Mysteries
Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
Risky Business, Another Murder
by Christa Nardi
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
An alarming violent crime disturbs the small town cozy vibe of Clover Hill.
When Dylan Woodlawn, an investment advisor from Lynchburg, is shot dead in their quiet town, amateur sleuth Sheridan Hendley can’t help but wonder why.As the secrets of his questionable financial dealings with investment clients unravel, Sheridan discovers a dangerous combination of gambling debts and alcohol use. She also finds that he is targeting rich and powerful men to finance his shortcomings.
Written in Bone
by Simon Beckett
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
A forensic pathologist discovers a vicious killer loose on a remote Scottish isle in this British thriller by “one of the country’s best crime writers” (Sunday Express).
Dr. David Hunter should be at home in London with the woman he loves. Instead, as a favor to a beleaguered colleague, he’s on the remote Hebridean island of Runa to inspect a grisly discovery. David is shocked by what he finds: a body almost totally incinerated except for the feet and a single hand. The local police are certain it’s an accidental death, but David is not convinced.
Forgotten Identity
by Penny Zeller
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Who is he really? And why is someone after him?
Mariah Holzman never imagined a whiteout blizzard would sever all communication from the outside world – communication desperately needed for the injured man Mariah finds near her home. Nor did she imagine helping nurse the man back to health would lead to threats and intimidation. As danger escalates and questions rise, Mariah is left to wonder what kind of person she has allowed into her home.
Grant MacGuire never imagined he would wake up one day in a strange cabin, surrounded by strange people, with no memory of who he is or how he was injured. Nor did he imagine his presence would put the lives of those who saved him in danger. As Grant struggles with distorted memories, he wonders if his life is worth the price the Holzman family is paying.
Chapter One
by Michael Wood
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
A murder that hasn’t been scripted… Or has it?
Since being left for dead in a brutal attack, crime writer Aidan Cullen hasn’t left his house. For five years his paranoia and fear have confined him to the walls of his rural home with just his dog for company. Not even his hugely successful, much-longed-for publishing career could tempt him from his self-imposed prison.
But when a murder happens so close to Aidan’s home that he can see the lights of the police cars and the white suits of the forensic team, even his elaborate security system and iron gates can’t keep the world out.
A Haunted History of Invisible Women
by Leanna Renee Hieber, Andrea Janes
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
Sorrowful widows, vengeful jezebels, innocent maidens, wronged lovers, former slaves, even the occasional axe-murderess—America’s female ghosts differ widely in background, class, and circumstance. Yet one thing unites them: their ability to instill fascination and fear, long after their deaths. Here are the full stories behind some of the best-known among them, as well as the lesser-known- though no less powerful . . .
Tales whispered in darkness often divulge more about the teller than the subject. America’s most famous female ghosts, from ‘Mrs. Spencer’ who haunted Joan Rivers’ New York apartment to Bridget Bishop, the first person executed during the Salem witchcraft trials, mirror each era’s fears and prejudices. Yet through urban legends and campfire stories, even ghosts like the nameless hard-working women lost in the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire – achieve a measure of power and agency in death, in ways unavailable to them as living women.
The Curse of Camp Cold Lake
by R. L. Stine
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Camp is supposed to be fun, but Sarah hates Camp Cold Lake. For one thing, it’s a water sports camp and she’s not a fan of swimming. The lake is gross and slimy. And she’s having a little trouble with her bunkmates. They hate her.
So Sarah comes up with a plan. She’ll pretend to drown—then everyone will feel sorry for her.
But things don’t go exactly the way Sarah planned. Because down by the cold, dark lake someone is watching her. Stalking her. Someone with pale blue eyes. And a see-through body . . .
Alex Cross Must Die
by James Patterson
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
An airport killer targeting pilots expands his scope. Alex Cross Must Die.
“Drop whatever you’re doing, Detective Cross, and head to Reagan Airport,” DC Metro Police dispatch says. “A jet just crashed and exploded on the runway. The chief and the FBI want you and John Sampson there pronto.”
Cross and Sampson race to the crash site. The plane didn’t fail – it was shot down by a stolen Vietnam War–era machine gun.
The list of experts who can operate the weapon is short. And time before another lethal strike runs even shorter. Especially for Detective Cross.
Three Waves, One Ocean
by Kathryn Beck _
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Lauren MacMillan needs two things in life: a beach to ground herself and a project person to fix. When she meets Taylor Montgomery on a Southern California beach, he isn’t quite project material, but he is friend material. As their friendship cements itself, Lauren’s interest in Taylor is platonic. Until it isn’t.
Taylor isn’t in the market for a relationship, and he doesn’t need fixing. Lauren may have broken through his crusty exterior, but brutal med school schedules do not coexist with relationships—romantic or otherwise. Doctor ambitions will always trump happily-ever-after delusions.
