Mysteries
Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
Judge a Murder by Its Cover
by Annalisa Russo
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
A pregnant woman on the run. An invisible foe. A body count of two… so far.
1928 Chicago. Court reporter Belle Stefano escapes from her San Francisco home, where a growing shadow of danger looms after her husband’s death. She leaves immediately, zigzagging across the country by rail and bus until she arrives at her Uncle Archibald’s mansion on the city’s affluent south side. Although Archie welcomes her and her unborn child, she feels she must keep moving to outrun her enemy, yet she’s desperate for answers.
Stone is an agent with the newly launched Special Bureau of Investigation, a covert agency that has taken on Belle’s case. As an established bachelor, Stone thinks Belle, who is six months along, can’t be ‘the one’ he’s been waiting for his whole life. Though he’s tempted to spend some time finding out.
If You Tell
by Gregg Olsen
Kindle $2.49 Rating: 4.2 #ad
After more than a decade, when sisters Nikki, Sami, and Tori Knotek hear the word mom, it claws like an eagle’s talons, triggering memories that have been their secret since childhood. Until now.
For years, behind the closed doors of their farmhouse in Raymond, Washington, their sadistic mother, Shelly, subjected her girls to unimaginable abuse, degradation, torture, and psychic terrors. Through it all, Nikki, Sami, and Tori developed a defiant bond that made them far less vulnerable than Shelly imagined. Even as others were drawn into their mother’s dark and perverse web, the sisters found the strength and courage to escape an escalating nightmare that culminated in multiple murders.
The Sigma Protocol
by Robert Ludlum
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
From a #1 New York Times–bestselling author, an agent escapes a hospital where the government held him hostage and finds he’s not the man he thinks he is.
On Parrish Island, a restricted island off the coast of Virginia, is a little-known and never-visited psychiatric facility. There, far from prying eyes, the government stores former intelligence employees whose psychiatric states make them a danger to their own government, people whose ramblings might endanger ongoing operations or prove dangerously inconvenient. One of these employees, former Consular Operations agent Hal Ambler, is kept heavily medicated and closely watched. But there’s one difference between Hal and the other patients—Hal isn’t crazy. With the help of a sympathetic nurse, Hal manages to clear his mind of the drug-induced haze and then pulls off a daring escape.
Destroyer Angel
by Nevada Barr
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Anna Pigeon, a ranger for the U.S. Park Services, sets off on vacation—an autumn canoe trip in the to the Iron Range in upstate Minnesota. With Anna is her friend Heath, a paraplegic; Heath’s fifteen-year-old daughter, Elizabeth; Leah, a wealthy designer of outdoor equipment; and her daughter, Katie, who is thirteen. For Heath and Leah, this is a shakedown cruise to test a new cutting edge line of camping equipment. The equipment, designed by Leah, will make camping and canoeing more accessible to disabled outdoorsmen.
On their second night out, Anna goes off on her own for a solo evening float on the Fox River. When she comes back, she finds that four thugs, armed with rifles, pistols, and knives, have taken the two women and their teenaged daughters captive.
Devil’s Knot
by Mara Leveritt
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
The West Memphis Three. Accused, convicted…and set free. Do you know their story? A “riveting” (Henry Rollins) exploration of a brutal triple murder and the imprisonment of three innocent teenagers in Arkansas.
In 2011, one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in American legal history was set right when Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley were released after eighteen years in prison. Award-winning journalist Mara Leveritt’s The Devil’s Knot remains the most comprehensive, insightful reporting ever done on the investigation, trials, and convictions of three teenage boys who became known as the West Memphis Three.
What Darkness Brings
by C. S. Harris
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
In this mystery in the Sebastian St. Cyr series, the aristocratic investigator is drawn into a sordid world of greed, desperation, and the occult when the husband of his former lover is accused of murder.
Regency England, September 1812: After a long night spent dealing with the tragic death of a former military comrade, a heart-sick Sebastian learns of a new calamity: Russell Yates, the dashing, one-time privateer who married Kat Boleyn a year ago, has been found standing over the corpse of Benjamin Eisler, a wealthy gem dealer. Yates insists he is innocent, but he will surely hang unless Sebastian can unmask the real killer.
The Calleshire Chronicles Volume Five
by Catherine Aird
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
A must-have collection of British whodunits featuring Detective Inspector Sloan—from a CWA Diamond Dagger winner and “most ingenious” author (The New Yorker).
Over the course of twenty-four crime novels set in the fictional County of Calleshire, England, and featuring the sleuthing team of shrewd Detective Inspector C. D. Sloan and his less-than-shrewd sidekick, Detective Constable William Crosby, award-winning author Catherine Aird maintained the perfect balance between cozy village mystery and police procedural. These entertaining puzzlers offer “the very best in British mystery” (The New Yorker).
