Mysteries
Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
A Missing Manuscript and Murder
by P. C. James
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
A simple puzzle turned deadly. With scandal and folks with something to hide, can this retired inspector close the book on homicide?
North Yorkshire, 1966. Tom Ramsay can’t seem to escape mysteries. Reluctantly taking on a straightforward case to appease his assistant, the former investigator suddenly finds himself caught up in two capers when a literary agent begs for his help. But when tampering becomes theft, the frustrated man can’t walk away when a best-selling author turns up dead…
Tales of the Feisty Druid Complete Boxed Set
by Candy Crum , Michael Anderle
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
She missed the war, but she’ll be damned if she loses her chance for revenge.
Ten years after fleeing Arcadia to save her life, Arryn is all grown up. She spent the past decade in the Dark Forest with the druids, training in warrior combat and battle magic.
Now that Arcadia is safe and Arryn is more than capable of taking care of herself, she decides to go back in order to search for her father. The only problem is that the city she once called home isn’t safe at all.
Arryn knows she has to do what she was raised to do: fight…
Think Twice
by Harlan Coben
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
A man presumed dead is suddenly wanted for murder in this thriller of secrets, lies, and dangerous conspiracies that threaten to cover up the truth.
Three years ago, sports agent Myron Bolitar gave a eulogy at the funeral of his client, renowned basketball coach Greg Downing. Myron and Greg had history: initially as deeply personal rivals, and later as unexpected business associates. Myron made peace and moved on – until now, when two federal agents walked into his office, demanding to know where Greg Downing is…
The Hillside Stranglers
by Darcy O’Brien
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
For weeks that fall, the body count of sexually violated, brutally murdered young women escalated. With increasing alarm, Los Angeles newspapers headlined the deeds of a serial killer they named the Hillside Strangler. The city was held hostage by fear.
But not until January 1979, more than a year later, would the mysterious disappearance of two university students near Seattle lead police to the arrest of a security guard—the handsome, charming, fast-talking Kenny Bianchi—and the discovery that the strangler was not one man but two.
Aftermath: Into the Unknown
by Lena Gibson
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Robin dreamed of attending Yale and using her brain. Kory lived on the streets of Seattle and relied on his brawn. Without the asteroid, they never would have met.
For three years, Robin and her grandfather have been hiding, trusting no one. When a biker gang moves into town, Robin can no longer scrounge or tend her garden. Because her grandfather is dying, he urges her to join her extended family—800 miles away in a bunker city in South Dakota, but she doesn’t want to leave…
Darkfall
by Dean Koontz
Kindle $1.49 Rating: 4.4 #ad
A blizzard brings a city to a standstill and ushers in an evil that defies imagination in this gripping tale from #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz.
Winter gripped the city. Terror gripped it, too. They found four corpses in four days, each more hideous than the last.
At first the cops thought they were dealing with a psychopath. But soon they heard eerie sounds in the ventilation system—and saw unearthly silver eyes in the snow-slashed night…
Zero Day
by David Baldacci
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
From David Baldacci–the modern master of the thriller and #1 worldwide bestselling novelist-comes a new hero: a lone Army Special Agent taking on the toughest crimes facing the nation.
And Zero Day is where it all begins….
John Puller is a combat veteran and the best military investigator in the U.S. Army’s Criminal Investigation Division. His father was an Army fighting legend, and his brother is serving a life sentence for treason in a federal military prison. Puller has an indomitable spirit and an unstoppable drive to find the truth.
Cromwell’s Folly
by Ginny Fite
Kindle $0.50 Rating: 4.0 #ad
A West Virginia cop must determine who had an axe to grind with a notorious womanizer in this mystery series opener.
Retirement is on the horizon for Det. Sam Lagarde of West Virginia’s Bureau of Criminal Investigations, and he’s looking forward to it. As a cop with a reputation for persistence, he’s earned some relaxation. But first, there’s the matter of a head . . .
Ben Cromwell is discovered, decapitated, in a dumpster behind a Charles Town spa. A known regular at the regional jail, Cromwell was no stranger to trouble. He was also no stranger to the ladies…
When You Disappeared
by John Marrs
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
All she wanted was the truth, but she’ll wish she never found out.
When Catherine wakes up alone one morning, she thinks her husband has gone for a run before work. But Simon never makes it to the office. His running shoes are by the front door. Nothing is missing—except him.
Catherine knows Simon must be in trouble. He wouldn’t just leave her. He wouldn’t leave the children.
But Simon knows the truth—about why he left and what he’s done. He knows things about his marriage that it would kill Catherine to find out. The memories she holds on to are lies.
The Bayou Marshal
by James Leonard
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Here comes another western adventure of relentless action, obstacles and a touch of western romance
Jackson Cole walked away from the law the day he watched Gabriel Benoit, his wife’s killer, drown in a river. Justice was done, or so he believed. He turned in his badge and tried to bury the past.
Four years later, the past rises from the bayou. Rumors place Benoit alive and thriving in the lawless swamps of Louisiana, running guns, taking hostages, and leaving a trail of bodies for the alligators to feast on. Jackson wants no part of it. He’s done fighting battles no one can win.
The Frozen People
by Elly Griffiths
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Some murders can’t be solved in just one lifetime. Ali Dawson and her cold case team investigate crimes so old, they’re frozen—or so their inside joke goes. Nobody knows that her team has a secret: they can travel back in time to look for evidence.
The latest assignment sees Ali venture back farther than they have dared before: to 1850s London to clear the name of Cain Templeton, an eccentric patron of the arts. Rumor has it that Cain is part of a sinister group called The Collectors. Ali arrives in the Victorian era to another dead woman at her feet and far too many unanswered questions…
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
25 Alive
by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro
Kindle $5.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
SFPD homicide detective Lindsay Boxer knows her way around a crime scene.
