Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
The Skeleton Makes a Friend
by Leigh Perry
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Georgia Thackery is feeling pretty good about her summer job teaching at prestigious Overfeld College, and she’s renting a rustic cabin right by a lake for herself, her daughter, Madison, and her best friend, Sid the Skeleton. Together again, the trio are enjoying the quiet when a teenager named Jen shows up looking for her friend. Georgia doesn’t recognize the name, but she learns that the person Jen was looking for is actually Sid.
Sid reveals that he and Jen are part of a regular online gaming group that formed locally, and one of their members has gone missing…
Resthaven
by Erik Therme
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Readers’ Favorite Honorable Mention
Kindle Book Awards Finalist
Kindle Scout Winner
The last thing fifteen-year-old Kaylee wants to do is participate in a childish scavenger hunt—especially inside the abandoned retirement home on the edge of town. When she finds a bruised, deaf boy hiding inside one of the rooms, she vows to lead him to safety . . . only to discover the front doors are now padlocked, and her friends are nowhere to be found. Kaylee is about to learn that not everything that goes ‘bump in the night’ is imaginary, and sometimes there are worse things to fear than ghosts.
A Mind to Murder
by P.D. James
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
On the surface, the Steen Psychiatric Clinic is one of the most reputable institutions in London. But when the administrative head is found dead with a chisel in her heart, that distinguished facade begins to crumble as the truth emerges. Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard is called in to investigate and quickly finds himself caught in a whirlwind of psychiatry, drugs, and deceit. Now he must analyze the deep-seated anxieties and thwarted desires of patients and staff alike to determine which of their unresolved conflicts has resulted in murder and stop a cunning killer before the next blow.
O’Hara’s Choice
by Leon Uris
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Fifty years after his first novel, Battle Cry, took the world by storm, Leon Uris returns to the topic that first inspired him to write books that captivate, educate, and thrill — the Marine Corps.
In the years following the Civil War, first-generation Irish-American Zachary O’Hara, son of a legendary Marine and a force of a man in his own right, finds himself playing a critical role in the very future of the Marines. If he can persuade the Secretary of the Navy that the Marines are more crucial than ever to America’s safety and security — all the while hefting a heavier secret weight in his heart — he’ll save the corps and make his career…
One Dark Night
by Anna Faversham
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
It is 1821 and smuggling is rife on the English coast. Lucy Yorton, dragged away from her privileged early life, must slave, friendless, on a bleak, run-down farm. Those around her suspect she is a spy and treat her accordingly. Her problems increase when two men enter her life.
Lieutenant Karl Thorsen, sworn to avenge the murder of his father, is a King’s man. He is determined to stop the violent smugglers, hang them, and hang and gibbet one in particular. Daniel Tynton has smuggling in his blood. Undaunted by Thorsen’s threats, he is respected and feared, and adored by his trusty dog. The choices we make determine our futures and Lucy is torn between two determined men as the secrets and lies undermining her life are exposed. How can she find a way to love and trust again?
Insomnia
by Sarah Pinborough
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
In the dead of night, madness lies…
Emma Averell loves her life – her high-powered legal career, her two beautiful children, and her wonderful stay-at-home husband—but it wasn’t always so perfect. When she was just five years old, Emma and her older sister went into foster care because of a deeply disturbing incident with their mother. Her sister can remember a time when their mother was loving and “normal,” but Emma can only remember her as one thing – a monster.
And that monster emerged right around their mother’s fortieth birthday, the same milestone Emma is approaching now.
Kurtherian Age of Magic Starter Pack
by Multiple Authors
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
After the world ended, a new one began. Welcome to the Age of Magic.
Centuries after the collapse of the Old World, Irth has devolved into a realm of monsters and magic, ruled by petty tyrants and thieves who seek to create the world in their own image.
But despite the many changes that have befallen Irth, one thing remains the same. Heroes walk among us.
Discover six series with the first book of each series set in this shared universe.
Lapidius
by Matthew Runals
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Thirteen-year-old Joey is in trouble. His mother can hardly feed him, which-because of his small size-is saying a lot.
