Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
A Christmas Murder in Merrywell
by Jane Bettany
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
A cosy, festive murder mystery to curl up with in front of the fire, for fans of Clare Chase and Katie Gayle.
In the charming village of Merrywell, an exciting new Christmas Market is bringing festive cheer and bustling crowds. But as the stallholders celebrate in the village bookshop at the end of a successful first day, someone rushes in to announce that a body has been found.
Once again in the wrong place at the wrong time, Violet Brewster is on hand to offer the police her astute – if perhaps unwelcome – opinion on the crime. While the police dismiss the death as an accident, Violet senses that there’s more to this tragedy than meets the eye…
The Innocent Wife
by Sally Royer-Derr
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
In this house, love and betrayal sleep side by side…
Olivia Hanson’s husband, Lucas, is her rock; charming and successful, he offers her safety, security and the life she always dreamed of. In return, Olivia is a picture-perfect housewife, smiling and supportive. Until she meets Lucas’s new colleague, Natalie, and sees the flash of hatred in her eyes.
Olivia only wants to clear up the misunderstanding. But when she befriends Natalie, secrets come tumbling out that expose the ugly side of Olivia’s beautiful marriage and she realizes there is another young woman caught up in Lucas’s lies.
The #1 Lawyer
by James Patterson, Nancy Allen
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Stafford Lee Penney is a small-town lawyer with a big-time reputation for winning every case he tries. In his sharp suits and polished Oxford shoes, Penney is Biloxi, Mississippi’s #1 Lawyer and top local celebrity. Just as Penney notches his latest courtroom victory, his wife is scandalously killed. He spirals into a legal and personal losing streak, damaging his reputation and ruining his career.
That’s when Penney makes a bold decision. He stops trading on his power-lawyer identity and creates a new one: lawyer lifeguard. Moonlighting at the beach, showing up to court in flip-flops, mentoring a law student, the new Penney is at first unrecognizable.
Jacobs Family Series: Books 1-2
by Vannetta Chapman
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
Dana and Erin Jacobs. Two women with a past that has left its scars. Two vastly different careers that require them to face their deepest fears. Can they overcome their past in time to save the people they love?
Hidden: When an embittered maniac seeks retribution against the people of Taos, Homeland Security Agents Dana Jacobs and Benjamin Marshall find themselves racing to protect the residents of this small town set against the majestic landscape of northern New Mexico.
Protected: When Erin Jacobs receives a desperate call in the middle of the night, she thinks she is rescuing an animal. But from the beginning, this case is not what she expected.
Gone
by Jamie Freveletti
Kindle $0.50 Rating: 3.8 #ad
Sebastian Ryan, a risk analyst, has disappeared. Emma Caldridge saved him once, and in a moment of foresight he’s left a note asking her to save him again. And she knows where to look. Driving into Sunrise City, Utah, a town controlled by a fundamentalist cult, she’s already picked up a tail – from the local sheriff. As Emma begins to track Ryan’s kidnappers, she learns that Sunrise City’s outwardly pious appearance hides a dark secret, and when she derails an unspeakable ritual, she sets the entire town against her.
The Wrong Family
by Tarryn Fisher
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
From the author of the New York Times bestseller The Wives comes another twisted psychological thriller guaranteed to turn your world upside down – an instant bestseller!
Have you ever been wrong about someone? Juno was wrong about Winnie Crouch.
Before moving in with the Crouch family, Juno thought Winnie and her husband, Nigel, had the perfect marriage, the perfect son – the perfect life. Only now that she’s living in their beautiful house, she sees the cracks in the crumbling facade are too deep to ignore.
Middle of the Night
by Riley Sager
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
In the latest jaw-dropping thriller from New York Times bestselling author Riley Sager, a man must contend with the long-ago disappearance of his childhood best friend – and the dark secrets lurking just beyond the safe confines of his picture-perfect neighborhood.
