Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
My Gal Sunday
by Mary Higgins Clark
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Henry Parker Britland IV – wealthy, worldly, and popular – is enjoying an early retirement. His new wife, Sunday – as clever as she is lovely – has just been elected to Congress in a stunning upset victory that has made her a media darling. Henry and Sunday make a formidable team…and never more so than when they set out to solve baffling high-society crimes. From a long-unsolved case they reconstruct aboard the presidential yacht to a kidnapping that brings Henry frantically back to the White House, the former president and his bride engage in some of the most audacious and original sleuthing ever imagined.
Powerless Acres Boxed Set
by Colton Lively
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
When a sudden EMP strikes, Katy Sheets’ plane crashes in rural Tennessee, leaving her world in ruins. With her husband fatally injured and society in chaos, Katy must lead her daughter and her daughter’s friend on a desperate journey home to St. Louis. Towns are collapsing, danger lurks at every turn, and the rules of survival have changed. In a powerless world, Katy will do whatever it takes to protect her family.
The Beard Murders
by Stephanie Parker McKean
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When a stranger with a long, scraggly white beard offers to pay for veterinary surgery to fix Natalie Brewster’s rescued fox’s leg, it seems too good to be true. Is the stranger a criminal? A serial killer? Because when Gunther’s missing brother, Hendricks, is found—he is discovered next to a murder victim.
Initially, Nat is distrustful of the stranger and eschews his long, untamed beard. But Gunther Wilcox wins her over with what is hidden beneath the beard. He engages her as an amateur detective to discover who killed Hendricks’ business partner—because Hendricks is under suspicion for the murder.
Vicious Circle
by Mike Carey
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
A freelance exorcist helps a grieving couple find their daughter’s ghost in this supernatural thriller by the author of The Girl with All the Gifts.
Felix Castor has reluctantly returned to exorcism after a successful case convinces him that he really can do some good with his abilities—”good,” of course, being a relative term when dealing with the undead. His friend Rafi is still possessed, the succubus Ajulutsikael (Juliet to her friends) still technically has a contract on him, and he’s still dirt poor…
When a Beast is all you need
by Madison Sheldon
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
If you love emotional journeys and resilience, romantic suspense filled with past secrets, psychological thrills, found family, and a second-chance love worth fighting for, this story is for you
Bella: Is beauty a blessing or a curse? Like many things in life, the answer is, it depends. Once upon a time, I ran because I was ashamed of myself, of the pain I caused, of all he lost because he saved me. This time, I run to protect him. Antonio may be a beast, but he is not the Devil. The real Devil has found me…
Journey
by James A. Michener
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
One of the premier novelists of the twentieth century, James A. Michener captures a frenzied time when sane men and women risked their very lives in a forbidding Arctic land to win a dazzling and elusive prize: Yukon gold. In 1897, gold fever sweeps the world. The promise of untold riches lures thousands of dreamers from all walks of life on a perilous trek toward fortune, failure—or death. Journey is an immersive account of the adventures of four English aristocrats and their Irish servant as they haul across cruel Canadian terrain toward the Klondike gold fields. Vivid and sweeping, featuring Michener’s probing insights into the follies and grandeur of the human spirit, thisis the kind of novel only he could write.
The Contractor
by Colin MacKinnon
Kindle $0.50 Rating: 3.8 #ad
Rick Behringer is an outside contractor working for the Central Intelligence Agency. He owns a small company that, in the light of day, provides communications security for government offices, including the CIA. In the shadows, though, Rick’s a spy. He runs overseas agents for the CIA and, through his firm, buys foreign military technology that the Agency wants to inspect but can’t be seen purchasing.
The divorced father of two little girls, Rick carries on a cold war with his ex, Liz, and a hot romance with his sexy girlfriend, Frannie. He still broods over the mysterious death of his father, a high-level CIA officer during the Vietnam War, who committed suicide when Rick was thirteen.
Cleave the Sparrow
by Jonathan Katz
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
“Daring, unpredictable, and utterly consuming.” – San Francisco Book Review
“Uproariously funny and incredibly prescient.” – Hollywood Book Reviews
“Delivers a philosophical gut-punch unlike any other.” – Chicago Book Review
Wilder Crick, the worst presidential candidate in history, is dead.
