Mysteries
Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
Terminal Velocity
by M.P. Woodward
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Jack Ryan Jr battles terrorists in the disputed mountains of Kashmir to save a comrade in the latest entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.
A string of savage murders in the United States seems unrelated until the FBI makes a shocking discovery: a decade ago, all of the murder victims were involved in a raid to eliminate the Umayyad Revolutionary Council, a vicious terror group that—were it not for John Clark and the Campus—would have perpetrated the most devastating attack against critical American infrastructure in history. Now it appears they’re back, with a next-generation leader hell-bent on revenge.
Carolina Moon
by Nora Roberts
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts presents a novel of redemption and suspense, as a woman haunted by the unsolved murder of her childhood friend returns to her small South Carolina hometown. . . .
Tory Bodeen grew up in a run-down house where her father ruled with an iron fist and a leather belt—and where her dreams and talents had no room to flourish. Her one escape was her neighbor Hope, who lived in the big house just a short skip away, and whose friendship allowed Tory to be something she wasn’t allowed to be at home: a child.
Then Hope was brutally murdered, and everything fell apart.
The Bourne Deception
by Robert Ludlum, Eric Van Lustbader
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
After Bourne is ambushed and nearly killed while in Indonesia, he fakes his death to take on a new identity and mission—to find out who is trying to assassinate him.
In the process, Bourne begins to question who he really is and what he would become if he no longer carried the Bourne identity. Across the globe, an American passenger airliner is shot down over Egypt—apparently by an Iranian missile—leaving the world wondering if it was an accident or an act of aggression. A massive global team lead by Soraya Moore is assembled to investigate the attack before the situation escalates.
NYPD Red 8
by Marshall Karp
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
It’s 11:59.
And the city that never sleeps is afraid to get out of bed.
A bomb explodes in a crowded New York subway station at exactly 11:59 a.m. The next day, a second blast rips through a busy department store—again at 11:59.
As the bombs go off with clockwork precision, the death toll climbs and businesses shut their doors as the city hunkers down in fear.
Bad Deeds
by David J. Gatward
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
As the delicate threads of community begin to unravel, can Harry Grimm trap a malicious puppeteer before their malevolent game leads to murder?
When beloved local mechanic, Mike, causes a serious motoring accident, DCI Grimm’s instincts tell him something is very wrong. But with no trail of evidence to follow, he is left grappling in the dark for clues.
Then, in the usually tranquil Swaledale village of Muker, the local baker is poisoned, and a chilling reality unfolds: these accidents are no string of coincidences, but orchestrated acts of malice conducted by a shadowy foe.
Blessing of the Lost Girls
by J. A. Jance
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Driven by a compulsion that challenges his self-control, the man calling himself Charles Milton prowls the rodeo circuit, hunting young women. He chooses those he believes are the most vulnerable, wandering alone and distracted, before he strikes.
For years, he has been meticulous in his methods, abducting, murdering, and disposing of his victims while leaving no evidence of his crimes—or their identities—behind. Indigenous women have become his target of choice, knowing law enforcement’s history of ignoring their disappearances.
Carpet People : The Invasion
by Ralph Hecht
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Carpet People – The Invasion is a darkly funny, fast-moving sci-fi horror adventure about an Arkansas farmhouse, a reckless teenager, his terrifyingly observant little sister, one loyal dog, and four thousand tiny alien survivors who mistake a family home for the safest battlefield in the universe.
After the generational starship Titan’s Pride crash-lands beneath an azalea bush in Logan County, its half-inch colonists discover Earth is a monstrous landscape of grass-blade forests, thunderstorm oceans, predatory insects, and giants with snack food, electrical outlets, and vacuums. With freakishly long faces, googly eyes, and rubbery cartoon expressions, they seem ridiculous at first, until pride, fear, and dangerous invention make them impossible to dismiss. Soon, the survivors push into the farmhouse walls and found Baseboard One beneath Rick’s bed.
The Witches of Cambridge
by Alice Hoffman
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The brand-new series from the bestselling author of Practical Magic, following two brilliant young women in 1950s Cambridge, Massachusetts, as they become immersed in a mysterious secret group of witches at Radcliffe known as the Lilith Society.
Once upon a time, women were drowned in the river and the only witnesses were the crows in the trees. The Puritans blamed Eve for the sins of the world. That was when we began to meet in the name of Lilith, Adam’s first wife—banished for refusing to do as she was told.
Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
CALICO
by Lee Goldberg
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
A man walks into the path of an oncoming motor home in the Mojave Desert. He’s dressed like an 1880s miner. His bones are over a hundred years old.
Welcome to Barstow.
Detective Beth McDade was an LAPD homicide cop until she wasn’t. Now she’s working the graveyard shift in a town nobody chooses, and she has a body in Yermo she can’t explain. The security camera caught the dead man running into traffic seconds after a flash of lightning that wasn’t really lightning, more like something tearing a hole in the sky.
Days later, an LA food blogger vanishes off the same stretch of Interstate 15. The last footage of him alive shows him buying beef jerky at a gas station up the road…
Blood Hunt
by Ian Rankin
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
As a former soldier, Gordon Reeve knows something about killing. So despite the fact that the death of his brother Jim has been ruled a suicide, Gordon can’t shake the feeling that someone is responsible. Traveling alone across an ocean, he arrives in California determined to get answers: Why was the car Jim’s body was found in locked from the outside? Who would want Jim dead? And now why do the local cops seem bent on thwarting Gordon’s efforts to uncover the truth?
With all the verve and taut pacing that have made Ian Rankin an internationally renowned suspense writer, Blood Hunt is a gripping story of one man’s dogged pursuit of justice.
Test of Wills, A
by Charles Todd
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
New York Times Notable mystery brilliantly evokes post-World War I Great Britain and introduces readers to one of crime fiction’s most compelling series protagonists.
Here the shell-shocked Rutledge struggles to retain his fragile grip on sanity while investigating the death of a popular army colonel, murdered, it appears, by a decorated war hero with ties to the Royal Family. A phenomenal writer, a twisting puzzle, a character-rich re-creation of an extraordinary time and place…it all adds up to one exceptional read that will delight fans of Elizabeth George, Martha Grimes, Jacqueline Winspear, Ruth Rendell, and other masters of the British procedural.
The Fall of Crazy House
by James Patterson, Gabrielle Charbonnet
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Escape is just the beginning in this dystopian story of two fearless sisters who must defeat a powerful regime—or risk becoming what they despise.
Twin sisters Becca and Cassie barely got out of the Crazy House alive. Now they’re trained, skilled fighters who fear nothing—not even the all-powerful United regime. Together, the sisters hold the key to defeating the despotic government and freeing the people of the former United States. But to win this war, will the girls have to become the very thing they hate?
The world is about to get even crazier in this gripping sequel to the New York Times bestselling blockbuster Crazy House.
The Collector
by Nora Roberts
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When professional house-sitter Lila Emerson witnesses a murder/suicide from her current apartment-sitting job, life as she knows it takes a dramatic turn. Suddenly, the woman with no permanent ties finds herself almost wishing for one…
Artist Ashton Archer knows his brother isn’t capable of violence—against himself or others. He recruits Lila, the only eyewitness, to help him uncover what happened. Chalking up their intense attraction to the heat of the moment, Lila agrees to help Ash try to find out who murdered his brother and why.
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.
Brenda’s Unicorn
by Cordelia Cohen
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Discover a World Where Magic is Real… and Dangerous!
When eleven-year-old Brenda Collins discovers a unicorn hiding in her backyard, her ordinary life shatters into a thousand magical pieces. She’s the only one who can see the majestic creature, and suddenly, she’s thrust into an unbelievable world where ancient magic pulses just beneath the surface of New York City.
But this isn’t a fairytale. The unicorn needs to return to its home in the mystical Unending Forest, and Brenda knows she must help. With her skeptical best friend, Charles, reluctantly by her side, Brenda embarks on a perilous quest that will test their courage, their friendship, and their belief in the impossible.
Mother Daughter Sister Stranger
by Hank Phillippi Ryan
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand New release #ad
What if your own family history turns out to be a terrifying lie? Every family has its story, and this one’s deadly. Two sisters. One secret. And a race against time to find the explosive truth in this twisty and captivating thriller by USA Today bestselling author Hank Phillippi Ryan.
The sole survivors of the fiery plane crash that killed their parents, Eliza Ramsey and her sister Bea share an unbreakable bond. But now, on the eleventh anniversary of the tragedy, Bea fails to retrieve her pre-teen daughter from a sleepover at Eliza’s.