Mysteries
Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
Murder, She Wrote
by Jessica Fletcher, Terrie Farley Moran
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
The newest entry in the USA Today bestselling Murder, She Wrote series.
It’s leaf-peeping season in Cabot Cove, but for someone, it’s killing season!
A quartet of friends from Florida have come to Maine to experience a New England autumn, complete with hiking in the woods and fishing. When one of them goes missing, the town rallies to find the presumably lost but otherwise safe tourist. But when newspaper editor Dan Andrews is biking on the trail along a ridge, he looks down and sees a leg caught in the branches of a tree…
The Book of Seila
by Wilda Hughes
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
The Book of Seila is a dystopian novel about sisters seeking to save each other from a police state and biblical law.
Ruby Lambert is in hiding after escaping a brutal police redemption camp. For five years, she’s been wanted for murder, heresy, and abomination.
When her sister’s husband is killed, her sister becomes a suspect in his death. To save her, Ruby comes out of hiding to help her flee the southern Covenant States.
On their way north, the women are ambushed and separated. Thus begins the clash with a twisted and cloying web of true believers and informers in the dystopian town of Wendell…
Want to Know a Secret?
by Freida McFadden
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Everyone has secrets.
YouTube baking sensation April Masterson knows the secret to the perfect gooey brownies. Or how to make key lime squares that will melt in your mouth. But if you keep watching her offline, you may find out some other secrets about April. Secrets she’d rather you didn’t know.
Like where did her son go when he snuck out of the house? What was she doing with the local soccer coach behind fogged windows?
And what’s buried in her backyard?
The Trigger Man
by Aiden Bailey
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
He’s a good guy who kills bad guys for a living.
CIA operative Mark Pierce is a trained killer with a strict moral code – he only targets those who truly deserve to die. So he has no qualms about taking out Victor Vautrin, an international arms dealer supplying fanatical terrorists in West Africa who may soon trigger a brutal civil war.
But when he is tasked with other objectives – rescue kidnapped tourists, recover eleven million dollars of stolen CIA money – it quickly becomes clear to Pierce that someone doesn’t want him to succeed in his primary mission.
Seeing Red
by Sandra Brown
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
From #1 bestselling author Sandra Brown, a tale of thrilling sexual tension and vengeance without mercy.
Kerra Bailey is a TV journalist chasing a career-changing story: an interview with hero Major Franklin Trapper, who led survivors to safety after a hotel bombing twenty-five years ago. Kerra will do anything for this story—even if she has to secure an introduction from his estranged son, former ATF agent John Trapper. Trapper wants no association with the bombing or the Major, but Kerra rouses his interest despite himself.
The Darkwar Saga
by Raymond E. Feist
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
The Complete Epic Fantasy Trilogy of the Third and Most Dramatic Riftwar
Get all three fantasy novels in New York Times bestselling author Raymond E. Feist’s the Darkwar Saga in one e-book, including: Flight of the Nighthawks, Into a Dark Realm, and Wrath of a Mad God. This explosive trilogy revisits Feist’s signature worlds of Midkemia and Kelewan that ushers in the third, and most dramatic Riftwar yet: the Darkwar.
The Heir of Whitestone
by Catherine Coulter
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
When Alex Ivanov was 12, someone tried to kill him. Now, 11 years later, they still want him dead.
England, 1842. Queen Victoria reigns, Buckingham Palace is overrun with rats, and the streets of London are filled with intrigue.
Alex Ivanov is a brilliant young innovator, designing cutting-edge train engines. But Alex has a secret—he isn’t really Alex Ivanov. As a boy, he was pulled from the Thames, presumed drowned, with no memory of who he was. Rescued and raised by the formidable Ryder Sherbrooke, Alex has built a new life, but his past is catching up with him.
The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe
by James Patterson, Imogen Edwards-Jones
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
“Electrifying … A spellbinding new account of the star’s final days by the world’s greatest thriller writer.” —Daily Mail
In life, Marilyn Monroe’s superstardom defies classification. In death, she remains shrouded in mystery.
