Mysteries
Friday’s Mystery eBooks
Murder Rinse Repeat
by Gerald Hansen
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Fear is the new style in Derry. The city’s hairstylists are running scared as the second in their circle, poor Gloria Baggot, is found brutally slain in a shower stall. She lathered her own death into her hair.
As DI McLaughlin and team struggle to find a connection between the two victims, they are pulled from the salons into a world of secret conspiracies, unearthing mysteries rooted in Ireland’s ancient past. Is a deranged killer seeking revenge for a bad perm, or was Gloria’s murder a chilling rite millennia in the making?
Washington
by Thomas J. Gebhardt III
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
With the sound of gunshots, the crowd erupts in crying and screams. Some of them wonder what to do, some worry, all wanting to make it out alive. Evan finds he doesn’t think of himself at all but about Judith. Where could she be? Is she safe?
Before that dreaded day, Evan is a new transfer to Washington High School, where he’s reunited with his best friends from childhood. He’s a typical slacker who would rather sketch and daydream than pay attention in class, waiting for the bell to ring so he can go to the arcade and comic book shop after school…
This bestselling and award winning romantic suspense thriller is about “a love story amidst an act of violence.” Two parallel narratives intertwine and unfold in this coming-of-age story that is a retrospective dive into pop culture, an overview of the high school experience, and a societal and psychological commentary.
Livid
by Patricia Cornwell
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Chief medical examiner Kay Scarpetta is the reluctant star witness in a sensational murder trial when she receives shocking news. The judge’s sister has been found dead. At first glance, it appears to be a home invasion, but then why was nothing stolen, and why is the garden strewn with dead plants and insects?
Although there is no apparent cause of death, Scarpetta recognizes telltale signs of the unthinkable, and she knows the worst is yet to come. The forensic pathologist finds herself pitted against a powerful force that returns her to the past, and her time to catch the killer is running out . . .
The Final Witness
by T. R. Britten
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
In a world where faith is forbidden and society is rigidly divided by the State, one boy refuses to surrender. After the tragic loss of his parents, David returns to England to live with his aunt and enrols at Angel Academy—a school under the iron rule of a sinister director, Mr. Molech. As David doubts God, he finds unexpected hope through two loyal friends and mysterious chalkboard messages from an unseen ally.
But as classmates begin to vanish and the regime tightens its grip, David faces an impossible choice: conform to survive—or risk everything to follow the truth…
House of Spies
by Daniel Silva
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Black Widow comes the thrilling new summer blockbuster featuring legendary spy, assassin and art restorer Gabriel Allon.
A heart-stopping tale of suspense, Daniel Silva’s runaway bestseller, The Black Widow, was one of 2016’s biggest novels. Now, in House of Spies,Gabriel Allon is back and out for revenge – determined to hunt down the world’s most dangerous terrorist, a shadowy ISIS mastermind known only as Saladin…
THE INCREDIBLE ADVENTURES OF CHANA IN JUDEA
by Emil Buchman
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
Dive into ancient Judea with determined 12-year old Chana in this action-adventure series starter for middle-schoolers
Chana (pronounced Ha-na) is a carefree 12-year-old from New Jersey about to embark on what she imagines to be “the Trip of a Lifetime” to Israel. But after being dragged all over the country, Chana is bored and unimpressed, until she falls through a doorway at an archaeological site and ends up in the middle of a battlefield in 1st century BCE Judea.
Bewildered by this strange new world, Chana soon meets a strong-minded teen girl named Miriam and her friend Herod, the figures who will one day grow up to be known in history books as Queen Mariamne and King Herod the Great. Chana soon finds herself thrust into ancient life and, along with her new friends, accidentally finds herself a key figure in the middle of an epic civil war.
The Sugar House
by Laura Lippman
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman’s Tess Monaghan must solve one of the most baffling murders in her PI career.
