Mysteries
Friday’s Mystery eBooks
Death on the Rocks
by Hannah Ellis
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Did he fall, or was he pushed?
When Lily Larkin arrives on a picturesque Cornish island, she plans to find the ice cream shop from her childhood memories and indulge in a bit of nostalgia.
Getting dragged into the dramas of her fellow guests at the quaint bed and breakfast wasn’t on her agenda.
Nor was finding one of those guests lifeless at the base of a cliff while out for her morning jog.
Bloodlust
by Sandra Brown
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Two years ago, Detective Mitch Haskell lost his wife to a vicious act of retribution, and has since attributed her murder to two men: Roland Malone and the unidentified mastermind of the crime known only as Oz.
Malone, a ruthless executioner and drug dealer who fronts as a restaurant owner, neutralizes so cleanly that he doesn’t leave a trace. And he performs his handiwork at the biddings of Oz, the faceless kingpin of a drug trafficking operation whose name alone evokes terror.
The Tale Teller
by Anne Hillerman
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Legendary Navajo policeman Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn takes center stage in this riveting atmospheric mystery from New York Times bestselling author Anne Hillerman that combines crime, superstition, and tradition and brings the desert Southwest vividly alive.
Joe Leaphorn may have retired from the Tribal Police, but he finds himself knee-deep in a perplexing case involving a priceless artifact—a reminder of a dark time in Navajo history. Joe’s been hired to find a missing biil, a traditional dress that had been donated to the Navajo Nation. His investigation takes a sinister turn when the leading suspect dies under mysterious circumstances and Leaphorn himself receives anonymous warnings to beware—witchcraft is afoot.
By the River’s Edge
by Gregg Olsen
Kindle $4.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
In 1990 in Washington state, the bodies of Yolanda Sapp, Nickie Lowe, and Kathy Brisbois were found on the banks of the Spokane River. They were part of a close-knit alliance of sex workers whose oath to protect each other was, in the end, hopeless. For twenty-two years their brutal murders went unsolved.
In 2012, a DNA cold hit pointed to Douglas Perry. A repeat assault offender, Douglas was currently incarcerated in Carswell, Texas. But there was a twist: The facility was for female prisoners. The man authorities hunted for decades was now Donna Perry…
What Have We Done
by Alex Finlay
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
Twenty five years ago, Jenna, Donnie, and Nico were the best of friends, having forged a bond through the abuse and neglect they endured as residents of Savior House, a group home for parentless teens. When the home was shut down—after the disappearance of several kids—the three were split up.
Though the trauma of their childhood has never left them, each went on to live accomplished—if troubled—lives. They haven’t seen one another since they were teens but now are reunited for a single haunting reason: someone is trying to kill them.
Jarhead
by Anthony Swofford
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
In his New York Times bestselling Gulf War memoir of military life, Anthony Swofford weaves his experiences in war with vivid accounts of boot camp, reflections on the mythos of the US marines, and remembrances of battles with lovers and family.
When the US Marines—or “jarheads”—were sent to Saudi Arabia in 1990 for the first Gulf War, Anthony Swofford was there. He lived in sand for six months; he was punished by boredom and fear; he considered suicide, pulled a gun on a fellow Marine, and was targeted by both enemy and friendly fire. As engagement with the Iraqis drew near, he was forced to consider what it means to be an American, a soldier, a son of a soldier, and a man.
Bloody River Blues
by Jeffery Deaver
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
From New York Times bestselling author Jeffery Deaver, a heart-stopping thriller filled to the brim with his trademark “ticking-bomb suspense” (People).
Hard-living Hollywood location scout John Pellam found the perfect backwater Missouri town for shooting a retro gangster film.
But when real bullets leave two people dead and one cop paralyzed, Pellam—an unwitting witness to the brutal hits—is suddenly the South’s most wanted man.
