Mysteries
Wednesday’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. It appears to have been a tragic accident, but while the police see no reason to investigate, something feels fishy to Lily.
S is for Silence
by Sue Grafton
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Cases don’t get much colder than that of Violet Sullivan, who disappeared from her rural California town in 1953, leaving behind an abusive husband and a seven-year-old named Daisy. But PI Kinsey Millhone has promised the now adult Daisy she’ll try her best to locate Violet, dead or alive. All signs point to a runaway wife—the clothes that disappeared; the secret stash of money Violet bragged about; the brazen flirtations she indulged in with local men, including some married ones.
Kinsey tries to pick up a trail by speaking to those who remember Violet—and perhaps were more involved in her life than they let on. But the trail could lead her somewhere very dangerous…
After Failing to Assassinate
by VyoHeart Z
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
She came to kill the Demon King. Instead, he became the reason she wanted to live.
After dying, Azelle awakens in another world with a mission from the system: assassinate the Demon King Eli and save this world from its impending doom. For someone seeking death, the task feels simple. But when her plan goes wrong, she finds herself trapped in this strange, unfamiliar world with the man she was supposed to kill. And nothing about this world, or the Demon King Eli, is what she expected.
The Demon King is kind, radiating gentle warmth, yet he destroyed the world in the previous timeline.
A Matter of Honor
by Jeffrey Archer
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
It seems innocent enough. A disgraced British colonel bequeaths a mysterious letter to his only son. But the moment Adam Scott opens the yellowing envelope, he sets into motion a deadly chain of events that threatens to shake the very foundations of the free world.
Within days, Adam’s lover is brutally murdered and he’s running for his life through the great cities of Europe, pursued not only by the KGB, but by the CIA and his own countrymen as well. Their common intent is to kill him before the truth comes out. While powerful men in smoke-filled rooms plot ever more ingenious means of destroying him, Adam finds himself betrayed and abandoned even by those he holds most dear.
Mortal Fear
by Greg Iles
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
By day, Harper Cole trades commodities from his isolated home in the Mississippi Delta. By night he leads quite a different life, serving as a systems operator for an exclusive, annonymous erotic online service that caters to the rich and famous. But now a stranger has penetrated the network’s state-of-the-art security, brutally murdering six celebrated female clients.
Falsely accused of these horrible crimes, Harper realizes there’s only one way to lure the elusive madman offline and into the open. But as he enacts his daring plan, Harper will put everything and everyone he holds dear directly in the path of a brilliant, unstoppable killer…
The Girl in Room 16
by Eva Sparks
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Hunted by her past… haunted by her future.
Eighteen years ago, FBI Agent Darcy Hunt’s life changed forever when her little sister was abducted right under her nose—murdered by a crazed guild of misguided zealots.
Now, as she spends her days and nights hunting down the very worst of humanity, Darcy receives an unexpected call directing her to the sleepy small town of Miller’s Grove. Local law enforcement is unable to make sense of a chilling case, one that will prove to be the most complex and baffling of her career.
The Wife He Doubted
by Claudia Rygg
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
A wife cast out. A husband ruled by doubt. If the truth comes too late, love may not survive the betrayal.
Etta thought her marriage was built on trust. Then one afternoon, in the quiet sanctuary of her worktable, her husband walks in with his mother, the family lawyer, and a devastating accusation: forged accounts, stolen money, and a secret plan to leave him richer than she arrived. In a single brutal moment, her home, her reputation, and her marriage are ripped away—and Etta is forced to walk out with nothing but her tools, her pride, and the certainty that she has been framed…
The Blackhouse
by Carole Johnstone
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Maggie Mackay has been haunted her entire life. No matter what she does, she can’t shake the sense that something is wrong with her. And maybe something is…
When she was five years old, Maggie announced that a man on the remote island of Kilmeray in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides—a place she’d never visited—was murdered. Her unfounded claim drew media attention and turned the locals against each other, creating rifts that never mended.
Kiss Slay Replay
by Rachel Harrison
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
Every wedding guest’s worst nightmare is on repeat in this wild and twisty new horror novel from the New York Times bestselling author of So Thirsty and Play Nice.
It’s the picture-perfect wedding weekend: The venue is dreamy, the weather is beautiful, love is in the air—and Willa Sullivan is having a bad time. She’s excited to celebrate her best friends’ finally having the big wedding they’ve always wanted, but this is the first time she’s seen her ex-fiancé in months, and he brought a date. Everything feels off, like she stumbled into an alternate universe.
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
Confessions of an Amateur Sleuth
by Lynn Cahoon
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Twenty-something bookseller and sleuth Meg Gates has a confession: solving crimes may be easier than writing. She’s been working on a guide to becoming a detective—but she’s her own worst critic. She needs a how-to in order to write her how-to!
