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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
A Better Quality of Murder
by Ann Granger
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
As Inspector Ben Ross of Scotland Yard walks homeward one Saturday night in late October 1867, the fog that swirls around him is like a living beast. By the time it has lifted next morning a woman lies murdered in Green Park. Allegra Benedict was the beautiful Italian wife of an art dealer in Piccadilly. But what had she been doing in London that afternoon, and why had she been selling her brooch in the Burlington Arcade just hours before her death? As Ben begins his investigation, his wife Lizzie—with the help of their maid Bessie—looks into Allegra’s private life and uncovers more than one reason why someone might want her dead . . .
The Forever Home
by Sally Royer-Derr
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
It’s our fresh new start. If we live to enjoy it…
I can’t contain my smile as we open the white screen door and step into our new home. Building a life with my amazing new husband Archie in this historic farmhouse is my dream come true. This is where we’ll grow old together, and where I can finally forget about my past. Or is it?
First, it’s a light left on in the attic, and music playing when no one is home. Next, a faded photograph of me on a hazy summer day long ago, delivered in an unmarked envelope. After years of running, someone has finally found me. My new home, our safe haven, has been threatened.
The question now is, what am I going to do to protect it?
Eliot Ness and the Mad Butcher
by Max Allan Collins, A. Brad Schwartz
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
In the spirit of Devil in the White City comes a true detective tale of the highest standard: the haunting story of Eliot Ness’s forgotten final case–his years-long hunt for “The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run,” a serial killer who terrorized Cleveland through the Great Depression.
In 1934, the nation’s most legendary crime-fighter–fresh from taking on the greatest gangster in American history–arrived in Cleveland, a corrupt and dangerous town about to host a world’s fair. It was to be his coronation, as well as the city’s. Instead, terror descended, as headless bodies started turning up. The young detective, already battling the mob and crooked cops, found his drive to transform American policing subverted by a menace largely unknown to law enforcement: a serial murderer…
Allure of Elegance
by R. F. Whong
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.9 #ad
Luxury, lies, and danger in the unexpected places… In tribute to Agatha Christie, this modern mystery series weaves together atypical tales set in the idyllic Amish country of Paradise, PA.
Two years ago, still haunted by the tragic events of September 11, Tina Sheng reluctantly served as a Christian summer camp counselor in Paradise. Now, she works as an insurance fraud investigator in nearby Lancaster and is pulled into a web of lies and luxury when a bold theft targets expensive designer items. Despite her training, she struggles with self-doubt and is swayed by the allure of the opulent world.
After a tragedy strikes a friend with whom she tries to share the gospel, her intensified search traps her in a secret network involving the mysterious Baroness Hermès, who specializes in procuring Birkin bags for wealthy clients…
Life Sentences
by Laura Lippman
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 3.6 #ad
Past and present, truth and memory collide in this searing novel from a New York Times bestselling author whose novels have won virtually every major prize bestowed for crime fiction—from the Edgar® to the Anthony to the Agatha to the Nero Wolfe Award. As she did in her blockbuster What the Dead Know, Lippman takes a brief hiatus from her popular series character, Baltimore p.i. Tess Monaghan, to tell a riveting story of deceptions and dangerously fragile truths that People magazine says, “Succeeds brilliantly.”
Avatar: The Last Airbender
by Randy Ribay
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
From National Book Award finalist Randy Ribay comes a gripping new chapter—starring Avatar Roku—in the New York Times bestselling Chronicles of the Avatar series, set in the world of Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra
Curse a world that would provide a friend only to snatch him away . . .
Roku never expected to be the Avatar. Even his best friend, Crown Prince Sozin of the Fire Nation, doubts the accuracy of the Fire Sages’ announcement. After all, Sozin is the strongest Firebender of their generation, while Roku struggles to grasp basic airbending principles—even after months of training under Sister Disha, his airbending master.
