Mysteries
Friday’s Mystery eBooks
OF DEVOTION AND DEATH
by Anastasia Hastings
Kindle $0.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
A cozy Victorian historical murder mystery full of wit and unforgettable characters.
Violet Manville knows everything about manners—and murder.
Violet is looking forward to taking some time away from the advice column she writes under the nom de plume Miss Hermione. She can’t wait to head off to Venice to spend some time with Eli Marsh, a mysterious, annoying, and extremely attractive American…
The Four Queens of Crime
by Rosanne Limoncelli
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
In this debut mystery, DCI Lilian Wyles, the first woman detective chief inspector in the CID, is determined to find a killer with the help of the four queens of crime, Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Ngaio Marsh, and Margery Allingham, perfect for fans of Elly Griffiths and Claudia Gray.
1938, London. The four queens of British crime fiction, Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Ngaio Marsh, and Margery Allingham, are hosting a gala to raise money for the Women’s Voluntary Service to help Britain prepare for war. Baronet Sir Henry Heathcote has loaned Hursley House for the event, and all the elites of London society are attending. The gala is a brilliant success, despite a few hiccups, but the next morning, Sir Henry is found dead in the library.
Envy
by Sandra Brown
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Maris Matherly-Reed is a renowned New York book editor, the daughter of a publisher and the wife of a bestselling author. It’s rare for an unsolicited manuscript to pique her interest, but a new submission with blockbuster potential inspires her to search for the book’s elusive author.
On an obscure island off the Georgia coast, amidst the ruins of an eerie cotton plantation, Maris finds Parker Evans, a writer determined to conceal his identity as well as his past. Maris is riveted by his tale of two friends who charter a boat with a young woman for a night of revelry … an excursion from which only one person returns.
The Weekend Retreat
by Tara Laskowski
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
WINNER OF THE AGATHA AWARD
Every year, the illustrious Van Ness siblings, heirs to a copper fortune, gather at their secluded winery estate for a joint birthday celebration. It’s a tradition they’ve followed nearly all their lives, and now they are back with their significant others for a much-needed weekend of rest and relaxation, away from the public spotlight.
With lavish comforts, gorgeous scenery, and indulgent drinking, the trip should be the perfect escape. But it soon becomes clear that even a remote idyllic getaway can’t keep out the problems simmering in each of their lives.
Breathe for Me
by Donna B. Comeaux
Kindle $4.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
At the edge of the raging Colorado River, Robert Jaeger stands ready to end his life. He is in mourning over his dead wife and having a hard time picking up the pieces to care for their four-year-old daughter.
Lilly Radford hasn’t been the same since her baby died. Unable to cope, she drives for days and ends up at the Colorado River and falls in.
Before Robert can execute his heinous act, he is catapulted into rescue mode to save another. In his zealous attempt, he soon realizes this stranger may have saved him.
Cathedral
by Nelson DeMille
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
St. Patrick’s Day, New York City. Everyone is celebrating, but everyone is in for the shock of his life. Born into the heat and hatred of the Northern Ireland conflict, IRA man Brian Flynn has masterminded a brilliant terrorist act the seizure of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral. Among his hostages: the woman Brian Flynn once loved, a former terrorist turned peace activist.
Among his enemies: an Irish-American police lieutenant fighting against a traitor inside his own ranks and a shadowy British intelligence officer pursuing his own cynical, bloody plan. The cops face a booby-trapped, perfectly laid out killing zone inside the church.
This Changes Everything
by Lisa Scottoline
Kindle $7.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Julia Pritzker loves her new life as a wife and mother in beautiful Tuscany—except that she misses her best friend Courtney, back in the States.
One night, Julia calls Courtney and reaches her as she’s arriving at her grandmother’s farm in Pennsylvania. A dreadful premonition overwhelms Julia moments before Courtney enters the house—and makes a heartbreaking discovery. Her beloved grandmother has been murdered, and the killer is escaping out the back door. Rushing to support Courtney, Julia flies home the next morning.
God’s Country
by William Kent Krueger
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
From the New York Times bestselling author of The River We Remember, a new mystery in the wildly popular Cork O’Connor series.
Cork O’Connor, preparing for a family trip into the Boundary Waters, is troubled by ominous visions about his future. Ignoring the warnings, he uncovers signs of violence while searching for his missing friend, Cordell Bishop. Soon, he is forced to negotiate with dangerous criminals, the Kennedy brothers, who are seeking their late father’s hidden stash.
Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
Knit One Murde
by Reagan Davis
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
Knitting Can Be Murder!
I’m not a cop. I’m a soon-to-be-ex-wife, and former full-time mom who works part-time at the local yarn store. The biggest mystery I’ve ever solved is finding a missing knitting needle tucked behind my ear after spending all morning looking for it.
Someone in Harmony Lake is trying to stitch me up for murder…
Can I knit the clues together and expose the killer before they unravel and kill again?
RED SKY
by A.B. Acharya
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
He believed he was developing a revolutionary drug… Now, he’s accused of murder.
