Mysteries
Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
Root of All Evil
by E. X. Ferrars
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
A weekend holiday at a wealthy relative’s country manor is a recipe that calls for mayhem in this charming cozy English mystery.
Andrew Basnett’s cousin Felicity is old, rich, and the owner of a swanky Berkshire estate. If Basnett were a savvy mystery reader rather than a retired professor of botany, he would know that an invitation to spend Easter weekend at such an estate is all but guaranteed to involve at least one murder. But since Felicity is all about excess, this trip delivers not only a death threat, but also an imminent disinheritance, the theft of a fortune in diamonds, some spectacular intrigue involving the servants, and not one but two corpses.
Zero Mercy
by E.S. Hobbs
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Three years in prison. One chance for revenge. Zero mercy.
Aiden McCrae was the Commission’s most feared enforcer—until the day he refused to kill an innocent man.
For disobeying the order, he was framed for murder and sent to rot in Stateville Correctional. Now three years into a life sentence, a dying judge has offered him a chance to strike back at the organization that destroyed his life.
Granted a limited, off-the-books release, McCrae must find out if the Commission is linked to eight bodies found dissolving in a toxic spill outside Chicago.
Burden of Proof
by Stephen Penner
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Some people would kill for a fresh start.
Seattle attorney Daniel Raine is going through some tough life changes; he’s getting divorced, and his law partner is leaving him to become a judge. If Raine can’t find a way to stay afloat, he’ll be practicing law out of his car.
Then, the perfect opportunity – a rich socialite called Abigail Willoughby arrives at his door, wanting to divorce her even richer husband.
Raine is thrilled to take the case but gets more than he bargained for when he is forced into an unlikely alliance with high-powered realtor Rebecca Sommers who has her own motives for wanting to get close to his rich client.
Kane and Abel
by Jeffrey Archer
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
TWO STRANGERS BORN WORLDS APART. ONE DESTINY THAT WOULD DEFINE THEM BOTH…
William Lowell Kane and Abel Rosnovski, one the son of a Boston millionaire, the other a penniless Polish immigrant—born on the same day near the turn of the century on opposite sides of the world—are brought together by fate and the quest of a dream.
Two men—ambitious, powerful, ruthless—are locked in a relentless struggle to build an empire, fueled by their all-consuming hatred. Over sixty years and three generations, through war, marriage, fortune, and disaster, Kane and Abel battle for the success and triumph that only one man can have.
The Girl Who Was Taken
by Charlie Donlea
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Two abducted girls—one who returns, one who doesn’t.
The night they go missing, high school seniors Nicole Cutty and Megan McDonald are at a beach party in their small town of Emerson Bay, North Carolina. Police launch a massive search, but hope is almost lost–until Megan escapes from a bunker deep in the woods…
A year later, the bestselling account of her ordeal has made Megan a celebrity. It’s a triumphant story, except for one inconvenient detail: Nicole is still missing.
Where There’s Smoke
by Sandra Brown
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
When a determined doctor meets the rebellious heir to a Texas oil dynasty, sparks fly . . . but the flames of passion blazing between them could destroy an empire.
No one knows why Dr. Lara Mallory opened up her medical practice in the rowdy Texas town controlled by Tackett Oil. But everyone remembers her role in the well-publicized scandal that caused the downfall of White House hopeful Senator Clark Tackett.
Now the iron-fisted matriarch of Tackett Oil intends to use her money and power to drive Lara out of town . . . especially when Lara meets Key, the hell-raising — and handsome — youngest Tackett son.
Revenge of the Sith
by Matthew Stover
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
Tempted by the power of the Dark Side and plagued by nightmares of Padme’s death, Anakin must choose his path. His decision will reverberate throughout the galaxy.
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away . . .
War! The Republic is crumbling under attacks by the ruthless Sith Lord, Count Dooku. There are heroes on both sides. Evil is everywhere.
In a stunning move, the fiendish droid leader, General Grievous, has swept into the Republic capital and kidnapped Chancellor Palpatine, leader of the Galactic Senate.