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
Pet Whisperer P.I. Books 1-3
by Molly Fitz
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Quirky humor? Small-town crimes? A talking cat? This boxed set has it all.
When Angie Russo survives a freak accident involving a rogue coffee maker, she wakes up with a strange new ability: she can talk to animals. Well, one animal in particular—a very spoiled and extremely talkative tabby named Octavius.
He insists his former owner was murdered, and Angie is the only one who can solve the case. She doesn’t exactly have experience in crime solving, but it turns out she’s a quick study. Soon, Angie and Octo-Cat are neck-deep in whacky whodunits, from canine eyewitnesses and riddle-speaking Sphynx cats to suspects who are all too human.
Dead Air
by Mary L. Hamilton
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
When the bullets stop, the real mystery begins…
Kit Squires’ life is already unraveling. The sole provider for her family, she struggles to keep her household afloat after her husband, Jeff, lost his job at a local radio station. But a shocking on-air shooting leaves two dead and one critically injured–and Jeff is the prime suspect.
The surviving witness places him at the scene. Jeff can offer no defense because hours later, his body is discovered, an apparent suicide. How could the man Kit married–the father of her children–be capable of such cold-blooded violence?
Final Account
by Peter Robinson
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
There’s more than blood and bone beneath the skin. . . .
The victim, a nondescript number cruncher, was murdered just yards away from his wife and daughter. And the crime scene is one that could chill the blood of even the most seasoned police officer.
But the strange revelations about an ordinary accountant’s extraordinary secret life are what truly mystify Chief Inspector Alan Banks. Lies breed further deceptions and blood begets blood . . . and all the while a killer watches, hidden in plain sight.
Sailing For Grace
by Joseph Bauer
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Wilton and Grace Goodbow’ s long marriage was frequently marked by political disagreement— she was the progressive activist, he the conservative, successful businessman. But their love was deep and bonded by a common passion for the sea aboard their ocean sailing yacht, The Sails of Grace. About to die, Grace elicits her husband’ s promise to set aside his political beliefs and take on her last cause: the reunification of Central American parents separated from their children at the El Paso border. Will risks his own freedom to keep his word. Sometimes the letter of the law and the right thing to do meet head-on. Sailing for Grace is a suspenseful exploration of the intersection of law, morality, and personal choice.
The Vulnerable
by Ed DeJesus
Kindle 0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
She’s missing! He’s ruined! Secrets sizzle. Wildfires rage!
In a world teetering on the brink, where climate change fuels devastating wildfires and a pandemic erupts, The Vulnerable plunges into the heart of interconnected lives, revealing a tapestry of crime, secrets, and suspense.
Dan DeCosta’s life implodes after he falls for Robin O’Rourke, the fiery redhead stalked by her violent ex, and thrusts Dan into a terrifying ordeal with the law, financial ruin, and fighting for his life. Dan’s father, Dick DeCosta, a renowned climate activist targeted by extremist groups, had relocated to Florida to escape their wrath. But Dick is forced to return to Boston, embarking on a frantic race against time to rescue his son and find Robin. Meanwhile, Dick’s wife becomes ill, and his daughter flees wildfires. Long-held family secrets threaten to erupt, testing the limits of loyalty and love.
Little Deadly Secrets
by Pamela Crane
Kindle 1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
The deadliest secrets lie closest to home…
From USA Today bestselling author Pamela Crane comes an addictively readable domestic suspense novel about friendship, motherhood … and murder.
Three best friends. Two unforgiveable sins. One dead body.
Mackenzie, Robin, and Lily have been inseparable forever, sharing life’s ups and downs and growing even closer as the years have gone by. They know everything about each other. Or so they believe.
Heat 2
by Michael Mann , Meg Gardiner
Kindle 1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Michael Mann, four-time-Oscar-nominated writer-director of The Last of the Mohicans, The Insider, Ali, Miami Vice, Collateral, and Heat teams up with Edgar Award–winning author Meg Gardiner to deliver Mann’s first novel, an explosive return to the universe and characters of his classic crime film—with an all-new story unfolding in the years before and after the iconic movie
One day after the end of Heat, Chris Shiherlis (Val Kilmer) is holed up in Koreatown, wounded, half delirious, and desperately trying to escape LA. Hunting him is LAPD detective Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino). Hours earlier, Hanna killed Shiherlis’s brother in arms Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro) in a gunfight under the strobe lights at the foot of an LAX runway. Now Hanna’s determined to capture or kill Shiherlis, the last survivor of McCauley’s crew, before he ghosts out of the city.
Danny Sixteen
by William Black
Kindle 0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Sixteen years old. One hell of a choice to make.
Danny Thompson was six when he found his father’s body in the dirt – just after the outlaws rode away. He didn’t see the shot that killed him. He didn’t hear the words exchanged. But he remembers their silhouettes fading into the pines under the glow of moonlight.
