Mysteries
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
Gifts, Glamping, & Glocks
by Tonya Kappes
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY WITH A SMIDGEN OF HOMICIDE
Welcome to Normal, Kentucky, a small town in the Daniel Boone National Forest and Happy Trails Campground, where the annual Christmas activities are in full swing. But behind the twinkling lights and festive cheer lies a sinister secret.
The Religious Body
by Catherine Aird
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Detective Inspector C. D. Sloan prays he will find a nun’s murderer in this British crime novel by a Diamond Dagger winner: “A most ingenious writer” (The New York Times).
The day begins like any other for Sister Mary St. Gertrude. When her alarm sounds at 5 a.m., Sister Mary begins rousting her convent sisters from their beds, starting with the Reverend Mother. Down the Order she goes with a knock and a warm blessing. But when the young nun reaches Sister Anne’s door, there is no answer. She assumes that Sister Anne got up early, and continues on her way.
S is for Silence
by Sue Grafton
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
California private investigator Kinsey Millhone is hired to solve a decades-old cold case in this “undeniably entertaining” (Los Angeles Times) #1 New York Times bestseller from Sue Grafton.
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.
The John Corey Collection
by Nelson DeMille
Kindle $4.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
An omnibus of three Nelson DeMille novels featuring John Corey, a brilliant NYPD detective who becomes an FBI terrorist hunter.
Plum Island
The Lion’s Game
Night Fall
Warrior
by Simon Scarrow
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
The epic story of Caratacus: a barbarian king who led the tribes of Britannia against mighty Rome . . .
AD 18, Britannia. The Roman Empire rules much of the known world. Beyond the northern frontier lies Britannia, where ceaseless feuding amongst the Celts leaves the island vulnerable to Rome’s ambitions.
Caratacus, son of a powerful king, has no premonition of destiny when he is dispatched to train with the Druids. A brutal regime transforms the young prince into a warrior with unparalleled military skills – and the strategic cunning essential to outwit a stronger enemy.
The Red Road
by Denise Mina
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Alex Morrow faces her toughest opponents yet in this brilliant thriller about criminals, consequences, and convictions.
Police detective Alex Morrow has met plenty of unsavory characters in her line of work, but arms dealer Michael Brown ranks among the most brutal and damaged of the criminals she’s known. Morrow is serving as a witness in Brown’s trial, where the case hinges on his fingerprints found on the guns he sells.
Young Gun
by Jesse Storm
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Austin Burke, age 16, does not have an easy life, yet he chooses not to let that bring him down. He has big ambitions. Someday, he is going to become a lawman.
Sheriff Dalton keeps treating him like a kid, but Austin doesn’t care. He wants to prove everybody wrong.
One day, an outlaw by the name of Lyra Holden rides into town looking for the sheriff. She has some unfinished business – to get back at the sheriff for locking up a man she has been hunting down for a long time. Nobody has the right to touch her prey. It is her job.
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
Murder in the Highlands
by Debbie Young
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Sophie and Hector are heading to the Highlands.
For Sophie it’s a trip home and for Hector it’s time to meet Sophie’s parents… Though their trip has village tongues wagging about a stop at Scotland’s notorious elopement spot, Gretna Green.
No matter what, it’ll make a nice break from the murder and mayhem that has been plaguing their beautiful Cotswolds village. But Sophie and Hector are barely across the border on the way to Inverness before a sinister encounter leaves them shaken.
O’SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS
by A.G. Russo
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
The homefront, summer 1942, Brooklyn, New York. Six months after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, America was fighting overseas with the Allies in World War II. Maeve O’Shaughnessy’s fight for survival was different. Her three brothers were shipped out and left her with their new detective agency and fifteen-year-old brother to manage. Before the War, Maeve worked as a secretary. She knew nothing about detective agencies. From the start she struggled to make enough money to feed Jimmy and herself. Vic Marino, a no-nonsense ex-cop, showed up and told her he was going to help her make a go of the agency. Maeve vehemently protested but Vic insisted she had no choice.
Cold Dead Night
by Lisa Phillips
Kindle $2.49 Rating: 4.6 #ad
The FBI betrayed her. Now they need her. Private Investigator Kenna Banbury lost everything two years ago at the hands of a serial killer. From the ashes of that encounter, she’s built a life she believes in, searching for the lost and forgotten all over the western US. Bringing her own brand of justice.
When a series of murders drags her into an FBI investigation, Kenna finds herself back in the place where it all went wrong.
The Navy Justice Collection
by Don Brown
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Don Brown’s Navy Justice series now available in one volume!
Treason
Hostage
Defiance
“Don Brown writes fast paced suspense that keeps me up at night. Insightful, thoughtful and respectful of our military, the author also wakens the reader to what is happening in the real world today.” by Amazon Customer
The Last to Disappear
by Jo Spain
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
A luxury resort. Three missing women. One body.
