Monday’s Mystery eBooks
The Librarians
by Sherry Thomas
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Sometimes a workplace isn’t just a workplace but a place of safety, understanding, and acceptance. And sometimes murder threatens the sanctity of that beloved refuge….
In the leafy suburbs of Austin, Texas, a small branch library welcomes the public every day of the week. But the patrons who love the helpful, unobtrusive staff and leave rave reviews on Yelp don’t always realize that their librarians are human, too.
Hazel flees halfway across the world for what she hopes will be a new beginning…
Tangled Vines
by John Glatt
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
In Tangled Vines, bestselling true crime author John Glatt reconstructs the rise of the prestigious Murdaugh family and the shocking double murder that led to the downfall of its patriarch, Alex Murdaugh.
Among the lush, tree-lined waterways of South Carolina low country, the Murdaugh name means power. A century-old, multimillion-dollar law practice has catapulted the family into incredible wealth and local celebrity—but it was an unimaginable tragedy that would thrust them into the national spotlight. On June 7th, 2021, prominent attorney Alex Murdaugh discovered the bodies of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, on the grounds of their thousand-acre hunting lodge. The mystery deepened only months later when Alex himself was discovered shot in the head on a local roadside.
The Girl Who Wouldn’t Die
by Jeff Abugov
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
“A consistently fascinating take on the idea of immortality.” — Kirkus Reviews
Millie was born of our time, and she doesn’t age. Our epic tale follows the immortal woman through her many “lifetimes”—past, present, and distant future—her struggle to keep her secret a secret; her remorse in having to leave her loved ones behind when time to move on; and her ongoing difficulties slipping into her next identity. Violence, sex, adventure and romance abound but one thing’s for sure . . . Eternal youth ain’t all it’s cracked up to be.
Autopsy
by Patricia Cornwell
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Forensic pathologist Dr. Kay Scarpetta has come almost full circle, returning to Virginia, the state where she launched her storied career, as the chief medical examiner. Finding herself the new girl in town once again after being away for many years, she’s inherited both an overbearing secretary and a legacy of neglect and potential corruption.
She and her husband, Benton Wesley, now a forensic psychologist with the U.S. Secret Service, have relocated to Old Town Alexandria, where she’s headquartered five miles from the Pentagon in a post-pandemic world that’s been torn apart by civil and political unrest.
Ashes and Honor
by Kayla Lowe
Kindle $4.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
Fire can destroy – or it can reveal what’s truly burning inside.
Captain Eli Grant has spent years burying the pain of losing his wife to a fire he couldn’t stop. When a string of suspicious blazes rocks Glory, Tennessee, he’s forced to work with Dani Rivers—a brilliant arson investigator with secrets of her own. As they chase the flames to the truth, sparks ignite between them, but can two burned hearts find love again? Or will the embers of the past consume them both?
Hanging Hill
by Mo Hayder
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
On a picture-perfect morning in Bath, England, a teenage girl’s body is found on the towpath of a canal. Police detective Zoe Benedict is convinced the department head should look beyond the usual domestic motives to solve the brutal murder case. But no one wants to hear any far-fetched ideas from the department’s black sheep.
Meanwhile, Zoe’s sister, Sally, has started working as a housekeeper for a wealthy entrepreneur whose eccentricities are beginning to seem increasingly repugnant, and possibly dangerous. As Zoe digs into the case and Sally’s suspicions grow, all signs point to one conclusion: There’s something very wrong at the house on Hanging Hill.
The Long Blackout
by RobertJ Walker
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
An EMP Post Apocalypse Prepper Survival Thrille
At 4:16 AM, everything dies.
Planes. Power. Law. Stranded in the wilderness when an EMP wipes out the grid, Alaric knows the truth immediately. If he does not reach his family before society turns violent, they will be killed by those who do.
Unwanted Starship
by John Walker
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Ethan Cross expected second shift at Meridian Industrial to end the way it always did—oil-stained hands, clock out, go home.
Then something impossible shows up behind the plant. It isn’t on any schedule. It isn’t on any radar. And it definitely isn’t human. Ethan makes one mistake, he gets close.
That’s when his ordinary life ends. Whatever is sitting in the dark isn’t debris or a prank—it’s a machine built for a purpose, and it didn’t arrive by accident. Ethan doesn’t know what it wants, or who it belongs to, but he knows this much: the moment he touched it, a countdown started.
Temptation
by Nora Roberts
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Far from fashionable galas and high society soirees, Eden Carlbough has ventured out into the countryside, challenging herself to run a girls’ camp. Unruly, uncivilized, and unbelievable, her charges defy her at every turn—and run her up an apple tree. She’s not off the ground long before gravity comes calling and she finds herself in the arms of orchard owner Chase Elliot. As if being overrun by obnoxious children wasn’t humiliating enough, Eden now has to endure Chase’s wicked teasing. But his playful flirtations promise much more, enticing Eden to follow her instincts in a way she’s never done before.
Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
Witches and Fairies and Tacos… Oh My
by Carol Kilgore
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Charli Quinn and her sister Brielle own House Witches Cleaning and promise to clean like magic. They may not be your everyday, run-of-the-mill witches, but they are… something.
When Charli finds the husband of one of their clients dead, the wind warns her to beware the man with eyes of green. As the sisters search for the ominous man, they find themselves in danger and rely on their real magic to outsmart the killer.
Along the way, Charli and Brielle have help from a group of fairies, and even a talking cow. And Charli falls head over broomstick for a tall, sexy deputy with dreamy blue eyes who saves her from being hijacked by a water sprite.
