Mysteries
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
Deadly Season
by Alison Bruce
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Last month Kate Garrett was a Police Detective. Now she’s a Pet P.I.?
Kate recently inherited half her father’s private investigation company and a partner who is as irritating as he is attractive. Kate has been avoiding Jake Carmedy for years, but now her life might depend on him.
Kate and Jake are on the hunt for a serial cat killer who has mysterious connections to her father’s last police case. Kate’s father had been forced to retire when he was shot investigating a domestic disturbance. Is the shooter back for revenge? And is Kate or Jake next?
A Divided Loyalty
by Charles Todd
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge is assigned one of the most baffling investigations of his career: an unsolved murder case with an unidentified victim and a cold trail with few clues to follow
A woman has been murdered at the foot of a megalith shaped like a great shrouded figure. Chief Inspector Brian Leslie, one of the Yard’s best men, is sent to investigate the site in Avebury, a village set inside a prehistoric stone circle not far from Stonehenge. In spite of his efforts, Leslie is not able to identify her, much less discover how she got to Avebury—or why she died there. Her killer has simply left no trace.
Legends are Made Boxed Set 2
by Patrick Michael
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
What do you do after your greatest victory? Or your greatest defeat?
Those questions plague Sofia and the nascent dragonlord Kemuri.
One was integral to a success she never could have imagined. The other suffered a humbling blow, demonstrating he never saw things as clearly as he believed.
Continue the story of Sofia and her friends by picking up the next three books in the Legends are Made series!
The Last Odyssey
by James Rollins
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
To save the world and our future, Sigma Force must embark on a dangerous odyssey into an ancient past whose horrors are all too present in this page-turning thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author James Rollins that combines cutting-edge science, historical mystery, mythology, and pulse-pounding action.
For eons, the city of Troy – whose legendary fall was detailed in Homer’s Iliad – was believed to be myth, until archaeologists in the nineteenth century uncovered its ancient walls buried beneath the sands. If Troy was real, how much of Homer’s twin tales of gods and monsters, curses and miracles – The Iliad and The Odyssey—could also be true and awaiting discovery?
NOS4A2
by Joe Hill
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
“A masterwork of horror.” – Time
Victoria McQueen has an uncanny knack for finding things: a misplaced bracelet, a missing photograph, answers to unanswerable questions. When she rides her bicycle over the rickety old covered bridge in the woods near her house, she always emerges in the places she needs to be.
Charles Talent Manx has a gift of his own. He likes to take children for rides in his 1938 Rolls-Royce Wraith with the vanity plate NOS4A2. In the Wraith, he and his innocent guests can slip out of the everyday world and onto hidden roads that lead to an astonishing playground of amusements he calls Christmasland.
Lord of the Silent
by Elizabeth Peters
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
The intrepid archeologist Amelia Peabody and her fearless family, the Emersons, are back in Egypt, and something very nasty is afoot in Lord of the Silent—New York Times bestselling Grandmaster Elizabeth Peters’s sparkling adventure with more riddles than the Sphinx and more close calls and stunning escapes than an Indiana Jones movie.
Reviewers are simply agog over Lord of the Silent, calling it, “Wonderfully entertaining”
Air Battle Force
by Dale Brown
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Driven from Afghanistan, the parasitic forces of the deposed Taliban regime have decided to feed on a new host – an isolated, oil-rich Central Asian neighbor that’s ripe for the conquering.
The battle for control of the world’s largest oil deposits has begun, with unsteady alliances forming and opposing forces set to collide. And now a handful of American commandos half a world away, aided by McLan-ahan’s unproven robotic warplanes, will have to triumph against overwhelming numbers in a war that nobody – including “friendly” forces at home – wants them to win.
Code Blue
by Fern Michaels
Kindle $8.54 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
The newest action-packed, ripped-from-the-headlines adventure in The Sisterhood from #1 bestselling author Fern Michaels.
The Sisterhood: a group of women from all walks of life bound by friendship and years of adventure. Armed with vast resources, top-notch expertise, and a loyal network of allies around the globe, the Sisterhood will not rest until every wrong is made right.
