On a study trip to Egypt, art student Charles meets Heba, a street peddler guarding an ancient secret: magic ink that can transform imagination into reality. When Charles returns home and sketches his own superhero, he doesn’t just finish a drawing. He brings it to life.
Too bad Sketch’s first day on the job is a disaster. His grand attempt at flight ends in a four-foot face-plant, his strength sputters in and out, and even the cops chasing him are more annoyed than afraid. As Sketch fumbles his way through powers he can’t fully control and emotions he’s never felt before, he starts to learn what it really means to be human…and a hero.
Our Noble Selves
by Kate Atkinson
Kindle $14.99 Rating: BRAND NEW RELEASE #ad
When crime correspondent turned war reporter Harry Flynn returns to Britain from Singapore in 1945, he takes a quiet job with the Festival of Britain, a government-funded endeavor aimed at celebrating the nation’s creativity, grit, and ingenuity. There, he joins a team of misfits and eccentrics as they help to ready the Festival for launch.
When a Frenchwoman goes missing, Flynn becomes the central suspect in her disappearance—and possible murder. He was the last person to see her alive, yet he has no memory of the evening they spent together. As evidence against him mounts, Flynn begins to wonder if he might actually be to blame. To make matters worse, he is surrounded by people who have their own secret agenda.