Mysteries
Tuesday’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…
American Mummy
by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Some relics belong in a museum. Others should stay buried.
When a series of bizarre supernatural disturbances rock historic sites across the Northeast, Captain Leah Morgan is tasked with assembling the Legacy Operations Command—an elite team of specialists dedicated to neutralizing threats from America’s past. Their first mission takes them deep beneath Boston’s Old North Church, where an unearthed Revolutionary War-era relic has awakened something terrifying: the only known mummy created on American soil.
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(The Guardians of Legacy Mysteries)
She’s Mine
by Tammy Doherty
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
This summer is going to be explosive for Caitlin Harrington and Sean Taggart!
YOU DON’T BELONG HERE
Caitlin dreams of a quiet life teaching math at her hometown middle school. Except someone is leaving ominous notes on her door. It could be her ex-boyfriend or someone else who doesn’t want her back in town. Firefighter Sean Taggart thinks Caitlin is beautiful…and possibly crazy. When he finds out the truth, Sean wants to help. Can he save Caitlin before the stalker turns to murder?
The Perfect Prosecutor
by Gregg Bell
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Successfully defending an alleged baby killer restored Ike Thompson’s reputation as “the perfect lawyer.” But it also destroyed his practice. Now, a seemingly random attack on a powerful CEO hints at a truth so horrifying, it could cost him everything.
The story was buried on the back pages of a fringe news website: a mentally ill woman randomly attacked the CEO of one of the world’s biggest pharmaceutical companies outside its Chicago headquarters. At first, Ike dismisses it as just another disturbed person roaming the streets, but further investigation reveals that the woman was not mentally ill, the incident not an attack, and that it was not at all random.
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(Ike Thompson Legal Thriller)
Blink of an Eye
by Roy Johansen, Iris Johansen
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Delilah Winter is one of the hottest pop stars on the planet, so how in the world was she kidnapped right in the middle of a show at the famous Hollywood Bowl? If anyone can figure it out, it’s Dr. Kendra Michaels, who works with local and federal authorities on only the most impossible cases. Blind for the first twenty years of her life until a revolutionary surgical procedure allowed her to regain her sight, Kendra uses her powers of observation—honed during her years in the dark—to detect what other investigators don’t. She agrees to lead the race to rescue the young singer before time runs out.
Elevated Madness and Other Stories
by John D. Ottini
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Semi-Finalist in the 2021 Royal Palm Literary Award Competition. (Florida Writers Association)
The real world is filled with people who live quiet, productive, uneventful lives. These are not the characters you’ll meet in author John D. Ottini’s world of twisted fiction.
Elevated Madness & Other Stories consists of 11 short stories that will amuse, shock, and enlighten you. The twists and turns in each story will keep you guessing until the conclusion, where you’ll be left shaking your head and wondering, “Why didn’t I see that coming?”
Night Shadow
by Catherine Coulter
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
You met Knight Winthrop, Viscount Castlerosse, in Night Fire. He’s the quintessential Regency bachelor, very happy with his life just the way it is. Then Lily shows up on his doorstep claiming she was betrothed to his murdered cousin. With her are his cousin’s three children. She has no money, nowhere to go. What’s even worse – Ugly Arnold is hard on her heels.
So what’s Knight supposed to do now? He takes them in and kisses his former life goodbye.
The Bitterroots
by C.J. Box
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
The ties that bind can burn you.
Former sheriff’s investigator Cassie Dewell is trying to start her life over as in private practice. She’s her own boss and answers to no one, and that’s just the way she likes it after the past few tumultuous years. All that certainty changes when an old friend calls in a favor: she wants Cassie to help exonerate a man accused of assaulting a young woman from an influential family.
Monday’s Mystery eBooks
Trace: Scarpetta
by Patricia Cornwell
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Dr. Kay Scarpetta, now freelancing from South Florida, returns to the city that turned its back on her five years ago. Richmond, Virginia’s recently appointed chief medical examiner claims that he needs Scarpetta’s help to solve a perplexing crime. When she arrives, however, Scarpetta finds that nothing is as she expected: her former lab is in the final stages of demolition; the inept chief isn’t the one who requested her after all; her old assistant chief has developed personal problems that he won’t reveal; and a glamorous FBI agent, whom Scarpetta dislikes instantly, meddles with the case.