Theresa Gallagher has never met her Aunt Dottie, though she remembers her mother’s stories about the wild sister who left home at seventeen. When a letter arrives from one of Dottie’s neighbors, telling Theresa that her aunt is now incapacitated and in a nursing home, Theresa decides to fly out to Arizona to see her.
Ginger Never Cried
by Dennis Higgins
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Dancer, Travis Blaszkiewicz (AKA SWAY) had two passions in his life: his childhood friend and dance partner, Katy, and dancing with the legendary Ginger Rogers. The problem was that Ginger Rogers died before Sway was even born. However, strong passions can lead to amazing things, and Sway finds himself face-to-face with the object of his dreams, Ginger Rogers, in front of the old RKO Picture Studio actor’s entrance. Sway and Ginger quickly become close friends as he gets a job as a stagehand for one of her and Fred Astaire’s pictures.
The Acorn Stories
by Duane Simolke
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
The sky never stops falling in Acorn, Texas.
Visit Acorn, Texas, for the German festival, a high school football game, homemade apple pie from the Turner Street Café, and the cool shade of a hundred-year-old oak tree. Meet dedicated teachers, shrewd business owners, smitten lovers, and concerned neighbors. See how lives become intertwined in moments of humor or tragedy.
From romantic comedy to razor-sharp satire to moments of quiet reflection, these tales explore the humor, drama, secrets, and scandals of small towns.
The Acorn Stories first appeared as an eBook in 1998. It now appears in paperback and hardcover as well.
Monday’s Mystery eBooks
Don’t Toy With Me
by Diane Kelly
Kindle $1.00 Rating: 4.3 #ad
When Ciara relocates to a quaint North Carolina mountain town shortly before Christmas and takes a job in a classic toy shop, the last thing she expects is to end up investigating a robbery. But when someone steals the rent her attractive boss Nick owes to the landlord, the two are determined to work together to bring the culprit to justice. Can they solve the crime, or will only Santa know who’s stolen the money and ended up on his naughty list?
Seeking Glory
by Patricia Hamilton Shook
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Life is never static. Just when you think you finally have everything under control, that illusion is shattered…and the life you once knew has spun off in unimaginable directions.
Kate LaRue is a divorced, successful co-owner of an art and gift store on Cape Cod whose current life has been largely peaceful, well ordered and without undue daily stress. That is, until she receives a phone call saying her long-missing daughter Ally is seriously ill in a hospital in California. After Ally dies with her mother by her side, Kate assumes custody of Glory, the four-year-old granddaughter she never knew she had; however, she soon discovers that Glory is selectively mute and seemingly traumatized. To help her, Kate must try to solve the mystery of what happened to both her granddaughter and her daughter but to do so she must reconnect with family and friends she hasn’t seen or wanted to see in years…
One of the Girls
by Lucy Clarke
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
The latest twisty psychological thriller from internationally-bestselling author Lucy Clarke, One of the Girls is the delicious story of a bachelorette trip on a stunning Greek island… that ends in murder.
It was supposed to be the perfect weekend away. Six very different women travel to a sun-soaked Greek island for a bachelorette trip, to celebrate Lexi’s upcoming wedding. From the glorious ocean views to the quaint tavernas and whitewashed streets, the vacation seems too good to be true. But dangerous undercurrents run beneath the sunset swims and midnight cocktails – because each of the women is hiding a secret. Someone is determined to make sure that Lexi’s marriage never happens – and that one of them doesn’t leave the island alive.
Death at the Sign of the Rook
by Kate Atkinson
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Welcome to Rook Hall. The stage is set. The players are ready. By night’s end, a murderer will be revealed.
In his sleepy Yorkshire town, ex-detective Jackson Brodie is staving off boredom and malaise. His only case is the seemingly tedious matter of a stolen painting. But Jackson soon uncovers a string of unsolved art thefts that lead him down a dizzying spiral of disguise and deceit to Burton Makepeace, a formerly magnificent estate now partially converted into a hotel hosting Murder Mystery weekends.
Rule of Extinction
by Geoff Jones
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
A civilization-ending comet is headed for Earth.
Two days before impact, thousands of mysterious pods land in a swath across North America. When people touch them, the pods open. Anyone who climbs inside is carried away.
