Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
Ramsay and the Smuggling Ring
by P. C. James
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
He’s trying to forget all about crime. But now targeted as a suspect, can he keep from going down for murder?
England, 1964. Retired inspector Tom Ramsay wants to leave the past behind. Hoping to get on with his plans to hike the beauty spots of his homeland, a vacation to North Yorkshire strikes him as just the ticket. Yet while exploring the beach with his young border collie, he’s shocked to discover a decomposing body hidden in a cave.
Happy to put the case in the hands of local police, he’s relieved not to be involved in the ugly matter. But as the small-town rumor mill churns and a grudge-bearing investigator threatens Ramsay with jail, the alarmed retiree dives headfirst into an ocean of secrets, lies, and contraband…
Lacey’s Star
by Kay DiBianca
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
Get in, sit down, buckle up, and hang on!
Was it an accident? Or was it murder? Private pilot Cassie Deakin lands in the middle of an unwanted adventure and reluctantly agrees to team up with Deputy Frank White to investigate the mysterious death of young Lacey Alderson.
But as Cassie and Frank peel back the layers of one mystery, they uncover deep and sinister secrets in the rural community Lacey’s family lived in. Armed with only a single, cryptic clue to the death of the child, Cassie makes a crucial discovery that lands her in the crosshairs of a murderer.
Bones of Betrayal
by Jefferson Bass
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Bones of Betrayal is the fourth heart-racing “Body Farm” thriller from the world’s top forensic anthropologist. Kathy Reichs calls author Jefferson Bass, “the real deal,” and his hero Bill Brockton has already taken his rightful place alongside Patricia Cornwell’s Kay Scarpetta and the investigators on TV’s “C.S.I.” In Bones of Betrayal, a hideous murder has links that connect it to World War Two’s Manhattan Project and the development of the atomic bomb—adding a fascinating historical element that enriches an already superior crime series.
Born in Space: Unlocking Destiny
by Jeremy Clift
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
A LONE MOTHER’S DESPERATE STRUGGLE TO REUNITE WITH SEVEN CHILDREN, BORN IN A SPACE LAB
CAN TEAGAN WIN THE COSMIC CUSTODY BATTLE OF A LIFETIME?
When Teagan Ward donates her eggs to science, she never imagines that the consequences will ripple across the cosmos. As Earth crumbles under the weight of conflict and climate disaster, Teagan discovers that seven children, born from her donated eggs, are the centerpieces of a daring experiment to populate the stars. Determined to reunite with her children, she finds herself entangled in a web of greed, betrayal, and cosmic ambition.
Darkest Fear
by Harlan Coben
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Edgar Award-winner Harlan Coben brings us his most astonishing—and deeply personal—novel yet. And it all begins when Myron Bolitar’s ex tells him he’s a father . . . of a dying thirteen-year-old boy.
Myron never saw it coming. A surprise visit from an ex-girlfriend is unsettling enough. But Emily Downing’s news brings him to his knees. Her son Jeremy is dying and needs a bone-marrow transplant—from a donor who has vanished without a trace. Then comes the real shocker: The boy is Myron’s son, conceived the night before her wedding to another man…
The Search for the Green River Killer
by Carlton Smith, Tomás Guillén
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
New York Times Bestseller: From the journalists who covered the story, the shocking crimes of Gary Ridgway, America’s most prolific serial murderer.
In the 1980s and 1990s, forty-nine women in the Seattle area were brutally murdered, their bodies dumped along the Green River and Pacific Highway South in Washington State. Despite an exhaustive investigation—even serial killer Ted Bundy was consulted to assist with psychological profiling—the sadistic killer continued to elude authorities for nearly twenty years.
