Mysteries
Friday’s Mystery eBooks
Requiem for a Mouse
by Miranda James
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
At last, Charlie and Helen Louise’s wedding is only a month away. They’re busy preparing for the big day, and the last thing Charlie needs is a new mystery to solve. Enter Tara Martin, a shy, peculiar woman who has recently started working part-time at Helen Louise’s bistro and helping Charlie in the archive. Tara isn’t exactly friendly and she has an angry outburst at the library that leaves Charlie baffled. And then she abruptly leaves a catered housewarming party Charlie’s son Sean is throwing to celebrate his new home in the middle of her work shift. Before ducking out of the party, Tara looked terrified and Charlie wonders if she’s deliberately trying to escape notice. Is she hiding from someone?
One Good Time
by Luana Ehrlich
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
CIA operative Titus Ray is supposed to be enjoying his time off after a grueling mission. His division head specifically told him to go home and have a good time with his family.
But then, in the middle of his daughter’s birthday party, when he receives disturbing news about an imminent threat to America’s heartland, he postpones having a good time with his family and agrees to lead a joint FBI/CIA operation to the southern border. How could he do otherwise?
He couldn’t have a good time when . . .
A group of terrorists have access to a new bioweapon . . . The CIA has specific intel about an imminent biological attack on America’s heartland to be carried out by a group of terrorists already in the country. Unfortunately, the group entered the country illegally, and their location is unknown.
A notorious terrorist leader is heading for the Texas border . . .
The Forest of Lost Souls
by Dean Koontz
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Raised in the wilderness by her late great-uncle, Vida is a young woman with an almost preternatural affinity for nature, especially for the wolves that also call the forested mountains home. Formed by hard experience, by love and loss, and by the prophecies of a fortuneteller, Vida just wants peace. If only nearby Kettleton County didn’t cast such a dark shadow.
It’s where José Nochelobo, the love of Vida’s life and a cherished local hero, died in a tragic accident. That’s the official story, but Vida has reasons to doubt it. The truth can’t be contained for long…
The Shadowmaker
by T.J Champitto
Kindle $0.75 Rating: 4.5 #ad
World-renowned thief, Henry Sirola, has a secret. He’s also an FBI informant. When the Croatian mob ask him to retrieve a priceless artifact, it could be the biggest score of his career, as long as he can keep his two worlds from crashing together. But the danger only escalates when an assassin strikes close to home.
Now, hunting down a cold-blooded killer, Henry embarks on a quest for the truth that takes him from the foothills of Appalachia to the cafes and castles of Italy and the back alleys of Zürich. But as he uncovers a vast criminal conspiracy, survival will require him to confront his own troubled past…
Mark of Steel
by Lynn Landes
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Marina Stephenson, a talented singer, is unwittingly thrust into a treacherous game of secrets and betrayal. When she fills in at her friend’s bar and catches the attention of billionaire inventor Axl Devereaux, her life takes an unexpected turn. Branded the “Secret Singer” by the press, Marina becomes the target of an unseen enemy.
Axl Devereaux, CEO of Devereaux Knives, Inc., is on the verge of unveiling his groundbreaking military design. With the potential to revolutionize the future, the stakes are high. However, there are those who will stop at nothing to steal his prototype. Amidst the mounting threats, Axl is torn between his desire to protect Marina and the urgent need to safeguard his invention…
This Wretched Valley
by JENNY KIEFER
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 3.5 #ad
Take only pictures. Leave only bones.
This trip is going to be Dylan’s big break. Her geologist friend Clay has discovered an untouched cliff face in the Kentucky wilderness, and she is going to be the first person to climb it. Together with Clay, his research assistant Sylvia, and Dylan’s boyfriend Luke, Dylan is going to document her achievement on Instagram and finally cement her place as the next rising star in rock climbing.
Seven months later, three bodies are discovered in the trees just off the highway. All are in various states of decay: one a stark, white skeleton; the second emptied of its organs; and the third a mutilated corpse with the tongue, eyes, ears, and fingers removed. But Dylan is still missing—and no trace of her, dead or alive, has been discovered.
The Heiress
by Rachel Hawkins
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
When Ruby McTavish Callahan Woodward Miller Kenmore dies, she’s not only North Carolina’s richest woman, she’s also its most notorious. The victim of a famous kidnapping as a child and a widow four times over, Ruby ruled the tiny town of Tavistock from Ashby House, her family’s estate high in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
But in the aftermath of her death, her adopted son, Camden, wants little to do with the house or the money—and even less to do with the surviving McTavishes. Instead, he rejects his inheritance, settling into a normal life as an English teacher in Colorado and marrying Jules, a woman just as eager to escape her own messy past.
The Red Hunter
by Lisa Unger
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Claudia Bishop’s perfect life fell apart when the aftermath of a brutal assault left her with a crumbling marriage, a newborn daughter, and a constant sense of anxiety about the world around her. Now, looking for a fresh start with a home restoration project and growing blog, Claudia takes on a crumbling old house–one that unbeknownst to her has an ugly history and may hide long buried secrets.
