Mysteries
Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
Witchy Hot Spells
by C. A. Phipps
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Murder, Magic & Mayhem in Good Fortune!
Jessica Lavender never wanted to be a witch, but fate—and her sassy cat familiar—had other plans. Running a potion shop is challenging enough when you can barely brew a proper potion.
Add in a spirited (literally) mother, an overzealous assistant, and a town buzzing with secrets, and Jess has her hands full.
When a shocking death shakes Good Fortune, Jess is pulled into a tangled web of lies and danger…
A Dark and Bloody Ground
by Darcy O’Brien
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
An Edgar Award–winning author’s true crime account of a grisly string of killings in Kentucky—and the shocking spectacle of greed that followed.
Kentucky never deserved its Indian appellation “A Dark and Bloody Ground” more than when a small-town physician, seventy-seven-year-old Roscoe Acker, called in an emergency on a sweltering evening in August 1985. Acker’s own life hung in the balance, but it was already too late for his college-age daughter, Tammy, savagely stabbed eleven times and pinned by a kitchen knife to her bedroom floor. Three men had breached Dr. Acker’s alarm and security systems and made off with the fortune he had stashed away over his lifetime.
Robert B. Parker’s Fallout
by Mike Lupica
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
When two seemingly unconnected mysterious deaths occur on his watch, police chief Jesse Stone must pull out all the stops to unravel the truth and stop a killer from striking again.
The small town of Paradise is devastated when a star high-school baseball player is found dead at the bottom of a bluff just a day after winning the team’s biggest game. For Jesse, the loss is doubly difficult—the teen was the nephew of his colleague, Suitcase Simpson, and Jesse had been coaching the young shortstop. As he searches for answers about how the boy died and why, he is stonewalled at every turn, and it seems that someone is determined to keep him from digging further.
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Dance of the Bones
by J. A. Jance
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Years ago, Amos Warren, a prospector, was gunned down out in the desert and Sheriff Brandon Walker made the arrest in the case. Now, the retired Walker is called in when the alleged killer, John Lassiter, refuses to accept a plea deal that would release him from prison with time served. Lassiter wants Brandon and The Last Chance to find Amos’s “real” killer and clear his name.
Sixteen hundred miles to the north in Seattle, J.P. Beaumont is at loose ends after the Special Homicide Investigation Team, affectionately known as S.H.I.T., has been unexpectedly and completely disbanded…
Battleground Pacific
by Sterling Mace, Nick Allen
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
A powerfully wrought military memoir by a member of World War II’s fabled 1st Marine division.
“Engrossing account of the vicious combat encountered by US Marines in the Pacific theater of World War II. . . . Will appeal to fans of The Pacific or Band of Brothers.” — Kirkus Reviews
Sterling Mace’s unit was the legendary “K-3-5” (for Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Regiment of the 1st Marine Division), and his story takes readers through some of the most intense action of the Pacific War, from the seldom-seen perspective of a rifleman at the point of attack.
Crucified
by Lynda La Plante
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Detective Jack Warr should be resting on his laurels. He’s just put sadistic serial killer Rodney Middleton behind bars and he’s ready to enjoy some time at home with his young family.
Instead, Jack is having violent nightmares that leave his wife Maggie terrified.
What Jack needs is a break, but instead he finds himself sucked into another grisly case as a man is found horrifically murdered in an art-framer’s shop. Jack becomes fascinated by the elaborately staged killing – especially coming straight after the surprise reappearance of charismatic forger Adam Border.
The Buried City
by Boris Bacic
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Fans of The Dark Tower series must read this book.
No one ever escapes the Beyond.
On one side, an endless ocean stretches across the horizon. On the other, a vast black desert swallows the land whole. Trish has no memory of how she got there. No idea where her husband is, or where she should go. So she starts walking.
This world isn’t like home. Day and night don’t follow rules. Enormous eyes drift across the sky. Disembodied faces hover in the distance. Giants roam black oceans. Entire cities lie in ruins. At night, something even more dangerous comes out.
The Coastal Café
by Meg Hartwell
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
A café with a hidden past, a woman with a broken heart, and her journey to uncover the truth.
Linda’s life seems to have crumbled like a stale cookie. Divorced, jobless, and with her daughter off at college, her world feels adrift. But fate has a mysterious recipe for change. An unexpected inheritance of a quaint café in Apalachicola, Florida, serves up a fresh start and an enigmatic link to the mother she never knew.
Linda soon finds herself whisked into a small town brimming with Southern charm, where secrets simmer under the warmth of the Floridian sun. Here, she befriends feisty, big-hearted Gail and together they breathe new life into The Hidden Pearl Café, guided by her mother’s old cookie recipes.
One Night Stand After Another
by Amanda Usen
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Clara Duke lives to crochet wearable art. But right this second, she’s looking at the one guy who has the uncanny ability to unravel her in every possible way. Zane Brampton. He broke her heart in high school and now wants to make it up to her—in a single night. Just being in the same room as him feels dangerously volatile. A whole night with this delectable, gorgeous man would be nothing less than a total sexpocalypse. But oh, what a way to go.
The sight of Clara and her mouthwatering curves might actually kill restaurateur Zane. Ten years ago, their volcanic chemistry exploded… taking their social circle along with it. But Zane hasn’t forgotten the heat—and this feels almost like fate. He’ll be damned if he’ll let her run from their connection again. And he might just have found his chance to prove he deserves more than just one night…
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
Dirty Thirty
by Janet Evanovich
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
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.
