Mysteries
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
Exit Wounds
by Multiple Authors
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 3.8 #ad
Featuring both original in-universe stories and rarely-seen reprints, this collection of 19 masterful short stories brings together some of the genre’s greatest living authors.
Tony Hill and Carol Jordan take on a delightfully twisted killer in Val McDermid’s “Happy Holidays”. In Fiona Cummin’s “Dead Weight”, an overbearing mother resorts to desperate measures to keep control of her teenage daughter. And in Dean Koontz’s “Kittens”, a young girl learns the truth about how her pets have been dying, and devises a horrible revenge.
Costly Secrets Complete Series
by Jacie Middlemann
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
It began with a call…a secret code she’d been taught as a child without ever believing she’d have to use it…an attempted murder…and the last man on earth she wanted to be within ten feet of.
Danae knew before she ever heard her brother’s voice that it was bad…and it didn’t take long to find out just how bad it was. She and everyone in her family had always understood the high cost of secrets…and quickly learned that sometimes the price of truths was far more costly.
It took her even less time to realize that she’d never really known true heart-stopping fear…
The Cape Refuge Collection
by Terri Blackstock
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
New York Times bestselling author Terri Blackstock’s Cape Refuge series is now available in one volume.
Cape Refuge
Southern Storm
River’s Edge
Breaker’s Reef
Mutation
by Kevin Hardman
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Kid Sensation is back! The intrepid teen super with the plethora of powers returns in a new adventure.
Having saved the planet and earned a place with the world’s premier superhero team, Jim (aka Kid Sensation) is preparing to attend the prestigious Academy, where teen supers from every corner of the globe learn to master their abilities. At the same time, however, he is approached by a mysterious government organization that wants Jim to work for them – and they won’t take “No” for an answer…
Lie In Wait
by Eric Rickstad
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Silent Girls comes another unforgettable thriller set in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, featuring Detective Sonja Test
Even in a quiet Vermont town, unspeakable acts of the past can destroy the peace of the present.
In the remote pastoral hamlet of Canaan, Vermont, a high-profile legal case shatters the town’s sense of peace and community. Anger simmers. Fear and prejudice awaken. Old friends turn on each other. Violence threatens…
Into the Fire
by Allison Brennan
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Things are heating up in Arizona in this thrilling novella introducing a page-turning new series by New York Times bestselling author Allison Brennan
Margo Angelhart was recently certified as a private investigator, but she isn’t convinced that it’s her calling. All of her cases have been minor, mostly for family and haven’t paid the bills. She’s more than happy to keep bartending and figure out her post-military career later. That is, until prosecutor Andy Flannigan walks into her bar and offers her a case she can’t turn down…
Nineteen-year-old Sergio Diaz has confessed to murder—except Andy doesn’t buy it. With his own job on the line, Andy asks Margo to work the case discreetly.
The Chemistry of Death
by Simon Beckett
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Seeking refuge from a tragic past, a forensic pathologist must search for a devious killer in a rural English village in this crime thriller series debut.
Three years ago, Dr. David Hunter left London for rural Norfolk to escape the tragic loss of his wife and daughter. Giving up his career in criminal forensics, he now works as a simple country doctor in the village of Manham. But when the corpse of a woman is found in the woods, a macabre sign from her killer decorating her body, David struggles to remain uninvolved. As a newcomer, David finds he must join the investigation in order to avoid suspicion.
Saratoga Woods
by Elizabeth George
Kindle $9.99 Rating: BRAND NEW RELEASE #ad
Whidbey Island may be only a ferry ride from Seattle, but it’s a world apart. When Becca King arrives there, she doesn’t suspect the island will become her home for the next four years. Put at risk by her ability to hear “whispers”—the thoughts of others—Becca is on the run from her stepfather, whose criminal activities she has discovered. Stranded and alone, Becca is soon befriended by Derric, a Ugandan orphan adopted by a local family; Seth, a kindhearted musician and high school dropout; Debbie, a recovering alcoholic who takes her in; and Diana, with whom Becca shares a mysterious psychic connection.
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
All Murders Final!
by Sherry Harris
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Her Next Sale
When Sarah Winston started the virtual garage sale, it seemed like a keystroke of genius and the next logical step in her business. No more collapsing card tables and rainy-day washouts. But what began as a fun way to run garage sales during the long New England winter has become a nightmare of managing people and putting out fires. Online, she can avoid the crowds–but not the crazies.
