Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
The Maid and the Mansion
by Fiona Grace
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
In post-World War II England, a clever, young woman named Mary Adams finds herself thrust into a world of privilege and secrets as she transitions from being a wartime factory worker to a maid in the grand estates.
As Mary begins a new position in the kitchens of a prestigious family, she finds herself in the midst of an engagement party where the air is thick with tension and secrets. When a poison-induced murder disrupts the façade of a forced union, Mary must uncover the identity of the killer before the killer destroys more than just the engagement…
Kachina Doll Murders
by Stephanie Parker McKean
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
When she goes to pay her bill at a bed and breakfast she’s stayed at for 3 days, Jordan finds the owner murdered and becomes the chief suspect, because she was the only guest the previous night. The suspicion only gets worse when the woman’s strange will leaves the property to her, a total stranger.
Jordan prides herself in being tough, but having fled the cool, piney woods of Georgia for the hostile Arizona desert to escape her jealous ex-husband, Jordan finds herself in alien surroundings that tax her to the max. Eerily surrounded by a legion of Native American kachina dolls, and both two-legged and four-legged strangers, she is thrust into a mystery that doesn’t end with the first murder.
If Two Are Dead
by Rick Mofina
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.2 #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.
Seeking Glory
by Patricia Hamilton Shook
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
What would you do if you suddenly received a phone call from your daughter who has been missing for years? And then discovered you now have an orphaned granddaughter named Glory you never knew existed? What do you do when you realize her silence hides a dangerous secret?
Kate LaRue is a divorced, successful co-owner of an art and gift store on Cape Cod whose current life has been largely peaceful, well ordered and without undue daily stress. That is, until she receives a phone call saying her long-missing daughter Ally is seriously ill in a hospital in California…
Oyster Bay Boogie
by Eric Wilder
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Buckle up! The ride’s about to get bumpy.
When a claw rips through Grogan ‘Chief’ La Tortue’s teepee at midnight, he quickly realizes it isn’t an ordinary beast but a rougarou, a Cajun werewolf stalking Oyster Island, the ancestral home of the Atakapa Indians. Cajun witch Paula Mouton and her friend Odette, who lives in a tent on the beach with her dog Mud Puppy, vow to confront the ghosts in the nearby lighthouse. Their actions soon lead them to the Majestic, a Prohibition-era hotel and casino—a noir setting where they face a vampire, demons, and an avenging angel. The paranormal island is about to become even more haunted. Buckle up and enjoy the thrills, fantasy, and mystery. The ride’s fun and a little racy, but it’s about to get bumpy.
Shadow of the Solstice
by Anne Hillerman
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
In this gripping chapter in New York Times bestselling author Anne Hillerman’s Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito series, the detectives must sort out a save-the-planet meditation group connected to a mysterious death and a nefarious scheme targeting vulnerable indigenous people living with addiction.
The Navajo Nation police are on high alert when a U.S. Cabinet Secretary schedules an unprecedented trip to the little Navajo town of Shiprock, New Mexico. The visit coincides with a plan to resume uranium mining along the Navajo Nation border. Tensions around the official’s arrival escalate when the body of a stranger is found in an area restricted for the disposal of radioactive uranium waste…
Breathing Lessons
by Anne Tyler
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 3.8 #ad
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Evoking Jane Austen, Emma Straub, and other masters of the literary marriage, Breathing Lessons celebrates the small miracles and magic of truly knowing someone.
Unfolding over the course of a single emotionally fraught day, this stunning novel encompasses a lifetime of dreams, regrets and reckonings—and is oftern regarded as Tyler’s seminal work. Maggie and Ira Moran are on a road trip from Baltimore, Maryland to Deer Lick, Pennsylvania to attend the funeral of a friend. Along the way, they reflect on the state of their marriage, its trials and its triumphs—through their quarrels, their routines, and their ability to tolerate each other’s faults with patience and affection.
The Country Road Murders
by James Patterson, Mike Lupica
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Humbled, but never defeated, he returns to his backwoods hometown, Cross Rivers, North Carolina, where his father was murdered.
He goes back to what’s left of his family and their small, struggling farm. He reunites with his best friend in the world—Taylor McCarter Webb, who is now married.
Then Silas is pulled into a deadly battle with the Southern Mafia who control drugs, trafficking and murder.