Dead Asleep
by Jamie Freveletti
Kindle $0.99 Rating:3.8 #ad
A former Chicago trial lawyer-turned-critically acclaimed thriller writer, Jaime Freveletti hit the ground running with her debut novel, Running from the Devil—winning a Thriller and a Barry Award and nominations for the Macavity and Crimespree Awards as well. With her fourth novel, Dead Asleep, Freveletti proves she hasn’t let up for an instant, plunging her brilliant, tough-as-nails series protagonist, biochemist Emma Caldridge, into a Caribbean island nightmare of voodoo superstition, terrorist plots, and deadly plague.
The Dead Travel Fast
by Scott Cook
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
A bloody vandalism, a grisly ritual murder and a growing string of sicknesses and disappearances begins to pull back the veil on an impossible growing horror… Veronica Belle, an average young woman with aspirations of becoming a horror writer has chosen the pastoral seaside town of Potter’s neck to inspire her… and yet things just don’t seem to be going anywhere… but that’s about to change.
When Vince Drake, young, handsome, charming and successful world-famous vampire author strolls into Veronica’s life, her hopes for excitement quickly begin to spiral into a terrifying waking nightmare…
Lazytown
by Steve Sheppard
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Something funny’s going on in Lazytown…
For jobbing writer, Sam Bryant, life in the eccentric Oxfordshire village of Idleborough – known to all and sundry as Lazytown – is relaxed, despite living in the unfortunately named Slaughterhouse Cottages. The most he has to concern himself with is the annual cricket grudge match with neighbours, Stockford, organising the local Duck Race, watching Granny’s Bobbins matches and deciding which of the village’s four pubs to frequent, whilst smiling at the antics of Lazytown’s collection of weird and wonderful residents…
All of a sudden, things take a darker turn with the murder of a prominent local citizen and soon, Sam and Mallory find their own lives at risk….
One More Chance
by Reno R. Mist
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
LOVE IS A DAGGER.
After dying in a devastating car crash, Levi wakes up twelve years in the past, back at the moment he walked out on the love of his life. His marriage to Sloane is shattered by betrayal, and his family left in ruins. But now, with the knowledge of everything he’s lost, and everything that’s coming, he’s been given one impossible gift: a second chance.
This time, Levi will do anything to make things right. To prove to Sloane that he sees her now, and show her that she was always the one for him – even if he has to spend the rest of his life proving it…
The Christmas Cabin
by Laura Thomas
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
The chilling truth…
When Carla James flies home for the holidays at her family’s cozy Canadian cabin, she has no idea what—or who—awaits. But after five years serving at her beloved Mexican orphanage, it’s time to work through forgiveness, face her fears, and reclaim Christmas.
Up-and-coming chef, Rhys Templeton, still regrets leaving a heartbroken Carla in the past and is desperate to confess his truth and make amends. But her own shocking revelation has the potential to either send him spiraling back to his destructive lifestyle or into Carla’s arms…
Haiku! God Bless You
by John D. Ottini
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
101 further thought-provoking haiku poems, covering broad topics such as life, love, death, and almost everything in between, poems are filled with insight, passion, and a touch of humor.
The challenge and enjoyment in crafting a haiku is in attempting to portray a meaningful thought or emotion using only three lines and seventeen syllables. That was the challenge the author faced in writing this book.
He’s hopeful that you will find these haiku poems both eloquent and entertaining.
John D. Ottini is the author of a previous book of haiku, You Had Me at Haiku.
Monday’s Mystery eBooks
Mistletoe Mayhem Collection
by Kassandra Lamb
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Christmas mayhem in Florida… Two novellas and a novelette, one from each of author Kassandra Lamb’s series, offer short “fun in the sun” reads to entertain during the busy holiday season (and year round).
An Unsaintly Season in St. Augustine
A Mayfair Christmas Carol
The Twelve Heists of Christmas
TWICE A BROKEN BREATH
by Lisette Brodey
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Although Liam Tallamore can’t remember the first fourteen years of his life, he’s built a happy home with his wife, Carly, and their two children in suburban New Jersey … until one Friday afternoon when everything changes.
While cashing his paycheck, he’s told his bank accounts have been emptied. Once at home, he learns Carly has left him for her first love – one he never knew existed. Most devastating of all, she’s taken their eight-year-old daughter, Rayelle, and is preparing to leave the country. As if things couldn’t get worse, he has no idea where their twenty-year-old son is or why he’s been unreachable for the past two months.
