Mysteries
Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
A Generation of Vipers
by Sarah Yarwood-Lovett
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
A killer is hiding in plain sight, like a snake in the long grass…
When Dr Nell Ward stumbles across a woman’s body amongst the purple heather on Furze Heath, she was on the lookout for nests of poisonous adders. But something is lurking out here far more dangerous than vipers.
A cold-blooded killer is on the loose and this is not his first victim. As DI James Clark begins to investigate, a pattern emerges pointing towards this being the work of a serial killer.
Demons Also Dream
by Ava Lock
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Hell hath no Fury like Fury. Joscelyn Wild is psychic but lonely. As an occult suspense writer who dreams about murders while they’re happening, she’s secretly fascinated by the supernatural, especially the realm of demons. For the past seven years, her dark psychic visions have inspired a bestselling series loaded with crime, clairvoyance, and telepathy… Real life is disappointing by comparison.
But eventually, even the most evil villains die. And if their souls escape the Grim Reaper, Lucifer summons Fury.
Blessed with fiery supernatural powers, Hell’s top bounty hunter surfaces with her demon helpers whenever one of these damned ghosts skips out on Death.
A Face to Die For
by Iris Johansen
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Archaeologist Riley Smith has been obsessed with Helen of Troy since she was a small girl, trailing her professor father all over the world in search of the tomb of the world’s most beautiful woman. Professor Smith put his life on the line to prove that, instead of a myth, Helen had been a living, breathing queen.
Riley seeks the help of forensic sculptor Eve Duncan, who has the unusual skills necessary to recreate the face that launched a thousand ships—revealing Helen’s true appearance for the first time in history. But convincing Eve to take on the challenge will be difficult because her efforts could come at great personal risk to her and her family…
The Hidden One
by Linda Castillo
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Over a decade ago, beloved Amish bishop Ananias Stoltzfus disappeared without a trace. When skeletal remains showing evidence of foul play are unearthed, his disappearance becomes even more sinister.
The town’s elders arrive in Painters Mill to ask chief of police Kate Burkholder for help, but she quickly realizes she has a personal connection to the crime. The handsome Amish man who stands accused of the murder, Jonas Bowman, was Kate’s first love. Forced to confront a painful episode from her past, Kate travels to Pennsylvania’s Kishacoquillas Valley, where the Amish culture differs dramatically from the traditions she knows. Though Bishop Stoltzfus was highly respected, she soon hears about a dark side to this complex man. What was he hiding that resulted in his own brutal death?
The Three Secret Cities
by Matthew Reilly
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
There is a shadow world behind the real world—a world with its own history, rules, and prisons. Now it is reaching into our world—explosively . . .
When Jack West, Jr. won the Great Games of the underworld, he threw the four legendary kingdoms into turmoil. Now these dark forces are coming after Jack . . . in ruthless fashion.
With the end of all things rapidly approaching, Jack must find the Three Secret Cities—three incredible lost cities of legend. It’s an impossible task by any reckoning, but Jack must do it while he is being hunted . . . by the greatest hunters in history.
Over the Hill
by Benny Steinberg
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
But at “A Home on the Hill” retirement community, there is no shortage of people that need looking after… or looking out for.
When a new experimental drug with miracle-like properties finds its way into Rachel’s hands, it throws The Hill’s elderly tenants into a tailspin. What starts as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help her closest friends deal with the complexities of old age, ends up disrupting the community’s peace as word of the miracle cure spreads like wildfire. The nurturing Rachel finds herself at the center of attention as she is drawn into her fellow residents’ lives, fears, ailments, and regrets.
Fetching Raymond
by John Grisham
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 3.7 #ad
A riveting story of suspense from John Grisham’s #1 New York Times bestseller, Ford County—now available as a standalone eBook short
Wheelchair-bound Inez Graney and her two older sons, Leon and Butch, take a bizarre road trip through the Mississippi Delta to visit the youngest Graney brother, Raymond, who’s been locked away on death row for eleven years . . . and it could well be their last visit. Going back to Ford County, Mississippi, the setting of his first novel, A Time to Kill, Grisham brings the Graneys and their world to vivid and colorful life, making it abundantly clear why he is our most popular storyteller.
Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
The Teacup Conspiracy
by Jackie Zack
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
A Mystery is Brewing…
In the Oregon coastal town of Greencastle, Gia Baxter faces the one-year anniversary of her husband’s death due to a drive-by shooting. All she has left is her cat, Merlin, and questions. Why had her husband refused to explain his moodiness? Instead, he’d given her colorful teacups as gifts. Eerily, teacups she’d stored away or donated reappear. How could that happen? Strange occurrences at work in the psychiatry office cause doubt. Is she slowly losing it?
Nothing to Lose
by J. A. Jance
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
The newest thrilling Beaumont suspense novel from New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance, in which Beaumont is approached by a visitor from the past and finds himself drawn into a missing person’s case where danger is lurking and family secrets are exposed.
Years ago, when he was a homicide detective with the Seattle PD, J. P. Beaumont’s partner, Sue Danielson, was murdered. Volatile and angry, Danielson’s ex-husband came after her in her home and, with nowhere else to turn, Jared, Sue’s teenage son, frantically called Beau for help. As Beau rushed to the scene, he urged Jared to grab his younger brother and flee the house. In the end, Beaumont’s plea and Jared’s quick action saved the two boys from their father’s murderous rage.
Machinations of a Murderer
by Peter Zander-Howell
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
There are at least two reasons why Robin Whitaker wants to eliminate his wife, Dulcie. He is not allowed to drink any alcohol, nor to gamble. Dulcie controls his life to an extent that he finds intolerable. But she is also wealthy, so merely leaving her is not an acceptable option.
In most circumstances Dr Whitaker thinks and acts like the very intelligent and highly-educated man he is. However, he has somehow convinced himself that the action of killing his wife is justified…
Her Last Summer
by Emily Freud
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
No body. No crime?
Twenty years ago, Mari vanished while backpacking through Thailand with her boyfriend, Luke. He was accused of murder, but has always insisted he’s innocent. Besides, her body was never found.
Now, he’s finally ready to talk. And filmmaker Cassidy Chambers wants to be the one to uncover what really happened, back then, in the dark of the jungle.
Never Forget
by Robert W. Kirby
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Jennifer wants her family to live happily ever after. Dream on.
Twenty-five years ago, Jennifer’s grandfather, Ernest, was convicted for the murder of his daughter, Jennifer’s mother. He’s been in prison ever since, but has always maintained his innocence. Now he’s about to be released.
Jennifer has childhood memories of the happy times she spent with her grandad, so she is willing to give him the benefit of the doubt – maybe he didn’t kill her mother.
But it soon becomes clear that no-one else agrees. Ernest is targeted by someone in their small community – someone who wants him gone. And Jennifer comes under increasing pressure from her own family to abandon her grandfather.
Ghosts of Honolulu
by Mark Harmon
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Hawaii, 1941. War clouds with Japan are gathering and the islands of Hawaii have become battlegrounds of spies, intelligence agents, and military officials – with the island’s residents caught between them. Toiling in the shadows are Douglas Wada, the only Japanese American agent in naval intelligence, and Takeo Yoshikawa, a Japanese spy sent to Pearl Harbor to gather information on the U.S. fleet.
Douglas Wada’s experiences in his native Honolulu include posing undercover as a newspaper reporter, translating wiretaps on the Japanese Consulate, and interrogating America’s first captured POW of World War II, a submarine officer found on the beach…
Bitter Pill
by Fern Michaels
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
No one weaves a story as well as beloved New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels. In the latest in the Sisterhood series, a team of unscrupulous doctors is profiting from others’ distress—but these loyal friends know just the cure . . .
For the Sisterhood, there’s a special satisfaction that comes with helping a friend in need, especially when it’s someone as dear as Charlotte Hansen. Myra Rutledge’s childhood friend has spent tens of thousands of dollars on remedies to boost longevity. But far from improving her health, the medications seem to be destroying it…
Who Knows You Best
by M. Ocampo McIvor
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 3.9 #ad
“I wonder how most of us can stay intact, how we don’t splinter, when we carry so many different selves within us.”
Eight-year-old Kayla is hit with a baseball and her eyes change color. But something else changes as well—she begins to see apparitions and dreams of events before they happen. That summer, Terry moves next door to Kayla, a boy who dreams of voyaging to outer space. They become fast friends, and along with Camille and Bianca, they bike around their Chicago neighborhood sharing adventures like typical children. Only, they are not typical.
After Bianca’s humiliating turn during a game of Spin the Bottle, the four friends start to pull away from each other. Years of petty jabs and a series of misunderstandings slowly fracture their friendship until each is left on their own to battle their traumas of violence and abuse…