May Be Her Last
The Cape Refuge Collection
by Terri Blackstock
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
New York Times bestselling author Terri Blackstock’s Cape Refuge series is now available in one volume.
Cape Refuge
Southern Storm
River’s Edge
Breaker’s Reef
Dead Ground
by M. W. Craven
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Detective Sergeant Washington Poe is in court, fighting eviction from his beloved and isolated croft, when he is summoned to a backstreet brothel in Carlisle where a man has been beaten to death with a baseball bat. Poe is confused – he hunts serial killers and this appears to be a straightforward murder-by-pimp – but his attendance was requested personally, by the kind of people who prefer to remain in the shadows.
As Poe and the socially awkward programmer Tilly Bradshaw delve deeper into the case, they are faced with seemingly unanswerable questions: despite being heavily vetted for a high-profile job, why does nothing in the victim’s background check out?
End of the Road
by Stephanie Hurt
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
A Southern girl out of her element; A castle owner with secrets to hide…
Alexa Snow, a Southern writer, gets the chance of a lifetime to do a story on a castle in Scotland. She’s never left her small town in Georgia, so this was an offer she couldn’t refuse. But once she gets to Scotland, she realizes that sometimes things are not as rosy as they seem and the article is more than just a travel piece, it’s a murder mystery…
Cooper Kincaid, the castle owner, is caught off guard by the sassy Southern American. Her delving questions regarding some deaths on the property catch him by surprise…
Floating Staircase
by Ronald Malfi
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Horror writer Travis Glasgow and his wife, Jodie, have bought their first house in Westlake, Maryland, just steps from Travis’s older brother’s home. Travis is buoyed by the thought of renewing his relationship with his estranged sibling and overcoming the darkness from his past. But the house has other plans for him. Travis is soon awakened by noises in the night and finds watery footprints in the basement that lead him to the nearby lake, which has a strange staircase emerging from its depths.
When Travis discovers that a former occupant of his house—a ten-year-old boy—drowned in the lake, he draws connections to his own childhood tragedy…
Pain, Pumpernickel & Profound Forgiveness
by Rosanne D’Ausilio PhD
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.9 #ad
Have you ever experienced moments that felt truly miraculous or beyond explanation?
In this intimate journey, she unveils the tumultuous relationship with her father—a metamorphosis from the shackles of pain, hurt, and fear to the liberating embrace of compassion, generosity, and forgiveness.
This book is both raw and redemptive — Rosanne invites you into the haunting image of a young girl, clad in a yellow pinafore, white socks, and shoes, too afraid to smile. Yet, amid the shadows, there are heartwarming vignettes of Sunday morning adventures to the bakery, where watermelon-sized pumpernickel bread and the alchemy of coconut bars become the catalysts for father-daughter camaraderie.
Foundation
by Isaac Asimov
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
THE EPIC SAGA THAT INSPIRED THE APPLE TV+ SERIES FOUNDATION • Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read
For twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying. But only Hari Seldon, creator of the revolutionary science of psychohistory, can see into the future—to a dark age of ignorance, barbarism, and warfare that will last thirty thousand years. To preserve knowledge and save humankind, Seldon gathers the best minds in the Empire—both scientists and scholars—and brings them to a bleak planet at the edge of the galaxy to serve as a beacon of hope for future generations. He calls his sanctuary the Foundation.
Den of Iniquity
by J. A. Jance
Kindle $14.99 Rating: BRAND NEW RELEASE #ad
New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance returns with a new pulse-pounding suspense novel featuring beloved private investigator J. P. Beaumont as his investigation of a seemingly accidental death uncovers a complex web of evil.
Former Seattle homicide cop J. P. Beaumont faces trouble in the small town of Ashland, as both his personal and professional lives are thrown into turmoil. Beau’s daughter and son-in-law are having marital troubles, and his grandson, a senior in high school, shows up on his doorstep, wanting to live with Beau and his wife Mel as he finishes out the school year.
Inspiring Stories for Curious Kids
by Sam Carter
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.9 #ad
Have you ever gazed at the stars and wondered, “What’s out there?”
Or maybe you’ve marveled at a butterfly’s wings, thinking, “How does it fly?”
Perhaps you’ve dreamed big, asking, “Can I make a difference in this world?”
If you’re a curious kid who loves to ask questions and explore the world, then “Inspiring Stories for Curious Kids” is the perfect adventure for you!
This exciting book is packed with true stories of remarkable individuals who dared to be different, amazing discoveries that will blow your mind, and simple yet powerful tips to help you explore your curiosity!