Mysteries
Friday’s Mystery eBooks
The Pursuit
by Janet Evanovich, Lee Goldberg
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Nicolas Fox, international con man, thief, and one of the top ten fugitives on the FBI’s most-wanted list, has been kidnapped from a beachfront retreat in Hawaii. What the kidnapper doesn’t know is that Nick Fox has been secretly working for the FBI. It isn’t long before Nick’s covert partner, Special Agent Kate O’Hare, is in hot pursuit of the crook who stole her con man.
The trail leads to Belgium, France, and Italy, and pits Nick and Kate against their deadliest adversary yet: Dragan Kovic, an ex–Serbian military officer. He’s plotting a crime that will net him billions . . . and cost thousands of American lives.
The Second Mouse
by Archer Mayor
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
A mysterious death in rural Vermont leads a local detective into a nest of criminality in the New York Times–bestselling author’s “superb” mystery thriller (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
A legend among Vermont cops, Joe Gunther has solved more local whodunits than a whole squad of detectives. But his latest case takes him and his team off their Brattleboro home turf, forty-two miles west, to chip-on-its-shoulder, blue-collar Bennington…
Run, Rose, Run
by James Patterson, Dolly Parton
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
From America’s most beloved superstar and #1 New York Times bestselling author James Patterson comes a thriller about a young singer-songwriter on the rise—and on the run—and determined to do whatever it takes to survive.
Every song tells a story. She’s a star on the rise, singing about the hard life behind her. She’s also on the run. Find a future, lose a past.
Nashville is where she’s come to claim her destiny. It’s also where the darkness she’s fled might find her. And destroy her.
Pig Island
by Mo Hayder
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Journalist Joe Oakes makes a living exposing supernatural hoaxes, but when he visits a secretive religious community on a remote Scottish island, everything he thought he knew is overturned.
Following the trail of a strange creature caught briefly on film, so deformed it can hardly be human, Oakes crosses a border of electrical fencing, toxin-filled oil drums, and pig skulls to infiltrate the territory of the groups’ isolated founder, Malachi Dove. Their confrontation, and its violent aftermath, is so catastrophic that it forces Oakes to question the nature of evil—and whether he might be responsible for the heinous crime about to unfold…
Let Me in Your Window
by Adam Ellis
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
This sequel to Adam Ellis’s New York Times bestselling Bad Dreams in the Night is packed with terrifying twists, haunted houses, urban legends, and delightfully horrifying stories—like your own personal campfire ghost stories packed into a graphic novel. Each story will make you scream for more!
This brand-new collection of delightful horror comics includes ten new thrilling and terrifying stories that will keep readers on the edge of their seats and peering out their windows in fright. Adam Ellis, one of the biggest stars in webcomics, brings his unique blend of humor and horror to life with stunning illustrations and gripping narratives.
The Black Spectacles
by John Dickson Carr
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Also known by its US title The Problem of the Green Capsule, this classic novel is widely regarded as one of John Dickson Carr’s masterpieces and remains among the greatest impossible crime mysteries of all time.
A sinister case of deadly poisoned chocolates from Sodbury Cross’s high street shop haunts the group of friends and relatives assembled at Bellegarde, among the orchards of ‘peach-fancier’ Marcus Chesney. To prove a point about how the sweets could have been poisoned under the nose of the shopkeeper, Chesney stages an elaborate memory game to test whether any of his guests can see beyond their ‘black spectacles’; that is, to see the truth without assumptions as witnesses.
No, You Hang Up
by AJ Merlin
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
It was just a joke. Just A prank call.
After surviving a miserable week with my family, I needed something to lift my spirits. My two best friends thought a late-night movie binge – one of those stupid, loud ones we used to have as teenagers – was the answer. Reluctantly, they talk me into revisiting our old prank call habit. After all, what could possibly go wrong?
It’s all fun… until it isn’t. It’s all harmless… until it isn’t.
