Mysteries
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
Tide and Punishment
by Bree Baker
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
A snowy murder. A scandal in the making. And a Christmas season teetering on the edge.
Filled with holiday charm, cozy suspense, and a sleuth who won’t let murder ruin her Christmas cookies, this festive mystery is a fan favorite in Bree Baker’s bestselling Seaside Café Mysteries—perfect for fans of Laura Childs, Kate Carlisle, and anyone who loves small-town Christmas whodunits.
Charm, North Carolina doesn’t see much snow—but a rare winter storm rolls in just as Everly Swan’s Aunt Fran launches her mayoral campaign. When Fran’s opponent is found dead before their first debate, suspicion blankets the island—and lands squarely on Everly’s beloved aunt.
The Dreamweaver’s Pact Complete Series Boxed Set
by River Tatum, Michael Anderle
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Illusions can’t hide true love.
Elara is just a simple seamstress struggling to survive in the Tapestry Guild until her needle begins to glow with mysterious power.
When her magical thread creates a connection to Prince Caelum – trapped for five years in an enchanted sleep by the treacherous royal advisor Malakar – Elara discovers she’s a dreamweaver with the rare ability to enter dreams and shape reality.
She wants nothing more than to free Caelum from his curse and explore the powerful connection growing between them. Malakar’s dark illusions are everywhere, manipulating the court and feeding on the prince’s imprisoned consciousness.
Robert Ludlum’s The Hades Factor
by Robert Ludlum, Gayle Lynds
Kindle 1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Robert Ludlum has been acclaimed as the master of .suspense and international intrigue. His many books have thrilled millions of readers, reaching the top of bestsellers lists the world over and setting a standard that has never been surpassed. Now, from the imagination of one of America’s greatest storytellers comes Robert Ludlum’s The Hades Factor–a thrilling new entry in the Covert-One series.
A homeless man in Boston, an Army Major in California, and a teenage girl in Atlanta all die suddenly and painfully–each a victim of an unknown doomsday virus…
Black Yé’ii
by Joseph Lewis
Kindle 0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
The police fabricated a story about the night four members of MS-13 died in a tiny home on a quiet city street almost two years previous. George Tokay and his friends were not supposed to share the secret about what really happened that night. No one was to know the truth. But someone talked, and now MS-13, ruthless and wanting revenge, is back in town, and people are dying.
Can Detectives Graff, O’Connor, and Eiselmann find the killers and put a stop to the killing before anyone else dies?
“E” is for Evidence
by Sue Grafton
Kindle 1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
E IS FOR EX
It was the silly season and a Monday at that, and Kinsey Millhone was bogged down in a preliminary report on a fire claim. Something was nagging at her, but she couldn’t pin it. The last thing she needed in the morning mail was a letter from her bank recording an erroneous $5,000 deposit in her account. Kinsey had never believed in Santa Claus and she wasn’t about to change her mind now. Resigning herself to a morning of frustration, she phoned the bank and, assaulted by canned carols, waited on hold for an officer to clear up the snafu.
Space Vault: The Seed Eclipse
by Jeremy Clift
Kindle 0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
Space was meant to save us. Instead, it’s where the next war begins.
And one mother’s love may be the last defense of human freedom.
When competing forces vie to control human evolution, Teagan Ward is thrust into the heart of the conflict. Once a captive on the Moon, she was subjected to genetic experiments—but the true prize wasn’t her. It was her young daughter, Diana, created to survive in deep space and lead a new breed of humanity.
Now the ruthless Consortium wants her back.
Every Last Lie
by Mary Kubica
Kindle 1.99 Rating: 3.8 #ad
Clara Solberg’s world shatters when her husband and their four-year-old daughter are in a car crash, killing Nick while Maisie is remarkably unharmed. The crash is ruled an accident…until the coming days, when Maisie starts having night terrors that make Clara question what really happened on that fateful afternoon.
Tormented by grief and her obsession that Nick’s death was far more than just an accident, Clara is plunged into a desperate hunt for the truth. Who would have wanted Nick dead? And, more important, why? Clara will stop at nothing to find out—and the truth is only the beginning of this twisted tale of secrets and deceit.
Never Really Left
by Wendy Jordan Saffel
Kindle 0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Faced with an incomprehensible loss, one mother’s experiences forced her to reconsider everything she thought she knew about life and death-and open her heart to a new reality.
When Wendy Jordan Saffel lost her twenty-year-old son, Hugh, she discovered that grief is a well without a bottom. But even as she felt herself sinking into despair, she was offered an unexpected lifeline-one that changed her perception of the world forever.