Don’t Answer the Phone
by Miranda Rijks
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
She’s the woman of his dreams. He’s the monster from her nightmares.
When Daniella rescues elderly Peggy from a mugger on a Boston street, she expects nothing in return. But then she meets Peggy’s son, Lucas—devastatingly handsome and utterly captivating. Unlike her distant husband Grant, Lucas sees her. Wants her.
Daniella can’t resist and they spend one reckless night together which she immediately regrets…
Divine Double Trouble
by Hope Callaghan
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
Spring is right around the corner in the tiny town of Divine. Big changes are on the horizon for Jo’s residents—changes that fill Jo with a sense of pride but also an element of sadness when Leah McEllish, one of her residents, successfully completes her probation at Jo’s group home for former inmates.
God’s divine hand is in Leah’s life when a job opens up at Dave Kilwin’s farm, Jo’s next door neighbor. As if perfectly planned, Leah moves right in and is eager to learn as much as she can with a future goal of starting her own farm…
BONUS: Recipe Included!
Blood Line
by Paul Heatley
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
He’s quiet, ordinary looking. But if you cross him – welcome to your worst nightmare.
Tom Rollins has gone AWOL from his CIA black-ops unit and is living off-grid when he hears that the woman he loves, Alejandra, has been murdered by a person or persons unknown.
Rollins is determined to punish her killers and sets out on his own personal search and destroy mission. Applying pressure as only he knows how, he quickly discovers who was behind the killing – a vicious gang of hardened criminals.
Final Victim
by Stephen J. Cannell
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
A genius, hairless, seven-foot-tall psychopath, Leonard Land is many people wired into the cyber-subculture of Satanism and Death Metal. He is smart and cunning. He is quick, brutal and deadly. And he is everywhere.
A renegade US Customs agent, a brilliant and beautiful forensic psychologist, and a streetwise convict master hacker are on the trail of the maniac who is methodically slaughtering innocent women—a hunt that is leading a trio of unlikely heroes across an imperiled nation . . . and deep into the darkest corridors of cyberspace.
Under the Surface
by L.T. Ryan, K.M. Rought
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
When Bear & Mandy Logan’s travels take them to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, they expect to settle in for a quiet winter on the barrier island. But when a mysterious man shows up harassing their elderly neighbors, Bear can’t stop himself from getting involved. His search for answers soon leads him to more shocking discoveries as he realizes the small town where he spent summers as a kid holds more secrets than he could have imagined.
Working with a rag-tag group of locals after an explosion takes out the only road back to the mainland, Bear finds himself the target of a vicious organized crime group who want the island for themselves.
Killer on the Road / The Babysitter Lives
by Stephen Graham Jones
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Two novels in one book, The Babysitter Lives and Killer on the Road, from the master of modern horror Stephen Graham Jones, winner of the Bram Stoker Award and New York Times bestselling author of The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, The Only Good Indians, and the Indian Lake trilogy.
The Babysitter Lives: When high school senior Charlotte agrees to babysit the Wilbanks twins, she plans to put the six-year-olds to bed early and spend a quiet night studying: the SATs are tomorrow, and checking the Native American/Alaskan Native box on all the forms won’t help if she chokes on test day. But tomorrow is also Halloween, and the twins are eager to show off their costumes…
Killer on the Road: Sixteen-year-old Harper has decided to run away from home after she has another blow-out argument with her mother. However, her two best friends, little sister, and ex-boyfriend all stop her from hitchhiking her way up Route 80 in Wyoming by joining her on an intervention disguised as a road trip…
Finding Love in Pine Valley
by Judy Ann Davis
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Award-winning author Judy Ann Davis weaves another heartwarming and compelling romantic mystery of two disenchanted people searching for a stolen vintage trinket box and love again.
Lena Starron knew that leaving her two-timing ex-husband and her job in New York as a writer would be a challenge. Starting over always is. But she never thought she’d return to her old hometown in Pennsylvania where two new jobs awaited her, only to discover she had no place to live.
Mad Hatters and March Hares
by Multiple Authors
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
An all-new anthology of weird tales inspired by the strangeness of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland stories.
Since their first publication in the mid-19th century, Lewis Carroll’s Alice books—Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass—have delighted generations of readers with their imaginative wordplay, social satire, mathematical puzzles, and hallucinogenic atmosphere. In Mad Hatters and March Hares, renowned anthologist Ellen Datlow asked eighteen of the most brilliant writers working today to dream up stories inspired by all the strange events and surreal characters found in Wonderland.
The CBS Murders
by Richard Hammer
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
Winner of the Edgar Award: The gripping account of a gruesome mass murder in gritty 1980s New York and the relentless hunt for a coldblooded killer.
On a warm spring evening in 1982, thirty-seven-year-old accountant Margaret Barbera left work in New York City and walked to the West Side parking lot where she kept her BMW. Finding the lock on the driver’s side door jammed, she went to the passenger’s side and inserted her key. A man leaned through the open window of a van parked in the next spot, pressed a silenced pistol to the back of Margaret’s head, and fired. She was dead before she hit the pavement.
Four Rabbi Small Mysteries
by Harry Kemelman
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
A collection of four novels from the New York Times–bestselling, Edgar Award–winning mystery series starring a rabbi in a tiny New England town.
Spend a long weekend with the scholar and spiritual leader who watches over the Jewish community in 1960s Barnard’s Crossing, Massachusetts—and in his spare time, solves crimes.
Friday the Rabbi Slept Late,
Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry,
Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home,
Monday the Rabbi Took Off