As war moves closer to their little town, his mother’s options for more work are a big fat zero. Desperate, she sends him to a place where he won’t starve, Lapidius. Soon after arriving, however, Joey learns that he and the hundreds of other children aren’t just charity cases. Lapidius is a prestigious military institute that develops specialized skills for combat. But Lapidius is also a mysterious place where Joey learns that the battle for which they are being trained fot is full of magic, malevolence, and monsters.
The new students discover a nation found worthy to fight for.
Ghost Camera
by Darcy Coates
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
When Jenine finds an abandoned polaroid camera, she playfully snaps a photo without a second thought. But there’s something wrong with the image: a ghostly figure stands in the background, watching her.
Fixated on her. Moving one step closer with every picture she takes.
Desperate, Jenine shares her secret with her best friend, Bree. Together they realize the camera captures unsettling impressions of the dead. But now the ghosts seem to be following the two friends. And with each new photo taken, a terrible danger grows ever clearer…
Monday’s Mystery eBooks
The Bilbao Looking Glass
by Charlotte MacLeod
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
A couple finds an antique mirror that isn’t broken, but still brings bad luck—“MacLeod can be counted on for a witty, literate, and charming mystery” (Publishers Weekly).
According to Max Bittersohn, he and Sarah Kelling have witnessed enough murder and unhappiness, so it’s high time they got married. And though Sarah hasn’t yet agreed to such drastic measures, she invites Max to summer with her at Ireson’s Landing. But they haven’t been in the house ten minutes when they stumble upon summer’s first mystery—a mint-condition, antique Spanish mirror that is tremendously rare and valuable…
Operation Storm’s Eye
by E.S. Benton
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Alpha team might comprise of people from very different backgrounds. From ex-spies, to a computer expert, to an ex-assassin. They might not even know each other’s hidden pasts. But after extensive training, they’ve formed one of the most formidable teams of covert agents.
Having suffered a devastating loss, Alpha Team must pick up the trail of a group responsible for committing heinous acts following supposedly natural disasters. But within the shadows and deep underground, Alpha Team are much like their targets; hidden to all who seek them. With nothing more than the name of one man, their morality, trust, secrecy and armoury are stretched to the limit by a hidden enemy.
Afraid to Die
by Lisa Jackson
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The town of Grizzly Falls, Montana, is still on edge in the wake of a serial killer’s capture. Thanks to Detectives Selena Alvarez and Regan Pescoli, the nightmare is over. But a new one is about to unfold. There are two victims so far—their bodies found frozen solid and deliberately displayed. Both are women Selena knew. And each wears a piece of her jewelry.
Selena, Regan, and the entire department are on the case, as is P.I. Dylan O’Keefe—a man Selena got too close to once before. But this killer already knows too much about Selena’s secret terror, her flaws, and the past she’s tried to outrun. And soon he’ll show her that she has every reason to be afraid…
Storykeeper
by Daniel A. Smith
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
NYC Big Book Award (Distinguished Favorite 2023)
Book Excellence Awards (Historical Fiction Winner 2022)
Maincrest Media Book Award (Mainstream Winner 2021)
Shelf Unbound Best Indie Book Award (Top 100 Notable 2016)
Historical Novel Society (Editor’s Choice 2015)
Best Indie Book Award (Literary/Mainstream Winner 2013)
The first recorded Europeans to cross the Mississippi River reached the western shore on June 18, 1541. Hernando De Soto and his army of three hundred and fifty conquistadors spent the next year and a half conquering the nations in the fertile flood plains of eastern Arkansas.
Three surviving sixteenth-century journals written during the expedition detailed a complex array of twelve different nations. Each had separate beliefs, languages, and interconnected villages with capital towns comparable in size to European cities of the time. Through these densely populated sites, the Spanish carried a host of deadly old-world diseases, a powerful new religion, and war…
Winter’s Malice
by Belinda G. Buchanan
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Three bodies in the span of twenty-four hours…
It’s the dead of winter, and in Weeping Rock, South Dakota—a small town crippled by racism, drugs, and violence—Sheriff’s Deputy Liam Matthews has his work cut out for him when he steps in to take over the duties of sheriff from his father, who for far too long has turned a blind eye to certain crimes for what he says is the overall good of the town.