In the months before her death, Marilyn polishes the script for her ultimately unfinished film, Something’s Got to Give.
In the weeks before her death, she drinks champagne on Santa Monica Beach with the last photographer to take her picture.
Seed
by Ania Ahlborn
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
With nothing but the clothes on his back—and something horrific snapping at his heels—Jack Winter fled his rural Georgia home when he was still just a boy. Watching the world he knew vanish in a trucker’s rearview mirror, he thought he was leaving an unspeakable nightmare behind forever. But years later, the bright new future he’s built suddenly turns pitch black, as something fiendishly familiar looms dead ahead.
When Jack, his wife Aimee, and their two small children survive a violent car crash, it seems like a miracle. But Jack knows what he saw on the road that night, and it wasn’t divine intervention.
Ferneyford
by Rosa Miraffmo
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
In 1927, Phyllis Walsh visits Ferneyford Hall,the Hazelton family estate. Hoping to find work and a new home for herself and her young daughter, Laura, she learns of the owner’s search for an heir.
Years later, as war seems inevitable, Laura becomes enmeshed in espionage and intrigue at the Hall.
Can Laura overcome the difficulties and dangers she faces, and find true love?
Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
The Clementine Complex
by Bob Mortimer
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Beloved comedian and #1 Sunday Times (London) bestselling author of the memoir And Away… Bob Mortimer returns with a delightfully quirky mystery in the vein of Richard Osman and Nita Prose.
Unremarkable legal assistant Gary Thorn goes for a pint with his coworker Brendan, unaware his life is about to change. There, Gary meets a beautiful woman, but she leaves before he catches her name. All he has to remember her by is the title of the book she was reading: The Clementine Complex. And when Brendan goes missing, too, Gary needs to track down the girl he now calls Clementine to get some answers…
The Teacher
by Freida McFadden
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Lesson #1: Trust no one.
Eve has a good life. She wakes up each day, kisses her husband Nate, and heads off to teach math at the local high school. All is as it should be. Except…
Last year, Caseham High was rocked by a scandal involving a student-teacher affair, with one student, Addie, at its center. But Eve knows there is far more to these ugly rumors than meets the eye.
Addie can’t be trusted. She lies. She hurts people. She destroys lives. At least, that’s what everyone says.
Pendergast: The Beginning
by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
From the #1 New York Times bestselling duo Preston and Child comes the Agent Pendergast origin story—a golden opportunity for longtime fans and new readers to learn about Agent Pendergast’s strange and shocking first case.
It only took six months for the life of Special Agent Dwight Chambers to crumble around him. First, he lost his partner, and then, tragically, his wife. Returning to work at the New Orleans Field Office, Chambers is dismayed to find himself saddled with mentoring a brand new FBI agent—a certain A. X. L. Pendergast. As Chambers tries to pull himself together, his enigmatic and exasperating junior partner pulls an outrageous stunt that gets both of them suspended.
Ugly Love
by Colleen Hoover
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Regretting You, Verity, and It Ends with Us comes a hauntingly seductive tale of love, control, and the devastating secrets that can destroy it all.
When Tate Collins moves in with her brother, the last thing she expects is to collide with Miles Archer, a brooding pilot with an unrelenting grip on his past. Their attraction is electric, undeniable, and all-consuming—but Miles has rules. No questions. No future. A no-strings arrangement seems simple at first, but a deep, shattering truth lurks just beneath the surface.
Tate soon realizes that Miles is not just guarded but fractured. Torn between desire and self-destruction, his pain bleeds into every part of their dynamic.
