Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
Death of a Smuggler
by M. C. Beaton, R.W. Green
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
All Hamish Macbeth wants is a quiet life in his peaceful home in the Highland village of Lochdubh. But when his newly-assigned constable arrives, he presents Hamish with a surprise and a secret.
Getting to the bottom of the secret becomes the least of Hamish’s problems when he meets a family who have a score to settle with a sinister man who has mysteriously gone missing. Discovering a murdered woman’s body puts further pressure on Hamish, especially when it becomes clear that the murdered woman and the missing man are linked.
Unloved, a love story
by Katy Regnery
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Katy Regnery comes a unique story about the sins of the father…and the burdens of the son.
My name is Cassidy Porter…
My father, Paul Isaac Porter, was convicted twenty years ago for the brutal murder of a dozen innocent girls. Though I was only eight-years-old at the time, I am aware – every day of my life – that I am his child, his only son.
To protect the world from the poison in my veins, I live a quiet life, off the grid, away from humanity. I promised myself, and my mother, not to infect innocent lives with the darkness that swirls within me, waiting to make itself known. It’s a promise I would have kept…if Brynn Cadogan hadn’t stumbled into my life.
Chasing Whispers
by Jennifer Youngblood
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
I tried to resist him, but he’s a force I can’t escape …
There’s only one thing standing in the way of Effie Romeo’s success as an interior designer at the famed Oliver Hotel—Talon Chasing, the manager.
Not only is Talon dangerously handsome with his crooked smile and adorable dimple, but he also happens to be the oldest son of one of the wealthiest families on the East Coast. The more Effie tries to evade Talon, the harder he pursues her.
Effie is reluctant to get involved with Talon because of their work relationship and also because of the whispers of suspicion surrounding his ex-wife’s disappearance. The closer Effie gets to Talon, the more she starts to question his innocence.
Call Game
by Graham Elder, Laura Cody
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
“An exceptional debut novel full of intrigue, surprising twists, and medical stories portraying the drama found every day in the hospital.” – Gary Gerlacher, Bestselling Author of the AJ Docker Series
Chief orthopedic resident, Dr. Rylan Fraser, knows she’s in for a bad on-call night when she arrives in the trauma bay to find a young father barely holding on after a major motorcycle accident. It’s the eve of Thanksgiving, so staffing is thin, but things slide further downhill when she learns her junior resident is AWOL and the blizzard raging outside has stranded her supervising attending in a roadside ditch. This means she must fly solo, breaking the established chain-of-command to perform a series of emergency operations she is almost-but-not-entirely qualified to do on her own. Just when she thinks things can’t get any worse, they do. In between surgeries, Rylan is summoned to the ward to check on her post-op patients—only to find one after the other dead in their beds.
The Maze
by Catherine Coulter
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
As the head of the FBI’s Criminal Apprehension Unit, Dillon Savich has developed predictive analogue programs to aid in the capture of serial killers. Enter Lacey Sherlock, a very well-qualified new agent who seems bright and eager and on the up-and-up. But is she really?
When there’s a vicious murder in Boston, she’s off like a shot, lying to Savich. When Savich finds out what’s going on, he realizes they’ll all be in deep trouble, maybe even victims themselves, if he and Sherlock don’t find out who murdered her sister seven years before….
Christine
by Stephen King
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
It’s love at first sight for high school student Arnie Cunningham when he and his best friend Dennis Guilder spot the dilapidated 1958 red-and-white Plymouth Fury for sale—dubbed “Christine” by its original cantankerous owner—rusting away on a front lawn of their suburban Pennsylvania neighborhood. Dennis knows that Arnie’s never had much luck in the popularity department, or really taken an interest in owning a car…but Christine quickly changes all that.
Arnie suddenly has the newfound confidence to stick up for himself, going as far as dating the most beautiful girl at Libertyville High—transfer student Leigh Cabot—even as a mysteriously restored Christine systematically and terrifyingly consumes every aspect of Arnie’s life.
The General Zapped an Angel
A Touch of Infinity
by Howard Fast
Kindle $0.50 Rating: 4.6 #ad
A pair of imaginative science fiction story collections from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Spartacus, Freedom Road, and the Immigrants saga.
Over his long and illustrious career, New York Times–bestselling author and prolific novelist Howard Fast proved himself a master of any literary genre, from historical fiction in Spartacus to family generational drama in his bestselling Immigrants saga. Although his output in fantasy and science fiction is relatively modest, these two short story collections, reminiscent of classic Twilight Zone episodes, demonstrate that Fast’s imagination knew no boundaries.
Gallows Hill
by Darcy Coates
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
It’s time to come home…
The Hull family has owned the Gallows Hill Winery for generations. Their wine wins awards. Their business prospers. Their family thrives. People whisper that the curse has awakened once more.
The sprawling old house has long been perched on top of a hill overlooking the nearby town, jealously guarding the estate’s secrets.
It’s been more than a decade since Margot Hull last saw her childhood home. She was young enough when she was sent away that she barely remembers its dark passageways and secret corners…
The Bitter Trail
by James Leonard
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
The trail ended. What follow wouldn’t.
Blackberry Jacobs has never known a winter like this one. Frozen nights on a mountain trail with a dead outlaw across his saddle and snow biting straight to the bone. He brings Hale Fellweather’s body into Seven Breaks, hoping to heal, rest, and steal a warm hour with Meliya Quiet Waters, the healer who sees through every scar he tries to hide.