Coming under scrutiny for hiring a Lakota to fill his position as deputy, things quickly go from bad to worse for Liam when the body of retired pro-baseball player Hector Ramirez, who had recently returned home to coach ball at his high school alma mater, is found floating in Crow’s Foot Lake. Hector’s bludgeoned corpse is no sooner on its way to the M.E.’s office in Rapid City, however, when the partially clothed body of a young girl is discovered in a clearing in the snow.
System Collapse
by Martha Wells
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Am I making it worse? I think I’m making it worse.
Following the events in Network Effect, the Barish-Estranza corporation has sent rescue ships to a newly-colonized planet in peril, as well as additional SecUnits. But if there’s an ethical corporation out there, Murderbot has yet to find it, and if Barish-Estranza can’t have the planet, they’re sure as hell not leaving without something. If that something just happens to be an entire colony of humans, well, a free workforce is a decent runner-up prize…
A Moment on the Edge
by Elizabeth George
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
“An absolutely first-rate anthology. . . a thoughtful and intelligent paean to crime fiction.” — New York Sun
#1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth George serves up a century’s worth of superb crime fiction penned by women. This veritable all-star team delivers tales of dark deeds that will keep you reading long into the night.
A Moment on the Edge is a rare treat not only for fans of crime fiction but also for anyone who appreciates a skillfully written, deftly told story.
Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
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Hard Country
by Ian Loome
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Bob isn’t looking for trouble. Until someone hurts his friend.
When his young friend Marcus is arrested for the murder of a crusading doctor, Bob Singleton rushes to Bakersfield to see if he can help. Convinced Marcus has been framed, Bob will do whatever it takes to clear his name and free him from the violent jail where his life is in constant danger.
It doesn’t take Bob long to discover that the murdered doctor was campaigning against a development which would have caused a dangerous level of pollution, harming the local community…
Interview with the Vampire
by Anne Rice
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
The spellbinding classic that started it all, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author—the inspiration for the hit television series
Here are the confessions of a vampire. Hypnotic, shocking, and chillingly sensual, this is a novel of mesmerizing beauty and astonishing force—a story of danger and flight, of love and loss, of suspense and resolution, and of the extraordinary power of the senses. It is a novel only Anne Rice could write.
Running Blind
by Lee Child
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Jack Reacher races to solve the perfect crime in the fourth novel in Lee Child’s #1 New York Times bestselling series.
Across the country, women are being murdered, victims of a disciplined and clever killer who leaves no trace evidence, no fatal wounds, no signs of struggle, and no clues to an apparent motive. They are, truly, perfect crimes. In fact, there’s only one thing that links the victims. Each one of the women knew Jack Reacher—and it’s got him running blind.
REIMAGINING BEN
by Panayotis Cacoyannis
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Feeling strangely elated after a phone call arranged by his gay non-identical twin brother George (author of sensationally semi-fictional biographies of dead celebrities) in which he has agreed to spend an hour naked in bed with a stranger, 33-year-old Jay (assistant librarian, allegedly straight) embarks on a short, sharp journey of belated self-discovery. In the midst of a hot London summer’s explosive encounters, dramatic revelations and unfolding chaotic events, old brotherly antagonisms and contrasting mother issues return to the surface as various relationships form and then become fluid. And two years later, when at last the turmoil has settled and exciting things appear to lie ahead, a menacingly different version of the past is threatening to uncover a dangerous secret.
The Big Dark Sky
by Dean Koontz
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
A group of strangers bound by terrifying synchronicity becomes humankind’s hope of survival in an exhilarating, twist-filled novel by Dean Koontz, the #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense.
As a girl, Joanna Chase thrived on Rustling Willows Ranch in Montana until tragedy upended her life. Now thirty-four and living in Santa Fe with only misty memories of the past, she begins to receive pleas—by phone, through her TV, in her dreams: I am in a dark place, Jojo. Please come and help me. Heeding the disturbing appeals, Joanna is compelled to return to Montana, and to a strange childhood companion she had long forgotten.