Signal In The Scree
by Ralph Hecht
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Signal in the Scree blends lost treasure, gold and silver, high-stakes adventure, survival suspense, Appalachian grit, and dangerous romance into a fast-moving thriller for readers who love hidden history, backwoods danger, and heroes who refuse to walk away from the truth.
A buried Wells Fargo box. A lost RCA satellite. A secret hum beneath the Blue Ridge. In Signal in the Scree, one dangerous discovery turns a weekend treasure hunt into a fight for survival, fortune, and the kind of romance forged only when bullets fly and the mountain refuses to give up its dead.
Channeling Marilyn
by Mima Tipper
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
Seventeen-year-old Lexa Donovan’s timid, plus-size life goes sideways when the spirit of Marilyn Monroe takes up residence in her body in this laugh-out-loud funny paranormal YA tale perfect for fans of Lisa Schroeder and Ashley Poston.
High school senior Lexa Donovan longs to be more than a bit player in her own drab life—and when she’s chosen to be part of her school’s spring production of Bus Stop, she thinks her wish has come true. But her thrill turns to panic when she’s tapped to play the leading role, sexy showgirl Cherie. One thing tall, plus-size Lexa knows for sure is that she is the exact opposite of the most famous Cherie ever: sex-goddess Marilyn Monroe.
Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
A Charming Crime
by Tonya Kappes
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
June Heal has always believed in the power of homeopathic remedies to heal the body and mind. So when she decides to relocate her shop, A Dose of Darla, from the flea market booth in her hometown to the quaint and cozy town of Whispering Falls, Kentucky, she’s excited to share her natural cures with a new community.
But June’s fairy god cat, who’s always been her lucky charm, may not be enough to keep her out of trouble when a member of the community is found murdered and June becomes the number one suspect…
The Book of Souls
by Kevin Moore
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
THE DEAD DON’T COME BACK… BUT SOME NEVER LEAVE. What if your entire life… never happened?
Jack Kelly remembers a wife, three children, and a life filled with love and meaning. Then he wakes up—thirteen years old, alone, and told it was all in his head.
Doctors call it trauma after a near-death experience – a false memory. But Jack knows better. Because something came back with him. He can see them now—the dead, the lost, the shadows that shouldn’t exist. And they see him too.
If his memories are impossible, why do they feel so real? And if the dead are real… what does that make him?
A Perfect Flock
by Mike Bogue
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Tuck Jameson’s brother Clay has vanished, lured into The Body—a religious cult wielding cutting-edge nanotechnology to transform members into devout automatons. With just three days until Clay’s conversion is irreversible, Tuck is desperate.
Joining forces with Adam Shimura, a former mentor turned black ops agent with ambiguous allegiances, Tuck plunges into a perilous quest to rescue his brother.
But Chief Elder Brother Moody and his zealous followers are determined to thwart Tuck at every turn. As the tension escalates, a stunning prophecy reveals that the crisis transcends personal struggle—it threatens the very soul of America and perhaps the entire world.
The Death Shift
by Peter Elkind
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
The true story of a killer nurse whose crimes were hidden by a hospital for years.
It’s 1980, and Genene Jones is working the 3 to 11 PM shift in the pediatric ICU in San Antonio’s county hospital. As the weeks go by, infants under her care begin experiencing unexpected complications—and dying—in alarming numbers, prompting rumors that there is a murderer among the staff. Her eight-hour shift would come to be called “the death shift.” This strange epidemic would continue unabated for more than a year, before Jones is quietly sent off—with a good recommendation—to a rural pediatric clinic. There, eight children under her care mysteriously stopped breathing—and a 15-month-old baby girl died.
Point Blank
by Catherine Coulter
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
The explosive action kicks off as treasure-hunting FBI agent Ruth Warnecki is on the trail of stolen Confederate gold hidden in Winkel’s cave in western Virginia. She never expects to find herself chin-deep in a grisly murder that leaves her nearly dead and rocks the town of Maestro.