Abby’s Fire
by R.I.Partridge
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
After a fire destroys her home, Abby Bennett emerges from the hospital horribly scarred. Her husband has abandoned her, and her two little boys are – gone.
Determined to reclaim her life and get her boys back, Abby returns to her hometown in Iowa. With the help of a reclusive neighbor, Jack, she begins renovating her sister’s rental property. But the old cottage has a tragic past – a grisly unsolved murder.
When Abby sees images of the victims – a mother and her children – in a mirror above the fireplace, she realizes it holds the key to solving the decades-old mystery…
The Wrong Bones
by Melinda Leigh
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Deputy Tessa Black spots a man disturbing a grave in the local cemetery and gives chase. But when Tessa catches him, she learns that the ghoulish trespasser wasn’t robbing graves; he was burying a box of bones.
With the help of her fiancé, park ranger Logan Wilde, Tessa discovers that the remains belong to a missing teenager from a nearby island. After the girl disappeared nine months ago, police labeled her a runaway. Now, though, it’s clear the teenager was murdered.
Homestead on Broken Lines: Boxset
by Colton Lively
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 3.7 #ad
Brianna Colfax returns to her small-town roots to run a restaurant, but a national crisis shatters her peace. With a sudden draft, curfew, power outages, and dwindling supplies, Brianna must protect her business and loved ones. As winter sets in and threats close in, she relies on her military skills to navigate the chaos. In a fight for survival, Brianna discovers that home and family are worth any battle.
Someone Saw Something
by Rick Mofina
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
A missing child is every parent’s worst nightmare. For journalist Corina Corado, it’s a terrifying reality.
When six-year-old Gabriel vanishes from Central Park, his mother, news anchor Corina Corado, is desperate for answers. Who would take her son – and why?
Detectives suspect there’s a connection to the barrage of hate mail Corina’s received over the years. In her line of work, it’s not unusual for agitated conspiracy theorists to send messages that threaten violence…or worse. But as the investigation deepens, the secrets that Corina, her husband, Robert, and her stepdaughter, Charlotte, have kept start to unravel.
The Bancroft Strategy
by Robert Ludlum
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
As a field agent for Consular Operations, Tod Belknap has always had a cowboy reputation. But now, after an operation goes wrong, he has finally been cut loose from the organization. Soon afterward, his best friend and former partner is abducted by a militia group in Lebanon. When the government refuses to get involved, Belknap takes matters into his own hands.
Meanwhile, hedge fund analyst Andrea Bancroft is surprised to be offered a seat on her estranged family’s powerful foundation…
Notes on an Execution
by Danya Kukafka
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
In the tradition of Long Bright River and The Mars Room, a gripping and atmospheric work of literary suspense that deconstructs the story of a serial killer on death row, told primarily through the eyes of the women in his life—from the bestselling author of Girl in Snow.
Ansel Packer is scheduled to die in twelve hours. He knows what he’s done, and now awaits execution, the same chilling fate he forced on those girls, years ago. But Ansel doesn’t want to die; he wants to be celebrated, understood…
Inspiring Stories for Amazing Boys Who Believe in Themselves
by Sati Siroda
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
Empower the Amazing Young Boy in Your Life to Believe in Himself with Just 5 Minutes a Day! What if 5 minutes each day could help him overcome fears, believe in himself, and dream big?
Does he sometimes doubt himself, hesitate to act or fear making mistakes? Do you want to inspire him to recognize his strengths and confidently tackle challenges?
Inside, He’ll Discover: 21 Engaging Short Stories Crafted Especially for Young Boys; Powerful Lessons on Bravery, Self-confidence, and Perseverance; Relatable Characters Facing Everyday Challenges; Strategies to Turn Setbacks Into Opportunities for Growth; Daily Affirmations and Fun Activities to Reinforce Each Lesson.