Mysteries
Monday’s Mystery eBooks
Bubba Done It
by Maggie Toussaint
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
When amateur sleuth and dreamwalker Baxley Powell is called in on a stabbing case, she arrives in time to hear the dying man whisper, “Bubba done it.”
Four men named Bubba in Sinclair County, Ga., have close ties to the victim, including her goofball brother-in-law, Bubba Powell.
She dreamwalks for answers, but the dead guy can’t talk to her. Baxley sleuths among the living. The suspects include a down-on-his-luck fisherman, a crackhead evangelist, a politically-connected investor, and her brother-in-law, the former sweetheart of the new widow.
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Playing for the Ashes
by Elizabeth George
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
“The story begins with my father, actually, and the fact that I’m the one who’s answerable for his death. It was not my first crime, as you will see, but it is the one my mother couldn’t forgive.”
Acclaimed author Elizabeth George reveals the even darker truth behind this startling confession in Playing for the Ashes, a rich tale of passion, murder, and love in which Inspector Thomas Lynley and Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers once again find themselves embroiled in a case where nothing—and no one—is really what it seems. Intense, suspenseful, and brilliantly written, Playing for the Ashes is “a treasure” (Cosmopolitan).
The Santa Klaus Murder
by Mavis Doriel Hay
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 3.9 #ad
Aunt Mildred declared that no good could come of the Melbury family Christmas gatherings at their country residence Flaxmere. So when Sir Osmond Melbury, the family patriarch, is discovered—by a guest dressed as Santa Klaus—with a bullet in his head on Christmas Day, the festivities are plunged into chaos. Nearly every member of the party stands to reap some sort of benefit from Sir Osmond’s death, but Santa Klaus, the one person who seems to have every opportunity to fire the shot, has no apparent motive. Various members of the family have their private suspicions about the identity of the murderer…
Night Warriors
by Graham Masterton
Kindle $1.49 Rating: 4.2 #ad
IT CAN FIND YOU ANYWHERE… EVEN IN YOUR DREAMS.
Henry was the first to reach the girl, found sleeping on the beach, with his friends Gil and Susan. When they learn what has happened to her, they are thrown into a mystery that nightmares are made of.
The young girl has been forced to host a hideous malevolence that insinuates itself into the bodies and minds of thousands of unsuspecting people.
The only hope of saving them is to become Night Warriors, an ancient Order with the power to infiltrate the dream world, and destroy the original source. Together, they enter the unknown but one thing is certain – if they fail to find it, the beast will certainly find them…
Bones Never Lie
by Kathy Reichs
Kindle $1.49 Rating: 4.4 #ad
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This ebook edition contains a special preview of Kathy Reichs’s upcoming novel Two Nights.
The evidence is irrefutable: In sixteen New York Times bestsellers over the course of as many years, Kathy Reichs has proven herself “a genius at building suspense” (New York Daily News). In forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, Reichs has created a detective fiction heroine who’s brilliant to the bone. “Every minute in the morgue with Tempe is golden,” says The New York Times Book Review. In the acclaimed author’s thrilling new novel, Brennan is at the top of her game in a battle of wits against the most monstrous adversary she has ever encountered.
Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade
by Diana Gabaldon
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Lord John’s father, the Duke of Pardloe, was found dead, a pistol in his hand and accusations of his role as a Jacobite agent staining forever a family’s honor. Now unlaid ghosts from the past are stirring. Lord John’s brother has mysteriously received a page of their late father’s missing diary—and John is convinced that someone is taunting the Grey family with secrets from the grave. So he turns to the only man he can trust: the Scottish Jacobite James Fraser. But war, a forbidden affair, and Fraser’s own secrets will complicate Lord John’s quest—until James Fraser yields the missing piece of an astounding puzzle and Lord John must decide whether his family’s honor is worth his life.
Fox Creek
by William Kent Krueger
Kindle $.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
The ancient Ojibwe healer Henry Meloux has had a vision of his death. As he walks the Northwoods in solitude, he tries to prepare himself peacefully for the end of his long life. But peace is destined to elude him as hunters fill the woods seeking a woman named Dolores Morriseau, a stranger who had come to the healer for shelter and the gift of his wisdom.
Meloux guides this stranger and his great niece, Cork O’Connor’s wife, to safety deep into the Boundary Waters, his home for more than a century. On the last journey he may ever take into this beloved land, Meloux must do his best to outwit the deadly mercenaries who follow.