Then, at a stake-out in Maryland, FBI agents Dillon Savich and Dane Carver are nearly killed in a horrific explosion while attempting to rescue kidnap victim, Pinky Womack. They are led to Arlington National Cemetery where they not only find Pinky, but Savich also takes a fateful call on his cell from an old man out to kill both him and Sherlock.
The Fifth Witness
by Michael Connelly
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Mickey Haller has fallen on tough times. He expands his business into foreclosure defense, only to see one of his clients accused of killing the banker she blames for trying to take away her home.
Mickey puts his team into high gear to exonerate Lisa Trammel, even though the evidence and his own suspicions tell him his client is guilty. Soon after he learns that the victim had black market dealings of his own, Haller is assaulted, too—and he’s certain he’s on the right trail.
Cujo
by Stephen King
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Cujo used to be a big friendly dog, lovable and loyal to his trinity (THE MAN, THE WOMAN, and THE BOY) and everyone around him, and always did his best to not be a BAD DOG. But that all ends on the day this nearly two-hundred-pound Saint Bernard makes the mistake of chasing a rabbit into a hidden underground cave, setting off a tragic chain of events. Now Cujo is no longer himself as he is slowly overcome by a growing sickness, one that consumes his mind even as his once affable thoughts turn uncontrollably and inexorably to hatred and murder.
Return of the Spider
by James Patterson
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Instant New York Times Bestseller!
Return of the Spider is the stunning companion novel to Along Came a Spider, the New York Times bestselling classic thriller from the world’s #1 bestselling author, James Patterson.
Enter the thrilling world of the #1 bestselling detective series that inspired the Prime Video show, Cross.
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
Death on the Rhine
by Vivian Conroy
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.31 #ad
A luxury cruise. Hidden family secrets. A body on board…
A birthday trip to Bonn sees amateur detective Atalanta Ashford drawn into the scandalous will of a wealthy grandmother during a scenic cruise down along the Rhine.
But growing tensions lead to a sudden and shocking death. Facing suspicion all around, Atalanta must unravel a deadly web of family secrets as treacherous as the river they voyage on, to find the killer.
Sensuous Angel
by Heather Graham
Kindle $0.50 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Her best friend in danger, a young woman’s search for her will take her into the dark heart of New York’s criminal underground—and into the arms of an unlikely hero.
The lovely heiress to an olive oil empire, Donna Miro is gravely worried about her best friend, Lorna, who seems to be missing. Having traveled to New York to find the missing Lorna, Donna finds herself trapped in the city’s seedy underbelly—until an unexpected man comes to her aid. Father Luke Trudeau, the most unusual priest she has ever met, has the mouth of a sailor and the brawn to go with it. Luke offers Donna help, and he seems to know things about the city—and the dangerous people in it—that might lead them to Lorna.
Coyote Wind
by Peter Bowen
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
First in the crime-fiction series set in the modern-day west, starring a half-French, half-Indian “character of legendary proportions” (Ridley Pearson).
Officially, Gabriel Du Pré is the cattle inspector for Toussaint, Montana, responsible for making sure no one tries to sell livestock branded by another ranch. Unofficially, he is responsible for much more than cows’ backsides. The barren country around Toussaint is too vast for the town’s small police force, and so, when needed, this hard-nosed Métis Indian lends a hand. When the sheriff offers gas money to investigate newly discovered plane wreckage in the desert, Du Pré quickly finds himself embroiled in a mystery stretching back a generation.
The McBain Brief: Stories
by Ed McBain
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
A collection of twenty short stories from the legendary crime author and creator of the 87th Precinct series.
Ed McBain was one of the most admired and prolific crime writers of the twentieth century. His long-running 87th Precinct series helped define the gritty police procedural. In The McBain Brief, he presents a series of short stories where desperation, greed, and violence lead to bad ends.
A collector who loves his porcelain more than his daughter; a hooker who melts the heart of a tough cop; an ex-fighter who goes berserk at Christmas; an automobile dealer out for a funny business ride.
