Mysteries
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
The Mistletoe Murder Collection
by P. D. James
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Throughout her illustrious career as the Queen of Crime, P. D. James was frequently commissioned by newspapers and magazines to write a special short story for Christmas. Four of the best are collected here.
Each of these stories is as playful as it is ingeniously plotted, the author’s sly humor as evident as her hallmark narrative elegance and shrewd understanding of some of the most complex–not to say the most damning–aspects of human nature. In “The Twelve Clues of Christmas,” James’s iconic Scotland Yard detective Adam Dalgliesh is drawn into a case that is, in his own words, “pure Agatha Christie.” In “A Very Commonplace Murder,” a respectable clerk’s secret taste for pornography is only the first reason he finds for not coming forward as a witness to a terrible crime.
The Bourne Deception
by Robert Ludlum, Eric Van Lustbader
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Bourne is thrust into a race to prevent a new world war–but it may already be too late, from New York Times bestselling author, Eric Van Lustbader.
After Bourne is ambushed and nearly killed while in Indonesia, he fakes his death to take on a new identity and mission- to find out who is trying to assassinate him. In the process, Bourne begins to question who he really is and what he would become if he no longer carried the Bourne identity. Across the globe, an American passenger airliner is shot down over Egypt-apparently by an Iranian missile-leaving the world wondering if it was an accident or an act of aggression.
One Man’s Promise
by Laura Domino
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
In a safe haven, but still learning about love. One Man’s Promise continues Sharla’s story from book one. Read One Man’s Haven first!
Afraid for her life, Sharla flees San Francisco and hopes the rest of her family is still safe. Her life isn’t over after all, but she’s still unsettled. Staying under the radar and out of her enemy’s grasp means she must learn a new way of life away from the city. Is Sharla starting over in the right place? Hiding isn’t paradise when her enemy catches up with her. How will Sharla escape a second time?
The Broken Wings
by Kahlil Gibran
Kindle $0.49 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Kahlil Gibran’s poetry novel Broken Wings was initially published in 1912 in New York by the publishing company of the periodical Meraat-ul-Gharb. It’s a tragic love story set in Beirut at the turn of the century. Selma Karamy, a young woman, is betrothed to the nephew of a renowned religious figure. This woman falls in love with the protagonist (a young man who Gibran may have based after himself). They begin meeting in secret, but are discovered, and Selma is banned from leaving her home, shattering their dreams and hearts.
The China Governess
by Margery Allingham
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Timothy Kinnit is rich, handsome, and successful, but his past is a mystery to him. When he learns, on the eve of his elopement, that he is adopted, he must question everything he thought he knew.
In desperate search of answers, Kinnit calls on private detective Albert Campion to shed some light on his past, and how it connects him to the notorious Turk Street Mile slum. Meanwhile, his illustrious adopted family has a sinister secret of its own—involving a murderous nineteenth-century governess—that must also be brought to light by Campion’s investigations.
Just One Evil Act
by Elizabeth George
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Barbara is at a loss: Hadiyyah, the daughter of her friend Taymullah Azhar, has been taken by her mother, and Barbara can’t really help. Azhar has no legal claim.
Just when Azhar is beginning to accept his soul-crushing loss, he gets more shocking news: Hadiyyah has been kidnapped from an Italian marketplace. As both Barbara and her partner, Inspector Thomas Lynley, soon discover, the case is far more complex than a typical kidnapping, revealing secrets that could have far-reaching effects outside of the investigation…
Farewell to Dreams
by CJ Lyons
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
In the chaos of the ER, functioning without sleep is a prized skill. But even Dr. Angela Rossi will admit that five months is far too long. Then a dead nun speaks to her while Angela is holding the nun’s heart in her hand.
“Find the girl,” the nun commands – although no one else in the trauma room can hear, the words drilling directly into Angela’s brain. “Save the girl.”
Aided by a police detective fallen from grace, Angela searches the midnight catacombs beneath the city, facing down a ruthless gang leader and stumbling onto a serial killer’s lair. Her desperate quest to save the girl leads her to the one thing she least expected to find: a last chance for love.
Crestview Academy Complete Series
by Katerina Raven
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
The more I uncover, the more danger I’m in.
I’m no longer safe anywhere.
Starting at Crestview Academy was supposed to be a brand-new start. A chance to grow new relationships, learn who I am and where I came from, and have a chance to do things I never could have dreamed of.
Instead, it’s a living hell.
Aquamarine & Indigo: Two Novels
by Alice Hoffman
Kindle $5.99 Rating: BRAND NEW RELEASE #ad
Two luminous stories of friendship, magic, and the sea — bound together in one beautiful volume — by bestselling author Alice Hoffman.
In Aquamarine, twelve-year-old best friends Hailey and Claire are enjoying their last summer together when they discover something at the bottom of the murky pool at the Capri Beach Club. There, among the seaweed and jellyfish that a summer storm washed in from the ocean, is a mysterious and beautiful creature with a sharp tongue and a broken heart — a mermaid named Aquamarine…
In Indigo, thirteen-year-old Martha Glimmer is convinced this is the worst time of her life. Her mother died, she grew seven inches, and she has to put up with a woman who plies Martha’s lonely father with food and opinions about how thirteen-year-old girls should behave….