Now his reluctant apprentice Tom and ruthless campaign manager Shelly must carry out his final order—a bizarre, posthumous search for the true, hidden nature of reality.
If Two Are Dead
by Rick Mofina
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Three girls go into the woods, but only one comes out…
Driving alone at night in a wild rainstorm, Luke Conway strikes something—or someone. He and his wife, Carrie, recently moved back to Clear River to help take care of her ailing father, and after a tragedy at his previous job, this move is their last chance at a new life. Now, standing in the downpour on this Texas road, Luke, an off-duty cop, has a decision to make—and he has to make it fast.
Prospect Shifter Daddy Mates Collection
by Serena Meadows
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Things are getting steamy in the small town of Prospect, Montana! Each story in this box set will light your fire as sexy single dads, with chiseled abs, not only work hard on the ranch but also pursue the one who makes their blood pump.
As passion ignites for these cowboys, danger lurks in every direction and harrowing secrets rise to the surface. The wolf shifters will do anything it takes to protect the women who claim their hearts.
Friday’s Mystery eBooks
Triumphs of Tenacity
by Yusra Mariyam
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Triumphs of Tenacity is an inspiring memoir by Yusra Mariyam, chronicling her remarkable journey from a young girl in Bangladesh to a UK graduate.
At seven, Yusra faced the daunting challenge of adapting to a new culture and language. Despite numerous setbacks, including academic failures and personal heartbreaks, she never lost sight of her dreams. Yusra’s transformation is profound. From a homemaker with no qualifications, raising six children, she emerged as a First-Class Honours graduate in International Business Management.
Mistress of Justice
by Jeffery Deaver
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
From the bestselling author of the Bone Collector novels, soon to be an NBC series • “Loaded with character and action and a very devious plot, Mistress of Justice is a top-notch legal thriller.”—Mystery Lovers News
Taylor Lockwood spends her days working as a paralegal in one of New York’s preeminent Wall Street law firms and her nights playing jazz piano anyplace she can. But the rhythm of her life is disrupted when attorney Mitchell Reece requests her help in locating a stolen document that could cost him not only the multimillion-dollar case he’s defending but his career as well…
Surrender
by Deborah Lamoreaux
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
It’s 2125 and aliens live among us on earth. They are Verndari – the defenders.
At the turn of the 22nd century they came, with solutions for world hunger, disease, and with ground-breaking technology beyond anything mankind could ever imagine. But, they are not what they seem.
Alrissa Cole is a confident and accomplished professional by day, but by night, in that place between sleep and waking, she is unsteady and unsure–plagued by strange visitations and sights that test the strength of her beliefs. She wins a ticket to the International Academy Awards, where 3-D holograms of the world’s stars, past and present, mingle with live ones, creating an experience of a lifetime.
The Second Time Around
by Mary Higgins Clark
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
The Queen of Suspense, Mary Higgins Clark, delivers a gripping tale of deception and tantalizing twists that could have been ripped from today’s headlines.
When Nicholas Spencer, the charismatic head of a company that has developed an anticancer vaccine, disappears without a trace, reporter Marcia “Carley” DeCarlo is assigned the story. Word that Spencer, if alive, has made off with huge sums of money—including the life savings of many employees—doesn’t do much to change Carley’s already low opinion of Spencer’s wife, Lynn, who is also Carley’s stepsister and who everyone believes is involved. But when Lynn’s life is threatened, she asks Carley to help her prove that she wasn’t her husband’s accomplice…
The Algebraist
by Iain M. Banks
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
As complex, turbulent and spectacular as the gas giant on which it is set, this novel from Iain M. Banks is space opera on a truly epic scale.
It is 4034 AD. Humanity has made it to the stars. Fassin Taak, a Slow Seer at the Court of the Nasqueron Dwellers, will be fortunate if he makes it to the end of the year.
The Nasqueron Dwellers inhabit a gas giant on the outskirts of the galaxy, in a system awaiting its wormhole connection to the rest of civilization. In the meantime, they are dismissed as decadents living in a state of highly developed barbarism, hoarding data without order, hunting their own young and fighting pointless formal wars.
A Firing Offense
by David Ignatius
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
“A dynamic thriller with the coolest, smartest journalist that fiction ever produced.” – Ben Bradlee, Washington Post
When rising-star reporter Eric Truell accepts information from a maverick CIA agent, he becomes enmeshed in an international trade war in which even his own newspaper may be an unsuspecting participant. When Eric’s sources tell him there is a spy inside the newsroom, he is tempted to cross a dangerous professional line and risk his career—possibly even his life—to find the truth.