Runner
by Thomas Perry
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
For more than a decade, Jane Whitefield practiced her unusual profession: “I’m a guide . . . I show people how to go from places where somebody is trying to kill them to other places where nobody is.” Then she promised her husband she would never work again, and settled in to live a happy, quiet life as Jane McKinnon, the wife of a surgeon in Amherst, New York. But when a bomb goes off in the middle of a hospital fundraiser, Jane finds herself face to face with the cause of the explosion: a young pregnant girl who has been tracked across the country by a team of guns-for-hire. That night, regardless of what she wants or the vow she’s made to her husband, Jane must come back to transform one more victim into a runner. Her quest for safety sets in motion a mission that may be as much of a rescue operation as it is a chance for revenge.
Prospect Shifter Daddy Mates
by Serena Meadows
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
In Prospect, Montana, the hottest single dads on a ranch are secretly wolf shifters.
Eight irresistible wolf-shifter single dads are rebuilding their lives after loss and heartbreak. But fate has other plans when strong, unforgettable women enter their world. Passion ignites, secrets threaten everything they’ve built, and danger closes in. Each wolf must decide how much he’s willing to risk when the woman meant for him walks into his life. These protective alpha wolves will risk their hearts—and their pack—for the women meant to claim them.
If you love rugged cowboys, loyal wolf shifters, and emotional small-town romance, this addictive series is for you.
Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
Six Feet Deep Dish
by Mindy Quigley
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Delilah O’Leary can’t wait to open her new gourmet deep-dish pizzeria in Geneva Bay, Wisconsin—a charming resort town with a long history as a mobsters’ hideaway, millionaires’ playground, and vacation mecca. Engaged to a hunk with a hefty trust fund, Delilah is poised to begin a life that’s just about as delicious as one of her cheesy creations.
Just before opening night, though, Delilah’s plans for pizza perfection hit the skids when her fiancé dumps her and leaves her with a very large memento from their relationship—Butterball, their spoiled, plus-sized tabby cat.
Ninth Templar: Guardian of the Grail
by Don Holbrook
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
For two thousand years, the Vatican has protected a secret powerful enough to shatter Christianity itself.
When an ancient relic protected by the Knights Templar resurfaces, it ignites a global conspiracy that forces a long-buried truth back into the light—one so dangerous the Church was willing to erase bloodlines, suppress history, and kill and eradicate the Templars to protect it. They buried all evidence in their secret archives library.
Hidden within forbidden the Vatican secret archives and deliberately erased medieval records lies evidence of a lost gospel and a lineage deemed too threatening to the Vatican dogma to survive. As historians, scholars, and covert operatives race across sacred ruins, ancient monasteries, and forgotten strongholds, each discovery exposes fragments of a past carefully rewritten to preserve power over faith, belief, and humanity itself
Evil in the Family
by Michael Wood
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
A FAMILY SLAIN When Detective Inspector Foley is called out to a crime scene, nothing could have prepared him for the level of brutality inflicted on the victims. And with terrifying similarities to another recent murder case, he fears there might be a serial killer running loose in London.
A PATTERN OF MURDER ith no suspects and no DNA at the crime scenes, Foley enlists the help of Forensic Psychologist Dr Olivia Winter to catch the killer before they strike again.
Secrets of the Shield
by Brian Kelsall
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
In the remote wilderness of the Canadian Shield, eleven-year-old Sam lives a peaceful, quiet life—until Wing arrives.
Sam’s intrigued by the Indigenous girl who has come to stay with his family for the summer. She’s quiet and seemingly good at everything. But after a chilling run-in with a reclusive neighbor, Sam and Wing uncover a shared secret from their past—the truth about the tragedy that took Wing’s parents nine years ago and altered Sam’s life irrevocably—and a danger far greater than either could imagine.