Bullets in the Briar
by Kimber Silver
Kindle $5.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
The discovery of a mutilated body on remote farmland is only the start of Sheriff Lincoln James’ latest investigation. A mysterious religious sect and an intimidating biker gang add fuel to the fire. Within the sheriff’s circle of friends is someone with a hidden connection – If only she’d be willing to step forward…
To add to his problems, Lincoln has a fiercely contested election to win if he’s going to continue as sheriff. His opponent is a smooth out-of-towner who is making friends among the local people, so it’s going to be a fight.
Memory Man
by David Baldacci
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
This #1 New York Times bestseller introduces Amos Decker, a gifted police detective with a perfect memory who must solve a mystery he wishes he could forget: his family’s murder. Amos Decker’s life changed forever—twice. The first time was on the gridiron. A big, towering athlete, he was the only person from his hometown of Burlington ever to play in the NFL.
But his career ended before it had a chance to begin. On his very first play, a violent helmet-to-helmet collision knocked him off the field forever, and left him with an improbable side effect—he can forget nothing.
Stolen in Death
by J. D. Robb
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
A violent death and a vault of stolen treasures has Eve Dallas struggling to solve crimes old and new in the next thriller in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series.
A blow to the head with a block of amethyst has left multibillionaire Nathan Barrister dead—while nearby, a vault, its door ajar, sits filled with priceless paintings, jewelry, and other treasures. Lieutenant Eve Dallas’s husband, Roarke—who misspent his youth in Ireland as a scrappy thief—recognizes at least two stolen pieces among the hoard. The crime scene suggests a burglar caught in the act. But only one item seems to be missing.
Seasons of Darkness
by Belinda G. Buchanan
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
Ethan Harrington’s innocence was lost seven years ago when his mother took her own life.
Forced to grow up in a hurry, he quickly learns to build a wall around his heart, vowing to never let it be hurt again. Left alone with his controlling, alcoholic, and abusive father in an isolated farmhouse, Ethan struggles to live among the shattered remains of a family that was never functional to begin with.
A kindhearted doctor, a beautiful girl, and a caring nanny all love him in different ways, but Ethan, now sixteen and still ravaged by his mother’s suicide, turns to what he has seen his father take comfort in time and time again – thus giving rise to an inner demon that will not turn him loose.
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?
Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
Taylor Texas Box set (Books 1-3)
by Vikki Walton
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Small Town Secrets. Homemade Pies. Unshakeable Faith.
Hospice nurse Christie Taylor trades hospital hallways for hay bales and comes home to Texas, thinking she’s there to rest and contemplate her future. And finally, she has time to pursue her love of baking pies. What she doesn’t expect is that her nursing skills will be needed when Pop is seriously injured. And her Texas backbone is strong against developers who refuse to stop in their pursuit of acquiring their land. Or that strangers can quickly become family. Set against the warm, wide Texas Hill Country, these cozy mysteries are the kind of stories that remind you: truth always finds its way home, faith is forged in struggle, and love always wins.
BOOK ONE: Death Takes A Break
BOOK TWO: Death Makes A Move
BOOK THREE: Death Stakes A Claim
The Last Flight from Moscow
by Andie Newton
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
In the shadowy underbelly of Cold War Moscow, Mae Pierce, once a formidable OSS agent, has found herself once again thrust into a perilous mission that could spell redemption—or ruin.
Tasked with posing as a model at the American Exhibition, Mae is haunted by the ghosts of her past. Her plan had been simple: lie low, collect her paycheck and get home. Instead, she must navigate the treacherous waters of deceit, betrayal, and the ruthless Russian Mafia.
When her new partner vanishes, Mae soon realizes that the stakes are higher than she ever imagined…
The Chaos Squad Complete Series
by Michael Anderle
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
One catastrophic mistake ended Marc Black’s mercenary career — now he’s getting one last shot to earn it back.
Recruited into the Vanguard Syndicate’s most chaotic squad, Marc finds himself leading a demolitions addict, a razor-tongued infiltrator, a gadget genius with a questionable survival rate, and a Vorath warrior who communicates mostly in controlled violence. Training simulations push them to the edge — but when their final test drops them into a live black-market operation, Marc discovers that redemption doesn’t come from a simulation. It comes from deciding whether his team is worth dying for.
