Mysteries
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
A Cat’s Garden of Secrets
by Jacqueline Diamond
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
A talking cat, a magical library, and a young woman with awakening powers, plus a murder to solve! Escape to an enchanted village in this charming blend of fantasy and whodunit.
On the weirdest day of a 19-year-old orphan’s life, her cat starts speaking, her car kidnaps her, and she inherits a bookshop-archive in a hidden small town. As she uncovers secrets and meets quirky characters, she struggles to master supernatural gifts before her grandmother’s killer catches up with her…
The Wrong Mother
by Charlotte Duckworth
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
One mother on the run. A safe place to hide. But you can’t escape the past forever . . .
Faye is 39 and single. She’s terrified she may never have the one thing she always wanted: a child of her own.
Then she discovers a co-parenting app: Acorns. For men and women who want to have a baby, but don’t want to do it alone. When she meets Louis through it, it feels as though the fates have aligned.
But just one year later, Faye is on the run from Louis, with baby Jake in tow. In desperate need of a new place to live, she contacts Rachel, who’s renting out a room in her remote Norfolk cottage. It’s all Faye can afford – and surely she’ll be safe from Louis there?
The Tenth Circle
by Jon Land
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Blaine McCracken races to stop terrorists from unleashing an ancient weapon of unimaginable power at the president’s State of the Union speech
Blaine McCracken pulled off the impossible on a mission in Iran, but his work has just begun. Returning to the US, he faces another terrible threat in the form of Reverend Jeremiah Rule, whose hateful rhetoric has inflamed half the world, resulting in a series of devastating terrorist attacks. But Rule isn’t acting alone. A shadowy cabal is pulling his strings, unaware that they are creating a monster who will soon spin free of their control…
Most Wanted
by Lisa Scottoline
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
Donor 3319 Profile:Tall. Blonde. Blue eyes. Medical Student. Wanted for Serial Murder.
Christine Nilsson and her husband, Marcus, are desperate for a baby. Unable to conceive, they find themselves facing a difficult choice they had never anticipated. After many appointments with specialists, endless research, and countless conversations, they make the decision to use a donor.
Two months pass, and Christine is happily pregnant. But one day, she is shocked to see a young blond man on the TV news being arrested for a series of brutal murders—and the blond man bears an undeniable and uncanny resemblance to her donor.
The Remaining: Fractured
by D. J. Molles
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
This is the destiny of those who stand for others. Their honor will be bought in blood and pain.
The Camp Ryder Hub is broken. Lee is nowhere to be found, and his allies are scattered across the state, each of them learning that their missions will not be as easy as they thought. Inside the walls of Camp Ryder, a silent war is brewing, between those few that still support Lee’s vision of rebuilding, and the majority that support Jerry’s desire for isolation. But this war will not remain silent for long. And in this savage world, everyone will have to make a choice.
Wild Dark Shore
by Charlotte McConaghy
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
A family on a remote island. A mysterious woman washed ashore. A rising storm on the horizon.
Dominic Salt and his three children are caretakers of Shearwater, a tiny island not far from Antarctica. Home to the world’s largest seed bank, Shearwater was once full of researchers, but with sea levels rising, the Salts are now its final inhabitants. Until, during the worst storm the island has ever seen, a woman mysteriously washes ashore.
Isolation has taken its toll on the Salts, but as they nurse the woman, Rowan, back to strength, it begins to feel like she might just be what they need. Rowan, long accustomed to protecting herself, starts imagining a future where she could belong to someone again.
Dead of Winter
by Anders de la Motte
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
‘Tightly plotted and dark with psychological suspense, intriguing characters and vivid milieus that never stop delivering’ KATRINE ENGBERG, author of the Korner and Werner series
IT WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A NIGHT TO REMEMBER
WINTER 1987
Laura is excited to spend Christmas as usual with her beloved aunt Hedda and her friends. But her festive mood soon turns sour as she finds both old faces and new are keeping secrets from her. When a fire claims the life of her best friend, the scars of that night will remain with Laura for the rest of her life…
You Had Me at Haiku
by John D. Ottini
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
This book contains 101 thought-provoking haiku poems, covering broad topics such as life, love, death, and almost everything in between. The poems are filled with insight, passion, and a touch of humor.
The author first encountered haiku in high school. He thought they were cool back then, as he does today.
The challenge and enjoyment in crafting a haiku is in attempting to portray a meaningful thought or emotion using only three lines and seventeen syllables. That was the challenge the author faced in writing this book.
He’s hopeful that you will find these haiku poems both eloquent and entertaining.
The Faith of Beasts
by James S. A. Corey
Kindle $15.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
The monstrous Carryx empire was built by subjugation and war. Thousands of species are bound to their Sovran’s command in an endless, blood-soaked test: be useful in the eternal conflict or be slaughtered.
Dafyd Alkhor, highest among their human captives, is feared and despised by the very people he champions. Ruthless in carving out his niche in the eternal war machine of the empire, he will reshape human nature itself as a tool for their alien masters’ use. But Dafyd’s loyalty is not what it seems.
A Death in the Dark
by Ellie Alexander
Kindle $5.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
An assistant athletics coach is found murdered at Redwood Grove High School and all evidence points one way – but the Novel Detectives are about to face their most puzzling case yet.
When beloved local teacher and track coach Josh Bynum stumbles into the Secret Bookcase distressed and with no memory of the previous night, Annie’s and Fletcher’s instincts tell them something doesn’t add up.
As the duo delve deeper into the tight-knit world of high school athletics, they uncover a web of secrets. Between ambitious parents, suspicious fundraising activities, and a star athlete with a lot to lose, everyone has something to hide.