The worst thing to ever happen on Hemlock Circle occurred in Ethan Marsh’s backyard. One July night, ten-year-old Ethan and his best friend and neighbor, Billy, fell asleep in a tent set up on a manicured lawn in a quiet, quaint New Jersey cul-de-sac. In the morning, Ethan woke up alone. During the night, someone had sliced the tent open with a knife and taken Billy. He was never seen again.
Tiffany Aching Complete 5-Book Collection
by Terry Pratchett
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.9 #ad
This collection includes all five Tiffany Aching novels in Terry Pratchett’s beloved and bestselling Discworld series, including the final Discworld novel, The Shepherd’s Crown.
The Wee Free Men,
A Hat Full of Sky,
Wintersmith,
I Shall Wear Midnight,
The Shepherd’s Crown
Desert Reckoning
by Jesse Storm
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
The desert buries secrets – but it never keeps them buried for long.
Once a lawman, now disillusioned by the failure of justice and burdened by guilt, Clint Langston drifts into a desert town in Arizona searching for silence.
Instead, he stumbles onto the charred remains of a massacre – and the only survivor, young Ruby Yates. Ruby clings to life as Clint delivers her into the hands of frontier doctor Josie Holmes, a woman tempered by grief yet unbroken by fear.
Together, Clint and Josie uncover the iron grip of the Destiny Railroad, a company that buys, bullies, or buries anyone and anything standing in the way of its ruthless empire. Backed by bribes and corrupt lawmen, the railroad’s reach stretches from dusty trails to polished boardrooms – and its enforcer, Eli Steele, leaves nothing but blood and ruin in his wake.
Exit Strategy
by Lee Child, Andrew Child
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
Jack Reacher will make three stops today. Not all of them were planned for. The page-turning new Jack Reacher thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling authors Lee Child and Andrew Child.
Don’t miss the hit streaming series Reacher!
First—a Baltimore coffee shop. A seat in the corner, facing the door. Black coffee, two refills, no messing around. A minor interruption from two of the customers, but nothing he can’t deal with swiftly. As he leaves, a young guy brushes against him in the doorway. Instinctively Reacher checks the pocket holding his cash and passport. There’s no problem. Nothing is missing.
Picks and Shovels
by Prashant Sridharan
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Master the art of developer marketing and make it big in the AI Gold Rush.
During the California Gold Rush, it wasn’t the miners who struck it rich—it was the merchants selling them picks and shovels. Today’s AI Gold Rush is no different. The real winners are the ones building tools for developers, and it takes special skills to stand out and successfully market to people who hate being marketed to.
Picks and Shovels is the definitive guide to developer marketing, built from Prashant Sridharan’s thirty years of experience helming developer programs at Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Twitter, and numerous startups…
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
One Bad Review Can Be Fatal
by Jinty James
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Murder wasn’t in the script… but Martha’s ready for her close-up!
Senior sleuth Martha is ready for her world premiere – at the Gold Leaf Valley senior center! She’s written, filmed, and starred in her very own mystery series, inspired by her own escapades. But before she can debut the first episode, a fellow senior center member is found dead… and the victim just so happened to be critical of Martha’s show.
Coincidence? Martha doesn’t think so.
With Pru, her twenty-something roommate, and Teddy, Martha’s fluffy Coton de Tulear dog by her side, Martha’s determined to solve the case before the opening night credits roll.
Stay Awake
by Megan Goldin
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
A murder she doesn’t remember committing. A killer she doesn’t remember meeting. Megan Goldin’s Stay Awake is an electrifying novel that proves memory can be deadly.
Liv Reese wakes up in the back of a taxi with no idea where she is or how she got there. When she’s dropped off at the door of her brownstone, a stranger answers—a stranger who claims to live in her apartment. She reaches for her phone to call for help, only to discover it’s missing. In its place is a bloodstained knife. Her hands are covered in scribbled messages, like graffiti on her skin: STAY AWAKE.
Tempting Fate
by Nora Roberts
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts, the saga of The MacGregors continues with the story of a man and woman at odds when it comes to practicing law—only to find common desires that put both their hearts on trial.