Heart Full of Lies
by Ann Rule
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
An idyllic Hawaiian wedding held the promise of a wonderful future for handsome, athletic Chris Northon, an airline pilot, a confirmed bachelor-turned-devoted family man; and Liysa, an acclaimed surf photographer, loving mother, and aspiring Hollywood screenwriter. But few, including Chris, had seen Liysa’s other side—her controlling behavior and dark moods, her insatiable hunger for money and property. And no one anticipated the fatal outcome of a family camping trip in an Oregon forest.
Liysa soon revealed herself as a victim of domestic abuse that culminated at the campsite, where she shot Chris in self-defense…
The Andromeda Strain
by Michael Crichton
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Five prominent biophysicists have warned the United States government that sterilization procedures for returning space probes may be inadequate to guarantee uncontaminated re-entry to the atmosphere. Two years later, a probe satellite falls to the earth and lands in a desolate region of northeastern Arizona. Nearby, in the town of Piedmont, bodies lie heaped and flung across the ground, faces locked in frozen surprise. What could cause such shock and fear? The terror has begun, and there is no telling where it will end.
Wealthily Ever After
by Sarit Amitay
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
Reduce conflicts and secure your romantic future by confronting one of the most challenging obstacles in your relationship.
Why do we have such a hard time talking about money? What makes money one of the three major causes of divorce in the modern world? How can we transform our relationships with each other by getting in bed with Mr. Dollar?
These are the driving questions at the core of Wealthily Ever After – a hands-on, eye-level guide on how to effectively (and affectionately) talk about money with your significant other. From tackling the roots of our conflicts with money to establishing strong financial intimacy, every chapter in Sarit Amitay’s Wealthily Ever After supplies practical, affirming tools for building healthier and stronger relationships.
Based on Amitay’s nationally acclaimed Financial Therapy method, this book will help you gain a comprehensive understanding of money’s place in your relationship…
Night Shift
by Stephen King
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Originally published in 1978, Night Shift is the inspiration for over a dozen acclaimed horror movies and television series, including Children of the Corn, Chapelwaite, and Lawnmower Man.
Night Shift is Stephen King’s first collection of short stories–a perfect showcase of just how far King’s dark imagination can go. Here we see mutated rats gone bad (“Graveyard Shift”); a cataclysmic virus that threatens humanity (“Night Surf,” the basis for The Stand); a possessed, evil lawnmower (“The Lawnmower Man”); unsettling children from the heartland (“Children of the Corn”); a smoker who will try anything to stop (“Quitters, Inc.”); a reclusive alcoholic who begins a gruesome transformation (“Gray Matter”); and many more. This is Stephen King at his horrifying best.
The Complete Aliens Omnibus: Volume One
by Titan Books
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Classic original fiction set in the Alien world, featuring Earth Hive by Steve Perry, Nightmare Asylum by Steve Perry and The Female War by Steve Perry and Stephani Perry.
Earth Hive
Nightmare Asylum
The Female War
“The novels in these Omnibuses span the width and breadth of the Alien universe, stretching its boundaries and giving it a marvelous depth of detail” – BookRiot
Check out:
(The Complete Aliens Omnibus Mysteries)
ACT Therapy Workbook for Adults
by Ava Walters
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Note: Bonus ACT Mini Guide + 21-Day Action Plan Inside
Break free from unhelpful and distressing thoughts, master challenging emotions, and strengthen your mental and emotional resilience with this comprehensive and user-friendly ACT Therapy Workbook.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is one of the most effective ways to strengthen your mindset, improve your emotional health, and build resilience. It achieves this through key psychological lessons taught through simple yet highly effective self-improvement exercises you can do anywhere.
This comprehensive self-help workbook is a simple and non-technical approach to ACT. It will teach you how to embrace acceptance, mindfulness, and self-compassion. It will also help you unlock a vital wellspring of inner peace and strength you never thought you had in you.
