Mysteries
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
A Very Lively Murder
by Katy Watson
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
One murder mystery movie. Three Dahlias. And a whole cast of suspects…
Ex child star Posy Starling is finally filming her dream role – Dahlia Lively in The Lady Detective movie. But things take a nightmare turn when a prop weapon is replaced with the real thing – with almost fatal consequences for her fellow Dahlia, Rosalind King. There’s something very wrong on the set of The Lady Detective – which means it’s time to call in Caro Hooper, so the three Dahlias can investigate.
In between filming scenes, signing autographs for locals, photoshoots on set and jetting off to France for an impromptu party, the three Dahlias do what they do best – surreptitiously sleuth. And very soon the evidence starts to point towards one particular co-star…
Grid Burn Box set
by Carter Woods
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
A massive EMP plunges Los Angeles into chaos. Trapped in a penthouse, Cassy must use her military training to protect her sister and survive fires, looters, and a city collapsing into darkness.
“Great books I really enjoyed reading them. I had a hard time putting them down. Can’t wait for more from this author!” by Amazon Customer
State of Fear
by Michael Crichton
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
In Paris, a physicist dies after performing a laboratory experiment for a beautiful visitor.
In the jungles of Malaysia, a mysterious buyer purchases deadly cavitation technology, built to his specifications.
In Vancouver, a small research submarine is leased for use in the waters off New Guinea.
And in Tokyo, an intelligence agent tries to understand what it all means.
A deftly-crafted novel, in true Crichton style, State of Fear is an exciting, stunning tale that not only entertains and educates, but will make you think.
Kat’s Greek Summe
by Mima Tipper
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
For fans of Jenna Evans Welch and Barbara Dee, a timely and uplifting contemporary YA story of a young girl risking all for self-truth, family, and first love over one sun-drenched Greek summer.
Ready—set—look out, world! Kat Baker is about to explode . . . onto the high school scene, that is. All she has to do? Spend July and August training with New Canaan High’s cross-country team, become a running goddess and, come fall, claim her place as the team’s star freshman runner.
When her mom shocks her with the unwelcome news that the family will spend the summer exploring their roots in the rustic Greek village of Paralia, Kat’s sure her high school popularity plan is toast…
Fearful Symmetries
by Multiple Authors
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
A World Fantasy Award nominee, “this anthology . . . is a collection of some of the most talented horror and speculative fiction authors writing today” (BuzzFeed). It includes all-new stories by Laird Barron, Pat Cadigan, Brian Evenson, Jeffrey Ford, Caítlin R. Kiernan, Garth Nix, Michael Marshall Smith, Kaaron Warren, and other masters of all things spooky and suspenseful.
In tales that crisscross the boundaries of fear and imagination—from a haunted courtyard in New Orleans to a remote Arctic research station—swamp monsters, pool-cleaning robots, and cannibalistic spirits wreak chaos and terror across the pages.
Jigsaw
by Jonathan Kellerman
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Psychologist Alex Delaware and Detective Milo Sturgis, the most beloved duo in American crime fiction, return in this electric novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling “master of suspense” (Los Angeles Times).
This one looked like a slam dunk: a young woman found dead at her kitchen table, DNA on cigarette butts linking quickly to an ex-boyfriend with a criminal record. Or so homicide lieutenant Milo Sturgis thought. Then everything changed and a quick close turned into a mind-bending whodunit. That’s when Milo called in psychologist Alex Delaware, his best friend and a long-term consultant on “those cases.” The ones that are different…
Last Hour till Sunrise
by Lisa Phillips
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
The fight never stopped. All DEA Special Agent Lucia DeSoto has is the job. Until a routine operation goes wrong and she’s captured by the target. The one person who can save her is a man she swore she would never see again.
Andre Martinez is only good at being a soldier. When he hears Lucia was betrayed, and the feds aren’t mounting a rescue, he goes after her personally. But it doesn’t mean they’re getting back together.
When a deadly enemy comes after them, Andre and Lucia must combine forces. The team of Chevalier Protection Services bands together to protect their own, but will it be enough to stop a deadly attack?
Triumph and Tragedy
by John Rhodes
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
World War II is now in its sixth agonizing year. In Europe, the Allies are closing in on Hitler’s horrific Third Reich, but victory remains elusive. In the Pacific, US forces are locked in a grinding island-by-island struggle against Imperial Japan.
Summoned from the battlefields of Europe, veteran tactical analyst Eleanor Shaux finds herself unexpectedly thrust into the greatest secret of the war: the Manhattan Project. Agonizing decisions must be made about the dangerous new weapon that could end the war in both theaters in a single stroke. Eleanor—pulled apart by the moral ambiguities and nuances of war, worn down by the stress of living through years of incessant conflict, and shocked by personal disaster—struggles to survive.
The Brothers McKay
by Craig Johnson
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
A masterful new novel in the beloved New York Times bestselling Longmire series
When Pepper McKay, one of the most hated men in Absaroka County, is found murdered on his ranch in Crazy Woman Canyon, suspects aren’t in short supply. But Sheriff Walt Longmire’s attention is on those who had gathered for a family meeting that evening, McKay’s very different sons: a smooth-talking charmer, a cosmopolitan journalist, a reclusive monk, and a half-Native ranch hand who keeps the place running. Each had a motive. Each claims he’s innocent.
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
Jealousy, Jitterbug & Murder
by Christa Nardi
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Three young women, a dance studio, a bungled kidnapping, and a murder.