Blood Stones
by Evelyn Anthony
Kindle $0.50 Rating: 4.2 #ad
The diamond industry explodes in anarchy when a cache of rare gems is discovered in Russia in this intellectual thriller
At London’s Diamond Enterprises, a major crisis is brewing: In the tundra of northern Russia, a newly discovered mine is producing a cache of flawless, five-carat red diamonds. These dazzling “blood stones” are beyond price, and powerful jeweler Ivan Karakov is about to sign an exclusive contract with Moscow to sell the gems. He must be stopped before he destabilizes the market and sends the industry plunging into free fall…
Weekends
by Lindy S Hudis
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 3.4 #ad
An innocent-sounding family reunion at an exclusive California beach resort turns into a weekend of murder, deceit, exposed secrets and unexpected intimate encounters.
John Peterson has it all: He’s a respected, successful Beverly Hills entertainment lawyer with a loving wife and grown son, the strikingly handsome young film director Joe Peterson. John also has a secret and he decides to gather his disparate family members at the elegant Hotel Del Moor in picturesque Linda Bella, California for some luxurious fun, togetherness and re-connecting before revealing his secret. Unbeknownst to the family, a brutal serial killer is lurking in the midst of all the wondrous festivities.
Lethal Prey
by John Sandford
Kindle $14.99 Rating: BRAND NEW RELEASE #ad
Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers join forces to track down a ruthless killer who will do whatever it takes to keep the past buried, in this latest thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author John Sandford.
Doris Grandfelt, an employee at an accounting firm, was brutally stabbed to death . . . but nobody knew exactly where the crime took place. Her body was found the next night, dumped among a dense thicket of trees along the edge of an urban park, eight miles east of St. Paul, Minnesota. Despite her twin sister Lara Grandfelt’s persistent calls to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, the killer was never found.
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
The Itch of Murder
by Christa Nardi
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
A well-dressed man killed at a demolition site, at night in a snow storm.
Izzie Di Sante loves a challenge and the circumstances of Chance Corcoran’s murder sparks her curiosity and her passion for investigative journalism. While managing the day-to-day business of the Italian family restaurant, Izzie searches for answers to many questions. To start with, no one could provide an explanation for the investment analysis to be on the demolition site late at night. There was no obvious link between him and the demolition or the new Elite Townhomes to be built there…
The Nawkers: An Item of Great Worth
by Tom Raley
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
You probably know nothing of the Nawkers, which is not at all surprising. They are one of three tribes of little folk and make their home in the northern mountains. Timid, reclusive, and if we are being honest, not especially memorable. An adult Nawker will only reach the average man’s waist, perhaps an inch or so taller. They are not known to be fast, or agile, and well, they are not especially strong either. The Nawkers don’t use money, don’t mine for jewels and in reality, have nothing the outside world would consider of any real worth. Which, as chance would have it, is exactly the way the Nawkers prefer things to be.
Few outsiders can understand or appreciate the Nawkers ways. To the Nawkers, it is simply their way of life. A way of life that has not changed to any appreciable degree in nearly a thousand years…
Lowdown Road
by Scott Von Doviak
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Join a heart-racing road trip across 1970s America as two cousins make the heist of their lives and must avoid the cops and criminals hot on their tails.
It’s the summer of ’74…Richard Nixon has resigned from office, CB radios are the hot new thing, and in the great state of Texas two cousins hatch a plan to drive $1 million worth of stolen weed to Idaho, where some lunatic is gearing up to jump Snake River Canyon on a rocket-powered motorcycle. But with a vengeful sheriff on their tail and the revered and feared marijuana kingpin of Central Texas out to get his stash back, Chuck and Dean are in for the ride of their lives – if they can make it out alive…
The Family
by Mandasue Heller
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
HER BOYFRIEND’S A DREAM. HIS FAMILY’S A NIGHTMARE.
Since her mother died of an overdose, kind-hearted Cheryl’s always had to look out for herself. Until Dale Moran walks into her life.
Dale and his family have just bought the house across the street, and within a day, he’s chased off the violent thugs who’ve been threatening Cheryl for her ex-boyfriend’s debts…
Whispers in the Fog
by Kayla Lowe
Kindle $4.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
After the tragic death of her husband, Evelyn Marks returns to her childhood home of Harbor Point with her young son, desperate for a fresh start. But the peaceful coastal town she remembers is cloaked in secrets as thick as the fog that rolls in each night.