Whether you’re battling anxiety, depression, anger, shame, mood disorders, inner chaos, phobias, chronic pain, OCD, or simply striving for a happier, more fulfilled life, this book offers a powerful blueprint for mental and emotional freedom.
Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
Dead Days of Summer
by Carolyn Hart
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Annie Darling, owner of the Death on Demand mystery bookstore, is understandably upset. It isn’t like her p.i. husband Max to abruptly disappear—and homicide is definitely not his style. But when his car is found abandoned on a remote road with a brutally slain, once-beautiful young woman nearby and the murder weapon stashed in the trunk, Annie’s worst fears seem justified.
The police have Max all but tried and convicted—except for Chief Billy Cameron, whose unshakable belief in his friend’s innocence prompts his removal from the case.
TWICE A BROKEN BREATH
by Lisette Brodey
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.9 #ad
She stole his world. He’s got twenty-four hours to get it back.
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…
Moon Music
by Faye Kellerman
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 3.8 #ad
With Moon Music, New York Times bestseller Faye Kellerman leaves Los Angeles and heads to stranger territories: “Sin City” Las Vegas, Nevada. Taking a brief hiatus from her mystery series featuring LAPD Homicide Detective Peter Decker and his Orthodox Jewish wife, Rina Lazarus, Kellerman delivers a masterful stand-alone crime novel that crackles with suspense and tantalizes with a touch of the paranormal. The horribly savaged body of a once-beautiful Vegas showgirl is discovered in the desert not far from the world-famous Strip, plunging Detective Sergeant Romulus Poe into the heart of a bizarre, full moon-soaked mystery that could cost him everything he holds dear in life, including his sanity.
Spearthrower
by D. BRAISTED
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Kim has always had food and shelter; she grew up in a comfortable world. But she is wild. After graduating from high school, she enters The Branch and becomes a highly trained astronaut. Kim accepts a classified mission and is launched deep. However, she is not just the test pilot, she is also the test. And then there is Kala. She grew up in the open grass plain with a spear in hand, but she is not wild. Her adventure will violently choose her.
Secrets to the Grave
by Tami Hoag
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A second violent crime shocks the small town of Oak Knoll in this “chilling” (USA Today) thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag.
California, 1986—A 911 call from a small child sends the idyllic town of Oak Knoll into a tailspin. Then a brutal crime scene is discovered: the body of Marissa Fordham with her young daughter, Haley, injured but alive.
Sheriff’s detective Tony Mendez faces a puzzle with nothing but pieces that won’t fit. To assist with his witness, Haley, he calls teacher-turned-child advocate Anne Leone, who’s already the star witness in a sensational murder trial…
Two Flights Up
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
A boarder comes to live with three women and finds them frighteningly strange
From the outside, it seems like the three women of the Bayne house are frozen in time. There is Mrs. Bayne, an aging widow obsessed with propriety; her sister, Margaret, a spinster whose desperate loneliness is eating her from the inside out; and young Holly, a beautiful creature with a vibrancy that fades a little each day. Her only hope is Furness Brooks, a playboy with an idea that he might like to marry Holly, but each day that he doesn’t propose, she becomes more frightened that she will die an old maid.
Void Black Shadow
by Corey J. White
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The space saga by the Aurealis Award winner continues: “A great character . . . Readers will root for her and have fun following along on her adventures.” —Booklist
Mars Xi is a living weapon, a genetically manipulated psychic supersoldier with a body count in the thousands, and all she wanted was to be left alone. People who get involved with her get hurt, whether by MEPHISTO, by her psychic backlash, or by her acid tongue. It’s not smart to get involved with Mars, but that doesn’t stop some people from trying…
Elevating Your Life
by Multiple Authors
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A Journey of Riches – Elevating Your Life:
Stories to Empower Your Soul
Life can be like a confusing maze, full of seemingly insurmountable obstacles, just like in famous Hollywood stories. But what can you do when real setbacks and tough times threaten to obscure your identity and the very heart of your existence, making you forget what matters most?