Narin Roy is a brilliant, obsessed neuropharmacologist who has spent his career studying Red Sky, a hallucinogenic street drug that can make you instantly feel euphoric and unstoppable, but can also, without warning, trigger violent psychosis and death at any moment. When he discovers a formula that could neutralize Red Sky’s deadliest side effects and turn ordinary people into DaVinci-level geniuses, Harvester Pharmaceuticals comes calling.
But Harvester isn’t interested in saving lives. Behind its gleaming façade lies a secret military project built on Narin’s own research — one with consequences far beyond anything he imagined…
Bright Expanse
by Daniel Zeigler
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Are humans alone in the universe? Everyone wants to know the answer—until suddenly the truth is staring them in the face.
The ExPAnSE Project is a bold new advance in SETI, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. With this project, humankind is poised to answer some of its biggest questions. Are we just one of millions of civilizations in the galaxy? Are advanced alien life forms reaching out to us even now? Is Earth ready to join a galactic community of planets? Or instead, are we completely, terrifyingly, alone?
Big answers to big questions always come at a price. Some answers cost everything.
The Abduction
by James Grippando
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
U.S. Attorney General Allison Leahy is the nation’s top law enforcement officer and the Democrats’ best chance for holding on to the Oval Office. But she has powerful competition in Republican Lincoln Howe, a retired four-star general and bona fide Africa-American hero. They are running neck and neck, and seemingly nothing can break the deadlock.
Then, just days before the election, disaster strikes. Twelve-year-old Kristen Howe, the general’s granddaughter, is kidnapped. As attorney general, Allison launches a nationwide manhunt, but her motives come under fire from her opponent. For Allison, though, finding Kristen isn’t about politics…
Not a Single Easy Day Complete Box Set
by Jacie Middlemann
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A harrowing trip, dark secrets, and a not-so-unexpected romance.
Simon Blane was always prepared for everything and anything even though it didn’t always appears as if it was. He’d always believed that little trick of appearing oblivious had kept him alive at the end of more than a few intense and volatile situations.
Including the one that just arrived at his doorstep.
The chilling message from his dead best friend’s sister telling him she was in trouble and needed his help might have come as a surprise, but he was prepared. In a number of ways, the timing couldn’t be better, especially considering the dangerous and idiotic situation going on with his father. Trouble of the worst kind was brewing there as well. He could only hope his brothers were smart and capable enough to handle it without allowing themselves to be dragged into his mess…
Trail of Blood
by Lisa Black
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
With “captivating characters,” this forensics thriller from a New York Times bestseller features a killer who copycats unsolved historical serial murders (Booklist).
In 1930s Cleveland, a serial killer nicknamed the Torso Killer went on a horrific spree that resulted in more than a dozen murders. And he was never caught.
Today, forensic scientist Theresa MacLean is called to an abandoned building where a body has been found in a room that’s been sealed off for years. Although there’s no immediate proof, everyone assumes the newly discovered corpse was a Torso Killer victim.
The Alliance
by Shannon Stoker
Kindle $0.50 Rating: 4.5 #ad
In America, the Registry weds girls to the highest bidder and raises boys for its army. Mia Morrissey fled to Mexico to claim her freedom. Now, she’s going risk everything so that the rest of America can be free.
Going undercover as part of a diplomatic mission, Mia returns to an America even more dangerous than the one she left. The forgotten country faces its most ruthless leader yet, Grant Marsden—a shadow from Mia’s past. With the help of the subversive group Affinity, she embarks on a perilous journey to defeat Grant, bring down the government, and destroy the Registry once and for all.
To Cut a Long Story Short
by Jeffrey Archer
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
From the master storyteller comes a compelling collection of fourteen riveting tales of elaborate confidence tricks, political chicanery, immoral behavior, and dangerously illicit affairs, rendered with the breathtaking narrative twists that have become the Jeffrey Archer hallmark.
Here are stories that will engross and astonish, peopled with a rich assortment of truly memorable characters: the intoxicating woman who appears to her lover only once every six years; the British diplomat who employs his rather creative—if not entirely ethical—financial talents for a greater good; the millionaire who declares himself bankrupt to test the love and loyalties of those closest to him.
The Monk
by Tim Sullivan
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
DS George Cross has always wondered why his mother left him when he was a child. Now that she is back in his life, he suddenly has answers—but this unexpected reunion is not anything he’s used to dealing with. So when the body of a monk is found savagely beaten to death in a woodland near Bristol, Cross is eager to throw himself into the case.
The problem is, no one in the Bristol station has any leads. Nothing is known about Brother Dominic’s past. How can Cross unpick a crime when they don’t know anything about the victim? And why would someone want to harm a monk?
For Services Rendered
by Will Thomas
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
In 1896, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, would be reformer and revolutionary, turns up in London, running away from China’s Imperial Qing Secret Service, who has placed a substantial bounty on his head for his political activities. Captured by those agents, he’s imprisoned in the Chinese Embassy until he can be smuggled back to China to face execution.
In the meantime, private enquiry agents Cyrus Barker and Thomas Llewelyn receive the unbelievable news that Sebastian Nightwine is both alive and in London…