Mysteries
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
The Toll House
by Carly Reagon
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
The past isn’t always dead and buried. A house with history. That’s how the estate agent described the old toll house on the edge of the town. For Kelda it’s the perfect rural home for her young son Dylan after a difficult few years.
But when Kelda finds a death mask concealed behind one of the walls, everything changes. Inexplicable things happen in the house, Kelda cannot shake the feeling of being watched and Dylan is plagued by nightmares, convinced he can see figures in his room…
Blood Perfect
by T.L. Bequette
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
“5/5 Stars. A fantastic read for fans of courtroom drama, light detective work, and endings with a twist…that will keep you interested from cover to cover.” –San Francisco Book Reviews
A young Joe Turner returns to defend Allston Walker, a man charged with the bloody attempted murder of a racist caretaker in this gripping courtroom thriller. Images of the vicious crime have Joe flashing back to a life-altering crime he witnessed as a child while he hurdles headlong into a steamy romance.
In the tension-filled trial, the victim, a transplanted southerner, charms the jury and remains steadfast in his identification of Walker. Snarky Joe and his investigator, an aging hippie who speaks in movie lines, wrangle with slippery police officers and an obnoxious, preening prosecutor.
No One Saw Her Go
by Sally Royer-Derr
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #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?
Untamed
by Nora Roberts
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
A carefree performer finds her heart drawn to a man unused to being in the spotlight in life and love in Untamed by #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts.
Lawyer Keane Prescott goes from courtroom to center ring when he inherits his late father’s family business—a circus. Working with acrobats and clowns hold no appeal for him, but his curiosity about animal acts is piqued after meeting lion tamer Jovilette Wilder. As bold and unpredictable a force of nature as the big cats she trains, Jo is wary her new boss intends to cage her passion. But to her surprise, Keane is more than willing to join Jo for a walk on the wild side.
New Orleans Library of Last Secrets Complete Collection
by Jacie Middlemann
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
A library filled with hidden answers and long-forgotten secrets, an unexpected visitor with secrets of his own, and danger lurking around almost every corner.
Tobias Blaise never expected to find a woman that he wanted to spend his life with, let alone one who looked at him the way Ellis did. He knew that by allowing her to be anywhere near him made her vulnerable to the constantly-looming danger that surrounded him…but he couldn’t let her go…
The Magnolia Palace
by Fiona Davis
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue, returns with a tantalizing novel about the secrets, betrayal, and murder within one of New York City’s most impressive Gilded Age mansions.
Eight months since losing her mother in the Spanish flu outbreak of 1919, twenty-one-year-old Lillian Carter’s life has completely fallen apart. For the past six years, under the moniker Angelica, Lillian was one of the most sought-after artists’ models in New York City, with statues based on her figure gracing landmarks from the Plaza Hotel to the Brooklyn Bridge. But with her mother gone, a grieving Lillian is rudderless and desperate—the work has dried up and a looming scandal has left her entirely without a safe haven..
Youngblood
by DT Sann
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Meet Toryn Youngblood, a 12-year-old girl who has never known life beyond Alaska’s rugged wilderness. Raised in seclusion by her uncle on the outskirts of Anchorage, Toryn’s world revolves around hunting and survival.
Everything changes when she steps into a classroom for the first time.
As a seemingly normal girl, she is introduced to society…making friends and attending routine events…until the question of her origin arises.
The Longmire Defense
by Craig Johnson
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
Sheriff Walt Longmire uncovers a cold case that hits very close to home and forces him to put his life on the line with implications that some people would kill to keep buried forever
Sheriff Walt Longmire and Dog are called on a routine search and rescue to Wyoming’s Bighorn Mountains, where Walt finds himself on a rock outcropping remembering when his father told him about the first time he saw a man die. In the late forties, Bill Sutherland was shot but the investigation was stymied because no member of the elk camp—where he was found—was carrying the caliber rifle that killed the state accountant. When Dog discovers the missing weapon, the sheriff of Absaroka County is plunged headfirst into a cold case…
The Locked Ward
by Sarah Pekkanen
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
A shocking psychological thriller about the complex bonds of sisterhood―and what happens when they are stretched to the breaking point, The Locked Ward “will leave you guessing until the very end” (Jeneva Rose, bestselling author of The Perfect Marriage).
Some doors should never be opened. Was it bitter, all-consuming jealousy? Pathological sibling rivalry? Pure insanity?
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
Collard Greens and Catfishing
by Kelsey Browning, Nancy Naigle
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Southern matriarch Lillian Summer Fairview is settling right nice into prison, until Big Martha, the toughest broad on the cellblock, comes asking for a favor. Her niece has fallen for a guy she met online, and Martha’s convinced Mr. Too-Good-To-Be-True is up to no good. All Lil’s friends have to do is investigate the guy and report back.