When an anonymous letter suggests her husband’s death was no accident, Evelyn’s fragile world is shattered. Seeking answers, she turns to Thatcher Caldwell, the kind-hearted local pastor whose unwavering faith becomes her anchor. As they unravel the mystery, they uncover shocking truths about her late husband’s involvement in a dangerous syndicate—a past Evelyn never knew existed.
The Darkest Night
by Barbara Nadel
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Dark magic is unleashed on the streets of Istanbul . . .
When a newborn baby is found drowned in the shallow waters of the Golden Horn, all-out warfare threatens to erupt between rival criminal gangs. Inspector Kerim Gürsel is assigned to the case and he must tread carefully when DNA tests reveal that the baby’s father is Görkan Paşahan, Istanbul’s most feared Mafia boss. But the identity of the infant’s mother is yet to be discovered . . .
Meanwhile, Çetin İkmen and Mehmet Süleyman attend the winter festival known as Bocuk Gecesi, held on the darkest night of the year, and witness a magic trick whereby a young man, Emir Kaya, disappears…
Gates of Fire
by Steven Pressfield
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
At Thermopylae, a rocky mountain pass in northern Greece, the feared and admired Spartan soldiers stood three hundred strong. Theirs was a suicide mission, to hold the pass against the invading millions of the mighty Persian army.
Day after bloody day they withstood the terrible onslaught, buying time for the Greeks to rally their forces. Born into a cult of spiritual courage, physical endurance, and unmatched battle skill, the Spartans would be remembered for the greatest military stand in history—one that would not end until the rocks were awash with blood, leaving only one gravely injured Spartan squire to tell the tale. . . .
Cowboy Watch
by Petie McCarty
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Someone – or something – wants Kellen out of town . . .
Kellen Brand’s inheritance comes as a monumental shock—a rundown farm she doesn’t want and one paroled Watcher all her own. Kellen’s eccentric mother believed Watchers to be fallen angels seeking penance by guarding individuals who had lost their way. Seriously? A Watcher?
Only her mother . . .
Since Kellen vows no sane woman would choose to live in Riverside, she’s on a mission to dump the old farm fast and to the first buyer who comes along…
Nobody’s Fool
by Harlan Coben
Kindle $14.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
In this stunningly twisty thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Harlan Coben, a secret from former Detective Sami Kierce’s college days comes back to haunt him. His memory is clear, but all these years later, the facts don’t add up…which is something he cannot ignore.
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.
Monday’s Mystery eBooks
No Grater Crime
by Maddie Day
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Ever since meeting the wary owners of an antique shop opening across the street, Robbie has been scrambling to manage weird incidences plaguing her café and country store. Pricey items vanish from shelves without explanation, a fully equipped breakfast food truck starts lingering around the area each morning, and loyal diners mysteriously fall ill. When an elderly man dies after devouring an omelet packed with poisonous mushrooms, Robbie must temporarily close down Pans ’N Pancakes and search for the killer with a real zest for running her out of business—or else.
The Edge of Nowhere
by William W. Johnstone
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
In this bold, new Western from the bestselling Johnstones, a lonely drifter finds himself snowbound with a lovely widow, her young son—and a gang of trigger-happy thieves . . .
DON’T OPEN FIRE UNTIL CHRISTMAS
Patrick Foley is a haunted man. After losing his family in a brutal Commanche raid, he drifts from town to town seeking justice and revenge. His mission—to track down the killers—has hardened his heart against all men, good or bad. But his icy resolve begins to melt when he arrives in the small Texas town of Christmas Creek—along with a massive winter storm that traps him there with a good woman, her little boy, and some very bad men…
What to Do When Someone Dies
by Nicci French
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
Ellie Falkner’s world has been destroyed. Her husband, Greg, died in a car crash—and he wasn’t alone. In the passenger seat was the body of Milena Livingstone, a woman Ellie’s never heard of. But Ellie refuses to leap to the obvious conclusion, despite the whispers and suspicions of those around her. Maybe it’s the grief, but Ellie has to find out who this woman was—and prove Greg wasn’t having an affair. And soon she is chillingly certain their deaths were no accident.