Dangerous Deception at Honeychurch Hall
by Hannah Dennison
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
All’s fair in love . . . and antiques wars!
Things are going well for Kat Stanford; not only is her antiques business thriving, she’s also got a new date: Piers Carew, Viscount Chawley, who owns the estate next to Honeychurch Hall.
Unfortunately, Kate has a rival. Impossibly beautiful Cassandra Bowden-Forbes is also in town, conducting valuations at the same fairs as Kat – and she makes no secret of the fact she’s got her eye on Piers . . .
Going Home in the Dark
by Dean Koontz
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 3.9 #ad
As kids, outcasts Rebecca, Bobby, Spencer, and Ernie were inseparable friends in the idyllic town of Maple Grove. Three left to pursue lofty dreams—and achieved them. Only Ernie never left. When he falls into a coma, his three amigos feel an urgent need to return home. Don’t they remember people lapsing into comas back then? And those people always awoke…didn’t they?
After two decades, not a lot has changed in Maple Grove, especially Ernie’s obnoxious, scary mother. But Rebecca, Bobby, and Spencer begin to remember a hulking, murderous figure and weirdness piled on mystery that they were made to forget. As Ernie sinks deeper into darkness, something strange awaits any friend who tries to save him.
The 23rd Midnight
by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Detective Lindsay Boxer put serial killer Evan Burke in jail.
Reporter Cindy Thomas wrote a book that put him on the bestseller list.
An obsessed maniac has turned Burke’s true-crime story into a playbook. And is embellishing it with gruesome touches all his own.
Now Lindsay’s tracking an elusive suspect, and the entire Murder Club is facing destruction.
Niergel Chronicles – Last Hope
by D. I. Hennessey
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Jeff Samuels never could have predicted the wild ride his life would take.
Saved from death by a mysterious man in an invisible flying car, he soon discovers his own extraordinary abilities and a secret fortune he never knew he had. But as he begins to fall in love, Jeff also finds himself in the midst of a war against supernatural forces bent on his destruction. Welcome to the Niergel Chronicles, where fantasy, science, and faith collide in a thrilling adventure unlike any other.
In this action-packed tale, Jeff Samuels is a brilliant scientist and professor who has always been curious about his unknown ancestry. But when he is awakened in the middle of the night by an unusual visitor, his entire understanding of reality is turned upside down. As he tries to come to terms with his newfound heritage, Jeff encounters a host of mysterious characters and shocking revelations. But his biggest challenge comes when he must protect the ancient Niergel and stop a ruthless Crime Syndicate and powerful evil ancestors from destroying the world.
Thick as Thieves
by Sandra Brown
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Twenty years ago in the dead of night, four seemingly random individuals pulled the ultimate heist and almost walked away with half a million dollars. But by daybreak, their plan had been shot to hell. One of them was in the hospital. One was in jail. One was dead. And one got away with it.
Arden Maxwell, the daughter of the man who disappeared all those years ago—presumably with the money, after murdering his accomplice—has never reconciled with her father’s abandonment of her and her sister. After countless personal setbacks she decides to return to her family home near mysterious Caddo Lake, and finally get answers to the many questions that torment her. Little does she know, two of her father’s co-conspirators—a war hero and a corrupt district attorney—are watching her every move.
Murder Takes a Vacation
by Laura Lippman
Kindle $9.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
Highly acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman returns with an irresistible mystery featuring Muriel Blossom, a former private investigator and middle-aged widow whose vacation on a Parisian river cruise turns into a deadly international mystery…that only she can solve.
Mrs. Blossom has a knack for blending into the background, which was an asset during her days assisting private investigator Tess Monaghan. But when she finds a winning lottery ticket in a parking lot, everything changes. She is determined to see the world that she sometimes feels is passing her by.