When young London professional Alex Evans is informed that his sister’s body has been pulled from an icy lake in Northern Lapland, he assumes his irresponsible sister accidentally drowned. He travels to the wealthy winter resort where Vicky worked as a tour-guide and meets Agatha Koskinen, the detective in charge. Agatha is a no-nonsense single mother of three who already thinks there’s more to Vicky’s case than meets the eye.
Three Sisters in Black
by Norman Zierold
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 3.6 #ad
In 1909, a bathtub drowning became one of the most famous and bizarre criminal cases in American history.
On November 29, 1909, police were called to a ramshackle home in East Orange, New Jersey, where they found the emaciated body of twenty-four-year-old Oceana “Ocey” Snead facedown in the bathtub—dead of an apparent suicide by drowning. There was even a note left behind.
But it would not take authorities long to discover that Ocey’s death was no suicide. And Ocey’s own mother and two aunts were far from the sorrowful caretakers they appeared to be.
Deadly Game
by Michael Caine
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
DCI Harry Taylor has no respect for red tape or political reputations – but he’s great at catching criminals.
And all his unorthodox skills will be needed as an extraordinary situation unfolds on his doorstep: a metal box of radioactive material is found at a dump in Stepney, East London, but before the police can arrive it is stolen in a violent raid.
Monday’s Mystery eBooks
Sharp Edges
by Jayne Ann Krentz
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
She put her art on the line – and her heart in his hands…
Eugenia Swift is a young woman of singular sensibilities, and a connoisseur of beauty. As director of the Leabrook Glass Museum, she’s been asked to travel to Frog Cove Island – an artistic haven near Seattle – to catalog an important collection of art glass. But thanks to unsavory rumors surrounding the collector’s death, the museum insists that Eugenia take along Cyrus Chandler Colfax – a rough-hewn private investigator whose taste in glass runs to ice-cold bottles filled with beer.
Payback Jack
by Timothy Gene Sojka
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
When Smith Driskill, a 55-year-old east Texas farmer, widowed and abandoned by his children; dramatically executes child molester and murderer Rodney William Markum; he is unprepared for the ensuing media circus painting him as a hero or the political free-for-all that ensues when he chooses residence on death row over a day in court. Why is Driskill determined to die on death row, and why have so many people pledged to stop him?
The odd pairing of smitten Detective Nathan DeRidder and rising reporter Kayla Cope race to unravel the mystery behind Driskill’s deathwish, while he battles the forces pledged to stop him.
White Smoke
by John Gilstrap
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
“One of the most compelling heroines to come along in years.” – Jeffery Deaver
One-time congressional representative Victoria Emerson has received a request from the deposed president of the United States—come to the bunker at Hilltop Manor, where the remnants of the U.S. government have been imprisoned. A ruthless band has seized power, leaving civilians to die of starvation and untreated injuries. The self-appointed leader, Roger Parsons, plans to punish the former rulers for thrusting the country into Hell Day, the devastating war that changed the world in just a few hours.
Kate Burkholder: Three Novellas
by Linda Castillo
Kindle $2.38 Rating: 4.5 #ad
From Linda Castillo, the New York Times bestselling author of SWORN TO SILENCE and AMONG THE WICKED, this collection of stories featuring Chief of Police Kate Burkholder combines three amazing novellas for the first time together at a discounted price.
Long Lost
A Hidden Secret
Seeds of Deception
Three Steps Back
by Michael Edmond
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
In a world where chains of honor are as constraining as the shackles of slavery, a fiercely noble girl serves a man who is a bounty hunter that despises the institution that binds her to him. But when a bounty is placed on her, she must navigate a landscape of deceit and betrayal that challenges her identity and beliefs, discovering that the true price of freedom is higher than she ever imagined.
Dark Mind
by Jennifer Chase
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
All of the EMILY STONE THRILLERS are Stand-Alone Books:
ACTION Award Winner from The International Book Awards Readers’ Favorite
A Serial Killer Plagues an Island Paradise Vigilante detective Emily Stone continues her covert pursuits to find serial killers and child abductors, all under the radar while shadowing police investigations. Emily searches for an abducted nine-year-old girl taken by ruthless and enterprising slave brokers. Following the clues from California to the garden island of Kauai, she begins to piece together the evidence and ventures deep into the jungle. It doesn’t take long before Emily is thrown into the middle of murder, mayhem, and conspiracy.
Holmes, Marple & Poe
by James Patterson, Brian Sitts
Kindle $14.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
A BRAND NEW RELEASE
Brendan Holmes – The Brain: Identifies suspects via deduction and logic.
Margaret Marple – The Eyes: Possesses powers of observation too often underestimated.
Auguste Poe – The Muscle: Chases down every lead no matter how dangerous or dark.
The agency’s daring methodology and headline-making solves attract the attention of NYPD Detective Helene Grey. Her solo investigation into her three unknowable competitors will delight mystery fans.