Are Ellie’s accusations of murder her way of avoiding the truth about her marriage? Or does an even more sinister discovery await her?
Only Murders in the Abbey
by Beth Cowan-Erskine
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Loch Down Abbey is full of guests for a Highland Ball. Including several uninvited members of the Inverkillen clan, the Abbey’s former residents. Housekeeper Mrs MacBain thinks her biggest challenge will be finding suitable rooms for everyone and keeping the peace at cocktail hour.
Until the morning after the ball, when one of the guests is discovered inside the Abbey’s library – as dead as a doornail. Who would have had motive to want them dead? And how did they manage to commit their crime and escape while keeping the door locked from the inside?
The Disinvited Guest
by Carol Goodman
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 3.8 #ad
Lucy Harper still has traumatic memories and lingering health problems from the 2020 pandemic. So, when a new virus surfaces years later, she and her husband, Reed, seek refuge on his family’s private island off the coast of Maine. Ostensibly safely sequestered with their five closest friends and family, Lucy should feel at ease. So why does she feel the weight of the island’s dark history pushing down on the group?
As Lucy uncovers Reed’s family secrets and the island’s history as a quarantine hospital for typhus patients, she becomes obsessed with the past and feels her own grip on reality slipping…
Wounds
by Nathan Ballingrud
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
A gripping collection of six stories of terror—including the novella “The Visible Filth,” the basis for the upcoming major motion picture—by Shirley Jackson Award–winning author Nathan Ballingrud, hailed as a major new voice by Jeff VanderMeer, Paul Tremblay, and Carmen Maria Machado—“one of the most heavyweight horror authors out there” (The Verge).
In his first collection, North American Lake Monsters, Nathan Ballingrud carved out a distinctly singular place in American fiction with his “piercing and merciless” (Toronto Globe and Mail) portrayals of the monsters that haunt our lives—both real and imagined: “What Nathan Ballingrud does in North American Lake Monsters is to reinvigorate the horror tradition” (Los Angeles Review of Books).
My Canvas Bag
by Lucas Kinkaid
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Mark is a young man born into a bad situation. His parents drink too much, and his family often forgets him. He works hard to hide the harsh reality of his home life from those around him. Mark does this to avoid feeling shame. He escapes the chaos of his family by spending time in nearby woods. Mark keeps a canvas bag hidden close to his house. It contains blankets, a flashlight, cans of food, a transistor radio, things to read, and more. It has everything he needs to escape from his family’s dysfunction for a while. Mark truly enjoys the peace and solitude he finds in the woods.
He constantly struggles with the judgments of others when it comes to his family. It hurts Mark when people share their negative opinions about he and his family. He is often avoided by other kids and usually not included in things…
How Weather Shapes Human Endeavors
by Joe R Eagleman
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
Are you fascinated by the ever-changing dance of clouds, the power of storms, and the gentle touch of a sunbeam? Dive into the captivating world of weather with this book. This comprehensive guide explores the profound impact of weather on human activities, making it a must-read for weather enthusiasts, curious minds, and anyone eager to understand the forces shaping our daily lives. Dive into the intricacies of everyday weather phenomena, discovering how it shapes your wardrobe choices, outdoor plans, and daily routines. Traverse through the annals of history to understand the pivotal role weather has played in shaping events, battles, and entire civilizations. Gain insights into the global economic landscape as the book explores how weather influences industries, agriculture, and economies…
Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
Always
by Jude Deveraux
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
The unforgettable finale of the bestselling Forever trilogy follows psychic heroine Darci Monroe on a quest to find the kidnapped father of an FBI agent.
Darci has never given up searching for her kidnapped husband. But her quest has taken her deeper into the world of psychic phenomena than she ever dreamed—or dared to go.
