Mysteries
Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
Murder Runs in the Family
by Tamara Berry
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
Amber thought she had troubles before her grandma was arrested for murder…
Former PI-in-training Amber Winslow has decided to flee her life in the dead of night, carrying nothing but the clothes on her back. Down on her luck and with no other choice, she heads to the sunny state of Arizona to the luxury accommodations of her grandmother’s retirement community. Never mind that Amber’s never actually met her estranged and eccentric Grandma Jade.
Isabelle Night and the Demon’s Flute
by Heidi Jarvis Smallidge
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
It was the last day of seventh grade and 13-year-old Isabelle Night was SO looking forward to a lazy summer! You know what can ruin a lazy summer? Demons. That’s what can ruin a lazy summer.
In this smart-kid adventure, Isabelle finds herself traveling to the Middle East with her mother, archaeologist Annaliese Night, to help their good friend Gunther Braun solve a mystery. Two mysteries actually. First, a strange man appearing out of the desert to offer Gunther help with his dig, telling of ancient secrets hidden in the palace and guarded by demons.
And then, the very next day, two guards go missing at a mysterious pit only recently opened.
The Law is a Lady
by Nora Roberts
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Friendly, New Mexico is the perfect setting for director Phillip Kincaid to film his latest blockbuster. But the small town hospitality he expected turns downright hostile when he finds himself behind bars for speeding—arrested by the sexiest police officer to ever slap a pair of handcuffs on him.
Now, Phillip wants nothing more than to show Sheriff Victoria “Tory” Ashton how an outlaw can bring pleasurable disorder to her life.
The Last Child
by John Hart
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Heralded by the Washington Post as a “a magnificent creation, Huck Finn channeled through Lord of the Flies”, John Hart’s The Last Child is his most significant work to date, an intricate, powerful story of loss, hope, and courage in the face of evil.
Thirteen year-old Johnny Merrimon had the perfect life: a warm home and loving parents; a twin sister, Alyssa, with whom he shared an irreplaceable bond. He knew nothing of loss, until the day Alyssa vanished from the side of a lonely street. Now, a year later, Johnny finds himself isolated and alone, failed by the people he’d been taught since birth to trust. No one else believes that Alyssa is still alive, but Johnny is certain that she is—confident in a way that he can never fully explain.
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
by R. A. Dick, Adriana Trigiani
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Burdened by debt after her husband’s death, Lucy Muir insists on moving into the very cheap Gull Cottage in the quaint seaside village of Whitecliff, despite multiple warnings that the house is haunted. Upon discovering the rumors to be true, the young widow ends up forming a special companionship with the ghost of handsome former sea captain Daniel Gregg. Through the struggles of supporting her children, seeking out romance from the wrong places, and working to publish the captain’s story as a book, Blood and Swash, Lucy finds in her secret relationship with Captain Gregg a comfort and blossoming love she never could have predicted.
After Death
by Dean Koontz
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Michael Mace, head of security at a top-secret research facility, opens his eyes in a makeshift morgue twenty-four hours following an event in which everyone perished—including him and his best friend, Shelby Shrewsberry.
Having awakened with an extraordinary ability unlike anything he—or anyone else—has ever imagined, Michael is capable of being as elusive as a ghost. He sets out to honor his late friend by helping Nina Dozier and her son, John, whom Shelby greatly admired. Although what Michael does for Nina is life changing, his actions also evoke the wrath of John’s father, a member of one of the most violent street gangs in Los Angeles.
Through the Darkness
by Stacey Wilk
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Mackenzie Scirocco grapples with the daily challenges of being a single mother of five-year-old twins and the responsibilities of running her bakery. Some days she fools herself that all the proverbial balls are in the air. Especially when the man she has a crush on asks her out. But her world—and those balls—crashes around her when her ex-husband questions her sanity and files for full custody of the boys.
Captain Phoenix Egan of the Water Course Fire Department gets trapped inside a burning building and can’t save himself from the consequences. His physical wound is nothing compared to the emotional one. He has to keep his fear of fighting fires a secret or risk his career and that makes him dangerous. Mack is the only person who can help him be whole again, and she can’t be with him.
Rowena and the Dark Lord
by Melodie Campbell
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
When Rowena is abducted back to medieval Land’s End, all is in turmoil. Gareth is trapped in the middle-world. Cedric is losing his soul to the black arts. What’s a modern girl to do? Learn how to control her powers of magic, of course. Things go wrong when she accidently conjures up a Roman Legion in mid-battle. Now she has to prevent Roman and Land’s End warriors from killing each other.