Cross Down
by James Patterson , Brendan DuBois
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
For the first time, John Sampson is on his own.
The brilliant crime-solving duo of Washington, DC’s, Metro PD and the FBI has a proven MO: Detective Alex Cross makes his own rules. Detective John Sampson enforces them.
When military-style attacks erupt, brutally sidelining Cross, Sampson is sent reeling. The patterns are too random—Sampson’s friend, his partner, his brother—have told him. Don’t trust anyone.
The Hunting Grounds
by Charly Cox
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
When Jennie Killingbeck goes missing while driving back to Albuquerque, Detective Alyssa Wyatt and the squad quickly swing into action to bring her home, alive.
But the case takes a darker turn when FBI Agent Ryker Newlin walks into their precinct. For the past six years, the FBI have been searching for a killer dubbed ‘The Sunset Slayer’ for their M.O. of brutally murdering young red-haired women, mutilating them with an ‘X’ across their lips.
Giap
by James A. Warren
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
An in-depth look at the strategy and tactics of the visionary commander who beat the United States in the Vietnam War—includes maps and photos.
General Vo Nguyen Giap was the commander in chief of the communist armed forces during two of his country’s most difficult conflicts—the first against Vietnam’s colonial masters, the French, and the second against the most powerful nation on earth, the United States. After long and bloody efforts, he defeated both Western powers and their Vietnamese allies, forever changing modern warfare.
Orson Deadeye
by William Black
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Orson “Deadeye” Cain survived the noose once. Cottonridge may test him again.
Twenty-three years ago, sharpshooter Orson rode into a burning ranch and rode out branded a murderer. He saved a child from the flames and disappeared before the law could hang him.
Now, older and carrying a damaged gun hand, Orson drifts into Cottonridge, Arizona, where irrigation headgates decide who eats and who starves. A disciplined outlaw gang strikes canals and freight lines with precision. Each attack is followed by Federal Marshal Frank tightening his grip, claiming order while seizing control of the valley’s water.
Float Don’t Lie
by Ralph Hecht
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
A gritty, emotional, high-stakes story about a woman, a dead wash, and a river that kept its promises. If you love raw characters, impossible geology, and wins that are earned in dust and blood — you’re not putting this down.
The Mojave takes everything, water, time, hope but Mara Castillo walks into the Searchlight Nevada wash anyway. Broke, blistered, and desperate to save her mother’s home, she finds gold where none should exist, gem stones, a strange color glowing in dead ground, and signs of a buried river that may change everything.
Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep
by Paul Tremblay
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
Meet Julia Flang, a twenty-something former semi-professional gamer, living with her retired uncle, and working two jobs she doesn’t like. Out of the blue, her estranged mother, a CFO for one of the world’s largest tech companies, offers her a temp job with a payday Julia can’t refuse. One sham interview later, she’s offered the job: to chaperone a man in a vegetative state—one with proprietary AI implanted in his head—from California to the East Coast.
To sum up in Julia’s own words: “You want me to remote control this dead dude across the country.” In a word, yes. But he’s not dead dead.
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
The Snowdonia Killings
by Simon McCleave
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
Starting a new life in Snowdonia was always DI Ruth Hunter’s dream. Until a twisted killer turned it into her worst nightmare.
Detective Inspector Ruth Hunter lives with the pain of her partner’s mysterious and unsolved disappearance. About to hit fifty, the veteran police officer trades in the crime-ridden streets of London for a more peaceful life in rural North Wales. But Ruth has barely settled into her new position in North Wales Police, when the body of a brutally murdered woman is discovered…with strange symbols carved into her skin. Teaming up with an obstinate deputy, Ruth struggles to eliminate anyone from a long line of suspects…
Beware the Midnight Train
by Anna Faversham
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
If you were offered a dream cottage in an English country village and it’s dirt cheap, would you be tempted? Ellie is, especially as she has nowhere else to go after walking out on her no-good two-timing ex. It’s a good start – the neighbours are great, bit strange perhaps. And the dishy local vicar declares himself willing to help day or night. Night? And what’s this talk about a mysterious Midnight Train? Has she done the right thing?