Shifter Wolves of Pleasant Valley
by Serena Meadows
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
A small Texas town is bursting with secrets, deceptions…and forbidden relationships with the enemy. When a wolf shifter sets eyes on his one and only – there’s no turning back. He’ll do anything to protect the woman that brings him to his knees.
Fox and Furious
by Rita Mae Brown
Kindle $13.99 Rating: Brand new Release #ad
“Cunning foxes, sensible hounds, and sweet-tempered horses are among the sparkling conversationalists in this charming series.” – The New York Times Book Review
It’s hunting season in the foothills of Virginia, and “Sister” Jane Arnold is content to spend it alongside her friends, particularly one Olivia Bradford. Olivia is a formidable figure in town – not least because she keeps the peace between her sons Winston and Andrew – but when she passes away, the brothers return to their squabbling ways. Faced with contention over their inheritance, tensions escalate, and the two get into a fierce fight – and soon after, one of them turns up dead.
Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
A Case for the Cookie Baker
by Candace Havens
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
It’s all fun and games until the last cookie crumbles…
Ainsley McGregor and the entire town of Sweet River, Texas, are preparing for the annual summer celebration. And thanks to the extra tourist traffic, Ainsley’s shop, Bless Your Art, has never been busier. Good thing her new friend, Lizzie, has opened a bakery nearby and provides Ainsley and her staff with tasty treats and daily sugar rushes. It’s all cookies and fun, until someone ends up dead in the bakery and her new pal is the prime suspect…
Behind a Locked Door
by Sarah A. Denzil
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
She opened the wrong door. Now her life will never be the same.
When Lucy Foster visits her old friend, she doesn’t expect to hear a baby crying behind a locked cellar door. But what she finds shatters everything she thought she knew: a terrified teenage girl and a newborn, hidden away like a secret shame.
As Lucy’s quiet life spirals into a media frenzy, and as the town turns against her, one thing becomes clear—someone is watching. And they want Lucy to stop helping the girl in the cellar.
Because the truth is darker than anyone imagines. And unlocking it may cost Lucy everything.
Forgotten in Death
by J. D. Robb
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
In the latest novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series, homicide detective Eve Dallas sifts through the wreckage of the past to find a killer.
The body was left in a dumpster like so much trash, the victim a woman of no fixed address, known for offering paper flowers in return for spare change—and for keeping the cops informed of any infractions she witnessed on the street. But the notebook where she scribbled her intel on litterers and other such offenders is nowhere to be found.
A Life with Ghosts
by Steve Gonsalves, Michael Aloisi
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
The official memoir from paranormal investigator and Ghost Hunters TV star Steve Gonsalves!
Widely known as a lead investigator on the smash-hit TV series Ghost Hunters as well as Ghost Hunters Academy and the ratings king, Ghost Nation, Steve Gonsalves—already considered to be one of the top paranormal investigators in the world and a pioneer in the industry—showcases a collection of his most meaningful paranormal encounters from some of his favorite haunted locations.
Of Sorrows and Silence
by Jimmy Gear
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
Audrey receives a mysterious text from a stranger who claims he might know what happened to her sister, Caitlyn. Could Caitlyn really still be alive?
As Audrey delves deeper into the shadows of her past, she uncovers a web of secrets that tests her faith, her resolve, and the bonds of family. In a world where silence hides the deepest sorrows, one truth could shatter everything—or bring long-awaited redemption. This gripping finale blends heart-pounding suspense with profound spiritual themes, exploring grief, forgiveness, and the redemptive power of hope.
The Fifth Survivor: The Ultimate Collection
by Angel Ramon
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
The ultimate Gamelit/LitRPG horror collection is here! All ten books of The Fifth Survivor series and three spinoffs all in one epic collection of mayhem and zombies!
ZOMBIES AND BACON RULE! The series where the worlds of Charles Bronson and Resident Evil combine into an episodic book series! Who says old men can’t be badass vigilantes? A middle-aged journalist turned vigilante will show he can kick some serious zombie butt and save the friggin world while maintaining his unhealthy bacon obsession.
