Mysteries
Monday’s Mystery eBooks
Murder on Mulberry Lane
by Lori Soard
Kindle $1.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
Small town. Big secrets. One woman who refuses to mind her own business. Mildred Wiggins isn’t nosy․ She just… pays attention․
It’s been fifty years since Mildred moved to the small Indiana town of Maple Hollow․ She knows her neighbors by name‚ their habits‚ and when something isn’t right․ The man living near her on Mulberry Lane has been setting off every alarm she has․
He’s rude․ Secretive․ Always in trouble with someone. When he’s found dead at the bottom of his porch steps‚ most of the neighbors are not surprised․ The police deem it an accident․ Mildred calls it suspicious․..
Straight into Darkness
by Faye Kellerman
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Lustmord—the joy of murder. The terrifying concept seems apt for the brutal slaying of a beautiful young society wife dumped in the vast English Garden. Homicide inspector Axel Berg is horrified by the crime . . . and disturbed by the artful arrangement of the victim’s clothes and hair—a madman’s portrait of death.
Berg’s superiors demand quick answers and a quick arrest: a vagrant, the woman’s husband, anyone who can be demonized will do. When a second body is discovered, the city erupts into panic, the unrest fomented by the wild-eyed, hate-mongering Austrian Adolf Hitler and his Brownshirt party of young thugs.
Not a Happy Family
by Shari Lapena
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Brecken Hill in upstate New York is an expensive place to live. You have to be rich to have a house there, and Fred and Sheila Merton certainly are rich. But even all their money can’t protect them when a killer comes to call. The Mertons are brutally murdered after a fraught Easter dinner with their three adult kids. Who, of course, are devastated.
Or are they? They each stand to inherit millions. They were never a happy family, thanks to their vindictive father and neglectful mother, but perhaps one of the siblings is more disturbed than anyone knew…
Vacationland
by Meg Mitchell Moore
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Louisa has come to her parents’ house in Maine this summer with her three kids, a barely written book that has a looming deadline, and a trunkful of resentment. Louisa is hoping the crisp breeze will blow away her irritation for her life choices and replace it with enthusiasm for both her family and her writing.
But all isn’t well in Maine. Louisa’s father, a retired judge and pillar of the community, is suffering from Alzheimer’s. Louisa’s mother is alternately pretending everything is fine and not pretending at all. And one of Louisa’s children happens upon a very confusing and heartfelt letter referring to something Louisa doesn’t think her father could possibly have done.
The Christmas Guest
by Sally Royer-Derr
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 3.7 #ad
Who is he? When handsome author, Nate, moves into Laura’s picturesque guesthouse in coastal Maine, it seems like a holiday fairy tale.
Her quiet, comfortable life takes a new direction as they get to know each other. He seems too good to be true, and she can hardly believe how everything falls into place for them. As their romance blossoms, Laura questions what Nate is hiding from her. Who is he talking to in the middle of the night? Why is he so secretive?
But Nate isn’t the only one hiding something.
Flashback
by Iris Johansen, Roy Johansen
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Chloe and Sloane Morgan were only children when their mother was the second victim of the Bayside Strangler. Now, after spending years trying to discover his identity, the sisters have suddenly vanished. Were they getting too close to the truth? The police consider their interest in the crime to be just a coincidence and have little motivation to pursue the cold case.
Armed with a box of photos, videos, police reports, and notes gathered by the sisters over the years—plus the extraordinary senses from being blind before recovering her sight via a revolutionary surgical procedure—Kendra follows the sisters’ trail of clues.
You’ll Get Yours
by Gerald Hansen
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
A gruesome murder with a strange twist.
Supermarket shelf stacker Regina Steps has been strangled, stripped to her underwear, her body found straddling one of the cannons of Derry’s city walls. And why has the killer done that with her thumb? For seasoned DI Liam McLaughlin and the ragtag officers of the Major Investigation Team, it’s a homicide they’ve never seen the likes of before.
Middle-aged Regina might have kept herself to herself, but she always had a smile for everyone she came across. Who could have wanted to do her harm? Was she just unlucky?
Dark Bride
by Jonathan Ryan
Kindle $0.50 Rating: 4.5 #ad
When Father Neal deciphers a voodoo message with a dire warning, he reveals he is part of the Order of the Five Sorrows—a group dedicated to fighting evil with the use of holy objects present at Christ’s crucifixion—and Aidan is destined to become a member
The supernatural unleashed . . .
Still reeling from Father Neal’s revelation, Aidan assists his friend Brian by investigating a series of unexplained events at his farm, including eerie lights in the fields at night and his daughter’s fixation with an invisible friend…
Nine Lives
by Catherine Steadman
Kindle $11.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
Reeling from a very recent divorce, Frankie has moved into a glamorous London neighborhood. This is a new chapter in her life. She’s decided to put down roots with Blue, the beautiful Persian cat she left her marriage with.
But little doubts about her perfect new life start to grow, and when Blue returns one night from slipping into places he shouldn’t, Frankie’s concerns solidify. Two words are roughly scratched into his collar: help me. Unsettled and unwilling to ignore the incident, Frankie roots out an old unused “cat cam” collar. What slowly begins as a voyeuristic fascination with her neighbors and the secrets they’re hiding soon turns into a perilous quest for the truth that threatens to bring untold terrors to her doorstep.
Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
The Bistro at Holiday Bay
by Kathi Daley
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
It’s summertime in Holiday Bay, and between the outdoor dining option provided by the new rooftop bar and eatery, and the summer concert series held on the roof every Thursday night, the Bistro is busier than they’ve ever been.
Beck has an interesting case involving a woman whose mother disappeared when she was a child, Amy is entered into the annual clam chowder cookoff, Dawson has an important decision to make, Nikki has a new guy in her life, and Kennedy is struggling with empty nest syndrome while Addy is visiting her brother in Boston. In spite of a few challenges along the way…
Just One Bite
by Miranda Rijks
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Brittany has gone viral. And not in a good way.
Celebrity chef Brittany Cole has it all. Fame, success, and the perfect family. From her restored Vermont farmhouse, she’s built a wholesome brand that is trusted by millions.
But when her four-year-old has a meltdown, a video of Brittany shouting at the little girl goes viral. It’s a PR nightmare that threatens to destroy Brittany’s squeaky-clean image—and her career.
Kills Well with Others
by Deanna Raybourn
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Four women assassins, senior in status—and in age—sharpen their knives for another bloody good adventure in this riotous follow-up to the New York Times bestselling sensation Killers of a Certain Age.
After more than a year of laying low, Billie, Helen, Mary Alice, and Natalie are called back into action. They have enjoyed their time off, but the lack of excitement is starting to chafe: a professional killer can only take so many watercolor classes and yoga sessions without itching to strangle someone…literally. When they receive a summons from the head of the elite assassin organization known as the Museum, they are ready tackle the greatest challenge of their careers.
Million Dollar Smile
by Paul F. Carlson
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Every mission across the Pacific could be his last.
Newly married and newly deployed, civilian radio operator Paul Carlson flies dangerous cargo routes for the Army Air Transport Command during World War II. Storms rise without warning. Engines falter over open ocean. Enemy forces threaten the fragile lifeline between distant islands. In the vast skies of the Pacific, survival depends on discipline, courage, and a faith tested daily.
Back home, his bride Alta waits.
Their letters cross thousands of miles of ocean and uncertainty, carrying prayers, promises, and the quiet strength of a young marriage shaped by wartime separation. As the missions grow more perilous and the cost of service becomes real…
Golden Awakening
by Ralph Hecht
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
A rugged treasure story with literary atmosphere and cinematic tension, this novel follows one man’s life-changing discovery deep in the Sierra Nevada mountains and the dangerous secret that comes with it. Perfect for readers who love survival, hidden fortunes, wilderness suspense, and the haunting question of what happens after you find more than you ever dreamed of. A short Fiction, Fantasy, Adventure Story.
When hardworking carpenter Josh Paterson escapes into the Sierra Nevada for another grueling weekend of gold prospecting, he expects dust, disappointment, and just enough hope to keep him coming back. Instead, hidden inside a cool, forgotten cave, he stumbles onto the impossible: a massive vein of raw gold that could change his life forever.
Oyster Bay Boogaloo
by Eric Wilder
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
The tides of January are rising, and on Oyster Island, the spirits always collect their debts
On a stormy Gulf island where rum-driven dreams and ancient magic collide, two hard-drinking former soldiers and a half-drowned oceanographer must choose whether to burn a singing reef that spits out bones and prophecies, or let the Horned Serpent rising beneath it swallow everyone they love before the January tides reach their peak.
Oyster Island, a forgotten speck off the Louisiana coast, has always belonged more to the Gulf than to any map. Alex Pavlovic, a former Russian army officer, is just days away from firing up the resurrected Baptiste distillery when a freak storm washes a woman ashore, along with a warning written in a mirage in the sky: Beware the tides of January that carry both good and evil. You must choose, and the wrong choice leads to a horrible death.
Lethal Instinct
by Ian Loome
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
He came looking for a paycheck. He found a war.
Bob came to Naples, Florida, looking for honest work. Three months in, he’s still looking—until he saves a car dealer from a mugging and lands a gig shuttling vehicles to a nearby town.
A car he’s sent to collect is stolen. Bob recovers it from a local chop shop… and finds a dead teenager in the trunk.
The dead boy’s eighteen-year-old sister, Hailey, wants justice for her brother. Bob figures it’s not his fight and plans to skip town—until some bad guys grab him and torture him to find out what he knows. That makes it personal.
COPS in SPACE
by Gail Koger
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
Once upon a time, I was a “normal” teenager. Now I’m a galactic cop with a deadly predator as my boss. I get to deal with flesh eating monsters, alien babies, hunky warlords, space battles and not so bright bad guys. Plus, the fate of the universe rests in our hands. What could possibly go wrong?
“Another awesome read. The story moves fast and it is so well written. It also makes me laugh a lot. I love the Coletti series.” by Amazon Customer
Storm Tide
by Paul Doiron
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
Game Warden Mike Bowditch investigates a series of brutal killings during a life-changing year in Storm Tide, the harrowing new thriller from Edgar Award-nominated author Paul Doiron.
When the magnificent home of entrepreneur Brian Malloy mysteriously goes up in flames, Maine game warden Mike Bowditch tries to pull Malloy’s burning body from the fire but is too late. Malloy was suspected of murdering his young, illegitimate son. Now it looks like someone else has delivered a verdict.