When Tess Monaghan agrees to talk to Ruthie Dembrow, she senses she’ll regret it. If there’s anything Tess has learned in her work both as a newspaper reporter and then as a PI, it’s to trust your instincts. Still, she can’t deny she’s intrigued when Ruthie asks her to investigate the fatal stabbing of her brother, Henry, while he was locked away for murdering a teenage runaway over a bottle of glue. Henry’s death at the hands of fellow convicts doesn’t surprise Tess, but what does is that he was convicted for murdering a “Jane Doe”—something that rarely happens in the judicial system…
The Surge
by Monica Abbott
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
Rayner is a problem solver with a plan. “First… I gotta find the kids. Then… figure out how to fix this. Then… we can die.”
Rayner loves his kids more than anything. Except for the Almighty, of course. He still loves his estranged wife too. Just not his mother-in-law! But “The Surge” is turning humans into A.I. hybrids, and with only twenty-four hours to reverse it, Rayner and his sidekick cousin have no time for run-ins with aliens, attacks from super-soldiers, the threat of a deadly disease, or interference from his mother-in-law.
Learn How to Lead to Win
by Mike Manazir
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.9 #ad
Thrilling, Thought-provoking and Inspiring . . . to Help Your People Reach Higher Levels of Performance
Former Top Gun Fighter Pilot, Rear Admiral, and Commander of the USS Nimitz, Mike Manazir, shares gripping stories and actionable insights gained from his successful career in the military and corporate world.
With 33 powerful stories Mike takes you on a transformative journey, revealing the fundamental principles of effective leadership. Each story highlights a key leadership lesson, such as leading from the heart, accountability, communication, and strategic thinking, providing readers with practical strategies to enhance their leadership abilities.
Edge of Honor
by Brad Thor
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
#1 New York Times bestselling author Brad Thor returns with an exhilarating new Scot Harvath thriller.
After six months abroad, America’s top spy returns to a new administration, a new set of global priorities, and a power struggle—the likes of which the United States has never experienced.
Drawn into a web of deceit and deadly politics, Scot Harvath is thrust into a high-stakes conspiracy that could change the course of history. A cabal of shadowy elites is maneuvering for control and if they succeed, they will bring the country to its knees.
Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
The Kill Clause
by Gregg Hurwitz
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
A riveting and explosive novel, The Kill Clause is a brilliantly inventive tour de force by a powerful new master of suspense.
Tim Rackley is a dangerous man of honor, a deputy U.S. marshal who is very good at his job—until everything he believes in is shattered by the brutal murder of his own daughter.
Betrayed by an imperfect judicial system, Rackley watches helplessly as the killer walks free on a legal technicality. Devastated, furious, and burning with a righteous need for vengeance, he is suddenly forced to explore his own deadly options—a quest that leads him into a shadowy no-man’s-land between justice and the law . . . and into the welcoming fold of “the Commission.”
Skeleton Man
by Tony Hillerman
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Though he may be retired, Navajo Tribal Police Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn hasn’t lost his curiosity or his edge. He’s eager to help Sergeant Jim Chee and his fiancée Bernie Manuelito with their latest case—clearing an innocent kid accused of robbing a trading post.
Billy Tuve claims he received the precious diamond from a strange old man in the canyon. Could it be one of the gems that went missing in an epic plane crash decades earlier? Now that it may have resurfaced, it’s attracted dangerous strangers to the Navajo lands.
Four Days Famous
by Luana Ehrlich
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Mylas Grey doesn’t want to be famous. Not even for a day. As a private investigator, he prefers to fly under the radar.
However, when a well-known doctor asks Mylas to investigate his father’s murder, that’s exactly what happens. Suddenly, Mylas is dodging reporters while interviewing suspects and searching for the dead man’s elusive girlfriend.
In the end, he narrows his suspects down to three people . . .
First, there’s the fired employee . . . The man had opportunity and means, but did he have enough fire in his belly?
Then, there’s the ambitious daughter . . . She had motive, opportunity, and means, but would she really kill her own father?
And finally, there’s the disgruntled client . . . He had motive and means, but did he have opportunity?
Majipoor Chronicles
by Robert Silverberg
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Lord Valentine has claimed the title of Coronal, ruling over the gigantic planet of Majipoor. Yet he still remembers Hissune, the boy who aided him in his time of wandering, and gives him a post in the House of Records.
