Mysteries
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
Last Patient of the Night
by Gary Gerlacher
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
MASH meets Bosch—with a scalpel.
When a young woman dies in his ER, emergency physician AJ Docker can’t let it go.
She arrived beaten. Tortured. Fingertips severed. No name. No ID. Before he could save her, she was gone.
In Houston’s busiest trauma center, death is part of the job. But this one is different. Hours earlier she was alive, frightened, hiding something. Now she’s a Jane Doe in the morgue.
The police call it homicide. Docker calls it unfinished business.
Total Eclipse of the Hex
by Tara Lush
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Murder is on the menu in Cypress Grove… and the catch of the day is deadly.
When a celebrity chef dies after a dramatic event at the Crescent Moon Inn, innkeeper and part-time sleuth Amelia Matthews finds herself juggling magical mayhem, suspicious guests, and a daughter who’s suddenly back in town—and not happy about her mom’s witchy lifestyle.
What should have been a showcase of Cypress Grove’s culinary scene descends into chaos during a violent summer storm, with tensions simmering among a wine bar owner with a grudge, an increasingly unhinged assistant, a suspiciously knowledgeable newcomer, and a city council member who won’t stop singing — or drinking…
Neighborhood Witches: Two Complete Series
by Judith Berens, Martha Carr, Michael Anderle
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Witches are being murdered in Austin. But how do you put the monster back in the vault?
The three witches of Pressler Street are the city’s only hope but they are running out of time.
Lily Antony is a young witch playing in a very dangerous treasure hunt.
She’s got to follow the clues her Mom left behind after her disappearance trekking the world. Her search is almost over before it begins, but Lily isn’t a quitter. Will she find her mother? Or will it all be for nothing?
Never Saw Me Coming
by Vera Kurian
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
You should never trust a psychopath. But what if you had no choice?
It would be easy to underestimate Chloe Sevre… She’s a freshman honor student, a legging-wearing hot girl next door, who also happens to be a psychopath. She spends her time on yogalates, frat parties and plotting to kill Will Bachman, a childhood friend who grievously wronged her.
Chloe is one of seven students at her DC-based college who are part of an unusual clinical study of psychopaths—students like herself who lack empathy and can’t comprehend emotions like fear or guilt. The study, led by a renowned psychologist, requires them to wear smart watches that track their moods and movements.
Doll House
by John Hunt
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
She vanished on her first night at university. Five years later, her father’s phone rings.
When Olivia is abducted from a quiet campus road, the crime takes seconds. For her father, Harry, the nightmare never ends. Five years of drinking. Five years of guilt. Five years of imagining his daughter dead in a ditch while the police search goes cold and the world moves on. Everyone tells him to accept it. To grieve. To let go.
His Last Text
by Rebecca Lake
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
A romantic anniversary dinner. A heartfelt message. Then silence.
Anna Stanten’s world shatters when she learns her boyfriend Wyatt’s corporate jet has crashed. With the company dragging its feet on the search, Anna takes matters into her own hands, assembling a team of volunteers to find the man she loves.
But as she retraces Wyatt’s last known steps, danger lurks at every turn. Her uncle, driven by an insatiable greed for a mysterious key mentioned in her grandmother’s will, seems to be pulling strings from the shadows. And who is this new “aunt” that suddenly appeared in her life?
EMP Pulse and Ash Collection
by William Stone
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
He had a gun against his temple when the dog walked out of the woods.
That was six weeks into the collapse. Tonight Rob is still breathing, still walking, still climbing toward a homestead in the Colorado Rockies, because Captain won’t let him stop. Because a stray dog decided a broken man was worth saving. And because the next attack is coming fast.
Managed Care
by Joe Barrett
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Is it too much to ask that a managed care facility refund a year’s advance payment when your grandfather dies before he can move in?
Frank Johnson doesn’t think so, which is why the thirty-three-year-old now lives in a nursing home, locked in a chess match feud with management that doesn’t occupy nearly enough of his time.
When foster kid Elroy is thrust into his life, Frank decides to turn this forced relationship to his advantage – launching a string of absurd decisions, inappropriate behaviors and unexpected glimpses of tenderness that ultimately turn a New Jersey suburb upside down.