For Zoey Drake the defining moment of her childhood was the horrific murder of her parents. Years later, she has embraced the rage that fuels her. Training in the martial arts has made her strong and ready to face the demons from the past–and within.
Prospect Shifter Daddy Mates
by Serena Meadows
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Things are getting steamy in the small town of Prospect, Montana! Each story in this box set will light your fire as sexy single dads, with chiseled abs, not only work hard on the ranch but also pursue the one who makes their blood pump.
As passion ignites for these cowboys, danger lurks in every direction and harrowing secrets rise to the surface. The wolf shifters will do anything it takes to protect the women who claim their hearts.
Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
Cinco de Mayhem
by Ann Myers
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Tres Amigas Café chef Rita Lafitte is busy baking her green chile soufflés and chocolate flans for Cinco de Mayo. If only her friend Linda, the daughter of Rita’s octogenarian boss Flori, could get into the festive spirit. Linda’s cart, Tia Tamales, is losing business to Crepe Empire, the hottest food cart in Santa Fe. Napoleon, Crepe Empire’s owner, is a pompous, celebrity chef who wants to squeeze out the competition. But when Linda gets into a heated argument with Napoleon and his corpse is later found stabbed and pinned beneath the wheels of her tamale cart, she becomes the number one suspect.
All the Beautiful Lies
by Peter Swanson
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
Harry Ackerson has always considered his stepmother Alice to be sexy and beautiful, in an “otherworldly” way. She has always been kind and attentive, if a little aloof in the last few years.
Days before his college graduation, Alice calls with shocking news. His father is dead and the police think it’s suicide. Devastated, Harry returns to his father’s home in Maine. There, he and Alice will help each other pick up of the pieces of their lives and uncover what happened to his father.
Sunstroke
by Jesse Kellerman
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
When she’s told that Carl has died in a car accident, it’s Gloria who tries, to no avail, to track down the next of kin or a copy of Carl’s will. And it’s Gloria, heartbroken, who finally decides to journey across the border herself to retrieve his body.
But the deeper into the desert she travels, the more shocking the discoveries she makes. About Carl. About herself. And about how elusive and dangerous the truth can be.
Jack Reacher Never go back
French Edition by Lee Child
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Des déserts glacés du Dakota du Sud à son ancien bureau de la 110e unité de police de WashingtonDC, la route est longue et semée d’embûches, mais après bien des péripéties et avoir expédié au tapis deux individus qui lui conseillaient de filer s’il ne voulait pas être traduit en cour martiale, Reacher, intrigué et séduit, pousse enfi n la porte du bureau de celle dont il ne connaît pourtant que la voix, le major Susan Turner. Et là, surprise: il tombe sur un commandant Morgan qui l’informe que «le major Susan Turner n’est plus là». Et qu’il est, lui, accusé d’avoir tué un dénommé Rodriguez il y a seize ans de ça.
Pendant ce temps, un certain «Romeo» appelle un certain «Juliet» pour suivre pas à pas les faits et gestes de Reacher. Ils savent qu’il va tout faire pour retrouver Susan Turner.
The Boston Strangler
by Gerold Frank
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
On June 14, 1962, twenty-five-year-old Juris Slesers arrived at his mother’s apartment to drive her to church. But there was no answer at the door. When he pushed his way inside, Juris found Anna Slesers dead on the kitchen floor, the cord of her housecoat knotted tightly around her neck.
Over the next two years, twelve more bodies were discovered in and around Boston: all women, all sexually assaulted, and all strangled. None of the victims exhibited any signs of struggle, nothing was stolen from their homes, and there were no signs of forcible entry. The police could find no discernable motive or clues. Who was this madman? How was he entering women’s homes? And what insanity was driving him?
The Undertaker’s Daughter
by Debra Webb
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Dr. Rowan DuPont and the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department are hunting a serial killer. All the victims have one thing in common–they could be Rowan’s twin, except her twin sister is dead.
Rowan grew up in a funeral home, surrounded by death, so her keen insights into homicide cases seldom fall short of the mark. Though growing up as the undertaker’s daughter made her acutely aware of life and all its frailties, she is only human. Will her one mistake in this shocking case be her last one?
A Fistful of Winter
by Frank Wheeler
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
A classic western novel from Frank Wheeler with non-stop epic adventure and a blend of western romance
Jonah Munroe has lost everything. His brother. His badge. His life as he knew it. But there’s one thing he refuses to lose: his niece and nephew.
Eliza Langford is running from a past that won’t let her go. Widowed and driven off her land by a ruthless debt collector, she’s crossing the Montana wilderness with her teenage son, hoping to find safety on the other side.
Tales of Tara
by Tara Shen
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
A Riveting Memoir That Reads Like A Psychological Thriller
Tara’s life is unraveling. Divorcing her violent husband while caring for her dying mother, she’s forced to confront the horrors of her past—horrors her therapist suggests go far beyond what she remembers.
As Tara delves into repressed memories, she discovers that abuse by her grandfather was only the beginning. With the support of a caring therapist and survivor community, Tara unearths a long history of dark secrets, hidden family truths, and unimaginable betrayals.