No one knows where the pods came from and no one knows where they go, but finding one is David Williams’ only chance to save his family from the end of the world.
… and escaping Earth is just the beginning.
Christmas Returns to Pottersville
by Dennis Higgins
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Frank Capra’s, It’s a Wonderful Life was the ultimate parallel universe story. George Bailey was shown by an angel a world in which he had never been born. A world where the cute little town of Bedford Falls no longer existed and in its place was the seedy town of Pottersville.
But imagine if Pottersville still existed in the current age, along another path of existence. Welcome to Pottersville, a town owned and operated by Peter F. Potter. A sleazy, corrupt town where Christmas was discouraged and people were miserable. What if Potter was taken to this town, in a world in which he had never been born?
Pursued
by Linda K. Rodante
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
The man Cristina Torres has fallen in love with kisses her, and then disappears for ten years. Now he’s back but with two detectives as shadows, and someone’s trying to kill her. Should she trust him or run for her life?
Dr. Chase Richards fled his Christian roots, but now he’s returning to his hometown in Tennessee to make amends—at what he thinks is God’s direction. Only the way is not just hard, it’s almost impossible. The girl he once loved is now a woman—and she wants nothing to do with him. In addition, the opioid study he started and left in Virginia has followed him across state lines. The police have warned him that he’s in imminent danger. His well-organized life is no longer safe or ordered—and neither is Cristina’s. Can he discover who’s trying to kill them before she becomes collateral damage?
TWO HEARTS’ AMBUSH
by Tamara Ferguson
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Lara Loughlin is taking a break in her hometown of Crystal Rock before returning on tour as up-and-coming rock star, Lainie Reardon. When wounded warrior Captain Zachary Nash decides to make a move because of their sizzling attraction, she decides to play along, since he has no idea who she is. But there’s a new threat to the tourism driven community – two women have been assaulted. And then Lara makes a horrific discovery – the serial rapist could have ties to her past. She could very well be the next target…
Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
Lucy ~ The Clarinetist
by Judy Ann Davis
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
Lucy Ciaffonni wants nothing more than to start her own public relations firm, but she’s stuck at the local bank performing dreary communications and advertising duties. When her best friend and computer guru, Andre Almanza, buys an area farm to create a barn theater, Lucy is pulled into the mystery of discovering where a rare, German, H.F. Kayser clarinet was hidden on the property during Prohibition.
Andre Almanza has always adored Lucy from afar. He hopes she’ll take the position of barn theater manager. When she agrees to help him renovate the barn and update and furnish his huge Victorian house, he is delighted—that is, until the entire town becomes involved in locating the missing antique instrument.
EVANGELINE
by Herc Samson
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
In 1953, two FBI agents are called in to investigate the disappearance of a young White woman in Louisiana. In their pursuit of clues, they stumble across the horrific murder of a Black youth. It soon becomes apparent that the two cases are linked, and solving the murder is the key to unlocking both cases.
But the agents are impeded in their investigation by parties on the both sides of the color line in the victim’s hometown of Evangeline, right on the edge of the Louisiana swamplands. The Whites close ranks, seemingly in effort to protect their own; the Black population keeps silent in fear of reprisals and the threat of more violence. And the deeper they dig, the more the agents find that nothing and no one are as they seem…
Mason Sharpe Thriller Box Set
by Logan Ryles
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
INTRODUCING FOUR HIGH-OCTANE, ACTION-PACKED THRILLERS FEATURING EX-ARMY RANGER MASON SHARPE.
Perfect for fans of Jason Kasper, David Archer and Lee Child.
His past fuels his fight. His heart keeps him human. His enemies keep him deadly.
IN THIS FOUR-BOOK BOX SET:
POINT BLANK
TAKE DOWN
END GAME
FIRE TEAM
Paper Money
by Ken Follett
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 3.6 #ad
An explosive novel of high finance and underworld villainy from Ken Follett, the grand master of international action and suspense.
