Mysteries
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
Murder at the Theatre
by Greg Mosse
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Maisie Cooper is looking for peace and quiet. But the arrival of a troupe of actors for a new production at the local theatre turn her best laid plans upside down.
Among them is the young French actress, Adélaïde Amour, who appeals to Maisie for help as she struggles to prepare for her new role. As opening night approaches, a terrible crime is committed, and a body is found concealed behind the scenes in the theatre. Can Maisie unravel a real-life plot worthy of a great play? Or will the killer strike again?
Obelisk – System Integration
by Conor Malachi
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Ominous Obelisks land on Earth with a single message: Join the Games to give humanity a fighting chance to survive…OR ROLL OVER AND DIE.
Too bad for them, Warren isn’t the rolling over type.
Cancer may be kicking Warren’s a*&, but he’s not about to let aliens destroy his home and everything he loves (which is mostly just his dog, Buck)… Besides, what does he have to lose?
Better to die with sword in hand, bleeding out from a head wound, than in some hospital bed… Once the games begin, Warren can’t help but think, ‘Maybe hospital beds aren’t so bad after all.’
Night Road
by Kristin Hannah
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
From Kristin Hannah, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the smash-hit novels Firefly Lane, The Nightingale, and The Four Winds comes a novel about how one reckless night destroys the lives of three teenagers and their families.
For eighteen years, Jude Farraday has put her children’s needs above her own, and it shows—her twins, Mia and Zach, are bright and happy teenagers. When Lexi Baill moves into their small, close-knit community, no one is more welcoming than Jude. Lexi, a former foster child with a dark past, quickly becomes Mia’s best friend. Then Zach falls in love with Lexi and the three become inseparable.
The Medici Quest
by Jeff Raymond
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Unlock the secrets of the past and embark on a modern-day treasure hunt.
In the heart of Florence, Italy, Ethan Montgomery and Chloe Conrad cross paths for the first time. Little do they know, their encounter will set them on a journey spanning centuries and continents. The Medici family, one of history’s most powerful and mysterious dynasties, left behind a trail of cryptic clues that could lead to a monumental discovery.
The Medici Quest takes readers on a pulse-pounding adventure as Ethan and Chloe race against time and enemies to uncover the truth behind the ancient manuscript. From the historic streets of Florence to the grandeur of Rome and the tranquil shores of Rhodes, they must navigate puzzles, danger, and treachery. But as their bond grows stronger, so does the threat from those who will stop at nothing to claim the treasure for themselves.
We Will All Go Down Together
by Gemma Files, Amanda Downum
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
“A vivid, haunting mix of horror and fantasy woven together through a complex fugue of short stories” from the award-winning author of Kissing Carrion (Entertainment Weekly).
One of Canada’s most acclaimed horror writers, Gemma Files presents a mosaic of interconnected stories about interconnected families. After fleeing Scotland, five clans settled in the fictional town of Dourvale in northern Ontario. Known as the Five-Family Coven, they are the descendants of witches and witch-children, none of whom were spared persecution in their native country. Now shamans, spellcasters, singers, and thieves, the members of the Devize, Druir, Glouwer, Roke, and Rusk families survive by trading their occult powers and talents—though few can really afford their price…
The House at the End of the World
by Dean Koontz
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
In retreat from a devastating loss and crushing injustice, Katie lives alone in a fortresslike stone house on Jacob’s Ladder island. Once a rising star in the art world, she finds refuge in her painting.
The neighboring island of Ringrock houses a secret: a government research facility. And now two agents have arrived on Jacob’s Ladder in search of someone—or something—they refuse to identify. Although an air of menace hangs over these men, an infinitely greater threat has arrived, one so strange even the island animals are in a state of high alarm.
When a Killer Calls
by John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
From John Douglas—the legendary FBI criminal profiler, #1 New York Times bestselling author, and inspiration for the Netflix show Mindhunter—comes a chilling journey inside the mind and crimes of Larry Gene Bell, one of the most dangerous serial killers Douglas confronted, and the desperate effort to identify and catch him.
On May 31, 1985, two days before her high school graduation, Shari Smith was abducted from the driveway of her family home in South Carolina. Based on the crime scene and the abductor’s repeated and taunting calls to the family, law enforcement quickly realized they were dealing with a sophisticated and highly dangerous criminal. A letter arrived the next day entitled “Last Will & Testament,” in which Shari, knowing she was to be murdered, wrote bravely and achingly of her love for her parents, siblings, and boyfriend, saying that while they would miss her, she knew they would persevere through their faith.