If you enjoy zombie tales, prepare to sign up for one heck of an adventure—all 13 books of The Fifth Survivor in one badass package. Join George, a quirky journalist, as he attempts to prevent the great zombie apocalypse. Each episode has a different flavor, so prepare for just about anything. George will have to level up different survival skills, such as ammo crafting, lockpicking, and endurance, in this GameLit horror adventure.
One Dark Kiss
by Rebecca Zanetti
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Succession meets Black Mirror with the morally gray heat of Scarlett St. Clair and the addictively immersive realities of Rebecca Yarros, as obsession takes center stage in this steamy, neon-lit, dystopian romantasy twist on Snow White and the Huntsman, set in a seductive world of money, power, billionaires, and the dangerous desires that drive them.
Mirror, Mirror . . . Innocence or Sin. The reflection holds a darker truth.
Wire to Perdition
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
Simon Tripp keeps the mountain wires alive and the world at arm’s length. But one mistake during the war sent the wrong men to die, and the guilt has lived with him ever since. Since then he’s lived alone at a high-country telegraph station, fixing wire, cooking for one, and trying not to think about the past.
When Ronni Gamble appears at his door during a rainstorm, Simon goes against his better judgment and lets her in.
The Black Wolf
by Louise Penny
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand new Release #ad
Somewhere out there, in the darkness, a black wolf is feeding.
Several weeks ago, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec and his team uncovered and stopped a domestic terrorist attack in Montréal, arresting the person behind it. A man they called the Black Wolf.
But their relief is short-lived. In a sickening turn of events, Gamache has realized that plot, as horrific as it was, was just the beginning. Perhaps even a deliberate misdirection…
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
The Cat Who Saw Red
by Lilian Jackson Braun
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Jim Qwilleran and his cats Koko and Yum Yum must solve a curious caper in this mystery in the bestselling Cat Who series.
Something is amiss at Maus Haus. Not just the mystery of an unsolved “suicide” which hangs over the old mansion, but something ominous in the present-day residence. When Qwilleran moves in to work on his new gastronomical assignment, strange things begin to happen. First it’s a scream in the night, then a vanishing houseboy. But when his old girlfriend disappears, something has to be done. Qwilleran, Koko and Yum Yum set out to solve the mystery—and find a murderer!
The Contingency Plan: Thriller Boxset
by Colton Lively
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
In a powerless world with no food or government help, bounty hunter Christine and her brother Jacob fight to survive as cities burn and chaos reigns. Their mother’s dying wish binds them against treacherous odds.
A mysterious traveler reveals a secret, forcing Christine to choose: protect Jacob or risk all for the truth. Danger closes in, and survival demands sacrifice.
The Cold Millions
by Jess Walter
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins comes another “literary miracle” (NPR)—a propulsive, richly entertaining novel about two brothers swept up in the turbulent class warfare of the early twentieth century.
An intimate story of brotherhood, love, sacrifice, and betrayal set against the panoramic backdrop of an early twentieth-century America that eerily echoes our own time, The Cold Millions offers a kaleidoscopic portrait of a nation grappling with the chasm between rich and poor, between harsh realities and simple dreams…
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
by Grady Hendrix
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
They were never girls, they were witches . . . .
They call them wayward girls. Loose girls. Girls who grew up too fast. And they’re sent to the Wellwood House in St. Augustine, Florida, where unwed mothers are hidden by their families to have their babies in secret, to give them up for adoption, and most important of all, to forget any of it ever happened.
Fifteen-year-old Fern arrives at the home in the sweltering summer of 1970, pregnant, frightened, and alone. Under the watchful eye of the stern Miss Wellwood, she meets a dozen other girls in the same predicament.
No Tomorrow
by Tom Wood
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Victor the assassin returns in the new novel from the author of The Killer, The Enemy, and The Game…
THE JOB IS SIMPLE
When Victor is called to meet with an old friend who ultimately betrayed him, what he thought was an ambush is in fact a plea for help. As a Russian gangster, Norimov is accustomed to death threats, but now an unknown enemy wants more than his life. They intend to kill everyone he cares about, including his missing daughter Gisele. This time, Victor’s job is not to kill but to protect. Unfortunately, locating Gisele is his first mistake—because someone is watching his every move.