With her boyfriend Morelli away in Miami on police business, Stephanie is taking care of Bob, Morelli’s giant orange dog who will devour anything, from Stephanie’s stray donuts to the upholstery in her car.
Conclave
by Robert Harris
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
“Pulsates with intrigue. . . . Ambition, sex scandals, financial corruption and terrorism all rear their ugly heads. And Harris saves one whopper of a surprise for the final pages.” —USA Today
The pope is dead. Behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, one hundred and eighteen cardinals from all over the globe will gather to cast their votes in the world’s most secretive election. They are holy men. But they are not immune to the human temptations of power and glory. And they are not above the tribalism and factionalism that consumes humanity. When all is said and done, one of them will become the most powerful spiritual figure on Earth.
The House without a Key
by Earl Derr Biggers
Kindle $0.54 Rating: 4.4 #ad
The House Without a Key (1925) by Earl Derr Biggers introduces the iconic detective Charlie Chan. Set in Honolulu, the novel blends mystery with a vivid depiction of early twentieth-century Hawaiian life. The story begins with the murder of wealthy Dan Winterslip, drawing suspicion toward several individuals within the American expatriate community and local elite.
Charlie Chan of the Honolulu Police Department leads the investigation with patience, sharp observation, and quiet intelligence. Unlike others, he avoids prejudice and relies on careful reasoning to uncover the truth. As the case unfolds, Chan’s thoughtful methods reveal the real culprit.
One Deadly Eye
by Randy Wayne White
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
A Russian diplomat disappears while Doc is tagging great white sharks in South Africa, and members of a criminal brotherhood, Bratva, don’t think it’s a coincidence. They track the biologist to Dinkin’s Bay Marina on the west coast of Florida, where Brotherhood mercenaries have already deployed, prepared to pillage and kill in the wake of an approaching hurricane.
No one, however, is prepared for a cataclysmic event that will forever change the island and leaves Doc to deal with escapees from Russia’s most dangerous prison, including a serial killer—the Vulture Monk—who has a taste for blood…
The New Neighbour
by Valerie Keogh
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE WIVES AND THE NURSE! Don’t miss this new pulse-pounding psychological thriller from Valerie Keogh. A must-read for fans of Freida McFadden and Lisa Jewell!
Chloe Tomson wants a quiet life. A new home, a new street, and no more drama – she’s had more than her share. But the moment she steps in to help her elderly neighbour during a violent altercation, the peace she craves begins to crumble.
The street seems friendly at first. Until the questions start. Who exactly is Chloe? Why did she move here? And what really happened in the house she lives in before she arrived?
EMBRACE THE WIND
by Susan Denning
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
EMBRACE THE WIND continues the story of Aislynn Maher, heroine of FAR AWAY HOME. With over 100,000 copies sold and over 3500 5 star reviews/ ratings, this sequel has ranked as a bestseller in US Historical Fiction, Western Romance, and Historical Romance American.
What is the cost of living life on your own terms? For a young woman on the American Frontier, the price can be high. Aislynn Maher trusted the wrong man. To conceal her disgrace, she abandons her job, her home, her family and friends. She turns to the raw, contentious US marshal of the Wyoming Territory, Orrin Sage, who is hiding a guilty secret of his own. Setting out alone, Aislynn brings her optimism and determination to Cheyenne…
The Buried City
by Boris Bacic
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Fans of The Dark Tower series must read this book.
No one ever escapes the Beyond.
On one side, an endless ocean stretches across the horizon. On the other, a vast black desert swallows the land whole. Trish has no memory of how she got there. No idea where her husband is, or where she should go. So she starts walking.
This world isn’t like home. Day and night don’t follow rules. Enormous eyes drift across the sky. Disembodied faces hover in the distance. Giants roam black oceans. Entire cities lie in ruins. At night, something even more dangerous comes out.
Vanessa Goes Back to Work
by Michelle O’Neil
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
They were still charting in pen when Vanessa left her nursing career to stay home with her profoundly autistic son. Fifteen years later she’s thrust back into the workforce due to a family crisis, and everything has changed. As the older new-hire, she must get up-to-speed on technology, all while navigating hot flashes and a much younger colleague that is making her life miserable.
Will she win her coworker over and succeed? Or will Vanessa lose her job, and along with it her family’s home and health insurance? Those who love novels about Gen X, friendship fiction and/or workplace fiction are in for a treat with this funny, poignant, midlife enemies-to-friends story, which features a happy marriage, and an autistic speller.
Where Secrets Lie
by Rebecca Lake
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Some secrets refuse to stay buried…
Anna Stanten thought she’d left her past behind when she fled to Texas after her mother’s death. But a haunting phone call shatters her new life, luring her back to Idaho with promises of long-buried truths. As she delves into a labyrinth of family secrets, Anna finds herself face-to-face with Wyatt Stone, the first love she’d all but forgotten. Can she trust him with her heart as she unravels the web of lies surrounding her family?
Confronted by the enigmatic figure of her great-uncle Atticus and pursued by an unseen threat, Anna must summon the courage to face the darkness of her family’s history…
Between Sister
by Kristin Hannah
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Years ago, Meghann Dontess made a terrible choice that cost her everything, including the love of her sister, Claire. Now, Meghann is a highly successful attorney who doesn’t believe in intimacy—until she meets the one man who can change her mind. Claire Cavenaugh has fallen in love for the first time in her life. As her wedding day approaches, she prepares to face her strong-willed older sister. Reunited after more than two decades apart, these two women who believe they have nothing in common will try to become what they never were: a family.