Mysteries
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
A Slay Ride Together With You
by Vicki Delany
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
The slay bells are ringing in this festive seventh installment of national bestselling author Vicki Delany’s Year-Round Christmas mystery series, perfect for fans of Amanda Flower and Donna Andrews.
Rudolph, New York, shop owner Merry Wilkinson’s best friend Vicky Casey is newly engaged to Chef Mark Grosse and is moving into the historic Cole House–a home surrounded by drama, intrigue, and a possible haunting that is in desperate need of renovation. The wedding is just three weeks away, but all is not bliss for the newly engaged couple as estranged relatives of the late owner fight over her will. Then, late one night, Vicky and Merry come across a dead body in the garden of Cole House–and Mark is the one standing over the corpse.
The Truth Chamber
by Duncan Ritchie
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
CAN THE TRUTH SAVE AMERICA?
In an election year marred by violence, Mack Leach—the Red Caesar—rises in the polls.
His rival, Democratic presidential candidate Anna Hoffman, warns a divided country that under the Red Caesar, America will devolve into an authoritarian state: a Russia 2.0.
Admiral Liam Driscall, struggling with the devastating loss of his family, lives in isolation until a confrontation with a book burner jolts him into action. He sets aside his grief and joins Anna’s campaign.
The Spiral
by George Q. Smith
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Enter the twisted mind of George Q. Smith with 190 one-page stories of supernatural mystery and horror – each a 60-second read that draws you deeper into one single, interconnected narrative.
The stories range from Lovecraftian dread to the deeply personal; from the occult to serial killings; from visceral shocks to quiet psychological unease. And sometimes, there is no horror at all – or at least not until you think about the things you’ve just read.
From the haunted forests of 17th-century Germany to the cradle of humankind and to modern-day New York, the tales span time and space – with an occasional detour outside our reality as well.
The Governor
by Lynda La Plante
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
No one is above the law.
Barfield Prison is one of the toughest high-security prisons in England, housing the country’s most dangerous criminals. And when an inmate is found dead in his cell, a riot breaks out, forcing the authorities to investigate a potential murder.
Despite being Barfield’s youngest ever female Governor, Helen Hewitt is seen as the best woman for the job. But with a prison full of corrupt and suspicious officers, restless inmates and a broken system, Helen has her work cut out – and no allies to help her….
Bold Encounter
by Emily Jane Trent
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Is she doomed to be the celebrity stalker’s victim?
After a twenty-year struggle in her New Orleans career, blues singer Genevieve Dumas begins to achieve popularity. But can she fulfill her dreams and rise to the top of her field as a singer/songwriter when a vengeful former band leader threatens her life?
Detective Abe Stewart of the New Orleans PD volunteers his protection. He admires Genevieve, and the attraction blossoms into love.
Distant Shores
by Kristin Hannah
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Elizabeth and Jackson Shore married young, raised two daughters, and weathered the storms of youth as they built a family. From a distance, their lives look picture perfect. But after the girls leave home, Jack and Elizabeth quietly drift apart. When Jack accepts a wonderful new job, Elizabeth puts her own needs aside to follow him across the country.
Then tragedy turns Elizabeth’s world upside down. In the aftermath, she questions everything about her life—her choices, her marriage, even her long-forgotten dreams. In a daring move that shocks her husband, friends, and daughters, she lets go of the woman she has become—and reaches out for the woman she wants to be.
The Last Temptation
by Amy O. Lewis
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
In book three of the Colorado Skies mystery series, Kim Jackson learns she isn’t the only one trying to outrun her past.
Murder has a way of finding Kim Jackson, even in the small mining town of Creede, Colorado. Forced to leave Durango behind and move on, Kim is now working in Creede’s tax accounting office, trying not to get attached. Her life is simple and quiet until the day an unusual young woman, Laurie Beltran, walks through her door with a sticky tax problem. Laurie is pious and seemingly naïve, living as a pauper but possessing a secret fortune she seems afraid to touch—and there’s a family tragedy lurking in her past.Kim offers to help her sort out her accounts, but what begins as a good deed quickly leads Kim into a dark web of greed, corruption, and lies.
Sketch
by Ros Hill
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
What happens when the world’s newest superhero is also its last hope?
On a study trip to Egypt, art student Charles meets Heba, a street peddler guarding an ancient secret: magic ink that can transform imagination into reality. When Charles returns home and sketches his own superhero, he doesn’t just finish a drawing. He brings it to life.
Too bad Sketch’s first day on the job is a disaster. His grand attempt at flight ends in a four-foot face-plant, his strength sputters in and out, and even the cops chasing him are more annoyed than afraid. As Sketch fumbles his way through powers he can’t fully control and emotions he’s never felt before, he starts to learn what it really means to be human…and a hero.
Our Noble Selves
by Kate Atkinson
Kindle $14.99 Rating: BRAND NEW RELEASE #ad
When crime correspondent turned war reporter Harry Flynn returns to Britain from Singapore in 1945, he takes a quiet job with the Festival of Britain, a government-funded endeavor aimed at celebrating the nation’s creativity, grit, and ingenuity. There, he joins a team of misfits and eccentrics as they help to ready the Festival for launch.