But nothing can prepare her for the shock of recognition: the victim is Warren Jacobi, Lindsay’s onetime partner who rose to chief of police.
A top investigator until the end, Jacobi managed to leave Lindsay a clue…
The Miss Silver Mysteries Volume Four
by Patricia Wentworth
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Three cozy mysteries in the “timelessly charming” historical series featuring a retired English governess who finds a second calling as a detective (Charlotte MacLeod).
Dark Threat,
Latter End,
Wicked Uncle
Love & Other Crimes
by Sara Paretsky
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
New York Times bestselling author Sara Paretsky is the master of twisting suspense and compelling plots. She has been hailed by the crime community as “a legend” (Harlan Coben) and “one of the all-time greats” (Karin Slaughter). Her acclaimed novels featuring detective V.I. Warshawski have become one of the most celebrated series in modern fiction. Now in this spellbinding collection, Paretsky showcases her extraordinary talents with fourteen short stories, including one new V.I. story and seven other classics featuring the indomitable detective…
The Templar Fire
by K. R. Eckert
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London 1666: A mysterious man, claiming to be a descendent of a Templar Knight, arrives at Temple Church with a segment of the True Cross. A day later, much of the old city burns in the famed Great Fire. The Cross disappears without a trace.
Present Day: In the wilds of Syria, an expedition discovers the Cross. It is returned to London and placed in a Museum built specifically to house it. Days before it’s set to open, the Museum is robbed. A guard is murdered, the Cross goes missing. Fanatical billionaire Edward Drake, owner of the museum, throws all his resources into finding the Cross, and exacting retribution upon those responsible. His chief suspect is Alan Kramer, son of a long forgotten Templar Historian. Kramer declares publicly his belief that Drake’s Cross is a fake. He says he knows where the True Cross really is…
‘Salem’s Lot
by Stephen King
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
When two young boys venture into the woods, and only one returns alive, Mears begins to realize that something sinister is at work. In fact, his hometown is under siege from forces of darkness far beyond his imagination. And only he, with a small group of allies, can hope to contain the evil that is growing within the borders of this small New England town.
With this, his second novel, Stephen King established himself as an indisputable master of American horror, able to transform the old conceits of the genre into something fresh and all the more frightening for taking place in a familiar, idyllic locale.
Arabian Variable
by D.I. Telbat
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Hunted by Muslim extremists for years, ex-Marine chopper pilot Carson Adams is forced from hiding when they track him to the Carolinas, then bait him to return to the volatile Saudi Arabia. With access to the Christian Underground Network in Arabia, and resources from the COIL Organization, Carson covertly slips into Mecca.
Prince Rashid and an Iranian Agent are fast on Carson’s heels. Finding refuge in the midst of Mecca, he plans the rescue of a kidnapped family. Though he faces surprises at every turn, he still looks for opportunities to share God’s Word in the closed country, even to those who are trying to kill him.
Ambush
by Colleen Coble
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
The first book in the riveting new series from USA TODAY bestselling author Colleen Coble, where a young woman will do anything to uncover the truth of her parents’ murder–even work alongside the man who once broke her heart.
Paradise Alden’s childhood in Nova Cambridge, Alabama, was idyllic until the night her parents were murdered. Since then, life has left her scarred. The abuse she suffered in the foster care system, her first love’s betrayal, and the jaguar attack that nearly destroyed her career have led to an unshakable distrust–in men, in God, and maybe in even in herself.
Within and Without Time
by D. I. Hennessey
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
Be prepared to laugh and cry, to be inspired, and find your heart rejoicing!
When a sixteen-year-old boy is suddenly caught up in a series of miraculous encounters, it heralds an adventure that will transform his life, rock his town, and trigger events that will ultimately change the world!
Befriended by a powerful angelic warrior, Jimmy finds himself in the center of God’s plan for Earth’s final Great Revival. The beginning of God’s amazing harvest at the End of the Age. Like an intense roller coaster, the journey he experiences is exciting and unpredictable. Heartwarming, as well as heart-rending. God prepares him for a mission more extraordinary than anything he could have imagined, placing him in the rare company of ancient prophets and apostles alike.
Bad Blood
by Julie Shaw
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
It’s 1971 and seventeen-year-old Christine is about to give birth to her son. When her family throw her out, Christine has the biggest fight of her life to bring up her son safe on the infamous Canterbury Estate in Bradford, rife with crime, alcohol and drugs, a place where family is everything and nothing.
The Black Hunger
by Nicholas Pullen
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
John Sackville will soon be dead. Shadows writhe in the corners of his cell as he mourns the death of his secret lover and as the gnawing hunger inside him grows impossible to ignore.
He must write his last testament before it is too late.
The story he tells will take us to the darkest part of the human soul. It is a tale of otherworldly creatures, ancient cults, and a terrifying journey from the stone circles of Scotland to the icy peaks of Tibet.
The Woman in Suite 11
by Ruth Ware
Kindle $14.99 Rating: BRAND NEW RELEASE #ad
In this follow-up to #1 New York Times bestselling author Ruth Ware’s multi-million copy mega-hit The Woman in Cabin 10, Lo Blacklock returns to attend the opening of a luxury hotel, only to find herself in a white-knuckled race across Europe.
When the invitation to attend the press opening of a luxury Swiss hotel—owned by reclusive billionaire Marcus Leidmann—arrives, it’s like the answer to a prayer. Three years after the birth of her youngest child, Lo Blacklock is ready to reestablish her journalism career, but post-pandemic travel journalism is a very different landscape from the one she left ten years ago…