Black Hills
by Nora Roberts
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Cooper Sullivan spent the summers of his youth on his grandparents’ South Dakota ranch, sharing innocent games and stolen kisses with the neighbor girl, Lil Chance. Now, twelve years after they last walked together hand in hand, fate has brought them back to the Black Hills.
Though the memory of Coop’s touch still haunts her, Lil has let nothing stop her dream of opening the Chance Wildlife Refuge, but something—or someone—has been keeping a close watch.
Miracle at Augusta
by James Patterson
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
One year after his big golf tournament win, Travis McKinley struggles to find a place in the world of professional sports in this inspiring novel.
A year ago, unknown golfing amateur Travis McKinley shocked the world by winning the PGA Senior Open at Pebble Beach. Now he’s famous, he makes his living playing the game he loves, and everything should be perfect. Still, Travis can’t shake the feeling that he’s a fraud, an imposter who doesn’t deserve his success-and after a series of disappointments and personal screw-ups, he might just prove himself right.
Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
Hey Diddle Diddle, the Runaway Riddle
by P.C. James
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
He was forced to hang up his badge. Now, a kidnapping has raced into his retirement.
England, 1960’s. Former inspector Tom Ramsay is taking advantage of having to step down. Invalided after getting shot in the line of duty, the plain-speaking man adopts a border collie and gets down to the serious business of hiking the scenic countryside of his ancestry. But after hearing over the radio about a missing local, the fifty-five-year-old ex-cop is shocked when a pleasant walk brings him face-to-face with the victim fleeing her captors.
Cursed at Dawn
by Heather Graham
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Dracula lives—and he’s hunting for his bride.
Vampires may not walk among us, but FBI agents Della Hamilton and Mason Carter know real monsters exist. They’ve witnessed firsthand the worst humankind has to offer. They’re still catching their breaths after the apprehension of two such monstrous killers when they’re met with horrific news: Stephan Dante, the self-proclaimed king of the vampires, has escaped from prison, followed only by a trail of blood.
Wicked Game
by Suzanne Jenkins
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
Former Detroit homicide detective, Chris Hemmingway, is working vice. He’s also obsessed with renovating an old house in Corktown. The obsession soon has competition when he meets Laura Jerzewski, a nurse who moonlights, trying to maintain visitation of her six-year-old son. Will Chris try to remake her like he’s remaking his old house?
The moment their eyes meet, he’s smitten with Laura. All he wants is to protect her. There is one stumbling block they must overcome, however, and his name is Randall White.
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(Greektown Stories)
First Spells
by Renata Riva
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
A dark tale of witches, ghosts and magic.
Vianne’s life has never been normal. She sees ghosts and she has an affinity for magic. Now that she’s twelve, her magic is getting stronger and her life is about to get even stranger – and more dangerous. Vianne has been raised by her single mum, Andrea, and knows very little of her other relatives. What she does know is that her mother is terrified by her witch sister, Suzanne. When Vianne’s grandmother becomes seriously ill, Andrea wants to be reunited with her mother, but this is the occasion Aunt Suzanne has been waiting for.
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(Vianne Sands)
Ice Cold
by Tess Gerritsen
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
A spur-of-the-moment ski trip becomes a bone-chilling nightmare when a wrong turn leaves Boston medical examiner Maura Isles marooned – far from home and help – in the snowbound Wyoming mountains. Seeking shelter from the cold, she and her traveling companions stumble upon Kingdom Come – a remote village of identical houses that seems to have become a ghost town overnight. But the abandoned hamlet has dark secrets to tell, and Maura’s party may not be as alone as they think. Days later, word reaches homicide cop Jane Rizzoli that Maura’s charred remains have been found at the scene of a car crash. But the shocking news leaves Jane with too many questions, and only one way to get answers.
Big Easy
by Eric Wilder
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
“Forget about it, Wyatt. It’s the Big Easy.”
Step into the sultry streets of New Orleans and enter a world of voodoo, mystery, and murder in this gripping crime thriller. N.O.P.D. homicide detective Tony Nicosia faces the biggest challenge of his career: a sadistic killer who revels in the ritualistic murder of his victims. With voodoo as the only link, Tony turns to French Quarter private investigator Wyatt Thomas and voodoo mambo Mama Mulate, to unravel the mystery and bring the killer to justice.
As Tony and Mama delve deeper into the world of voodoo, they discover a shocking truth: the killer is none other than a former U.S. senator and a prominent member of New Orleans’ high society…
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(French Quarter Mysteries)
The Girl They All Forgot
by Martin Edwards
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
What happened to Ramona Smith?
In the The Girl They All Forgot (The Crooked Shore), history always repeats itself. After a father and son commit suicide on the same day, twenty years apart, DCI Hannah Scarlet, and her Cold Cases Division reopen the investigation of Ramona Smith, a woman who disappeared twenty-one years ago. Desperate to finally find answers, Hannah and her team chase leads as meandering as the shoreline. As the body count rises, the Cold Cases Division must unravel the lives of those on The Crooked Shore before another murder plot unfolds.