Behold the Monster
by Jillian Lauren, Michael Connelly
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
Jillian Lauren had no idea what she was getting into when she wrote her first letter to prolific serial killer Samuel Little. All she knew was her research had led her to believe he was good for far more murders than the three for which he had been convicted. While the two exchanged dozens of letters and embarked on hundreds of hours of interviews, Lauren gained the trust of a monster. After maintaining his innocence for decades, Little confessed to the murders of ninety-three women, often drawing his victims in haunting detail as he spoke. How could one man evade justice, manipulating the system for over four decades?
As the FBI, the DOJ, the LAPD, and countless law enforcement officials across the country worked to connect their cold cases with the confessions, Lauren’s coverage of the investigations and obsession with Little’s victims only escalated.
Closer Than She Knows
by Kelly Irvin
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
A serial killer bent on revenge . . . and striking too close to home.
Teagan O’Rourke has always loved murder mysteries. In her job as a court reporter, she has written official records for dozens of real-life murders. She’s slapped evidence stickers on crime scene photos. She’s listened to hours of chilling testimony. But she’s never known the smell of death. And she never thought she might be a victim. Until now.
The Night Is Alive
by Heather Graham
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
It’s a city of beauty, history hauntings. And one of the most haunted places in Savannah is a tavern called The Dragonslayer, built in the 1750s. The current owner, Gus Anderson, is a descendant of the original innkeeper and his pirate brother, Blue.
Gus summons his granddaughter, Abigail, home from Virginia, where she’s studying at the FBI Academy. When she arrives, she’s devastated to find him dead. Murdered. But Abby soon learns that Gus isn’t the only one to meet a brutal and untimely end; there’ve been at least two other victims. Then Captain Blue Anderson starts making ghostly appearances, and the FBI’s paranormal investigation unit, the Krewe of Hunters, sends in Agent Malachi Gordon.
Murder at the Kennedy Center
by Margaret Truman
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
“An exciting romp through the maze of Washington politics.” – The Dallas Morning News
During a gala benefit for the Democratic Party’s hottest presidential hopeful at the glittering Kennedy Center, a young woman dies, a victim of quick and brutal violence. The murder weapon belongs to the candidate. The chief suspect is the candidate’s son. The dynamic campaign of Senator Kenneth Ewald has collided with a tragedy that can send his son to jail—and wreck his own career.
108: An Eco-Thriller
by Dheepa Maturi
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.9 #ad
While working the night shift at a San Francisco news agency, Bayla Jeevan has a shocking out-of-body experience. Her consciousness is transported deep into an Indian forest, where she witnesses a noxious liquid spreading through the soil. At the same time, she receives a message from her father, presumed dead for fifteen years, warning her of imminent danger. Coincidence? Unlikely.
Halfway around the world, agrochemical corporation ZedChem-led by billionaire Krakun Zed-tests its latest innovation, a product heralded as the solution to topsoil erosion. But the data reveals something else entirely.
The Final Witness
by T. R. Britten
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
In a world where faith is forbidden and society is rigidly divided by the State, one boy refuses to surrender. After the tragic loss of his parents, David returns to England to live with his aunt and enrols at Angel Academy—a school under the iron rule of a sinister director, Mr. Molech. As David doubts God, he finds unexpected hope through two loyal friends and mysterious chalkboard messages from an unseen ally.
But as classmates begin to vanish and the regime tightens its grip, David faces an impossible choice: conform to survive—or risk everything to follow the truth. Meanwhile, the enigmatic Shinar Cane demonstrates to the world his telepathic connection to an ‘alien’ entity, promising power but leading down a dark and deceptive path.
My Years With Gillian Lane
by Daniel M. Wolpe
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Jonathan Ferguson and Gillian Lane meet as children and it’s far from love at first sight for them. But as they become friends and their families grow closer despite their political differences, they must navigate many events of the time including the fight for women’s rights, the aftermath of World War 1, The Jazz Age and The Great Depression. As Jonathan and Gillian fall in love and rebel against their par-ents by pursuing their dreams and moving to New York City, they always have each other’s support, no matter the challenges they face. But is that ultimately enough to sustain their relationship in a changing world?