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Divine Cozy Mystery Series (Book 1-3)
by Hope Callaghan
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
After relocating to the tiny town of Divine, Kansas, strange and mysterious things begin to happen to businesswoman, Jo Pepperdine and those around her.
BONUS: Recipes Included! This boxed set includes the first three books in the Divine Mystery Series:
Book 1: Divine Intervention
Book 2: Divine Secrets
Book 3: Divine Blindside
The Debt Collector
by Lynn Hightower
Kindle $0.50 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Cincinnati homicide detective and single mother Sonora Blair puts everything on the line as she battles to find justice after a multiple-murder home invasion
At a house at the end of a cul-de-sac in the Cincinnati suburbs, widowed Police Specialist Sonora Blair and her partner, Sam Delarosa, discover the bodies of Carl Stinnet and two children. Hiding under the bed in the master bedroom is Carl’s wife, Joy. The dying mother holds her unharmed infant daughter and keeps repeating the Hail Mary, claiming “the Angel” saved them.
Lone Wolf
by Gregg Hurwitz
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Once a black ops government assassin known as Orphan X, Evan Smoak left the Program, went deep underground, and reinvented himself as someone who will go anywhere and risk everything to help the truly desperate who have nowhere else to turn. Since then, Evan has fought international crime syndicates and drug cartels, faced down the most powerful people in the world and even brought down a president. Now struggling with an unexpected personal crisis, Evan goes back to the very basics of his mission – and this time, the truly desperate is a little girl who wants him to find her missing dog.
The Speed of Dark
by Elizabeth Moon
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
In the near future, disease will be a condition of the past. Most genetic defects will be removed at birth; the remaining during infancy. Lou Arrendale, a high-functioning autistic adult, is a member of the lost generation, born at the wrong time to reap the rewards of medical science. He lives a low-key, independent life. But then he is offered a chance to try a brand-new experimental “cure” for his condition. With this treatment Lou would think and act and be just like everyone else. But if he was suddenly free of autism, would he still be himself?
Fight for Me
by Hannah Martinez
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
In the shadows of a small town, Jenny’s life is a storm of violence and fear. Her father, Sheriff David Wallace, commands respect by day, but by night, he unleashes brutal cruelty upon his family. In this grim reality, Jenny clings to the hope of finding someone who will stand beside her, someone she can rely on in a world where trust is a scarce commodity.
As an undercover FBI agent, Officer Brody has infiltrated the local police department, on a mission to dismantle Sheriff Wallace’s criminal empire. Despite risking his reputation to save Jenny from her dire situation, both Jenny and Brody find themselves ensnared in a tangled web of deception and danger. Trapped in a labyrinth of lies spun by her father’s corruption, Jenny’s life hangs in the balance, while Brody gambles with his career and safety to rescue her, forcing them both to shed their old identities to start fresh.
The Haunting of Blackwood House
by Darcy Coates
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
As the daughter of spiritualists, Mara’s childhood was filled with séances and scam mediums. Now she’s ready to start over with her fiancé, Neil, far away from the superstitions she’s learned to loathe…but her past isn’t willing to let her go so easily. And neither is Blackwood House.
When Mara and Neil purchased the derelict property, they were warned that ever since the murder of its original owner, things have changed. Strange shadows stalk the halls. Doors creak open by themselves. Voices whisper in the night. And watchful eyes follow her every move…
The Fight of Their Lives
by Andy Kutler
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
September 1939. To fuel his hate-filled quest for global supremacy and an eternal Third Reich, German dictator Adolf Hitler orders a blitzkrieg attack against Poland, a gateway into the East where prized lands and economic resources await. A sea of tanks and troops storm across the border, prompting Polish allies Britain and France to declare war on Nazi Germany. The conflict soon widens, consuming the European continent and beyond. In late 1941, Japanese forces strike American naval forces at Pearl Harbor, drawing the United States into a blistering Pacific brawl. For the second time in the twentieth century, the world is at war, and the consequences will prove devastating, pushing humankind to the brink of utter catastrophe.
Interesting Stories About Remarkable People
by Yaniv Magal
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
Which insect cost Charles Darwin his marriage? Who nominated Adolf Hitler for a Nobel Peace Prize? And which beloved White House pet single-handedly saved an American president’s career?
The silly, amusing, unbelievable, and astounding come together in this colorful collection of stories about exceptional people spanning centuries of history around the world. From scientists, athletes, and artists to strategists, spies, and world leaders, Interesting Stories About Remarkable People brings history to life as you’ve never heard it told before.