Mysteries
Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
The Cornish Wedding Murder
by Fiona Leitch
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
Still spinning from the hustle and bustle of city life, Jodie ‘Nosey’ Parker is glad to be back in the Cornish village she calls home. Having quit the Met Police in search of something less dangerous, the change of pace means she can finally start her dream catering company and raise her daughter, Daisy, somewhere safer.
But there’s nothing quite like having your first job back at home be catering an ex-boyfriend’s wedding to remind you of just how small your village is. And when the bride vanishes, Jodie is drawn into the investigation, realising that life in the countryside might not be as quaint as she remembers.
Empire of the Vampire
by Jay Kristoff
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
It has been twenty-seven long years since the last sunrise. For nearly three decades, vampires have waged war against humanity; building their eternal empire even as they tear down our own. Now, only a few tiny sparks of light endure in a sea of darkness.
Gabriel de León is a silversaint: a member of a holy brotherhood dedicated to defending realm and church from the creatures of the night. But even the Silver Order could not stem the tide once daylight failed us, and now, only Gabriel remains.
Storm Watch
by C. J. Box
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
When a prominent University of Wyoming professor goes missing, authorities are stumped. That is, until Joe Pickett makes two surprising discoveries while hunting down a wounded elk on his district as an epic spring storm descends upon him. First, he finds the professor’s vehicle parked on a remote mountainside. Then Joe finds the professor’s frozen and mutilated body. When he attempts to learn more, his investigation is obstructed by federal agents, extremists, and Governor Colter Allen.
If I Go Missing
by Leslie Wolfe
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
If you’re reading this, I’ve gone missing. I close the binder I’ve been writing in, and walk into the living room. As I stare out of the window at your house next door, I think about all the things I stand to lose if someone comes for me. My handsome, loving husband, who has no idea what I’ve done. My family, who have supported me no matter what. This beautiful home near the ocean, where I thought I would be safe.
Everyone says that I’m paranoid, but I just think I’m prepared. My secrets have placed me in terrible danger.
Hang the Moon
by Jeannette Walls
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Sallie Kincaid is the daughter of the biggest man in a small town, the charismatic Duke Kincaid. Born at the turn of the 20th century into a life of comfort and privilege, Sallie remembers little about her mother who died in a violent argument with the Duke. By the time she is just eight years old, the Duke has remarried and had a son, Eddie. While Sallie is her father’s daughter, sharp-witted and resourceful, Eddie is his mother’s son, timid and cerebral. When Sallie tries to teach young Eddie to be more like their father, her daredevil coaching leads to an accident, and Sallie is cast out.
The Witch and the Revolution
by Daniel Sugar
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
As the Tsar’s subjects turn against him, Lilly Parris races to save Anastasia Romanov and her brother Alexis – the heir to the Russian throne.
The Witch and the Revolution is a fast-paced, brand-new take on the Russian Revolution.
“Another fast paced well researched chapter in the life of Lilly Paris…very descriptive picture life in the time of the Romanovs A great read!!” by Amazon Customer
In The Dead of Night
by Frank Wheeler
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Siblings are supposed to love each other. Bethany just wants hers dead.
Chevy, Lorna, and Bethany Sinclair were born to an outlaw life. Children of the infamous “Bourbon Sinclair,” people never saw them as anything but boot scum.
But while Lorna and Chevy learned from their father’s mistakes and turned their lives around, Bethany followed in his bootsteps. And now, ten years after his death, she’s more dangerous than he ever was.
2312
by Kim Stanley Robinson
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
From the acclaimed author of New York 2140 and Red Mars, this NYT bestselling novel tells the story of a future where humanity has populated miraculous new habitats engineered across the solar system — and the one death that triggers a precarious chain of events that could destroy it all.
The year is 2312. Scientific and technological advances have opened gateways to an extraordinary future. Earth is no longer humanity’s only home; new habitats have been created throughout the solar system on moons, planets, and in between. But in this year, 2312, a sequence of events will force humanity to confront its past, its present, and its future.
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
Gifts, Glamping, & Glocks
by Tonya Kappes
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY WITH A SMIDGEN OF HOMICIDE
Welcome to Normal, Kentucky, a small town in the Daniel Boone National Forest and Happy Trails Campground, where the annual Christmas activities are in full swing. But behind the twinkling lights and festive cheer lies a sinister secret.
The Religious Body
by Catherine Aird
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Detective Inspector C. D. Sloan prays he will find a nun’s murderer in this British crime novel by a Diamond Dagger winner: “A most ingenious writer” (The New York Times).
The day begins like any other for Sister Mary St. Gertrude. When her alarm sounds at 5 a.m., Sister Mary begins rousting her convent sisters from their beds, starting with the Reverend Mother. Down the Order she goes with a knock and a warm blessing. But when the young nun reaches Sister Anne’s door, there is no answer. She assumes that Sister Anne got up early, and continues on her way.
S is for Silence
by Sue Grafton
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
California private investigator Kinsey Millhone is hired to solve a decades-old cold case in this “undeniably entertaining” (Los Angeles Times) #1 New York Times bestseller from Sue Grafton.
Cases don’t get much colder than that of Violet Sullivan, who disappeared from her rural California town in 1953, leaving behind an abusive husband and a seven-year-old named Daisy. But PI Kinsey Millhone has promised the now adult Daisy she’ll try her best to locate Violet, dead or alive. All signs point to a runaway wife—the clothes that disappeared; the secret stash of money Violet bragged about; the brazen flirtations she indulged in with local men, including some married ones.
The John Corey Collection
by Nelson DeMille
Kindle $4.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
An omnibus of three Nelson DeMille novels featuring John Corey, a brilliant NYPD detective who becomes an FBI terrorist hunter.
Plum Island
The Lion’s Game
Night Fall
Warrior
by Simon Scarrow
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
The epic story of Caratacus: a barbarian king who led the tribes of Britannia against mighty Rome . . .
AD 18, Britannia. The Roman Empire rules much of the known world. Beyond the northern frontier lies Britannia, where ceaseless feuding amongst the Celts leaves the island vulnerable to Rome’s ambitions.
Caratacus, son of a powerful king, has no premonition of destiny when he is dispatched to train with the Druids. A brutal regime transforms the young prince into a warrior with unparalleled military skills – and the strategic cunning essential to outwit a stronger enemy.
The Red Road
by Denise Mina
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Alex Morrow faces her toughest opponents yet in this brilliant thriller about criminals, consequences, and convictions.
Police detective Alex Morrow has met plenty of unsavory characters in her line of work, but arms dealer Michael Brown ranks among the most brutal and damaged of the criminals she’s known. Morrow is serving as a witness in Brown’s trial, where the case hinges on his fingerprints found on the guns he sells.
Young Gun
by Jesse Storm
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Austin Burke, age 16, does not have an easy life, yet he chooses not to let that bring him down. He has big ambitions. Someday, he is going to become a lawman.
Sheriff Dalton keeps treating him like a kid, but Austin doesn’t care. He wants to prove everybody wrong.
One day, an outlaw by the name of Lyra Holden rides into town looking for the sheriff. She has some unfinished business – to get back at the sheriff for locking up a man she has been hunting down for a long time. Nobody has the right to touch her prey. It is her job.