When Stacie Maroni is mistakenly abducted, she fears for the life of the intended victim. The young woman, who worked at the same company as Stacie, soon turns up dead. One of the victim’s two friends takes off without word and the other ends up in the hospital.
With the kidnappers afraid Stacie could identify them and her continued involvement in the investigation, threats lurk around every corner. Her questions lead to a dance studio where the women worked in the evenings. Add in a tech company with a dance-oriented employee program.
The Loney
by Andrew Michael Hurley
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 3.7 #ad
“An amazing piece of fiction.”—Stephen King
When Smith was a boy, he and his family went on an Easter pilgrimage with their local parish to the Loney, a bleak stretch of the English coastline, to visit an ancient shrine in search of healing for Smith’s disabled brother. But the locals were none too pleased to welcome them, and the two brothers soon became entangled in a troubling morass of dangerous rituals.
For years after, Smith carries the burden of what happened that spring. And when he hears that the body of a young child has been found during a storm at the Loney, he’s forced to finally reckon with his darkest secrets—and the terror they carry with them.
Remember When
by Nora Roberts, J. D. Robb
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Antiques dealer Laine Tavish is an ordinary woman living an ordinary life. At least, that’s what everyone in the small town of Angel’s Gap, Maryland, thinks. They have no idea that she used to be Elaine O’Hara, the daughter of a notorious con man…
Laine’s past catches up with her when one of Big Jack’s associates turns up in her shop with a cryptic warning and is then run down in the street. Now the next target of a ruthless killer, Laine teams up with sexy PI Max Gannon to find out who’s chasing her, and why. The answer lies in a hidden fortune that will change not only Laine’s life, but also the lives of future generations—including New York City detective Lieutenant Eve Dallas.
Diplomat’s Apprentice Complete Series
by LJ Dix
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
The best laid plans . . . Fall apart when family gets involved!
Anwyn’s family has always assumed that she’d follow in the footsteps of her illustrious mother and uncle as a diplomat and eventual head of state. But Anwyn is an impulsive rule-breaker, and she’s made other plans: getting off her home planet and seeing the galaxy after training as a starship pilot.
Persuaded to go with her uncle on one diplomatic mission, Anwyn arrives at a planet in the midst of a violent uprising.
Space battles, daring rescues, dramatic chases, firefights and yes, even a bit of diplomacy, all make for a more exciting trip than Anwyn could have imagined. For her uncle has a hidden past that comes to light when they run into a small, specialized band of freelance agents with their own agenda, who know her uncle far too well.
Silent Bones
by Val McDermid
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Scotland, 2025. When torrential winter rain causes a landslide on a motorway, it dislodges more than mud and asphalt – it reveals a skeleton, concealed when the road was built eleven years prior.
Sam Nimmo, an investigative journalist who’d been poking his nose into the murky politics of the Scottish independence referendum, had become the prime suspect in the brutal murder of his girlfriend when he vanished. Now he’s reappeared, buried under the motorway. It’s the perfect cold case for DCI Karen Pirie, chief of Police Scotland’s Historic Cases Unit. What was Nimmo investigating that was worth killing over?
The Decision to Kill
by Leslie Ghiglieri
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
A family tragedy propels this gripping true crime debut as a mother searches for answers in the shocking murder of her husband—and conviction of her son.
In the early morning of October 18, 1986, Cherie Wier’s life collapses when her teenage son takes the life of her beloved husband. For years, Cherie grapples with events preceding and following the crime, struggling to overcome the consuming grief she suffers from her loss and the difficulty she faces as she attempts to forgive her son. The courtroom accounts of gruesome details and the shocking testimonies from experts, only add to Cherie’s yearning to make sense of the crime.
The Making of a Monster
by Gail Petersen
Kindle $0.50 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Her move to Los Angeles was supposed to restart her life. But with one quick bite, it is her death that has been begun. A chance meeting with a mysterious stranger has transformed this conventional wife into a creature that prowls the dark streets desperate to quench her need for blood.
Impervious to the night, she joins a rock and roll band and searches among those lost souls for companionship, always feeling like she does not belong. Caught between loathing her new self and losing touch with whom she once was, Kate is a soul torn between loathing and longing. Facing a bloody struggle, Kate at last embraces her vampire nature . . . and only then does the mystery of immortality explode.
High Value Woman Mindset
by Chase Wells
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Why do some women inspire devotion, pursuit, and commitment… while others keep feeling overlooked, undervalued, or taken for granted?
The difference is rarely beauty, luck, or saying the perfect thing.
It’s mindset.
In High Value Woman Mindset, human behavior researcher Chase Wells reveals the powerful psychological shift that transforms how men respond to you. When a woman truly understands her worth, stops chasing approval, and begins setting quiet standards for how she is treated, something remarkable happens:
Men begin to pursue, invest, and respect her in an entirely different way.
The Final Target
by Nora Roberts
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
A young author becomes the object of a fan’s desire—and rage—in the gripping thriller by the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Hidden Nature.
He showed up at Arden Bowie’s debut author appearance with a copy of her novel and an eager smile. He showered her with compliments and got her autograph. Then he came to her next event. And the one after that.
Dustin was just an aspiring writer who wanted advice, Arden reassured herself. But after giving in to one of his incessant invitations and chatting with him over coffee, she discovered that ignoring her inner alarm bell had been a terrible mistake…