In a catalogue of ancient reports, Hissune discovers the Register of Souls, a repository of millions of memories of long-dead explorers, pioneers, warriors, even Coronals and Pontifexes. He begins to immerse himself into their lives—and finds himself experiencing first-hand the vast history of Majipoor . . .
Flash Flood: 30 Flash Fiction Stories
by Tom GH Adams
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
A house that eats people, a man who discovers a fae in his beard and a proctologist’s nightmare. Just three stories in this collection of strange, surreal or just plain bizarro tales. Flash Flood is just the sort of book to dip into and inject a brief fix of escapism into your day. Unfortunately, the place you escape to may not be the reprieve you hoped for. Tom Adams has gained a reputation for writing stories that disturb and provoke, so prepare to have expectations not only subverted but twisted, pulverised and then vomited out again just to have the contents of your stomach force fed down your gullet once more.
That’s not to say these tales are just a simplistic gore-fest, though there’s plenty here to satisfy such appetites. Flash Flood delivers a cocktail of disturbance, tornadoing its way through every level of your sensibilities.
Loyalty
by Lisa Scottoline
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
Loyalty can save a soul—or destroy one.
Franco Fiorvanti is a handsome lemon grower toiling on the estate of a baron. He dreams of owning his own grove, but the rigid class system of Sicily thwarts his ambition. Determined to secure a better future, Franco will do anything to prove his loyalty to the baron. But when the baron asks him to kidnap a little boy named Dante, Franco makes a decision that will change his life—and even the history of Sicily—forever.
Gaetano Catalano is an idealistic young lawyer whose devotion to justice is tantamount to a calling. He’s a member of the Beati Paoli, a real-life secret society of aristocrats who investigate crime in Palermo, a city riddled with graft. Gaetano sets out to find the boy and punish the kidnapper, but his mission leads him to a darker place than he had ever imagined.
The Wall
by Brian Penn
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Escape to a world divided by a wall, where the promise of eternal life comes at a deadly cost. In the year 2099, the United States is torn apart by civil war, and Asher, a contraband smuggler, must navigate through a dangerous game of secrets to reunite with his beloved on the other side.
But when he discovers the true intentions of the powerful Lazurites, Asher is forced to join The Defiance in a rebellion that will determine the fate of both sides of The Wall. Will he risk everything, including his soulmate, to expose the corruption, or will he succumb to the allure of immortality?
Legends are Made Boxed Set
by Patrick Michael
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
A fearless young woman released from service to her town. A ghost from the past with a gift for story. The legendary Dragonlord who has been sleeping for over a thousand years.
Together, they will undertake an adventure that will change everything…
Grab a copy of this boxed set to get the first three books in the Legends are Made series today!
The Oligarch’s Daughter
by Joseph Finder
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
From the New York Times bestselling author of House on Fire, a breakneck thriller that marries the dynastic opulence of Succession with the tense and disorienting spycraft of The Americans.
Paul Brightman is a man on the run, living under an assumed name in a small New England town with a million-dollar bounty on his head. When his security is breached, Paul is forced to flee into the New Hampshire wilderness to evade Russian operatives who can seemingly predict his every move…
The Power of a Lollipop
by Feena May
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Sitting at the intersection of inspiration and common sense, The Power of a Lollipop reveals how a simple human gesture of connection became the cornerstone to a powerful new vision of leadership.
In her twenty-eight years with the International Committee of the Red Cross, Feena May, PhD, travelled around the globe. No matter where she was posted, she always brought a bag of lollipops. May came to understand that offering a lollipop could often bring calm to even the tensest moments in the field, creating openness, trust, and connection. From these experiences the seed for the idea of the Lollipop Model was planted.
Murder, She Wrote: A Body in Boston
by Jessica Fletcher , Terrie Farley Moran
Kindle $12.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
Jessica Fletcher has dinner with her old pal Harry McGraw and gets pulled into a puzzling murder case.
Invited to deliver a lecture at the Boston Public Library, Jessica Fletcher excitedly makes plans to see local friends. Naturally that includes dinner at Gilhooley’s with PI Harry McGraw. Harry excitedly talks about his latest client, the CEO of Cure All Pharmaceuticals, who’s received anonymous blackmail demands and wants Harry to identify the culprit…