When the FBI enlists her help in locating the missing father of undercover agent Jack Rose, Darci signs on for the covert operation, not knowing that her attraction to handsome, sexy Jack is about to lead her into deadly territory—and into an era long past…
Gateways #5
by Christie Golden
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
A thrilling Star Trek: Voyager novel featuirng Captain Janeway leading a fleet of vessels into certain danger.
Throughout the galaxy, an ancient network of interstellar portals has been reactivated, instantly linking distant planets and civilizations. Back home in the Alpha Quadrant, Starfleet can devote all its considerable resources to coping with the Gateways crisis, but in the Delta Quadrant, there is only the USS Voyager.
Just as Voyager enters an unusually hazardous region of space, the ship and its crew are confronted with a flood of lost and disoriented starships from all over the galaxy…
The Man Who Forgot to Remember
by Bill Garwin
Kindle $4.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Jules, who never forgets anything, can’t remember the one thing necessary to save his life.
Jules Bronsky is a mnemonist. He never forgets anything. A gift and a plague. He’s unknowingly been given a list by dangerous people. But his memories can be damaged if created in stressful situations. He must repair the memory or die with it still embedded in his brain.
Jules enlists the aid of Atticus Wright, a disbarred lawyer turned fixer, to embark on a road trip to remember. Atticus seeks redemption; Jules struggles for relevancy in a world that has set him aside as no more than an oddity. Worse for both, others will do anything to get the list.
For Your Own Good
by Samantha Downing
Kindle $4.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
USA Today bestselling author Samantha Downing is back with her latest sneaky thriller set at a prestigious private school – complete with interfering parents, overeager students, and one teacher who just wants to teach them all a lesson…
Teddy Crutcher has won Teacher of the Year at the prestigious Belmont Academy, home to the best and brightest.
He says his wife couldn’t be more proud—though no one has seen her in a while.
Teddy really can’t be bothered with a few mysterious deaths on campus that’re looking more and more like murder or with the student digging a little too deep into Teddy’s personal life…
Bad Dreams in the Night
by Adam Ellis
Kindle $2.40 Rating: 4.8 #ad
Like a graphic novel version of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, this thrilling collection of original horror tales is packed with urban legends, terrifying twists, and delightfully haunted stories by one of the biggest stars in webcomics. Each story will make you scream for more!
A new take on a classic format, Bad Dreams in the Night is an updated, illustrated take on the horror anthologies the author grew up with as a kid, such as Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and In a Dark, Dark Room. These self-contained stories grew rapidly in popularity among the author’s online audience, and even inspired production of a motion picture from Buzzfeed Studios and Lionsgate Films…
Raven Strike
by Dale Brown, Jim DeFelice
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
In the blistering heat of the Sudan, the CIA has gone rogue. On the trail of a notorious terrorist, Agency operatives have overstepped their sanctioned boundaries. And now the ultimate weapon has fallen into the wrong hands.
As Danny Freah and his spec-ops team scramble to recover a top-secret aircraft that has crashed in Africa, Whiplash Director Jonathon Reid finds himself mysteriously shut off from information about the robot drone and its mission. Maneuvering through the twisted back corridors of the CIA and Washington’s power elite, Reid discovers secrets both illegal and highly dangerous—a virtually unstoppable assassin and an out-of-control clique within the Agency.
Intercepts
by T.J. Payne
Kindle $1.49 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Joe works at a facility that performs human experimentation. His work just followed him home.
The government wanted to unlock hidden abilities in the human mind.
They put subjects in extreme sensory deprivation. All the test subjects went violently insane. But the research continued. Today it has been perfected. Almost perfected.
The Grays of Truth
by Sharon Virts
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
From bestselling historical true-crime author Sharon Virts comes a gripping tale of murder and deceit.
In Reconstruction-era Baltimore, members of the city’s elite keep turning up dead. Below the polished surface of high society, there are illicit affairs, jilted lovers, financial hardships, and countless motives for murder. When Jane Gray Wharton’s husband, Ned, dies unexpectedly while overnighting at his brother’s home, Jane has no reason to question the circumstances of his death. But on a visit to the same house a few weeks later, both Jane and her daughter fall gravely ill, and Jane begins to suspect foul play.