You Like It Darker: Stories
by Stephen King
Kindle $14.99 Rating: BRAND NEW RELEASE #ad
From legendary storyteller and master of short fiction Stephen King comes an extraordinary new collection of twelve short stories, many never-before-published, and some of his best EVER.
“You like it darker? Fine, so do I,” writes Stephen King in the afterword to this magnificent new collection of twelve stories that delve into the darker part of life—both metaphorical and literal. King has, for half a century, been a master of the form, and these stories, about fate, mortality, luck, and the folds in reality where anything can happen, are as rich and riveting as his novels, both weighty in theme and a huge pleasure to read. King writes to feel “the exhilaration of leaving ordinary day-to-day life behind,” and in You Like It Darker, readers will feel that exhilaration too, again and again.
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
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Bombshell
by Catherine Coulter
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
FBI Special Agent Griffin Hammersmith, last seen in Backfire, has been recruited by Dillon Savich to join his unit in Washington, D.C. Savich sees something special in Hammersmith, an almost preternatural instinct for tracking criminals.
While on his way to D.C., Hammersmith plans to visit his sister, Delsey, a student at Stanislaus School of Music in Maestro, Virginia. Before he arrives, he gets a phone call that Delsey was found naked, unconscious, and covered with blood after a wild party. The blood isn’t hers—so who does it belong to?
Century Portal
by Barbara Hartzler
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
We thought the battle for the Seer was over, but there’s a new threat vying for control of the Guardians. An old enemy who can now travel through time …
Bella I thought my days of wielding Sacred Stone powers were over. Then a strange portal appears in my dorm room… When a couple portal into my dorm from 1924 asking for my help, it’s hard to say no.
Especially when they tell me an old enemy from the Watcher Sapphire Wars found a way to travel through time and wants to sabotage the Seer’s line.
Halo: New Blood
by Matt Forbeck
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
A new generation of Spartans needs to step up in this novel in the New York Times–bestselling series set in the universe of the blockbuster Xbox® games!
While Spartans get all the glory, no soldier—not even the legendary Master Chief—wins a war on their own. Gunnery Sergeant Edward Buck and his team of Orbital Drop Shock Troopers (ODSTs) played a major role in saving the Earth from all-out invasion at the end of the Covenant War—acts of bravery and ingenuity that did not go unnoticed by the United Nations Space Command.
A Very Furry Christmas
by John D. Ottini
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Finalist in the 2016 Royal Palm Literary Award Competition. (Florida Writers Association)
Dear Reader: Please be aware that this is not a children’s book.
The perfect Christmas stocking stuffer for pet lovers, family and friends. This book contains four heartwarming Christmas stories about our feline friends and the humans who love them.
The Drift
by C. J. Tudor
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 3.7 #ad
Hannah awakens to carnage, all mangled metal and shattered glass. After she was evacuated from a secluded boarding school during a snowstorm, her coach careered off the road, trapping her with a handful of survivors. They’ll need to work together to escape—with their sanity and secrets intact.
Meg awakens to a gentle rocking. She’s in a cable car stranded high above snowy mountains, with five strangers and no memory of how they got on board. They are heading to a place known only as “The Retreat,” but as the temperature drops and tensions mount, Meg realizes they may not all make it there alive.
The Big Four
by Agatha Christie
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Famed private eye Hercule Poirot tackles international intrigue and espionage in this classic Agatha Christie mystery.
Framed in the doorway of Hercule Poirot’s bedroom stands an uninvited guest, coated from head to foot in dust. The man stares for a moment, then he sways and falls. Who is he? Is he suffering from shock or just exhaustion? Above all, what is the significance of the figure 4, scribbled over and over again on a sheet of paper?
Broadmoor Revealed
by Mark Stevens
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
On 27 May 1863, three coaches pulled up at the gates of a new asylum, built amongst the tall, dense pines of Windsor Forest. Broadmoor’s first patients had arrived.
In Broadmoor Revealed, Mark Stevens writes about what life was like for the criminally insane, over one hundred years ago. From fresh research into the Broadmoor archives, Mark has uncovered the lost lives of patients whose mental illnesses led them to become involved in crime.
I Don’t Like Patience
by Dawn De Wulf, Jen Grafton
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Molly hates waiting! Why is it taking so long for her carrots to grow? How can she speed them up?
Molly decides to handle her little crop herself, but things don’t turn out quite right when she does that. Watch how Molly and her grandfather, Poppie, work through her gardening problem and she learns a valuable lesson about the fruit of the spirit, patience. A
Join Molly in this first book about the fruit of the Spirit. “Taste” each part with her as she discovers the other 8 elements throughout the series.