Second Son
by Pamela Taylor
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
A covert mission. A royal power struggle. A father who may never meet his child.
The 14th century. Lord Alfred, grandson to the king but far from the throne, has always lived at the margins of power. A scholar by nature, a loyal son by duty, he is content with a quiet life of service. But when the king entrusts him with a covert mission to protect the royal succession, Alfred is drawn into dangerous currents he cannot control.
The mission unravels. Captured and carried across hostile territory, he is tormented by visions of never meeting his unborn child. Ransom is uncertain. Rescue is unlikely. Time is his cruelest enemy. As each day carries him farther from home, he must face a grim truth: even royal blood can be expendable…
Hurricane Bay: A 2-in-1 Collection
by Heather Graham
Kindle $0.50 Rating: 4.6 #ad
A TEMPEST OF PASSION: Private investigator Dane Whitelaw is being framed for murder. When Dane finds a photo under his door of his dead ex-girlfriend Sheila Warren he knows he’s been set up. The crime appears to be the handiwork of a serial killer currently terrorizing the Miami area, and someone wants Dane to take the fall…
A Man Worth Remembering by USA TODAY bestselling author Delores Fossen: FBI agent Gabe Sanchez hasn’t seen Leigh O’Brien since she vanished from his life two years ago. Now Leigh is the witness in a major case, and Gabe has orders to keep her safe—but will he be able to protect his heart?
One Second Away
by Rick Mofina
Kindle $12.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
What happens when your worst nightmare becomes your reality?
One sunny day in California, Jessie is hugging her nine-year-old son, Dylan, goodbye at the airport. He’s travelling alone, all the way across the country, to visit his grandparents and father, Jessie’s soon-to-be ex-husband. Her heart is breaking, but she puts on a brave face and gives her son one last wave as a flight attendant leads him away.
Several hours later, Jessie gets a frantic call from Dylan’s grandmother in New York. Dylan is missing.
Force of Natur
by Joan M. Griffin
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
At fifty, she chose adventure over fear.
After the sudden loss of her best friend, Joan Griffin could have retreated. Instead, she made a bold decision: to hike the 200-mile John Muir Trail through California’s breathtaking High Sierra.
Now—not someday.
Joined by two strong, spirited women also in their fifties, Joan steps onto the trail ready for exploration and discovery. The mountains deliver both. Lightning storms crack across alpine passes. Snowfields and river crossings demand grit. Long climbs test endurance. Yet with every mile, confidence grows—and so does joy.
Monday’s Mystery eBooks
Being Nancy
by Michele Olson
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
A Nancy Drew convention on Mackinac Island. A stolen treasure. A mystery that suddenly becomes real.
When fans gather to celebrate the legendary sleuth Nancy Drew on beautiful Mackinac Island, they expect games, costumes, and a little nostalgic fun. What they don’t expect is a real mystery.
When a valuable treasure disappears during the convention, the line between fiction and reality begins to blur. Suddenly the amateur sleuths must do more than admire their favorite detective—they must become detectives themselves.
A Serpent’s Tooth
by Craig Johnson
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
The hit drama Longmire is now streaming on Paramount+
It’s homecoming for the Durant Dogies when Cord Lynear, a Mormon “lost boy” forced off his compound for rebellious behavior, shows up in Absaroka County. Without much guidance, divine or otherwise, Sheriff Walt Longmire, Victoria Moretti, and Henry Standing Bear search for the boy’s mother and find themselves at the barbed-wire doorstep of an interstate polygamy group. Run by four-hundred-pound Roy Lynear, Cord’s father, the group is frighteningly well armed and very good at keeping secrets.
Iron Refuge
by Colton Lively
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
When an EMP wipes out power, Renee must protect her daughter and their wildlife preserve from strangers, unrest, and the growing fear that the collapse has begun.
Survival means guarding family, land, and trust before the quiet countryside becomes their prison.