A royal banquet quickly dissolves into a brutal battle. The Dark Lord appears and raises the stakes by trapping Rowena in a cyclone of lust and passion. Once again, Rowena is torn between the man she loves and the mage who fires her desire.
Angel Creek – Violet
by Suzanne Jenkins
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
A nurse practitioner on the run from heartbreak takes a temporary job in a secluded mountain town—only to discover a community, and a sheriff, willing to help her heal.
After a broken engagement and a brush with danger, nurse practitioner Violet Love escapes to the snowy mountain town of Angel Creek, hoping to heal in peace. But the quirky townspeople, stubborn patients, and a brooding local cop with secrets of his own make “quiet” impossible.
Carson Jackson is guarded, grieving, and unexpectedly protective — and something in Violet stirs the part of him he thought was long gone.
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
Welcome to Murder Week
by Karen Dukess
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
When thirty-four-year-old Cath loses her mostly absentee mother, she is ambivalent. With days of quiet, unassuming routine in Buffalo, New York, Cath consciously avoids the impulsive, thrill-seeking lifestyle that her mother once led. But when she’s forced to go through her mother’s things one afternoon, Cath is perplexed to find tickets for an upcoming “murder week” in England’s Peak District: a whole town has come together to stage a fake murder mystery to attract tourism to their quaint hamlet. Baffled but helplessly intrigued by her mother’s secret purchase, Cath decides to go on the trip herself—and begins a journey she never could have anticipated.
When You See Me
by Lisa Gardner
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
FBI Special Agent Kimberly Quincy and Sergeant Detective D D Warren have built a task force to follow the digital bread crumbs left behind by deceased serial kidnapper Jacob Ness. When a disturbing piece of evidence is discovered in the hills of Georgia, they bring Flora Dane and true-crime savant Keith Edgar to a small town where something seems to be deeply wrong. What at first looks like a Gothic eeriness soon hardens into something much more sinister . . . and they discover that for all the evil Jacob committed while alive, his worst secret is still to be revealed.
Time Pilgrims: The Complete Trilogy
by Dennis Higgins
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Time Pilgrims is unique in the time travel genre. It features a blend of fantasy, action, humor, and romance. Time Pilgrim, Katya is a strong, independent young woman plagued with a condition known as temporal amnesia. She can’t remember which year she is from and is desperately trying to locate her family. Because of Katya’s time displacement and amnesia, she has not matured beyond the age of twenty-two. She becomes a sponge in every time period she visits…
Agatha Christie. Hercule Poirot Ultimate Collection
by Agatha Christie
Kindle $0.49 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Hercule Poirot is a fictional Belgian detective created by British writer Agatha Christie. Poirot is one of Christie’s most famous and long-running characters, appearing in 33 novels, two plays and more than 50 short stories.
The Poirot books take readers through the whole of his life in England, from the first book (The Mysterious Affair at Styles), where he is a refugee staying at Styles, to the last Poirot book (Curtain), where he visits Styles before his death.
Spearhead
by Adam Makos
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
“A band of brothers in an American tank . . . Makos drops the reader back into the Pershing’s turret and dials up a battle scene to rival the peak moments of Fury.”—The Wall Street Journal
When Clarence Smoyer is assigned to the gunner’s seat of his Sherman tank, he discovers a hidden talent: He’s a natural-born shooter. At first, Clarence and his fellow crews in the legendary 3rd Armored Division—“Spearhead”—thought their tanks were invincible. Then they met the murderous German Panther and a pattern soon emerged: The lead tank always gets hit.
The Husbands
by Chandler Baker
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 3.8 #ad
To what lengths will a woman go for a little more help from her husband?
Nora Spangler is a successful attorney but when it comes to domestic life, she packs the lunches, schedules the doctor appointments, knows where the extra paper towel rolls are, and designs and orders the holiday cards. Her husband works hard, too… but why does it seem like she is always working so much harder?
When the Spanglers go house hunting in Dynasty Ranch, an exclusive suburban neighborhood, Nora meets a group of high-powered women—a tech CEO, a neurosurgeon, an award-winning therapist, a bestselling author—with enviably supportive husbands.
24 Hours
by Greg Iles
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
It begins on a perfect night, with a perfect family about to be trapped in a perfect crime…
Will Jennings is a successful young doctor in Jackson, Mississippi, with a thriving practice, a beautiful wife, and a five-year-old daughter he loves beyond measure. But Will and his family are being watched by a con man and psychopath who may be a genius. A man who has never been caught and whose victims have never talked to the police. A man whose life’s work strikes at the heart of every family’s unspoken fear: the unstoppable kidnapping.