Already tied up with a cantankerous septic system on Lil’s family estate, the grannies don’t have time for detective work. If Summer Haven isn’t in shipshape before the historic society’s inspection, they’ll be in deep you-know-what…
Bright Eternity
by Daniel Zeigler
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Imagine a new technology that can cheat death—for a price. How much would you pay for eternity?
The NewEden startup claims its scientific breakthroughs will add decades to your life. They’re even shooting for the biggest prize of them all—redesigning the human species to conquer death forever. Clients are ecstatic about NewEden, but their families are worried. Is all the hype hiding a darker agenda?
That’s when gutsy photojournalist Carmen Norrell decides to infiltrate the program and uncover its secrets. Who is she to trust—NewEden or its critics? Carmen has never backed down from a challenge, but her gut tells her that behind NewEden’s charismatic leadership there may be lurking a danger like none she’s faced before.
Wealth of Secrets
by Stacy Angell Curtis
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
In the wake of her parents’ sudden deaths, Brynnan’s reality is spinning out of control. Unexplained threats are dredging up old fears–and fueling new anxiety about her safety.
Determined to help, Brynnan’s billionaire uncle rushes to her side, along with his newly hired head-of-security—former special forces operative, Jack McKerrick. Jack is tasked with ensuring Brynnan’s safety, but when he realizes she’s being targeted, Jack learns about Brynnan’s painful past, and starts to suspect she’s in more danger than she realizes.
Beast
by Matt Wesolowski
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Elusive online journalist Scott King examines the chilling case of a young vlogger found frozen to death in the legendary local ‘vampire tower’, in another explosive episode of Six Stories…
Winner of the Capital Crime Award for Best Independent Voice
A frozen girl
A haunted town
A deadly challenge
Six Stories
The Run
by Stuart Woods
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
A respected senator from Georgia, Will Lee has loftier aspirations. But a cruel stroke of fate thrusts him onto the national stage unexpectedly, and long before he’s ready for a national campaign.
The road to the White House will be more treacherous—and deadly—than Will can imagine. A courageous and principled man thrust into the spotlight, he suddenly finds himself the target of clandestine enemies who will use all their money and influence to stop him . . . dead.
The Undead Pool
by Kim Harrison
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Supernatural superhero Rachel Morgan must counter a strange magic that could spell civil war for the Hollows in this sexy and bewitching urban fantasy adventure in acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison’s Hollows series.
Witch and day-walking demon Rachel Morgan has managed to save the demonic ever after from shrinking, but at a high cost. Now, strange magic is attacking Cincinnati and the Hollows, causing spells to backfire or go horribly wrong, and the truce between the races, between Inderlander and human, is shattering. Rachel must stop this dark necromancy before the undead vampire masters who keep the rest of the undead under control are lost and all-out supernatural war breaks out.
The Last Days of Kira Mullan
by Nicci French
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
From international bestselling master of suspense Nicci French comes a chilling new psychological thriller about a woman determined to get justice for a murder no one else believes happened.
Nancy North is ready to put her life back together. After suffering a psychotic break that ruined friendships, stalled her fledgling restaurant, and forced her to move out of her comfortable flat, she’ll do anything to get back to normal. She and her partner Felix—who has been a saint through her recent troubles—move into a new flat for a fresh start.
Eye of the Beholder
by Lowell Cauffiel
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Battle Creek, Michigan, is famous as the birthplace of breakfast cereal, and the nearby suburb of Marshall is as wholesome as shredded wheat. Well-known for its colorful Victorian mansions, this stately slice of nineteenth-century Americana became infamous on a frigid night in February of 1991. Newscaster Diane Newton King was stepping out of her car, her children strapped into the backseat, when a sniper’s bullet cut her down. The police assumed that the killer was her stalker—a crazed fan who had been terrorizing King for weeks. But as their investigation ground to a standstill, the police turned to another suspect—one much closer to home.
The Last Time We Met
by Trisha Ridinger McKee
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
As a member of the richest family in town, Willow understands the importance of reputation. Her stern grandmother has taught her that family secrets are to be buried, and as the most popular girl in school, Willow follows that lesson with a smile covering up the darkness.
But when Walden, the new guy from the wrong side of town comes to her school, Willow finds her image slipping and the secrets of her homelife in danger of being exposed. As a scandal tears the couple apart and throws Willow into a new, unfamiliar life, she must choose between saving Walden’s future or risking it all for love.
We Are All Guilty Here
by Karin Slaughter
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
Until the night of the fireworks. When two teenage girls vanish, and the town ignites. For Officer Emmy Clifton, it’s personal. She turned away when her best friend’s daughter needed help – and now she must bring her home.
But as Emmy combs through the puzzle the girls left behind, she realizes she never really knew them. Nobody did.