The Seven Rings
by Nora Roberts
Kindle 14.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
The #1 New York Times-bestselling author Nora Roberts concludes her compelling Lost Bride trilogy as two women—one dead, one alive—prepare for a terrifying final showdown…
Long ago, Arthur Poole built a grand house overlooking the turbulent ocean, in a Maine village that bore his name. Today, Sonya MacTavish lives in that house—a manor that has been cursed for generations. Within its walls, she has witnessed the deaths of seven brides and the thefts of seven wedding rings. And now, to break the curse and banish a malevolent spirit once and for all, a difficult task must be completed.
Monday’s Mystery eBooks
Death at the Village Christmas Fair
by Debbie Young
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
It’s been a busy year for Alice Carroll, with her Curiosity Shop opening for business, and not one but two murders shaking things up in her quaint Cotswold village. She’s looking forward to her first countryside Christmas, complete with traditional Christmas Fair and Santa Run.
But her hopes for innocent festive fun are thwarted when one of the Santa Runners steals something from her mum’s knitting stall. His festive outfit makes him hard to spot, until he’s found fatally injured outside the village hall with the stolen item.
Keep Quiet
by Lisa Scottoline
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Scottoline delivers once again with Keep Quiet, an emotionally gripping and complex story about one man’s split-second decision to protect his son – and the devastating consequences that follow.Jake Buckman’s relationship with his sixteen-year-old son Ryan is not an easy one, so at the urging of his loving wife, Pam, Jake goes alone to pick up Ryan at their suburban movie theater. On the way home, Ryan asks to drive on a deserted road, and Jake sees it as a chance to make a connection. However, what starts as a father-son bonding opportunity instantly turns into a nightmare. Tragedy strikes, and with Ryan’s entire future hanging in the balance, Jake is forced to make a split-second decision that plunges them both into a world of guilt and lies.
The Silent Survivor
by RobertJ Walker
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
The lights vanish. The cities fall.
Alone on their ranch, a family must battle hunger, violence, and the enemy sweeping through the countryside. The lights died in seconds. Now the rules are gone. On an isolated ranch, one family faces starvation, raiders, and the end of everything they knew.
Wealth of Secrets
by Stacy Angell Curtis
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #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.
Wealth of Secrets
by Stacy Angell Curtis
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Last Christmas Marcie Sullivan said a final goodbye to her husband, Bobby. This Christmas she’s come to Virgin River to find the man who saved his life and gave her three more years to love him.
Fellow marine Ian Buchanan dragged Bobby’s shattered body onto a medical transport in Fallujah four years ago, then disappeared as soon as their unit arrived stateside. Since then, Marcie’s letters to Ian have gone unanswered.
A Grave in the Woods
by Martin Walker
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
When Abby, an American archaeologist, arrives in St. Denis on the heels of her divorce, she hopes to make a new life for herself as a specialist guide for visiting tourists. So when a local British couple discover a grave from World War II on their property, Abby is able to put her training to good use. As it turns out, in the grave are the remains of two German women and an Italian submarine officer who had a big secret to hide. The women are suspected of having had links to the German garrison in Bordeaux during the war. It’s up to Bruno, just recovered from a gunshot wound earlier in the year, to unravel the mystery—and its contemporary relevance.
Bad Thoughts
by Dave Zeltserman
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 3.7 #ad
From acclaimed author Dave Zeltserman comes a dark, captivating thriller unlike any you’ve ever seen, a killer unlike any you’ve ever imagined, and an ending unlike any you’ve ever dreamed of. One afternoon 13 year-old Billy Shannon comes home to a living nightmare. His mother being brutally murdered is only the beginning… 20 years later, Bill Shannon is now a cop in Cambridge, Massachusetts. As the twenty-year anniversary of his mother’s death is approaching, women are being murdered in the same horrific grisly fashion. And while this is going on, he’s having blackouts which only seem to be getting worse… Everything seems to be pointing to one of two possibilities: Shannon has gone insane or his mom’s killer is back to his old tricks. Except if it’s mom’s killer, he’s come back a long way to do these new killings… all the way from the grave.
Whaling Town
by David Parker Allen
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
“The poems are refreshing. Ambient. Mysterious . . . With language both tempered and ecstatic, Allen gives us a book steeped in the salt of old ports, the bite of memory, and the unexpected warmth of the now.” —Matthew Lippman, award-winning author of We Are All Sleeping with Our Sneakers On
This is a place you never hear about in America…
A unique American collection of poetry, Whaling Town explores the rough work of self-realization and the roots that anchor us to the unsteady ground of our past.
Return of the Spider
by James Patterson
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
Detective Alex Cross; the “human superhero” (New York Times) versus Gary Soneji; the “most deliciously wicked character since Hannibal Lecter” (Lexington Herald-Leader).
But that wasn’t their first meeting…
Police discover that Soneji kept a murder book, Profiles in Homicidal Genius, detailing his transformation from substitute teacher to hardened serial killer—including clues that imply missteps that Alex Cross may have made a rookie homicide detective.