The Warden Series (Books 1 – 3)
by Kevin Hardman
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
WARDEN (BOOK 1: WENDIGO FEVER)
WARDEN (BOOK 2: LURE OF THE LAMIA)
WARDEN (BOOK 3: ATTACK OF THE ASWANG)
“There are monsters and the wall keeping them out of the world broke. Generations of Wardens are raised to hold back the monsters and one is reluctant to follow in his ancestors footsteps. I loved these books and want more!” by Amazon Customer
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
Big Jack
by J. D. Robb
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Lieutenant Eve Dallas’s search for a precious fortune leads her into untold danger in this thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author J. D. Robb.
In New York City in 2059, someone is pursuing missing gems from a decades-old heist…someone who’s willing to kill for them. Sharp-witted and sexy, Detective Lieutenant Eve Dallas is used to traveling in the shadowy corners outside the law. And in a future where crime meets cutting-edge technology, she will attempt to track down the diamonds once and for all—and stop the danger and death that has surrounded them for years.
TOO FAR STANDING STILL
by Lisette Brodey
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
From the author of Twice a Broken Breath and What the Years Remember
How far would you go to realize your dreams?
Tilly Henley was raised in a life of privilege. The daughter of prominent, wealthy New Yorkers, she wants for little. In her late twenties, she marries attorney Jim McNaughton, and the two of them happily plan to start a family. But, for the first time in her life, Tilly learns that being born into money doesn’t guarantee you get everything you want. Far from it. Unable to conceive, and now, after years of failed IVF treatments, her dream of motherhood is slipping away—and so is her marriage.
Dark Winter
by Colton Lively
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
When an EMP strike plunges the country into chaos, off-grid homesteader May Bloom must survive a collapsing world and find her missing sister before it’s too late.
As panic spreads and systems fail, May’s quiet town becomes ground zero for a disaster no one saw coming.
The Third Gate
by Lincoln Child
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Deep in a nearly impassable swamp south of the Egyptian border, an archaeological team is searching for the burial chamber of King Narmer, the fabled pharaoh. Narmer’s crown might be buried with him: the elusive “double” crown of the two Egypts. Amid the nightmarish, disorienting tangle of mud and dead vegetation, strange things begin to happen. Could an ancient curse be responsible? Jeremy Logan, history professor and master interpreter of bizarre and inexplicable enigmas, is brought onto the project to investigate. What he finds raises fresh questions … and immediate alarm.
The Chill
by Scott Carson
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
A supernatural force—set in motion a century ago—threatens to devastate New York City in this “terrific horror/suspense/disaster novel” that “grips from the first page” (Stephen King).
Far upstate, in New York’s ancient forests, a drowned village lays beneath the dark, still waters of the Chilewaukee reservoir. Early in the 20th century, the town was destroyed for the greater good: bringing water to the millions living downstate. Or at least that’s what the politicians from Manhattan insisted at the time. The local families, settled there since America’s founding, were forced from their land, but some didn’t leave…
The Chestnut Man
by Soren Sveistrup
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
From Søren Sveistrup, creator of the hit television show, The Killing—a stylish and atmospheric thriller that follows the race to find a serial killer terrorizing Copenhagen.
A psychopath is terrorizing Copenhagen.
His calling card is a “chestnut man”—a handmade doll made of matchsticks and two chestnuts—which he leaves at each bloody crime scene…
The Invisible Woman
by James Patterson, Susan DiLallo
Kindle $4.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
No one sees her, but she sees everything. Elinor Gilbert was once a young woman with a thriving career at the FBI.
Now decades past solving crimes with the bureau, she is personally and professionally forgettable.
Which is exactly what her former FBI boss needs. He disguises Elinor as a middle-aged nanny, and casts her as an agent on the inside of his investigation into a New York art dealer suspected of ties to organized crime. But as Elinor pushes toward the truth, her superpower—anonymity—morphs into a fatal flaw.
Izzie Berens Boxed Set
by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Magic is real. So are monsters. And Izzie Berens is the one who hunts them down.
Paranormal Defense Agent Izzie Berens and her partner, Rafe, are called in to investigate a series of violent attacks in Austin. Izzie soon realizes she’s no longer just tracking a rogue magical but something far worse.
Grab this complete series boxed set today and dive into a world where magic is deadly, secrets are dangerous, and Izzie Berens doesn’t back down from a fight.
Monday’s Mystery eBooks
A Catered Cat Wedding
by Isis Crawford
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Susie Katz is known as the crazy cat lady of Longely, New York, and goes out of her way to earn the title, right down to her cat T-shirts and porcelain Hello Kitties. She’s a fanatic for anything feline. Humans, not so much.