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
Troubled Blood
by Robert Galbraith
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Private Detective Cormoran Strike is visiting his family in Cornwall when he is approached by a woman asking for help finding her mother, Margot Bamborough—who went missing in mysterious circumstances in 1974.
Strike has never tackled a cold case before, let alone one forty years old. But despite the slim chance of success, he is intrigued and takes it on; adding to the long list of cases that he and his partner in the agency, Robin Ellacott, are currently working on. And Robin herself is also juggling a messy divorce and unwanted male attention, as well as battling her own feelings about Strike.
A Second Helping of Crazy
by John D. Ottini
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
A Second Helping of Crazy
In A Second Helping of Crazy, author John D. Ottini has collected thirteen of his most memorable stories in one volume. Three stories were previously chosen as Finalists in the annual Florida Writers Association Royal Palm Literary Awards competition, and the rest are a selection of the author’s personal favorites.
“I didn’t know what to expect (how many times have you read that?), but I was happily surprised by almost every story I read (I think there was one that was iffy). Wonderfully told, characters everyday people, great twists at the end that were actually unforeseeable. I think you’ll like this one, guys!” by Amazon Customer
The Ice Angels
by Caroline Mitchell
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
The first in a new crime series with Nordic-noir elements featuring a compelling female detective, for fans of Lisa Jewell and Stieg Larsson, by New York Times bestselling author Caroline Mitchell
A deadly pattern: Jenny Flynn, Chelsea Hobbs, Sophie Miller. All three children were snatched from the streets of Lincoln, England years apart. All stolen in the bitter chill of winter. All on their way home from school. Then Sophie Miller is found. She’s not speaking, but she may hold a clue to the whereabouts of the missing girls, if someone can get her to open up. Some what reluctantly, Detective Swann calls in his not-quite ex-wife, the perfect woman for the job…
Depths of Deception
by Stacy Angell Curtis
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Her parents are dead. And Bryn Marsh doesn’t want to believe allegations from the FBI about her deceased mother.
Then her uncle reveals an old secret. And her world turns upside down.
Jack McKerrick would do anything to protect Bryn—as her billionaire uncle’s head of security and as a man who wants to spend the rest of his life with her. But when a nineteenth-century corpse and new deadly threats collide with a Cat 4 hurricane, Jack will need a miracle to keep Bryn alive.
Metamorphosis
by Ross Jeffery, William Sterling, Truborn Press
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Metamorphosis is a haunting exploration of grief, obsession, and transformation. Cynthia, a woman who once thrived in her autonomy, now finds herself ensnared by a relentless desire to reclaim what she has lost.
Living a double life, she meticulously plans a path that blurs the lines between love and madness. Armed with a mask that reflects her inner turmoil, Cynthia descends into a world where reality and fantasy intertwine, revealing the dark depths of her psyche…
The Flamesworn Saga Complete Series
by Lyn South, Michael Anderle
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Monster hunting is a family business for the Fairbornes.
Maisie and her sister Sela have been trained by their mother to take down anything with claws, teeth, or dark magic, and they’re damn good at it.
After odious Alistair Bramble, the richest man in Draklûn Bay, threatens to take their home unless Maisie agrees to marry him, the sisters take the biggest job of their lives: a quest from King Rodmar of Valendar to find a legendary treasure buried deep in the mountains.
Enter Sir Castian. Grumpy, guarded, and infuriatingly noble. He’s assigned by the king to help them on their quest…
Dirty John and Other
True Stories of Outlaws and Outsiders
by Christopher Goffard
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
A collection of newspaper stories by award-winning Los Angeles Times reporter Christopher Goffard—including “Dirty John,” the basis for the hit podcast and the upcoming Bravo scripted series starring Connie Britton and Eric Bana.
Since its release in fall 2017, the Dirty John podcast—about a conman who terrorizes a Southern California family—has been downloaded more than twenty million times, and will soon premiere as a scripted drama on Bravo starring Connie Britton and Eric Bana. The story, which also ran as a print series in the Los Angeles Times, wasn’t unfamiliar terrain to its writer, Christopher Goffard…
Locked In
by Jussi Adler-Olsen
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
In this tenth installment of the New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling series, the team must solve the cold case that has put their own leader behind bars, a place where his enemies are plentiful and time is quickly running out.
When the head of Department Q, Detective Carl Mørck, finds himself handcuffed in a police car headed for Copenhagen’s Vestre prison, he realizes that a violent case from his past has finally caught up with him. But he is being framed. Someone has a million-dollar bounty on his head to make sure he doesn’t talk, putting him in grave danger among the prison’s incarcerated criminals and corrupt officers.
Fatal
by Michael Palmer
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
In Chicago, a pregnant cafeteria worker suffering nothing more malevolent than flulike symptoms begins hemorrhaging from every part of her body. In Boston, a brilliant musician, her face disfigured by an unknown disease, rapidly descends into a lethal paranoia. In Belinda, West Virginia, a miner suddenly goes berserk, causing a cave-in that kills two of his co-workers. Finding the link between these events could prove FATAL.
When the Wolves Are Silent
by C. S. Harris
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
A brutal string of ritualistic killings terrorizes a city already shaken by economic and political turmoil in this chilling new historical mystery from C. S. Harris, USA Today bestselling author of Who Will Remember.
London, 1816: When a notorious young aristocrat is burned alive on a windswept hill popular with neo-Druids, former cavalry officer Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, finds himself plunged into a murder investigation shadowed by tales of ancient human sacrifices and long-buried secrets.