But just because Hale was a criminal doesn’t mean he won’t be missed.
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
Music and Memories, Another Murder
by Christa Nardi
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Tension is high in Clover Hill, VA, when a beloved high school art teacher is found murdered. Determined to stay out of danger, Sheridan has no intention of sleuthing again—until the victim turns out to be one of Maddie’s favorite teachers. Artist and music lover Alyssa Drake was last seen at the Old Thyme Piano Bar. With the students buzzing and the principal confidently announcing that Sheridan will crack the case, she’s sleuthing again to find answers.
As Sheridan follows a trail of secrets, she suspects the teacher uncovered something shady that led to her death. Some of the victim’s sketches spur Sheridan on. Only the killer believes Sheridan knows too much and is ready to silence her for good…
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(A Sheridan Hendley Mysteries)
Bullet Proof
by Joshua Harkin
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Frank Ranger lives by one simple rule. Justice will be done.
Former Marine Sergeant Frank Ranger is a hunted man—framed for his wife’s murder, he is determined to clear his name so he can be reunited with his young daughter.
Pursued relentlessly by his vengeful U.S. Marshal brother-in-law, Ranger finds temporary refuge in the scorching Arizona town of Namrena. But when he intervenes to protect a desperate mother and her young son from local thugs, Ranger ignites a war with the town’s ruthless crime syndicate.
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(Ranger Thrillers)
SEEDS OF VENGEANCE
by Stephen Joyce
Kindle $3.49 Rating: 4.8 #ad
A series of grisly murders have occurred across the country and are being sensationalised by the media.
Police forces operating in isolation have been highlighted as being spectacularly ineffective against a devious and brutal adversary, whose M.O. is designed to render forensics almost useless.
Caught in a pincer movement between MI6 and the Home Office, MI5 has been invited to lead the manhunt. However, the higher echelons in MI5 must protect their prestige. They have no appetite to be reduced to mere plods. This experiment must fail! A scapegoat is required.
Small-Town Secrets Collection
by Alexa Verde
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Ten riveting, unputdownable small-town romances filled with love, faith, and danger to warm your heart and set it racing!
Sparks and bullets fly as couples join forces to survive, solve mysteries, and find love in small towns and ranch communities where emotions run deep, people care about each other, and the secrets can be deadly!
“Wow! A great collection of suspense novels… I could hardly put them down.” by Amazon Customer
Exit Plan
by Larry Bond
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Jerry Mitchell is on exercises off the coast of Pakistan when his submarine, the USS Michigan, is ordered to a rendezvous off the Iranian coast. Once there, disembarked SEALs—experts in seaborne commando operations—are to extract two Iranian nationals who have sensitive information on Iran’s nuclear weapons program.
While en route to shore, Michigan’s mini-sub suffers a battery fire, killing one crew member and forcing the survivors—four SEALs and LCDR Mitchell—to scuttle their disabled craft and swim for shore. There they find the two Iranians waiting for them, but their attempts at returning to Michigan are thwarted by heavy Iranian patrol boat activity. When agents of Iran’s secret police, VEVAK, appear, escape seems all but impossible.
The Birthright Series Collection
by Bridget E. Baker
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Being a twin complicates the Evian line of succession, but Chancery Alamecha doesn’t want her mother’s throne. Her sister Judica is the merciless fighter, the ruthless politician, and the groomed heir. Chancery doesn’t mind that Judica will take over everything. Truly.
Until Judica starts dating the only guy she has ever liked. Chancery’s heartily sick of taking it on the chin. She’s ready to seize control of her own life. But before Chancery can enact her plan to free herself from the miserable life in which she’s trapped, she reacts bizarrely to an old relic, fulfilling an arcane prophecy.
The Last Powered City
by Robert J Walker
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Everyone thinks Mary is just a mom. They’re wrong. When an EMP kills the grid and chaos erupts, she’ll cross a burning city to reach her daughter… even if it means unleashing the woman she spent fifteen years hiding. Some skills you never forget.
“This was a great book to read about surviving an emp with hard work and basics and building it into a homestead.” by Amazon Customer
The Pillars of the Earth
by Ken Follett
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
The “extraordinary . . . monumental masterpiece” (Booklist) that changed the course of Ken Follett’s already phenomenal career – and begins where its prequel, The Evening and the Morning, ended.
“Follett risks all and comes out a clear winner,” extolled Publishers Weekly on the release of The Pillars of the Earth. A departure for the bestselling thriller writer, the historical epic stunned readers and critics alike with its ambitious scope and gripping humanity. Today, it stands as a testament to Follett’s unassailable command of the written word and to his universal appeal.
Dear Debbie
by Freida McFadden
Kindle $4.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Sometimes, enough is enough…
Debbie Mullen is losing it. For years, she has compiled all of her best advice into her column, Dear Debbie, where the wives of New England come for sympathy and neighborly advice. Through her work, Debbie has heard from countless women who are ignored, belittled, or even abused by their husbands. And Debbie does her best to guide them in the right direction. Or at least, she did.
These days, Debbie’s life seems to be spiraling out of control. She just lost her job. Something strange is happening with her teenage daughters.