Defy The Stars
by Cathrina Constantine
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Beware of the Stars Foretelling Your Destiny
Circus grunt. Charmer. Fire wrangler
Growing up within the grind of the enchanted Circus Faire, Crew’s unique talents have blossomed. Though, he’s been warned that the King of Hawkswing is determined to eradicate a certain species, and for his own sake Crew must keep his formidable gifts under wraps.
Relations between interspecies caused an imbalance of power and now are strictly forbidden. Dolorans, like Sage and her sister, are being hunted and persecuted because of their intense powers, leaving them no choice but to run, escaping the genocide of their kind…
Forest Home
by Mary Davis Henry, Anne Henry Tidmore
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In the pages of this new and revised edition, which is now called Forest Home The Annals of Ann Fennel Davis, readers can enjoy an eye-opening authentic account of daily life in northern Alabama in the mid-1800’s. There, Ann and her husband Absalom built a family life together that would produce the house Forest Home and generations of family members who would perpetuate Reverend Davis’s and his wife Ann’s faith in God and belief in the strength of nurturing a loving family and the power of serving a neighborly community.
Brought back to life with additional content that expands a contemporary reader’s understanding of those times, Forest Home was produced by the author’s granddaughter Anne Henry Tidmore who is a committed historian and keeper of the flame of faith that abides still in this remarkable family.
Friday’s Mystery eBooks
Deal Breaker
by Harlan Coben
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Sports agent Myron Bolitar is poised on the edge of the big time. So is Christian Steele, a rookie quarterback and Myron’s prized client. But when Christian gets a phone call from a former girlfriend—a woman who everyone, including the police, believes is dead—the deal starts to go sour.
Trying to unravel the truth about a family’s tragedy, a woman’s secret, and a man’s lies, Myron is up against the dark side of his business—where image and talent make you rich, but the truth can get you killed.
Memories of Midnight
by Sidney Sheldon
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
From the exotic shores of the Mediterranean to post-war London, Memories of Midnight is a passionate, unforgettable story of an innocent woman’s fight against a terrifying destiny. The survivors of The Other Side of Midnight come back for one last round of play in this compelling sequel set in post-war Europe.
Catherine Douglas, victim of amnesia, is taken in by the world’s richest man, Greek shipping tycoon Constantin Demiris. Haunted by faint memories of the past, Catherine must remember the truth before Demiris, the man who killed her husband, sets his murderous sights on her.
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.
The Widow and the Professor, Safe Harbors #4
by Donna K. Weaver
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
When the Professor meets his match, romance and risk may write the final test.
With her only child off to Harvard, recent widow Francie Davis is finally going to college. But when a grumpy and undeniably attractive new boss and an unexpected visitor enter the picture, she realizes life still has a few surprises in store for her.
Meanwhile, Professor Alex Diederik’s life is spiraling out of control. His bitter ex-wife is trying to poison his relationship with their daughter, and his attractive new administrative assistant is a distraction at work. As he tries to navigate the complexities of his personal life, he finds himself drawn to Francie in ways he never thought possible.
Murder in the Paperback Parlor
by Ellery Adams
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, Jane Steward is organizing a week of activities for fans of love stories at her book-themed resort. But her Regency readers barely have time to brush up on their Jane Austen before tragedy strikes Storyton Hall. Rosamund York, one of the most celebrated authors in attendance, is killed.
Rosamund had as many enemies as she did admirers, including envious fellow novelists, a jealous former lover, and dozens of angry fans. It’s up to Jane, with the help of her book club, the Cover Girls, to catalogue the list of suspects and find a heartless killer quickly—before the murderer writes someone else off…
Becoming the Boogeyman
by Richard Chizmar
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Back in the summer of 1988, a young Richard Chizmar was catapulted into the center of a living nightmare as the serial killer Joshua Gallagher—dubbed by the media as “The Boogeyman”—stalked his tranquil Maryland town. A lot has changed in the intervening years.
These days, Chizmar enjoys a certain level of celebrity and notoriety himself, being the only person that an incarcerated Josh Gallagher will speak to on or off the record. Chizmar likes to believe that he’s doing the world a public service by visiting Gallagher in prison…
The Passenger in 5B
by Norm Hulcher
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
In a series of stunning encounters that lead to a shocking climax and a heart-rending conclusion, The Passenger in 5B takes you on an uplifting, breathtaking journey from darkness to hope that will stay with you long after the last page.
Richard once lived for the rush — extortion, racketeering, and drug smuggling – and for the gambling addiction that plunged him into money laundering and a criminal conviction.
Now, after eight years in the darkness, he’s a changed man: a restored Christ follower who, with God’s grace and the compassionate support of fellow believers, has rebuilt his life on repentance and faith.
The Summer She Vanished
by Jessica Irena Smith
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Summer, 1972. Sister Francesca Pepitone was found strangled in a parking lot on the outskirts of Boweridge.
A week later, seventeen-year-old Minna Larson disappeared. No one has seen or heard from her since.
The cases were never linked, and neither was solved. For some, it was a scar that never healed. Others simply forgot.