Crime, high finances, and journalism are interconnected in this early thriller by the author of On Wings of Eagles and Lie Down With Lions. In one suspenseful, action-packed day, fortunes change hands as an ambitious young reporter scrambles to crack the story. A suicidal junior minister, an avaricious tycoon, and a seasoned criminal with his team of tough guys all play their parts in a scheme that moves “paper money” around at a dizzying pace.
Love You More
by Lisa Gardner
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
WHO DO YOU LOVE? One question, a split-second decision, and Brian Darby lies dead on the kitchen floor. His wife, state police trooper Tessa Leoni, claims to have shot him in self-defense, and bears the bruises to back up her tale. For veteran detective D. D. Warren it should be an open-and-shut case. But where is their six-year-old daughter?
AND HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO . . . As the homicide investigation ratchets into a frantic statewide search for a missing child, D. D. Warren must partner with former lover Bobby Dodge to break through the blue wall of police brotherhood, seeking to understand the inner workings of a trooper’s mind while also unearthing family secrets. Would a trained police officer truly shoot her own husband? And would a mother harm her own child?
Running Blind
by Paul Heatley
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
He thought he was done with the CIA. They’ve got other ideas.
Former black ops agent Tom Rollins thought his CIA days were behind him—until analyst Jess Chen shows up at the casino where he works and asks for his help on an impossible mission.
A Chinese defector has stolen a USB drive containing the identities of deep-cover moles embedded throughout American intelligence. The only problem: she’s being hunted by both the Chinese government and a ruthless Triad network determined to silence her before she reaches safety.
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The Storyteller’s War
by J.C. Corry
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
March, 1366. Amid the chaos of a war-torn Spain, Geoffrey Chaucer – page to King Edward III and the son of a wine merchant – finds himself thrust into the heart of a boiling conflict between two brothers: King Pedro the Cruel of Castile and his half-brother, Enrique Trastámara.
But Chaucer’s task is far from simple. Sent as a reluctant spy by the king, he must locate the elusive mercenary Sir Hugh Calveley and persuade him to change sides in a war that could alter the fate of kingdoms. If Chaucer fails, he not only risks losing his life, but also his position at court, and the love of Pippa, the woman he cherishes.
A Maple Cookie Homecoming
by Judy Ann Davis
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
When Julien Franklin returns home for Christmas after retiring from the military, his first mission is to taste his home town’s maple cookies and find office space for his civilian website business. He’s delighted to find the apartment above The Book Bin bookstore is for rent and owned by his old high school sweetheart.
Natalie Pinkett, widow and single parent, has some tragic secrets gnawing at her soul, but she needs to rent the empty rooms to help with her many expenses. To complicate matters, an old love will be literally working above her head—and he owns a rambunctious puppy her daughter has fallen in love with.
Gone Before Goodbye
by Harlan Coben, Reese Witherspoon
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
Maggie McCabe is teetering on the brink. A highly skilled and renowned Army combat surgeon, she has always lived life at the edge, where she could make the most impact. And it was all going to plan … until it wasn’t.
Upside down after a devastating series of tragedies leads to her medical license being revoked, Maggie has lost her purpose, but not her nerve or her passion. At her lowest point, she is thrown a lifeline by a former colleague, an elite plastic surgeon whose anonymous clientele demand the best care money can buy, as well as absolute discretion.
Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
Murders of a Feather
by Eileen Brady
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
It’s February in the Hudson Valley and Oak Falls veterinarian Dr. Kate is once again up to her galoshes in corpses
Hudson Valley winters can be brutal…and deadly! Dr. Kate is once again on the case (not to mention thin ice) after discovering a young engaged couple frozen to death in the lake. To make matters worse, her temporary receptionist appears to have overdosed from a recreational sedative used at the animal hospital. Kate barely has time to dread Valentine’s Day (and the fact that she’s alone on this holiday, once again) as the police investigation shows that all three fatalities are in fact homicides.
Hidden Bodies
by Caroline Kepnes
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
In the compulsively readable sequel to her widely acclaimed debut novel, You, Caroline Kepnes weaves a tale that Booklist calls “the love child of Holden Caulfield and Patrick Bateman.”
In Hidden Bodies, the basis for season two of the hit Netflix series, You, Joe Goldberg returns.