Below the Surface
by Karen Harper
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Briana Devon knows her twin sister would never deliberately leave her—but when she emerges from underwater, Daria and their boat have vanished. Fighting rough waves and a fast-approaching storm, Bree doesn’t have time to question: if she wants to survive, she has to swim. Exhausted and terrified, Bree barely makes it to a tiny barrier island, where Cole De Roca, who has also taken shelter, revives her. Bound to Cole by the harrowing experience, she turns to him as she struggles to understand what happened to her sister. What was her twin, whom she thought she knew so well, hiding? What really transpired that terrible afternoon? And what secrets lie dormant . . . below the surface?
The Reader’s Companion to the World of Jane Austen
by Joe Giampaolo
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
This beautifully illustrated book is a concise yet comprehensive account of Jane Austen’s life. We will take a look at her family, friends, and suitors. We will discover her favourite food, music and authors. We will explore the cuisine and fashion of the period. We will sneak into a public ball at the Assembly Rooms in Basingstoke to see Jane Austen meet the love of her life. We will help Mrs. Austen create the menu for their Christmas dinner. Lastly, we will examine Jane’s masterpieces and the literary devices she used in her novels.
JFK: Public, Private, Secret
by J. Randy Taraborrelli
Kindle $17.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
NAMED ONE OF AMAZON EDITORS’ BEST BOOKS OF JULY
From the New York Times bestselling Kennedy historian and author of Jackie: Public, Private, Secret comes the other side of the story – her husband’s: JFK: Public, Private, Secret.
In this definitive portrait of John Fitzgerald Kennedy—one of America’s most consequential and enigmatic presidents – J. Randy Taraborrelli delivers a deeply researched and authoritative biography. More than the story of a presidency, this is an intimate study of a man whose public triumphs were shaped—and at times overshadowed—by the complex realities of his private life, from his legendary family to his marriage to Jacqueline Kennedy.
Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
Stalking Around the Christmas Tree
by Jacqueline Frost
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Tis the season to solve a murder—and innkeeper Holly White knows she’ll have to make her list and check it twice if she wants to catch the killer in the 4th Christmas Tree Farm mystery from bestselling author Jacqueline Frost.
For inn keeper Holly White, Christmas time in Mistletoe, Maine, is the ultimate holiday gift. Business at the Reindeer Games Inn is booming, her wedding to Sheriff Evan Gray is nearly here, and the annual parade is about to begin. The town is lucky to have another gift this year, with the state’s ballet company staying for several performances of The Nutcracker. But disaster strikes when Tiffany, the lead ballerina, shows up dead on a float during the parade, the Rat King’s mask nearby…
The Stalking
by Heather Graham
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
A New York Times bestseller! Only from Heather Graham—spine-tingling suspense laced with the otherworldly as the FBI’s Krewe of Hunters tracks a killer who seems to be a dark legend come to life.
With the execution of a serial killer known as the Artiste, Cheyenne Donegal thinks a grim part of her past is finally put to rest. Her cousin had been the twisted killer’s final victim, and then-teenage Cheyenne was integral in bringing him to justice. That tragedy drove her to become an FBI agent. And now she’s back in Louisiana because someone is murdering young women in the same manner as the Artiste…
The Ultimate Urban Druid Collection Box 2
by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
Power demands sacrifice. Destiny demands blood.
The battle for Toronto’s supernatural underground is heating up, and Fiona Mac Cumhaill is done playing nice. Armed with her growing druid powers and a very angry spirit bear, she’s ready to show the darkness why you don’t mess with a Cumhaill.
Fi thought mastering her Celtic magic was tough. Turns out that was just the warm-up. Now she’s juggling an adolescent dragon with attitude, a budding romance with her surly Irish mentor, and a looming supernatural war that threatens to tear apart two worlds.
Wayward: Wayward Pines: 2
by Blake Crouch
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
It’s the perfect town . . . as long as you don’t try to leave.
Nestled amid picture-perfect mountains, the idyllic town of Wayward Pines is a modern-day Eden—at least at first glance.