Every teenage girl has secrets. But who would kill for them? And what else is the town hiding?
Monday’s Mystery eBooks
Murder, She Wrote: Gin and Daggers
by Jessica Fletcher, Donald Bain
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Secrets, suspense, and unexpected alliances…
Jessica Fletcher is off to London to deliver the keynote address at a mystery writers convention. She’s also looking forward to seeing her mentor, Marjorie Ainsworth, who’s hosting a party on her estate to celebrate her latest book. But a routine business trip becomes murderous business—when Jessica discovers Marjorie stabbed to death in her own bedroom…
Beneath the Stairs
by Jennifer Fawcett
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
In this spine-tingling, atmospheric “nail-biter of a novel” (Shelf Awareness), a woman returns to her hometown after her childhood friend attempts suicide at an alleged haunted house—the same place where a traumatic incident shattered their lives twenty years ago.
Few in sleepy Sumner’s Mills have stumbled across the Octagon House hidden deep in the woods. Even fewer are brave enough to trespass. A man had killed his wife and two young daughters there, a shocking, gruesome crime that the sleepy upstate New York town tried to bury. One summer night, an emboldened fourteen-year-old Clare and her best friend, Abby, ventured into the Octagon House. Clare came out, but a piece of Abby never did.
Three Days Clueless
by Luana Ehrlich
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Mylas Grey is determined to find the person who shot a politician in broad daylight. There’s just one problem. The killer left no clues behind. Zip. Zilch. Nada.
Mylas gets involved in an intriguing case of MURDER . . . When Mylas arrives in his hometown to spend time with Whitney, he agrees to help his father, a local private detective, examine the files of a politician who was murdered in cold blood.
Mylas gets involved in an intriguing case of murder with NO CLUES . . . The wife of the slain politician believes her husband’s murder is connected to his duties as a state legislator, but the police find no clues to his murder and no evidence to support her claim.
EON
by Earl E. Hardman
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
In the far future, mankind lives safe and secure behind the Chronos Ring – an automatic defense system that encircles the area of space occupied by human beings. The Ring keeps out all of humanity’s enemies – in particular, a vicious race of reptilians known as the Parsnaak.
On the outer fringe of human-occupied space is the planet Muse, an entire world dedicated and established as a colossal museum – a storehouse of antiquities and relics from the ancient histories of both men and aliens. There, Ian Lotus, a man with his own mysterious past, has chosen to live in deliberate obscurity, harboring secrets that could reshape mankind’s destiny…
A Hope Most Frail
by Jimmy Gear
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Officer Audrey Baker’s life changed forever when her sister, Caitlyn disappeared. As a result, she became a policewoman in order to protect others and to try and keep the same tragedy happening to them. Now she must juggle her career with an ailing father and a relationship with the semi-famous author Ryan Darrow that’s still a bit up in the air.
Not much happens in Griffith Falls, Washington, an idyllic mountain town known for its tourism. But Doug Jennings has come to town with a different ambition than sightseeing: he has followed his ex-girlfriend and her baby daughter here, and he won’t stop until he gets them back, regardless of who tries to stand in the way.
Someone in the Water
by Sarah Clarke
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
A gripping new destination thriller, perfect for fans of Lucy Clarke, TM Logan and Catherine Cooper.
My only child Lola is turning eighteen soon, but I won’t be with her. For two weeks every year, I hide myself away while I endure the nightmares that haunt me around her birthday.
Because she can never know the truth – that I am plagued by terrible visions from the summer I spent in Corsica when I was eighteen. It ended in tragedy, and I have never forgiven myself for the part I played.
Dusty Trails Of The Old West Anthology
by G.C. STEVENS
Kindle $4.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
The American Wild West was and still is, a land of endless horizons and untamed spirits. In the early days, it was a crucible of adventure, lawlessness, and legend. Dusty Trails books delves into the heart of that rugged era, weaving together four gripping tales that capture the essence of a time when outlaws, gunslingers, and frontier justice shaped the landscape. From daring robberies to mysterious deaths, these stories illuminate the complex tapestry of the West, where fame and infamy walked hand in hand. Our journey begins in Adair, Iowa, on July 21, 1873, where Jesse James and his gang executed one of the most audacious train robberies in history…
The Early Works of Agatha Christie
by Agatha Christie
Kindle $0.09 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Discover the origins of the world’s best-loved crime writer in The Early Works of Agatha Christie, a compelling collection that showcases the novels that ignited a literary revolution. This volume brings together five foundational classics:
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
The Secret Adversary
The Murder on the Links
The Man in the Brown Suit
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
SIDELINES
by Multiple Authors
Kindle $0.09 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Chet and Tom Ballard are living every fan’s dream, getting paid to attend the Chicago Bears weekend games. It wasn’t planned. It wasn’t by design. It was the brainchild of their Uncle Fran who set a young 14-year-old Chet up with a job with Andy Frain, the iconic Chicago-based valet/security/concierge company, who was subcontracted to the Bears organization to keep the stadium moving consistently and efficiently. Within a few years, Chet brought along his brother Tom for the adventure of a lifetime as they carved niche positions for themselves, making the Ballard brothers an institution within the institution. There were no others like them…and no one could replace them.
Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
Dirty Thirty
by Janet Evanovich
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Janet Evanovich, the “most popular mystery writer alive” (The New York Times), is in top form as she sends Stephanie Plum on the trail of a stolen stash of dirty diamonds in this instant #1 New York Times bestseller.
Stephanie Plum, Trenton’s hardest working, most underappreciated bounty hunter, is offered an assignment that seems simple enough. Local jeweler Martin Rabner wants her to locate his former security guard, Andy Manley (a.k.a. Nutsy), who he is convinced stole a fortune in diamonds from his safe. Stephanie is also looking for another troubled man, Duncan Dugan, a fugitive from justice arrested for robbing the same jewelry store on the same day.
The Third Grave
by Lisa Jackson
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
The old Beaumont mansion is a rotting shell of its once-grand self, especially after a disastrous hurricane sweeps through Georgia. The storm does more than dislodge shutters and shingles. It leads to a grisly find in the cellar. Three graves. But only two skeletons…
For Nikki, the discovery is a gift, the perfect subject for her next crime book—though Reed has made her promise not to keep involving herself in dangerous police business. But despite the increasing tension between them, Nikki can’t stay away from this story…
The Phantasm Prism
by Melissa Jacobson
Kindle $0.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
Meet Mary Catherine “Mick” Kelly – Death Mage, Pinkerton Operative, and the last person you want on your trail.
As a field agent for the shadowy Bureau of Magical Investigation, Mick rides the energy of the dying to fuel her deadly magic. Every soul she Gleans brings her closer to power but further from peace.
In the summer of 1869, the Santa Fe Trail runs red with blood. Wagon trains are left in carnage, their passengers either slaughtered or driven mad by unseen forces. The Bureau suspects magical outlaws, but something darker stalks the Kansas plains…
Bully
by Jim Schutze
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Bully is a riveting, harrowing account of adolescent rage and bloody revenge—a true crime story from 1993 that inspired the 2001 feature film.
Bobby Kent was a bully—a steroid-pumped 20-year-old who dominated his peers in their comfortable, middle-class Ft. Lauderdale beach community through psychological, physical, and sexual abuse. But on a summer night in 1993, Bobby was lured to the edge of the Florida everglades with a promise of sex and drugs … and was never seen alive again…
The Truth About Melody Browne
by Lisa Jewell
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
When she was a child, Melody Browne’s house burned down, destroying all her family’s possessions and her memories. Ever since this tragic event, Melody has had no recollection of her life before she was rescued from the flames.
Now in her early thirties, Melody is a single mother, living in the middle of London with her teenaged son. She hasn’t seen her parents since she left home at fifteen, but she has no desire to reconnect until one night, while attending a hypnotist show with a date, she faints. When she comes around, she is suddenly overwhelmed with fragmented memories of her life before that fateful fire.
So Drunk A Tooth’s Gotta Go
by Joy Alicia
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
So Drunk A Tooth’s Gotta Go is a laugh-out-loud, no-holds-barred collection of essays that turns life’s messiest moments into empowering, relatable, and wildly entertaining stories.
Stand-up comic Joy Alicia brings her signature wit and 15+ years of online dating escapades—plus thousands of candid convos with rideshare passengers—to this raw, real guide for women navigating dating, identity, and adulthood in a chaotic world.
This isn’t your typical self-help book. It’s a bold, honest invitation to laugh through the heartbreak, ghosting, body image issues, toxic friendships, career flops, and all the awkward first dates in between.
Moonshine
by J.P. McCollum
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Hale has known about his family curse since he was six, but he never really believed it— until his dad died four years ago, right on time. At sixteen he has a lot on his plate: asthma attacks, a wrung-out mom, her abusive boyfriend and boss, high school, and questions about his own mortality. At times he feels like he is suffocating, until he meets a blind girl with a special gift whose presence seems to improve his mood…and his breathing. Together they try to untangle the mystery of their heritage, but they soon discover the future might be as deadly as the past.
Fatal Endings
by Anita Waller
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Nobody is safe…
When the murdered body of a woman is found in a Sheffield carpark, former cop turned private investigator Matt Forrester finds himself embroiled in the case, because the last call the victim made was to him…
But the case isn’t as simple as the drug theft it looks like, and – when a young boy becomes the next victim – Matt and his life partner, DI Karen Nelson, realise they’re investigating a terrifying series of revenge killings…