When a Frenchwoman goes missing, Flynn becomes the central suspect in her disappearance—and possible murder. He was the last person to see her alive, yet he has no memory of the evening they spent together. As evidence against him mounts, Flynn begins to wonder if he might actually be to blame. To make matters worse, he is surrounded by people who have their own secret agenda.
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
No Cooperation from the Cat
by Marian Babson
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Trixie and Evangeline’s shared kitchen is unusually crowded as Trixie’s daughter, Martha, tests recipes for her upcoming cookbook, with help from her editor. But as they rush to meet their deadline, a few more people show up unexpectedly . . . including the husband of the cookbook’s original author, now mysteriously deceased, who Martha replaced.
When one of these unwanted guests turns up dead, the truth will have to come out eventually—and Trixie and Evangeline are on the case, along with Cho-Cho-San, their beloved Japanese bobtail.
EMP No Grid No Warning
by William Stone
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
Overnight, an EMP sent America back to the age before electricity. Her promise didn’t age a day.
Years ago, they took away her wings. Yesterday, the EMP took down her plane. Grace appeared to be just another grandmother on a crowded flight. Then the EMP killed the engines, and the pilots didn’t make it. Now the only survivor who knows how to keep a child alive in a frozen mountain range is an old woman the world forgot was ever a pilot at all.
There’s no rescue coming. No working grid. No government riding in to help. Nothing but miles of lawless, empty country between a stranded child and her family’s front gate. And one woman who’s done being forgotten.
The Skull Beneath the Skin
by P.D. James
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Actress Clarissa Lisle has always been famous for her ravishing beauty—and her unscrupulous manipulations. Now on the death-shrouded island of Courcy, her schemes win her a starring role in a nightmare in which she can trust no one—not her deceived husband; her dangerously insecure stepson; her ominously genial host; her dependent, desperate cousin; or her cruelly amusing ex-lover.
Soon Detective Cordelia gray finds that nothing is as it seems on Courcy—especially after the curtain goes down. Here she must delve into ancient secrets and guilt-stained pasts—and risk her life to stop a brilliantly cunning murderer who has set the stage for her death.
Going Zero
by Anthony McCarten
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
TWO HOURS TO VANISH.
ONE CHANCE TO ESCAPE.
ZERO ALTERNATIVES.
Ten Americans have been carefully selected to Beta test a ground-breaking piece of spyware. FUSION can track anyone on earth. But does it work?
For one contestant, an unassuming Boston librarian named Kaitlyn Day, the stakes are far higher than money, and her reasons for entering the test more personal than anyone imagines. When the timer hits zero, there will only be one winner…
Casey’s Cries
by Connie Engel
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
A nine year old girl, Casey Powers, discovers who her real father is through a series of harrowing events that change her life and the lives of her family. Her little brother, Jason, disappears and the search begins to find the six-year-old.
Casey’s Aunt Lorraine takes her in and nurtures her as they await the return of her mother and brother. She is convinced that no one, including God, hears her and is left with the mystery of a death and a yellow Corvette. Casey’s fears fade away as she learns that truth portrays a mysterious blend of how the mind meets the spirit, and how you can overcome anything when you realize that there is someone who hears your cries.
Terminus
by Kevin Hardman
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Master Sergeant Gant Maker was a highly-decorated and well-respected Marine – until his last mission left him as the sole survivor of an encounter with a vicious race called the Vacra. Served up as a scapegoat and drummed out of the military, he has since lived a life of seclusion with only an adopted alien as a companion.
Now the Vacra have returned. As the only person to have ever faced them and survived, Maker is reinstated in the Corps and given the onerous task of finding this enemy on a world located at the edge of known space. Assisting him is an unlikely band of military rejects, including a blind sharpshooter, an unstable psychic, and a genetically-engineered killing machine who refuses to fight.
You Had Me at Haiku
by John D. Ottini
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
This book contains 101 thought-provoking haiku poems, covering broad topics such as life, love, death, and almost everything in between. The poems are filled with insight, passion, and a touch of humor.
The author first encountered haiku in high school. He thought they were cool back then, as he does today.
The challenge and enjoyment in crafting a haiku is in attempting to portray a meaningful thought or emotion using only three lines and seventeen syllables. That was the challenge the author faced in writing this book.
He’s hopeful that you will find these haiku poems both eloquent and entertaining.
The Munich Affair
by James Patterson, David Ellis
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
A determined detective, Thomas Bauer, obsessively pursues Hitler—putting Bauer’s Jewish wife and children in grave danger.
A courageous journalist, Fritz Gerlich, writes story after story detailing the murder—making Gerlich a target for Hitler’s Gestapo.
An American professor, Eleanor Robbins, picks up the trail of evidence from present-day Neo-Nazis guarding the Führer’s long-held secrets to the death.