Where Secrets Lie
by Rebecca Lake
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Some secrets refuse to stay buried…
Anna Stanten thought she’d left her past behind when she fled to Texas after her mother’s death. But a haunting phone call shatters her new life, luring her back to Idaho with promises of long-buried truths. As she delves into a labyrinth of family secrets, Anna finds herself face-to-face with Wyatt Stone, the first love she’d all but forgotten. Can she trust him with her heart as she unravels the web of lies surrounding her family?
Confronted by the enigmatic figure of her great-uncle Atticus and pursued by an unseen threat, Anna must summon the courage to face the darkness of her family’s history. With each revelation, she steps further out of her mother’s shadow and into her own strength…
On Wings of Eagles
by Ken Follett
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
A #1 bestselling author Ken Follett tells the inspiring true story of the Middle East hostage crisis that began in 1978, and of the unconventional means one American used to save his countrymen. . . .
When two of his employees were held hostage in a heavily guarded prison fortress in Iran, one man took matters into his own hands: businessman H. Ross Perot. His team consisted of a group of volunteers from the executive ranks of his corporation, handpicked and trained by a retired Green Beret officer. To free the imprisoned Americans, they would face incalculable odds on a mission that only true heroes would have dared. . . .
Master of the Game
by Sidney Sheldon
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Kate Blackwell is the symbol of success – a beautiful woman who has parlayed her inheritance into an international conglomerate.
Now, celebrating her 90th birthday, Kate surveys the family she has manipulated, dominated, and loved: the fair and the grotesque, the mad and the mild, the good and the evil – her winnings in life.
Shadows of Valor
by Kayla Lowe
Kindle $4.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
When the truth is dangerous, courage is the only choice.
SWAT sniper Nate Wilder protects Glory with precision—but even he isn’t ready for the threat chasing investigative journalist Lila Bennett. Exposing corruption can cost everything, and Lila’s life hangs in the balance. As shadows close in, Nate must trust God’s guidance, risk his career, and open his heart to the woman who dares to walk beside him.
For All of Her Life
by Heather Graham
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Sometimes our exes are exactly how we remember them. Sometimes they’re better . . .
Kathy and Jordan Treveryan used to have everything. They fronted the enormously successful rock band Blue Heron, they had two beautiful daughters, and they had a passionate marriage. But life as they knew it came to an abrupt end when their bandmate, Keith, was killed in an apparently accidental fire. Soon after, the band and their marriage fell apart.
In this tale of unstoppable love, Jordan pursues Kathy as he tries to reunite the band and lay to rest the mysterious circumstances of Keith’s death…
Period of Adjustment
by Carolina Mac, D.K. Mac
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
When the American Embassy falls under attack, an unlikely hero emerges. As the truth is revealed about who is responsible, a tangled web of political secrets is exposed.
Looking for a way to stabilize his shaky personal life, Tommy Donovan leaves his beloved job as leader of the Blackmore Agency gang squad in Austin to accept a role as the personal bodyguard to a powerful government official.
When a routine foreign visit turns into an assassination, Tommy is drawn into the seedy side of politics, rife with corruption, lies, and cutthroat political maneuvering. In a heart-pounding race against dangerous foes, Tommy scrambles to secure the key asset who can expose the truth and set things right.
The Risk for House and Home
by STACEY WILK
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Grace Starr plans. She likes order, organization, and the smell of bleach. When her ex-husband evicts her from her predicable world, she’s faced with the hit-you-between-the-eyes realization she’s been a bystander in her own life.
A letter arrives. An anonymous donor gifts her a worn-out house in a small town, but with the house, comes some stipulations—and the neighbor.
Blaise Savage is an incorrigible, nearly washed-up drummer in a rock band. His unbridled personality challenges everything she holds dear. He’s sexy, and that wicked wink probably had half the female population in his bed. For Grace, his lifestyle is out of control.
Dino Island: The Lost Girls
by J. R. Hogan
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
I’ve spent my life learning about dinosaurs, assuming they were all gone…
But now some very real prehistoric predators are chasing a group of beautiful women…
Who are very interested in chasing me. How did I get into this mess?
One minute, I was a highly respected professor of paleontology, engaging my students with stories of a completely different world. The next minute, I’d been mysteriously transported to that world, complete with every exotic danger I could imagine.