Friday’s Mystery eBooks
The Miss Silver Mysteries Volume One
by Patricia Wentworth
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
The first three Miss Silver Mysteries introduce the British governess-turned-sleuth and a “timelessly charming” series (Charlotte MacLeod).
From a “first-rate storyteller,” here are three full-length mystery novels in one volume, set in England between the two world wars and featuring Maud Silver, a retired governess and teacher who embarks on a new career in private detection (The Daily Telegraph).
Grey Mask,
The Case Is Closed,
Lonesome Road
Ben: Books 1-3
by Luana Ehrlich
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Enjoy this box set of three fast-paced, full-length Christian novels featuring Ben Mitchell, a CIA covert operative mentored by veteran intelligence officer, Titus Ray, who serves as the first-person narrator of this award-winning spy series.
Ben in Love – Book 1: Is Ben really in love with the daughter of a Turkish dissident?
Ben in Charge – Book 2: Can Ben handle his first assignment as a primary officer even when it turns deadly?
Ben in Trouble – Book 3: Will Ben’s scheme to impress the CIA director keep him out of a desk job?
Murder in My Backyard
by Ann Cleeves
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Before Shetland and Vera, Ann Cleeves wrote the Inspector Ramsay series featuring a talented, brilliant detective—now in print for the first time in the US.
No one in Heppleburn has a bad word to say about Alice Parry . . . but here she is, murdered in her own backyard on a bitter St. David’s Eve.
When detective Stephen Ramsay starts asking questions in the village, a more ambiguous picture begins to emerge. Yes, old Mrs. Parry was loved by everyone, but sometimes her kindness had caused trouble.
What Strange Creatures
by Emily Arsenault
Kindle $0.50 Rating: 3.7 #ad
Scandal, love, family, and murder combine in this gripping literary mystery by critically acclaimed author Emily Arsenault, in which a young academic’s life is turned upside down when her brother is arrested for murder and she must prove his innocence.
The Battle siblings are used to disappointment. Seven years, one marriage and divorce, three cats, and a dog later, Theresa still hasn’t finished her dissertation. Instead of a degree, she’s got a houseful of adoring pets and a dead-end copywriting job for a local candle company.
Ghost Galaxy Omnibu
by Sarah Noffke, Michael Anderle, Craig Martelle
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Kill the bad guys. Save the galaxy. All in a hard day’s work.
Get both the Completed Omnibus of Ghost Squadron and Precious Galaxy series in one GIANT omnibus for a stellar price!
Ghost Galaxy encompasses the two Age of Expansion series co-written by Sarah Noffke and Michael Anderle!
Wild Hunt: The Witch’s Odyssey
by Alison Levy
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
For fans of urban fantasy and tales of found family, the second installment of The Witch’s Odyssey—the story of a young witch breaking free from generational abuse and finding her purpose in life with the help of her friends, magical and otherwise.
Georgette Delaney’s emotional well-being has improved dramatically since she fled from her abusive, manipulative family. She is surrounded by friends and chosen family, however, the young witch’s life is still challenging. She’s in a loving relationship with her boyfriend, Neil, but his workplace drama is intruding on their lives. Her job at Club Nocturne is fulfilling but her boss, the Vampire Kazimiera, is growing erratic and endangering every magical being in her care. Her best friend, Mei-Xing, is sinking into depression. And on top of it all, her narcissistic mother, Hazel, continues to try to control her from the opposite side of the country.
The Original Adventures of Frank & Joe Hardy MEGAPACK
by Franklin W. Dixon
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
This volume collects the first 8 novels in the original Hardy Boys series, before it was rewritten and dumbed down in the 1950s for a sanitized TV-raised audience.
These adventures, first published in the late 1920s, feature rougher, tougher versions of Frank and Joe Hardy, willing to take chances — and pay the price — to solve mysteries. So if you think you know these books based on later versions, you’re going to be in for a very pleasant surprise: they’re better.
Hot Girl Murder Club
by Ashley Winstead
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
“Prepare to meet your next summer binge read.” —May Cobb, bestselling author of The Hunting Wives
From national bestselling author Ashley Winstead comes a buzzy, bloody new thriller about success, sisterhood, and demanding justice…by any means necessary.
What’s a girl got to do to get some fame, a few million record sales, and justice for murder?