Joe is no stranger to hiding bodies. In the past ten years, this thirty-something has buried four of them, collateral damage in his quest for love. Now he’s heading west to Los Angeles, the city of second chances, determined to put his past behind him.
The Devil’s Code
by Michael Wood
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
A BRUTAL MURDER When Isaac McFadden is found with the dismembered body of a young man in the boot of his car, it’s an easy conviction for the jury. But, then a notebook is discovered in Isaac’s house, and the police believe they have a serial killer on their hands.
A CRYPTIC CODE Within the pages of the notebook is a chart written in a code, which DI Linus Sutton believes holds the location of more bodies. Made up of seemingly random words, numbers and symbols, and with a suspect who is refusing to talk, Sutton enlists the help of Forensic Psychologist Dr Olivia Winter.
THE FINAL GIRL
Answer at your own risk
by S Thiel
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
A woman is trapped in a vicious cycle of death and resurrection. The killers change. Their voices are different. But the one thing she always remembers? The unshakable fear when the killer came for her.
No one else can hear the calls. But for her, it’s a countdown to the next brutal death.
With each resurrection, her memories fade, leaving only fear—and the hope that she can leave a warning for her future self before it’s too late. To break free, she must outsmart whoever came to hunt her.
Beloved Evolution
by Deborah Lamoreaux
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
A successful content creator and her most influential client are brought together by a powerful Archangel for a specific purpose – to cripple the Verndari Agenda. To score one for humanity as they break the fake aliens’ stranglehold on their country’s poor and most vulnerable citizens.
Raphael, God’s trusted messenger, communicates with them through
intricate dreams and wondrous signs. He weaves an incredible tale, inviting them to embrace personal growth through timely challenges and blessings, amid the very real threat posed by Earth’s exiled angels.
Instead, he should have issued one single, simple instruction – Don’t. Die.
The Other Side of the Door
by Nicci French
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 3.8 #ad
Who is more dangerous? An enemy, a friend, or a lover?
When Bonnie Graham arrives at her boyfriend’s apartment in London, she is horrified to discover a dead body in a pool of blood on the floor. But she doesn’t call the police. Bonnie hides the corpse and then carefully wipes away any evidence she
was ever there.
Bonnie is a music teacher who spent a long, hot summer in London rehearsing with a band to play at a friend’s wedding. It was supposed to be fun, but the band members find the complicated knots of their friendships—some old, some new—unraveling as the days themselves unwind. What was meant to be a summer of happiness, love, and music turns deadly as lovers betray one another, passions turn murderous, and friendship itself becomes a crime.
Million Dollar Smile
by Paul F. Carlson
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Million Dollar Smile follows Paul Carlson, a newlywed civilian radio operator flying dangerous missions for the Air Transport Command during World War II. Crossing the vast Pacific with his close-knit crew, Paul must navigate duty, distance, and a faith strained by the realities of war.
This moving historical novel blends aviation detail with emotional depth, shining a light on the unsung heroes of a global conflict. It is a story not just of survival, but of conviction—how faith in God can sustain ordinary men through extraordinary trials.
At its heart lies a tender love story between Paul and Alta, newlyweds separated by war but bound together through letters, prayer, and unshakable devotion. Their enduring bond reminds us that love can cross oceans and outlast the shadows of uncertainty…
For readers who appreciate Christian historical fiction, Million Dollar Smile offers a reminder that even in the darkest hours, hope endures – and love prevails.
Inspired by the true story of the author’s grandfather.
Dragon’s Forbidden Boss
by Serena Meadows
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
Dorm nights. Buried legends. A dragon who can’t keep his fire—or his hands—off the wrong woman.
When a ruin is found beneath Parkhurst’s stadium, Cooper McFarland’s dream design gets demolished. The new boss of the dig?
Dr. Stephanie Warner—young, brilliant, and off-limits. She needs his campus connections; he needs her secrets. What they uncover are ancient shifter symbols, wrapped dead, and a mural that answers questions that Cooper can no longer hide the answers to. This puts a target on the entire university.
Rules say no romance on the team. Reality says one look, one kiss, one life-or-death shift. As a rival clan closes in, Cooper must expose what he is to save the site—and the woman he won’t give up.