Monday’s Mystery eBooks
Mother of the Bride Murder
by Leslie Meier
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
A surprise wedding in France sets the table in the latest book in the ever-popular Lucy Stone mystery series set in Tinker’s Cove, Maine.
When Lucy Stone arrives at a sprawling French chateau with the whole family, it should be the trip of a lifetime—especially because she’s about to watch her oldest daughter marry the man of her dreams. But while navigating the vast countryside estate owned by her impenetrably wealthy in-laws-to-be, the jet-lagged mother of the bride has a creeping feeling that Elizabeth’s fairytale nuptials to Jean-Luc Schoen-Rene are destined to become a nightmare . . .
A Fool For Love & Money
by John D. Ottini
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
Love and Money are two important ingredients in a man’s recipe for happiness. Unfortunately, those same two ingredients under the wrong circumstances can be a man’s recipe for disaster.
Unlucky at love, unemployed and drowning in debt, Thomas Murphy is a man in need of salvation.
When an unexpected gift arrives from an unknown source, Tom is confused, yet elated about his new-found fortune. His luck continues when he runs into an old flame he hasn’t seen in years and sparks begin to fly. Strange how a man’s fate can change when he least expects it – one moment he’s miserable and struggling to make ends meet, and the next he’s back on his feet and looking forward to a bright future… or so Tom thinks.
Not My Home
by William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
NOT MY HOME
They came from the cities. Wealthy, work-from-home professionals fleeing the rotting crime-ridden hellscapes of northern blue states for the peace and tranquility of small-town life. Almost overnight, they take over the sleepy village of Springerville, South Carolina. They snatch up the real estate. Turn old-fashioned stores into fancy boutiques. Transform the schools. And bring crime and corruption with them. Now one of these invaders—a predatory media mogul from New York—is running for mayor. His plan is to turn Springerville into a sprawling urban enclave . . . just like the ones the northerners left behind. And Springerville will be ruined forever. . . .
NOT ON YOUR LIFE…
Wings of the Falcon
by Barbara Michaels
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
The death of her English father left Francesca alone and unprotected, with nowhere to turn but to the noble Italian family of her late mother. Adrift in a strange land, surrounded by cold and suspicious relatives who had disowned her mother on her wedding day, Francesca is determined to make the best of a bad situation.
But nothing could have prepared her for the nest of dark secrets and oppressive cruelty she has been cast into. And her fate now rests in the hands of a mysterious horseman known as the Falcon, whose appearance will speed her salvation . . . or hasten her doom.
Crossed Fire
by Baccellia Kim
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Stephanie Stewart is a typical sixteen-year-old girl—she loves hanging out with her friends, going to concerts, and sipping mocha lattes. Yup. Just your average teenager . . . Except for one difference—she can see and talk to the dead. In fact, Stephanie helps dead girls who who’ve been murdered or killed, cross over. Just as Stephanie is getting used to her unique “gift”, her mom stumbles into some dangerous witchcraft that backfires and triggers similar abilities in Stephanie’s best friend Cura, and nemesis Hillary.
Stephanie already has enough trouble trying to maintain a “normal” life between school and her cute boyfriend Dylan, who happens to have a supernatural talent all his own…
Murder on a Girls’ Night Out
by Anne George
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
A Different Kind of Sister Act
Country Western is red hot these days, so overimpulsive Mary Alice thinks it makes perfect sense to buy the Skoot ‘n’ Boot bar — since that’s where the many-times-divorced “Sister” and her boyfriend du jour like to hang out anyway. Sensible retired schoolteacher Patricia Anne is inclined to disagree — especially when they find a strangled and stabbed dead body dangling in the pub’s wishing well…
Hush-Hush
by Stuart Woods
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Stone Barrington is settling in for some downtime in New York City when an anonymous enemy makes himself known. This nameless foe’s threats hit close to home, and before Stone can retaliate, the fearsome messages turn into very real consequences.
With the help of old friends–and a lovely new tech-savvy acquaintance–Stone sets out to unravel the fatal agenda. But as the web of adversaries expands, Stone realizes that no place is safe, and he’ll have to flush out the mastermind before he and those closest to him are silenced for good….
The Sun Coast Chronicles
by Terri Blackstock
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
New York Times bestselling author Terri Blackstock’s Sun Coast Chronicles series—now available in one volume!
Evidence of Mercy
Justifiable Means
Ulterior Motives
Presumption of Guilt
Death at the Sign of the Rook
by Kate Atkinson
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
Welcome to Rook Hall. The stage is set. The players are ready. By night’s end, a murderer will be revealed.
In his sleepy Yorkshire town, ex-detective Jackson Brodie is staving off boredom and malaise. His only case is the seemingly tedious matter of a stolen painting. But Jackson soon uncovers a string of unsolved art thefts that lead him down a dizzying spiral of disguise and deceit to Burton Makepeace, a formerly magnificent estate now partially converted into a hotel hosting Murder Mystery weekends…