ESCAPE IS IMPOSSIBLE
Jared Wolf Kindle
by Geoffrey Porter
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
“Action-packed, the book carries the reader swiftly from chapter to chapter with no downtime. Although the author states that he particularly hopes the book will appeal to boys, it features a diverse cast of complex, well-developed characters whose hidden strengths both confound and delight. One of my favorite aspects of the book was the inclusion of full-color character cards. I think readers would love to have these cards available as a stand-alone deck with more to be added with (what I hope is the inevitable) sequel. One final note: the author offers an unusually vulnerable transparency in his bio at the back of the book, discussing his lifelong challenge of schizophrenia and how that has affected his life and his work. Both prosaic and inspirational, I think it would encourage anyone who faces mental health battles in their own life, especially adolescents who are just beginning to grapple with what that means for them. Now we wait for book two!” by Amazon Customer
The Tenth Justice
by Brad Meltzer
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
Landing a prestigious position as a Supreme Court clerk fresh out of Yale Law, Ben Addison is on the ultrafast track to successun – til he inadvertently shares a classified secret with the wrong listener. And now the anonymous blackmailer who made a killing with Ben’s information is demanding more. Guilty of a criminal act, his golden future suddenly in jeopardy, Ben turns for help to his roommates—three close friends from childhood, each strategically placed near the seats of Washington power – and to his beautiful, whip-smart fellow clerk, Lisa Schulman. But trust is a dangerous commodity in the nation’s capital. And when lives, careers, and power are at stake, loyalties can shatter like glass… and betrayals can be lethal.
Taming the Wind
by Joe R. Eagleman
Kindle $5.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
What if the power to command the storm was no longer natures alone?
Dr. Jack Engle, a brilliant scientist, respected professor, and bestselling textbook author, has done the unthinkable: he has engineered the first artificial tornado. Designed to revolutionize clean energy, his creation could change the world—or destroy it.
But Engle isn’t just a scientist. He’s also a family man who finds balance in Sunday jam sessions with his children and grandchildren, performing in the family band that keeps him grounded. His world of music, teaching, and family dinners is suddenly shattered when his discovery ignites a corporate firestorm.
Coyote Hills
by Jonathan Kellerman, Jesse Kellerman
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand new Release #ad
Clay Edison has left behind the Alameda County coroner’s office to strike out on his own as a private investigator. He’s perfectly happy working low-stakes embezzlement cases—that is, until PI Regina Klein calls him with a mystery only he can solve. The son of a wealthy couple has washed up dead on the shores of San Francisco Bay with drugs in his system and a head injury. The police are calling it an accident. But the parents are adamant something’s not right—and as Clay digs deeper, he uncovers a horrifying tangle of betrayal and lies.
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
Keepsakes, Karma & Murder
by Christa Nardi
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
The perfect first date. Good food, a romantic setting, good vibes. Until a woman screams and a shot is fired.
As a trauma counselor, Stacie Maroni, doesn’t hesitate to barge through the fray. She and Detective O’Hare are potential witnesses. Only it doesn’t stop there. When the husband is the immediate suspect, Meredith, an acquaintance of Stacie’s, asks her to help. There’s evidence against the husband but it’s all circumstantial. Remembering how she felt when her soon-to-be ex was murdered, Stacie can sympathize…
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People Behaving Badly
by John D. Ottini
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Semi-Finalist in the 2015 Royal Palm Literary Award Competition. (Florida Writers Association)
People Behaving Badly is a collection of thirteen short mystery stories exploring the folly of criminal behavior. Welcome to a world filled with strange and quirky characters where murder, vigilantism, jealousy, infidelity, sex, violence and people behaving badly are the norm.