It’s the 1970s and Ellie attempts to make a new life for herself and ignores the village gossip about ghosts and disappearing people. The ex called her boring but from now on she’ll never be called that again and I think you’ll agree with her. Travel in style on the Midnight Train and see where it takes you.
Into the Water
by Diane Fanning
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
The true crime story of how the nice guy next door became one of America’s most wanted serial killers, by the author of Written in Blood and Bitter Remains.
She was young, terrified, and still bound in handcuffs when she was found on the street screaming for help . . .
To authorities she spilled the shocking details of a night of horror. It was the lead they’d been desperate for in a multi-state manhunt for an elusive serial killer. Where the witness took them was to the last man anyone would have suspected.
Richard Marc Evonitz was beloved by friends and family. He was handsome, intelligent, and compassionate. Serving a spotless eight years in the U.S. Navy, he was a town hero who lived in harmony in an exclusive South Carolina neighborhood.
Her Latest Disappearance Complete Series
by Jacie Middlemann
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
She escaped a hideous crime…and now had to deal with an even bigger threat.
It seemed as if no matter what she did or where she ran, it was only to find herself facing another disastrous situation.
Actually, she’d mostly walked after just barely escaping the guy who planned to kidnap her…or a worst crime she didn’t want to think about. It had been a long and harrowing trip to her personal small town USA…definitely not her idea of a fun vacation.
But from the very beginning, she’d felt certain that if she could just get to her little house in Burlington she’d be safe. She thought she was so smart.
Heretic of the Federation Complete Series
by Michael Anderle
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
You cannot murder a person who never existed.
John Dunn fled into a radioactive wasteland, seeking death rather than work in the Regime.
What he learns changes humanity forever.
Get this complete series and learn who the Regime is trying to hide, for now, and will kill if she returns.
Note: This should be read after the Witch of the Federation series.
Fatal Complications
by John Benedict
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
When a colleague’s patient suffers a bizarre reaction in the operating room, Luke Daulton, a newly minted anesthesiologist, volunteers to help. Despite the surgical team’s best efforts, the patient succumbs to a rare anesthetic complication. Luke becomes perplexed, even suspicious, over their inability to save the woman. Is it possible that the diagnosis was wrong? Or, worse yet, was the diagnosis faked? Luke even wonders if his boss Dr. Katz is involved.
Too busy with the rigors of new job and his pending fatherhood, Luke is forced to put his suspicions on hold. When his wife Kim faces a C-section, his fears are reignited.
Life with Less of Me
by Julianna Brumes
Kindle Bargain Rating: 5.0 #ad
From afar, Julie’s formative years looked perfect.
A father with a good, steady job. A stay-at-home mother who loved to read. A spacious yard filled with toys and games for her and her two siblings. Yet for those who looked just a little closer, Julie’s house was the one the neighbors whispered about, the place on the block that parents didn’t want their kids to visit.
The front door of Julie’s home hid dysfunction, abuse, alcoholism, neglect, and fear. Her father’s blind selfishness, Jekyll-and-Hyde moods, and fists that left bruises on his wife dominated the home, inflicting daily trauma on the family…
Not What It Seems
by Lisa Jackson
Kindle $9.18 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
The stone is small and round, easy to miss among the junk surrounding Billy Huber’s body. The man was a hoarder for sure. At first, police assume he fell from a ladder, injuring his throat and smashing his head in the process. Only on closer inspection do they see the polished stone nearby, with a number on one side etched in blood, and a strange symbol on the other.
Reporter Nikki Gillette seizes on the story and visits Huber’s sprawling property in Georgia’s low country. She gains little except the uneasy feeling of being watched…