The Munich Girl
by Phyllis Edgerly Ring
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Anna Dahlberg grew up eating dinner under her father’s war-trophy portrait of Eva Braun. ifty years after the war, she discovers what he never did—that her mother and Hitler’s mistress were friends.
The secret surfaces with a mysterious monogrammed handkerchief, and a man, Hannes Ritter, whose Third Reich family history is entwined with Anna’s.
Plunged into the world of the “ordinary” Munich girl who was her mother’s confidante—and a tyrant’s lover—Anna finds her every belief about right and wrong challenged. With Hannes’s help, she retraces the path of two women who met as teenagers, shared a friendship that spanned the years that Eva Braun was Hitler’s mistress, yet never knew that the men they loved had opposing ambitions.
Boy Swallows Universe
by Trent Dalton
Kindle $4.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
A story of brotherhood, true love, family, and the most unlikely of friendships, Boy Swallows Universe is the tale of an adolescent boy on the cusp of discovering the man he will be.
Eli Bell’s life is complicated. His father is lost, his mother is in jail, and his stepdad is a heroin dealer. The most steadfast adult in Eli’s life is Slim—a notorious felon and national record-holder for successful prison escapes—who watches over Eli and August, his silent genius of an older brother.
The Nature of the Beast
by Louise Penny
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
The Nature of the Beast is a New York Times bestselling Chief Inspector Gamache novel from Louise Penny.
Hardly a day goes by when nine year old Laurent Lepage doesn’t cry wolf. From alien invasions, to walking trees, to winged beasts in the woods, to dinosaurs spotted in the village of Three Pines, his tales are so extraordinary no one can possibly believe him. Including Armand and Reine-Marie Gamache, who now live in the little Quebec village.
But when the boy disappears, the villagers are faced with the possibility that one of his tall tales might have been true.
The Rebels
by Renata Riva
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Three royal brothers. One shattered kingdom. And a war fueled by dark magic.
After the murder of King Jethron, the kingdom stands on the brink of civil war. Princes Jekon and Revon fight for the throne—but the true heir may be the one they least expect.
Prince Terven, the king’s third son, lives in exile. Hated by his father and his brothers, he has no army and no allies, apart from a handful of disgraced knights and the nyvan princess, Iiriniss. Bound to Terven by a shared history and driven by vengeance for her murdered parents, Iiriniss seeks justice and to reconquer her own kingdom.
The Skeleton Makes a Friend
by Leigh Perry
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Georgia Thackery is feeling pretty good about her summer job teaching at prestigious Overfeld College, and she’s renting a rustic cabin right by a lake for herself, her daughter, Madison, and her best friend, Sid the Skeleton. Together again, the trio are enjoying the quiet when a teenager named Jen shows up looking for her friend. Georgia doesn’t recognize the name, but she learns that the person Jen was looking for is actually Sid.
Sid reveals that he and Jen are part of a regular online gaming group that formed locally, and one of their members has gone missing. Sid admits that he might have bragged about his investigative prowess, enough so that Jen wants him to find their missing player.
Untaken Three
by C.O. Wyler
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
After the Rapture occurs, what happens over the next three months?
Seventeen-year-old Jack Hackett lives on a rural ranch in Idaho, spending every free moment hacking computer programs. When he accesses Numen’s artificial intelligence implant system, he watches their participants deal with the new world of ever-present surveillance. But will he be able to help when enough is enough?
Killing Eve
by Luke Jennings
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Eve and Villanelle plan for a high-stakes showdown in this sophisticated follow-up to the spy thriller that inspired the hit TV series Killing Eve. “If you want us to remain silent — if you want to retain your freedom, your job, and your reputation — you need to tell us everything, and I mean everything. . .” We last saw Eve and Villanelle in a spy vs. spy race around the world, crossing powerful criminal organizations and dangerous governments, each trying to come out on top. But they aren’t finished yet. In this sequel to Killing Eve: Codename Villanelle, former M16 operativeEve reveals a new side to her strengths, while coming ever closer to a confrontation with Villanelle, the evasive and skilled assassin.