These short mysteries were written as individual bite-size stories that can be devoured in one sitting. Perfect reading for your bus, train or subway commute to work, while you’re waiting at the doctor’s or dentist’s office, having your car serviced, enjoying a latte at your favorite coffee shop, or whenever you have a few minutes of free time…
A Place Called Freedom
by Ken Follett
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Scotland, 1766. Sentenced to a life of misery in the brutal coal mines, twenty-one-year-old Mack McAsh hungers for escape. His only ally: the beautiful, highborn Lizzie Hallim, who is trapped in her own kind of hell. Though separated by politics and position, these two restless young people are bound by their passionate search for a place called freedom.
From the teeming streets of London to the infernal hold of a slave ship to a sprawling Virginia plantation, Ken Follett’s turbulent, unforgettable novel of liberty and revolution brings together a vivid cast of heroes and villains, lovers and rebels, hypocrites and hell-raisers—all propelled by destiny toward an epic struggle that will change their lives forever.
Tinker’s Saga Complete Boxed Set
by A.T. Michaels, Michael Anderle
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Some prisons hold more than chains. They hold secrets.
Jax Thorne spends his free time building inventions from stolen factory parts, dreaming of a life beyond the oppressive Ferrus Dominion. His tinkering skills keep him valuable—until a military conscription notice arrives with his name on it.
He thinks he’s found a way out through a local crime boss – until the deal goes horribly wrong.
Get your copy of this complete series boxed set to join Jax on his adventures today!
The Perfect Divorce
by Jeneva Rose
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
A USA TODAY BESTSELLER
From the author of the multimillion-copy bestselling thriller The Perfect Marriage
Till death do us part. Yours. Not Mine.
It’s been eleven years since high-powered attorney Sarah Morgan defended her husband, Adam, against the charge of murdering his mistress. Sarah has long since moved on, starting a family with her new husband, Bob Miller, and changing careers. Her life is back to being exactly how she always wanted … or is it?
Risen
by Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
What has been awakened is unbound. The Boy is getting his first taste of freedom. As their comrades fall, fear threatens to consume the survivors in chapter four of The Boy in the Iron Box.
Liev’s plan: get his men out of this ancient stone prison, take their chances with the wolves, and descend the summit at first light. But in this snowbound hell, there’s soon to be a frightening new twist to survival.
Free Fire
by C. J. Box
Kindle 1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett hunts a mass murderer in Yellowstone in this thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author C.J. Box.
Joe Pickett’s been hired to investigate one of the most cold-blooded mass killings in Wyoming history. Attorney Clay McCann admitted to slaughtering four campers in a back-country corner of Yellowstone National Park—a “free-fire” zone with no residents or jurisdiction. In this remote fifty-square-mile stretch a man can literally get away with murder…
The Lie Maker
by Linwood Barclay
Kindle 1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Your dad’s not a good person. Your dad killed people, son.
These are some of the last words Jack Givins’ father spoke to him before he was whisked away by witness protection, leaving Jack and his mother to pick up the shattered pieces of their lives as best they could.
Years later, Jack is a grown man with problems of his own. He’s a talented but struggling author, barely scraping by on the royalties from his moderately successful first book. So when the U.S. Marshals approach him with a lucrative opportunity, he’s in no position to turn them down. They’re recruiting writers like Jack to create false histories for people in witness protection—people like Jack’s father.
The Tin Men
by Nelson DeMille, Alex DeMille
Kindle 14.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
At a top-secret Army training facility in the Mojave Desert, Special Agents Scott Brodie and Maggie Taylor plunge into a deadly web of military intrigue, AI technology, and robot soldiers as they unravel the shocking murder of a senior scientist in this gripping thriller from New York Times bestselling authors Nelson DeMille and Alex DeMille.
Army CID Special Agents Scott Brodie and Maggie Taylor team up for their toughest assignment yet as they are dispatched to Camp Hayden to investigate the death of Major Roger Ames, the chief scientist in charge of the top-secret war games being conducted between a platoon of Army Rangers and a fleet of “lethal autonomous weapons.”