Attorney Caine MacGregor has never lost a case. His combative persona serves his clients well in the courtroom, and his persuasive arguments have won him many conquests in the bedroom. But in counselor Diana Blade, Caine has met his match. Her legal expertise would make her an excellent partner, and discovering her personal passions would make an enticing challenge. And as Caine deliberates with Diana about business and pleasure interests, he realizes he’s truly mediating for a chance at love.
Akio Revelations Complete Series
by Charles Tillman, Michael Anderle
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Ancient Warrior – Vampire – Queen’s Bitch…
Akio accepted his Queen’s charge to stay behind and protect humanity from the Forsaken scourge.
She never said it would be easy.
Get the complete series – all 6 books – to find out if Akio, Yuko and Eve accomplish this task for their Queen, or die trying.
Christmas and Other Horrors
by Multiple Authors
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Hugo Award winning editor, and horror legend, Ellen Datlow presents this chilling horror anthology of 18 original short stories exploring the endless terrors of winter solstice traditions across the globe, featuring chillers by Tananarive Due, Stephen Graham Jones, Alma Katsu and many more.
The winter solstice is celebrated as a time of joy around the world – yet the long nights also conjure a darker tradition of ghouls, hauntings, and visitations. This anthology of all-new stories invites you to huddle around the fire and revel in the unholy, the dangerous, the horrific aspects of a time when families and friends come together – for better and for worse.
The Wall
by Brian Penn
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Escape to a world divided by a wall, where the promise of eternal life comes at a deadly cost. In the year 2099, the United States is torn apart by civil war, and Asher, a contraband smuggler, must navigate through a dangerous game of secrets to reunite with his beloved on the other side.
But when he discovers the true intentions of the powerful Lazurites, Asher is forced to join The Defiance in a rebellion that will determine the fate of both sides of The Wall. Will he risk everything, including his soulmate, to expose the corruption, or will he succumb to the allure of immortality?
A Day in the Death of Dorothea Cassidy
by Ann Cleeves
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #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.
For Dorothea Cassidy, Thursdays were special. Every week she would look forward to the one day she could call her own, a welcome respite from the routine duties of being a vicar’s wife. But one Thursday in June would be her last—the day Dorothea Cassidy was strangled.
As the small town of Otterbridge prepares for its summer carnival, Inspector Stephen Ramsay begins a painstaking reconstruction of Dorothea’s last hours.
Beneath the Skin
by Nicci French
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Zoe. Jenny. Nadia. Three women of varying ages and backgrounds with little else in common but for one thing: Someone has sent them each a note informing them that they will be killed. A cruel joke? A hoax?
The police don’t seem to think so. Now, with no clear suspect and amid the growing threat of violence, the victims become the accused as authorities dig into their backgrounds for clues as to why they might have attracted the unrelenting attention of a killer. As Zoe, Jenny, and Nadia find themselves being victimized twice over, once by the faceless stalker and again by the police, each must ultimately face the question of which is stronger: the instinct to survive, or the desire to destroy?
A Very Furry Christmas
by John D. Ottini
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Finalist in the 2016 Royal Palm Literary Award Competition. (Florida Writers Association)
Dear Reader: Please be aware that this is not a children’s book.
Slipper’s Last Breath. For most people Christmas is a time for reflection, a time to share and celebrate with family and friends, but for some it is a time of sadness and quiet desperation. What if your soul mate, best friend and lover is no longer around to share in the season of joy and you are about to lose the last remaining link to a life you once knew and loved. Would you find the strength to survive?
Nash Falls
by David Baldacci
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
When Walter Nash is recruited by the FBI to help bring down a global crime network his life is turned completely upside down in this thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci.
Nash is an intelligent man, tough but fair-minded. He has a wife and a daughter and a very high-level position at Sybaritic Investments, where his innate skills and dogged tenacity have carried him to the top of the pyramid in his business career. Despite never going on grand adventures, and always working too many hours, he has a happy and upscale life with his family.