At the Bainbridge Island writers’ group, she meets freelance food critic Lee Anderson, who invites her to join him for dinner at the Local Crab so he won’t be suspected of reviewing the place. Lee is a bit of a crab himself and intends to do a hatchet job on the eatery.
Pickled Hearts Complete Series
by Robin Cutler, Michael Anderle
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
A grieving widower who hasn’t written a word in years walks onto a pickleball court — and meets the one woman stubborn enough to drag him back to life.
Iris Reyes doesn’t do pity, and somehow that’s exactly what Jack Harrington needs. As their unlikely doubles partnership transforms from disaster to triumph, something shifts between them — and then something pushes back. Strange, impossible things that make Jack question his sanity and his past.
Grief was never his only opponent. It just took the longest to name. Pick up this complete series and find out if Jack and Iris find love in an unexpected place.
Sassing Saul
by Gail Koger
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Annie used to believe in all that happily ever after crap, until the day she found out her Prince Charming husband was a conman with a wandering eye. On the same day she booted him to the curb, an alien fleet double-parked over Earth and life as she knew it ended. To survive she joined a militia unit and used her unique physic powers to fight off the alien invaders. She was so successful she earned the swell nickname of the Grim Reaper. Now she must fight for her own freedom because Saul Jones, a Coletti-hybrid warlord, has decided she’s his and he won’t stop until he possesses her.
General Saul Jones has his hands full. Not only is he a four-star Marine general, he’s also a Coletti warlord. To complicate matters, he’s the Coletti Overlord’s liaison to Earth and one of the patriarchs of “the” Jones clan.
Three Novels of Creeping Terror
by Robert McCammon
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Three novels of creeping horror from the New York Times–bestselling author who “delivers terror with skillful ferocity” (Publishers Weekly).
This collection from the Bram Stoker and World Fantasy Award–winning author of the Matthew Corbett novels includes:
The Night Boat
Baal
Bethany’s Sin
Saltwater
by Katy Hays
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
“Fans of family dramas and thrillers will devour this tense, suspenseful novel.”—Woman’s World
In 1992, Sarah Lingate is found dead below the cliffs of Capri, Italy, leaving behind her three-year-old daughter, Helen. Despite suspicions that the old-money Lingates are involved, Sarah’s death is ruled an accident. And every year, the family returns to prove it’s true. But on the thirtieth anniversary of her death, the Lingates arrive at the villa to find a surprise waiting for them—the necklace Sarah was wearing the night she died.
The Heretics Bible
by J. Robert Kennedy
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
FROM USA TODAY & MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR J. ROBERT KENNEDY
AN ANCIENT TEXT, THOUGHT NOT TO EXIST, HAS BEEN FOUND.
AND THE FIGHT TO DESTROY IT HAS JUST BEGUN.
In the thirteenth century, a battle for control of Christianity raged, pitting the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II against Pope Gregory IX. Both men claimed to be the legitimate leader of the Christian faith, and both would stop at nothing to attain their goal.
Full Blast
by Janet Evanovich, Charlotte Hughes
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 45 #ad
There’s never a dull moment for the residents of Beaumont, South Carolina. Lately, a heat wave’s spiked the mercury—and everyone’s sex drive. When newspaper owner Jamie Swift runs into millionaire playboy Max Holt, it’s all she can do not to tear his clothes off—and the feeling is mutual. But trouble seems to follow Max like moths to a flame, and Jamie suspects he’s all wrong for her. Meanwhile, the lingerie shop is having a sale on edible underwear, the bakery’s selling aphrodisiac-laced brownies and x-rated birthday cakes, and even Jamie’s dog is dodging passes from an amorous French poodle!
But when someone starts bumping off some of the town’s more annoying citizens, all clues lead straight to the new personals section in Jamie’s newspaper.
The Third Victim
by Lisa Gardner
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
The past isn’t over….
An unspeakable act has ripped apart the idyllic town of Bakersville, Oregon, and its once-peaceful residents are demanding quick justice. But though a boy has confessed to the horrific crime, evidence shows he may not be guilty.
Officer Rainie Conner, leading her first homicide investigation, stands at the center of the controversy. It’s hitting too close to home, bringing back her worst nightmares, threatening to expose her secret sins. But with the boy’s life at stake, she won’t let anything stop her from finding the real killer.
Scratch Moss
by David Barnett
Kindle $7.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
It’s bad when the heart is ripped out of a community… it’s worse when it loses its soul.
1865. There is coal under the fields of Scratch Moss Manor and Sir Henry Brody is determined to get at it. But there is something else in the ground as well, something dark and evil
1905. A more Godless set of people the Reverend George Ackman has never known than the people of the northern town of Scratch Moss. But if not God, what do they believe in?
1945. Arthur works for the Coal Commission, visiting privately-owned pits ahead of their nationalisation. But something is amiss in Scratch Moss, with a disturbing number of deaths at the mine and children going missing in the tunnels.