A decade later, the same outlaws are back, bringing violence to Danny’s town again.
Now at 16 years old, Danny’s shouldering burdens no kid should bear – a failing ranch, a mother wasting away from grief, a sister scraping by as a widow. The only light in his life is Anna, who swears he’s got more good in him than he knows.
The Warriors & Wranglers Football Boxed Set
by Violet Paige
Kindle 0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Under the stadium lights, they are stars, but off the field there are no rules.
Especially when it comes to their hearts.
Grab this binge-worthy box set and relive all five seasons with both teams with complete full-length novels.
Which couple will have you cheering for more?
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
A Very Important Teapot
by Sheppard Steve
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 3.9 #ad
Dawson is the unlikeliest MI6 spy you’ll ever meet. Good thing he has the lethally competent Lucy Smith for company.
From important teapots to vengeful assassins to international conspiracies, is there any escapade that Dawson can’t stumble into or any that Lucy can’t rescue him from? Find out in the funniest spy thriller series you’ll ever read.
Dawson’s life is going nowhere. Out of work and nearly out of money, he is forlornly pursuing the love of Rachel Whyte. But Rachel is engaged to Pat Bootle, an apparently successful local solicitor who has appeared from nowhere.
Cycles
by PM Kester
Kindle $4.99 Rating: New Release #ad
In a world on the brink of collapse, a young black woman awakens with a new face and fragmented memories, unaware of her vital role in humanity’s survival. As she unravels the truth, she discovers that she holds the key to saving both women and the world – but only if she can unlock it within 28 days. With time running out and enemies closing in, she must confront her past and her purpose before it’s too late.
Presumed Guilty
by Scott Turow
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Rusty is a retired judge attempting a third act in life with a loving soon-to-be wife, Bea, with whom he shares both a restful home on an idyllic lake in the rural Midwest and a plaintive hope that this marriage will be his best, and his last. But the peace that’s taken Rusty so long to find evaporates when Bea’s young adult son, Aaron, living under their supervision while on probation for drug possession, disappears. If Aaron doesn’t return soon, he will be sent back to jail.
Aaron eventually turns up with a vague story about a camping trip with his troubled girlfriend, Mae, that ended in a fight and a long hitchhike home. Days later, when she still hasn’t returned, suspicion falls on Aaron, and when Mae is subsequently discovered dead, Aaron is arrested and set for trial on charges of first-degree murder.
Triumph Over Adversity: Books 1-3
by Lynn Shannon
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
Courage. Faith. Second chances. Discover powerful love stories wrapped in gripping suspense in this emotional Christian romantic suspense collection by Publishers Weekly bestselling author Lynn Shannon.
The first three novels in the Triumph Over Adversity series – Calculated Risk, Critical Error, and Necessary Peril – together for the first time in one heart-pounding set. Each book delivers small-town danger, emotional healing, and the kind of enduring faith that lights the way through darkness.
Calculated Risk
Critical Error
Necessary Peril
Nobody’s Fool
by Harlan Coben
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Sami Kierce, a young college grad backpacking in Spain with friends, wakes up one morning, covered in blood. There’s a knife in his hand. Beside him, the body of his girlfriend. Anna. Dead. He doesn’t know what happened. His screams drown out his thoughts—and then he runs.
Twenty-two years later, Kierce, now a private investigator, is a new father who’s working off his debts by doing low level surveillance jobs and teaching wannabe sleuths at a night school in New York City. One evening, he recognizes a familiar face at the back of the classroom…
Ricochet
by Sandra Brown
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Detective Sergeant Duncan Hatcher is called to Judge Cato Laird’s opulent mansion after the judge’s trophy wife, Elise, shoots a man she claims was a burglar. But Duncan suspects her story conceals far more.
Despite warnings – even from his partner – Duncan is increasingly drawn to Elise, a woman whose beauty and secrets pull him into a dangerous investigation. Elise privately shares a shocking claim about Judge Laird’s involvement in a deadly conspiracy. Only as Duncan unravels the truth does he realize it may involve his nemesis, crime lord Robert Savich.
So, You Want to Write a Novel
by Pendelton Wallace
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
In this book on novel writing, you’ll get bestselling author Pendelton Wallace’s tips and tricks for completing your own work.
You will learn the essential elements of a well-structured novel, how to plan your novel before you start to write, and research you should conduct before beginning your novel.
Then you will read about practical techniques for developing memorable, three-dimensional characters, writing character sketches, constructing a compelling plot, and effective methods for outlining a novel.
Smuggler’s Cove
by Fern Michaels
Kindle $9.52 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
In a fresh, new series for fans of Nora Roberts, Danielle Steel, and Melida Leigh, #1 New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels introduces siblings Madison and Lincoln Taylor, whose Jersey Shore inheritance plunges them into a world of mystery and mayhem . . .