Except that within its fences, the residents are told where to work, how to live, and who to marry. None of them know how they got here. Some believe they are dead. Others think they’re trapped in an unfathomable experiment. Everyone secretly dreams of leaving, but those who dare face a terrifying surprise…
If I Had Only Known
by H H Fowler
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Modern science dares to usurp the throne of creation, led by a shadowy league of oligarchs who tamper with human genetics in a godless bid to rival the Almighty. Like the builders of Babel, they defy divine order, reaching for power never meant for mortal hands. But are they unknowingly hastening the Rapture…or opening the very gates to the Great Tribulation?
Under the guise of paradise, they lure unsuspecting tourists to a place known as Tiger Island. Yet beneath its lush façade lies a cursed ground—a modern-day Eden corrupted by forbidden knowledge. Here, the veil between worlds is thin. The supernatural governs the natural, and reality bends to ancient, unseen forces. The island is not a retreat. It is a snare, designed to harvest souls and advance a dark agenda.
Once More Round the Sun
by Dave Musson
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Best horror release of 2024 (Bookstagram Awards) Best collection of 2024 (Bookstagram Awards) Author of the year 2024 (Bookstagram Awards)
Welcome to Kingsworth, why not stay a while?
The sleepy Warwickshire town of Kingsworth in the middle of England is, without doubt, a nice place to visit. There’s a castle, great schools, and lots of green space to enjoy.
But, like most nice places to visit, if you scratch the surface, you’ll find something a little darker…
Blazing China
by R. F. Whong
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
For Fans of Amy Tan and Francine Rivers, Blazing China takes you on an extraordinary journey of a family, facing adversity and persecution with unyielding courage.
Leesan wants to produce heirs to carry on the Lee family name and manage their enormous estates. When she delivers identical twin girls, Ann-Ann and May-May, just before the Cultural Revolution in China, she cannot imagine how much their world is about to change. Now, with her husband dead, their land forfeited to the government, and their lives in jeopardy, Leesan, her mother-in-law, Su-Ann, and her daughters must surrender all that’s left of the past, even as they struggle to hold on to their Christian faith.
Take Me Home for Christmas
by Tracy Solheim
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
In the quaint coastal town of Chances Inlet, Christmas is a time for rekindling lost connections . . .
Elinor “Elle” McAlister is on the brink of a big-time promotion that will finally put her on equal footing with her overachieving siblings. The catch? She has to babysit a notoriously prickly war reporter who’s late delivering his memoir. As if that weren’t enough, her editor banishes them both to Elle’s hometown on the Carolina coast to get the job done. Spending the holidays in Chances Inlet might have been fine—if only she hadn’t wrecked the most important relationship in her life during her visit last Christmas.
The List
by Steve Berry
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
In the vein of David Baldacci, John Grisham, and Harlan Coben—this is Steve Berry like you’ve never read him before.
After a ten-year self-imposed exile, Brent Walker is returning home to Concord, a quaint town in central Georgia nestled close to the Savannah River. Two years ago, his father died, and now Brent, hired by Southern Republic Pulp and Paper Company as its assistant general counsel, is returning to care for his ailing mother.
For decades, Southern Republic has invested heavily in Concord, creating a thriving community where its employees live, work, and retire. But the genteel sheen of this quiet town is deceiving, and when a list of cryptic code surfaces, Brent starts to see the cracks…
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
Temptation, Trouble & Murder
by Christa Nardi
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Caffeine à la corpse, anyone?
The last thing Stacie Maroni expected to find in the break room was a dead body. To make matters worse, the dead guy had her name, phone number, and office location in his pocket. If that’s not bad enough, a fellow member of the foundation she spearheads seems to be missing in action.
Although these events don’t seem to be linked, Stacie is in the thick of things and sleuthing for her life.
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Leave No Trace
by Jo Callaghan
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
From the bestselling author of In the Blink of an Eye comes an inventive thriller that pits algorithms against experience, logic against instinct, and one undetectable killer against two extraordinary detectives.