So when she decides to put up a tent on her property and hold an extravagant wedding ceremony for her two Russian blues, she makes sure to include a few two-legged guests—primarily to raise some hackles. All her favorite enemies will be there: her bird-loving neighbor, a rival cat breeder, a local animal rights activist, and the niece and nephew who stand to inherit her considerable fortune…if she doesn’t spend it all on cat tchotchkes first.
The Final Detail
by Harlan Coben
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Myron Bolitar’s colleague at MB SportsReps, Esperanza, has been arrested for the murder of a client, a fallen baseball star attempting a comeback. Myron is determined to prove Esperanza’s innocence—even if she won’t speak to him on the advice of her lawyer, who warns Myron to keep away from both the case and his client. But Myron is already too close, too involved, and has too much at stake. And the closer Myron gets to the truth, the more the evidence points to the only viable suspect besides Esperanza: Myron himself.
To Catch a Spy
by Mark ONeill
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Estate approved sequel to the novel To Catch a Thief by David Dodge and 1955 Academy Award-winning film by Alfred Hitchcock
It’s been a year since John Robie, notorious Riviera jewel thief, proved his innocence by catching a copycat burglar. And it’s been a year since John has seen Francie Stevens, the adventurous socialite who not only saw through his disguise, but helped him catch the copycat. Now Francie is returning to the Riviera for its first-ever Fashion Week as a model for a top French designer, and John plans on rekindling their romance. But there’s a problem. While helping a friend, John chases down a mysterious courier, whose ruthless associates now want John dead. To make matters worse, when Francie arrives, she has a boyfriend in tow, and tells John that she wants nothing to do with him.
No One Saw Her Go
by Sally Royer-Derr
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
A summer camp in rural Pennsylvania harbors decades of deadly secrets…
When criminology student Zoey Montgomery takes a summer job as a camp counselor at Camp Medley, she has one goal: to discover what happened to her aunt Heather, who vanished from the camp over thirty years earlier. But what begins as a quest for closure quickly spirals into something far more sinister…
It’s not long until Zoey notices disturbing patterns in the camp’s history. She hears rumors of more missing girls, and strange accidents occur that leave her shaken and afraid. Is she imagining the sinister whispers from the woods, or has she made a deadly mistake? What happened to Heather, and is Zoey next?
Calculated Risk
by Lynn Shannon
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
He carries the burden of his mistakes. The wounds on Jason Gonzalez’s body are nothing compared to the ones on his heart. The former Marine avoids getting close to anyone new, especially his gorgeous next-door neighbor. Until he hears a scream coming from her house in the middle of the night.
Her enemies are too numerous to count. Addison Foster escaped an abusive marriage and has become an advocate for others. When an intruder breaks into her home and nearly kills her, Addison is rescued by an unlikely protector. But the threats against her aren’t over and she needs help.
Danger around every corner.
The Fox
by Frederick Forsyth
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
The #1 New York Times-bestselling master of international intrigue takes readers into the bleeding-edge world of technological espionage in a propulsive thriller that feels chillingly real.
Former chief of the British Secret Intelligence Service Adrian Weston is awoken in the middle of the night by a phone call from the Prime Minister. Her news is shocking: the Pentagon, the NSA, and the CIA have been hacked simultaneously, their seemingly impenetrable firewalls breached by an unknown enemy known only as “The Fox.” Even more surprisingly, the culprit is revealed to be a young British teenager, Luke Jennings. He has no agenda, no secrets, just a blisteringly brilliant mind. Extradition to the U.S. seems likely–until Weston has another idea: If Luke can do this to us, what can he do to our enemies?
Hang on St. Christopher
by Adrian McKinty
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Rain slicked streets, riots, murder, chaos. It’s July 1992 and the Troubles in Northern Ireland are still grinding on after twenty-five apocalyptic years. Detective Inspector Sean Duffy got his family safely over the water to Scotland, to “Shortbread Land.” Duffy’s a part-timer now, only returning to Belfast six days a month to get his pension. It’s an easy gig, if he can keep his head down.
But then a murder case falls into his lap while his protégé is on holiday in Spain. A carjacking gone wrong and the death of a solitary, middle-aged painter. But something’s not right, and as Duffy probes he discovers the painter was an IRA assassin. So, the question becomes: Who hit the hit man and why?
Far Away Home
by Susan Denning
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
In post-Civil War New York City, sixteen-year-old Aislynn Denehy cannot find a job, she has no place to live and no family to help her. Some might think this is a problem; Aislynn believes it is an opportunity, but she has a lot to learn.
No formulaic romance, this well-researched love story depicts life as it truly was for the thousands of women who went west reaching for a new life. Aislynn’s journey begins in a New York City tenement and leads her across the frontier to a Utah mining camp where she must cope with the three very different men in her life…