Growing up, Madison Taylor and her younger brother Lincoln lived in privilege, but their sheltered existence abruptly ended when their father was arrested for fraud and the family assets were seized. Since then, Madison has carved out a new path, studying fashion and working her way up to editor in chief of La Femme magazine, while Lincoln teaches wealth management at a small college outside the city. Both have separated themselves from their family and their past—until an unexpected bequest arrives from their late uncle.
Monday’s Mystery eBooks
Killer Reputation
by Cassidy Salem
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Adina can’t resist snooping when someone she knows turns up dead. Again. When a colleague at a prestigious think tank meets a violent death, Adina’s not convinced any of the obvious suspects disliked him enough to want him dead. Can the young research assistant, her quirky neighbor, and a lovable rescue pup help the police put together the pieces of the puzzle? Killer Reputation is the third mystery in the Adina Donati, Accidental Sleuth Series by Cassidy Salem. The books are standalone reads and can be read in any order.
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Look Again
by Lisa Scottoline
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Lisa Scottoline breaks new ground in Look Again, a thriller that’s both heart-stopping and heart-breaking, and sure to have new fans and book clubs buzzing.
When reporter Ellen Gleeson gets a “Have You Seen This Child?” flyer in the mail, she almost throws it away. But something about it makes her look again, and her heart stops—the child in the photo is identical to her adopted son, Will. Her every instinct tells her to deny the similarity between the boys, because she knows her adoption was lawful. But she’s a journalist and won’t be able to stop thinking about the photo until she figures out the truth.
Refining Fires
by Erin Rainwater
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
A ruined nurse. A disfigured veteran. A tormented child. A kept woman. Strangers whose paths cross, bringing redemption into each other’s lives in ways none of them could have predicted. Her career in ruins, a desperate nurse answers an ad to care for a disabled veteran. Disfigured in the war, the antisocial businessman can’t get his mind off the nurse he had tossed out of his home.
A young child who never leaves the confines of her mountain home must make a treacherous journey alone to save her mother’s life. A woman kept by men all her life learns through an old love that she has been kept all along by Someone else. Three stirring episodes. One magnificent Love story. Discussion questions included for book groups.
Love You More
by Lisa Gardner
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
WHO DO YOU LOVE? One question, a split-second decision, and Brian Darby lies dead on the kitchen floor. His wife, state police trooper Tessa Leoni, claims to have shot him in self-defense, and bears the bruises to back up her tale. For veteran detective D. D. Warren it should be an open-and-shut case. But where is their six-year-old daughter?
AND HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO . . . As the homicide investigation ratchets into a frantic statewide search for a missing child, D. D. Warren must partner with former lover Bobby Dodge to break through the blue wall of police brotherhood…
Conflicted
by Indy Quillen
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
A devastating natural disaster upends the world Walker knows and loves.
A rescue mission gone-wrong in unfamiliar terrain, tests the limits of his expert skills.
And challenge after challenge, Walker is determined to keep everyone safe … but he’s got to survive the mission first.
When natural disaster forces Walker and Nataya to re-evaluate their future, an opportunity to visit friends in Washington State offers a respite from the daily reminders of their tragic loss. But shortly after arriving they’re asked to help find a family missing in the local wilderness. Despite their limited experience in that specific environment, the two survival experts don’t hesitate to join the search.
The War of the Worlds
by H.G. Wells
Kindle $0.29 Rating: 4.3 #ad
H.G. Wells’s The War of the Worlds is one of the earliest and most influential science fiction novels ever written. First published in 1898, this gripping narrative of Martian invaders landing on Earth captures the tension between humanity’s ingenuity and vulnerability in the face of otherworldly forces.
The War of the Worlds remains a cornerstone of science fiction, combining thrilling storytelling with profound social and philosophical insights. Dive into this timeless masterpiece and experience the story that continues to captivate readers more than a century after its publication.
Play Dead
by Harlan Coben
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
The worlds of celebrity and sports are brilliantly dissected and turned upside down in the debut thriller from the bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix drama The Stranger.
Theirs was a marriage made in tabloid heaven, but no sooner had supermodel Laura Ayars and Celtics star David Baskin said “I do” than tragedy struck. While honeymooning on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, David went out for a swim – and never returned.
The Best Cadet
by Lucas Kinkaid
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Saint Michael’s Military Academy is a private school that needs a miracle. It has lost an unfair lawsuit and can no longer afford to continue operating. The administration does not know how to overcome this problem. A reason for hope arrives one day in the form of a very unlikely individual.
A defiant young man is forced by his wealthy family to attend the academy. Paul Wildman needs to attend the military academy to stay in good graces with his family. The academy needs the financial help this will provide. The two forge a very unlikely relationship…