When the body of a man is found crucified at the top of a hill in the British Midlands, AIDE Lock—the world’s first AI detective—and Detective Kat Frank are thrust into the spotlight as they are given their first live case. When a second body is found, the police issue an extraordinary warning to local males aged between thirty and forty years old…
Holy Ghost
by John Sandford
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Pinion, Minnesota: a metropolis of all of seven hundred souls, for which the word “moribund” might have been invented. Nothing ever happened there and nothing ever would–until the mayor of sorts (campaign slogan: “I’ll Do What I Can”) and a buddy come up with a scheme to put Pinion on the map. They’d heard of a place where a floating image of the Virgin Mary had turned the whole town into a shrine, attracting thousands of pilgrims. And all those pilgrims needed food, shelter, all kinds of crazy things, right? They’d all get rich! What could go wrong?
Murder at Lolly Beach
by Jane Suen
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Chef Blake Conway has been stirring up the locals with his campaign for a plastics ban on the quaint town’s littered beach. When Eve’s friend Cassie takes her to visit Blake’s crêpe food truck and they discover he’s being rushed to the hospital, the college journalism student can’t just stand by, especially after Cassie’s beach house is burglarized.
Beach Beat reporter Jake Thorne, who takes Eve on as an intern, mentors her while they race to find the answers. The fuse is running short on suspects who oppose Blake’s proposed ordinance. And a killer is lurking at the small town’s quiet beach, where murders are practically unheard of.
Persuader
by Lee Child
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
“Gripping and suspenseful . . . Child ratchets up the suspense to new heights.” – The Denver Post
Jack Reacher lives for the moment. Without a home. Without commitment. And with a burning desire to right wrongs—and rewrite his own agonizing past. DEA Susan Duffy is living for the future, knowing that she has made a terrible mistake by putting one of her own female agents into a death trap within a heavily guarded Maine mansion.
Murder in a Hurry
by Frances Lockridge, Richard Lockridge
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
A pet-shop owner is killed in his store, and Mr. and Mrs. North take it personally
A smart businessman would never think to open a pet shop in the inconspicuous patch of Greenwich Village known as West Kepp Street, but J. K. Halder isn’t here to make money. A millionaire animal lover, he keeps the shop as a hobby, even though it’s fate hangs perpetually in the balance. As it happens, Halder won’t see it through the end. He has just opened the shop for the day when his final customer enters. Halder knows the visitor by sight, and he also knows that nothing he can say will save his life. There are dozens of witnesses to the murder, but luckily for the killer, animals don’t talk.
Simply Lies
by David Baldacci
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The 6:20 Man comes a twisting psychological thriller in which two women—one a former detective, the other a dangerous con artist—go head-to-head in an electrifying game of cat and mouse.
Mickey Gibson, single mother and former detective, leads a hectic life similar to that of many moms: juggling the demands of her two small children with the tasks of her job working remotely for ProEye, a global investigation company that hunts down wealthy tax and credit cheats.
All Hallows Night
by Leigh Kelsey
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
It was a normal Halloween party until the cult crashed it. I expected beer kegs and douche-bros trying to hit on me. I didn’t expect blood, chanting, and a twisted ritual.
It turns out our college is home to the Cult of Nightmare—that’s Nightmare, the living embodiment of traumatic dreams. The goddess herself transformed fifty college students into our Halloween costumes … and bound us to her command.
Now, our little town of Ford’s End is overrun with witches, ghosts, scantily clad nuns—and me, the bride of death.
See, Nightmare has a bone to pick with the other gods, and she’s using us to do her dirty work.
The Price of Fatherhood
by William Black
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Fatherhood demands something harder: saving a son who may not want to be saved.
Jebediah Stone’s world shattered when outlaw Leroy Jacobs murdered his wife and stole his son.
Now, years later, Leroy rides into Wildsprings – bringing chaos, cattle rustling, and the ghosts of Jebediah’s past.
But when the boy he thought lost stands before him at White’s Acre, hardened by the man who raised him, Jebediah faces an impossible choice: vengeance or redemption. With the sheriff in Leroy’s pocket and the town descending into lawlessness, Jebediah, in his late-fifties, straps on his deputy’s badge once more.
The Hamptons Lawyer
by James Patterson, Mike Lupica
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
The Hamptons on Long Island is known for its beautiful beaches, its luxury lifestyle—and its exclusive legal advice. When Jane Smith takes on a famous celebrity client, she’s armed and ready: with brilliant arguments, hard evidence—and two Glocks.
Yet she’s chased down, shot at, and risks contempt of court. That’s when mounting a legal defense turns into self-defense. Knowing every day in court could be her last, she’s a survivor. For now.