Monday’s Mystery eBooks
Have Yourself a Deadly Little Christmas
by Vicki Delany
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
It’s beginning to look a lot like murder in the sixth installment of this charming cozy mystery series, perfect for fans of Donna Andrews and Jacqueline Frost.
It’s the beginning of December in Rudolph, New York, America’s Christmas Town, and business is brisk at Mrs. Claus’s Treasures, a gift and décor shop owned by Merry Wilkinson. The local amateur dramatic society is intensely preparing a special musical production of A Christmas Carol. But it’s not a happy set, as rivalries between cast and crew threaten the production…
Murder Road
by Simone St. James
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
A young couple find themselves haunted by a string of gruesome murders committed along an old deserted road in this terrifying new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Cold Cases.
July 1995. April and Eddie have taken a wrong turn. They’re looking for the small resort town where they plan to spend their honeymoon. When they spot what appears to a lone hitchhiker along the deserted road, they stop to help. But not long after the hitchiker gets into their car, they see the blood seeping from her jacket and a truck barreling down Atticus Line after them…
Emerald Street
by Felicia Rogers
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
What if one laugh changed your world?
Raylyn Morrison, a critical care nurse for wounded soldiers, has a problem. She cares too much. Dreams haunt her. The death of her patients leaves her distraught and seeking peace. But temporary peace is not enough. She doesn’t want to leave, but she needs to. Then he comes along.
Staff Sergeant Jack Williams understands loss – physical, emotional, and spiritual. Not only did the war take his leg, but it took his family and his desire to live. But the voice of an angel keeps him going. A voice he dreams about even after he wakes from a coma. Yet when they meet she is nothing like he expected and he wonders if he’s made mistake…
Where Dandelions Sway
by Vanessa Luther
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
My name is Paul. About a year ago, I moved my family to the country for some peace of mind and security. I love them and would do anything in my power to protect them. They think I have a temper. A bad temper. Maybe I do. Three armed men are in our home right this very moment holding us hostage. My wife and children are shaken to the core. The last thing I ever expected was intruders in my own home. The last thing they ever expected was me.
On a Friday afternoon in the small town of Glen Ridge, three armed men invade the home of Paul and Alexis Hudson. The Hudson’s find themselves in a life or death situation where tempers flare, demands soar and repercussions loom. On the surface, the invasion appears to be a simple robbery. Until one of the assailants demands a mysterious safe. Nothing is as it seems.
My Husband Next Door
by K.L. Slater
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
The perfect way for us to live. The perfect way for him to hide.
I never expected to fall in love with my neighbour. But then tall, twinkly eyed Matt moved in next door. Now he’s my husband, but we’ve kept our own houses. It means my tranquil home remains a sanctuary for me and my daughter. People think it’s strange, but it works for us.
Everyone knows everyone on our street. So when Ellie, a local student nurse, goes missing, we’re all terrified. Matt and I are glued to the news, his jaw rigid with tension. How could something like this happen so close to our homes?
The Restless Dead
by Simon Beckett
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Top forensics expert Dr. David Hunter is facing an uncertain future. His career hangs in the balance and his personal life has taken a turn for the worse. Then, he takes a call from Detective Inspector Lundy from the Essex force. Just up the coast from Mersea Island, a badly decomposed body has been found. The local police would welcome David’s help with the recovery and identification – and they would especially like it if the body was identified as Leo Villiers.
Leo Villiers is the adult son of a prominent regional family who went missing weeks ago, and the investigators are under pressure to close the case. Villiers was allegedly having an affair with a married woman, Emma Derby, who is also missing.
Cian and Arin: Beginning
by Felicia Rogers
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
How it all began… The prequel to Secret Defenders!
Teenage boys are disappearing from once-peaceful Irish villages and rumors abound of unnatural beasts prowling the streets. When Arin Clevenger’s sister is kidnapped, Arin fears the beasts have taken her, too. Even though Arin is blind, she won’t let anything stop her from finding her sister.
Cian Conn hates hiding what he really is – a young gray gryphon, destined to protect the helpless — but the grays’ ancient rules of secrecy force him to live under cover. When a new sect of gryphons arise, declaring their independence, Cian longs for the same freedom, but he’s leery of risking such change. For their feathers have turned black, and so have their souls.
MIJO: We Bend, Not Break
by Francisco Castillo
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
What if the greatest inheritance a family carries isn’t land or money, but silence?
Mijo: We Bend, Not Break is an unforgettable novel about three generations of Mexican American men bound by distance, unspoken love, and the heavy weight of survival. From the cracked soil of Michoacán to the immigrant fields of California, it follows fathers and sons who mistake endurance for strength, until one shattering moment forces them to confront the question every family must face: how do we break the cycle before it breaks us?
Written by Francisco Castillo, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Navy veteran, and son of Mexican immigrants, this is not his story, but it is one he knows intimately. Castillo brings a rare blend of professional insight and cultural truth to the page, crafting a work of fiction that feels searingly real.
Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
A Dish to Die for
by Lucy Burdette
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Peace and quiet are hard to find in bustling Key West, so Hayley Snow, food critic for Key Zest magazine, is taking the afternoon off for a tranquil lunch with a friend outside of town. As they are enjoying the wild beach and the lunch, she realizes that her husband Nathan’s dog, Ziggy, has disappeared. She follows his barking, to find him furiously digging at a shallow grave with a man’s body in it. Davis Jager, a local birdwatcher, identifies him as GG Garcia, a rabble-rousing Key West local and developer. Garcia was famous for over-development on the fragile Keys, womanizing, and refusing to follow city rules—so it’s no wonder he had a few enemies.
Trust No One
by Caleb Crowe
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
He’s in her head. And he’s not leaving.
Grace Harper spends her days finding dream homes for strangers – but her office is a nightmare she can’t escape. Bullied by younger colleagues, and on a final warning from her boss, she hates her work, but desperately needs to keep earning so she can save enough to escape to university.
So when executive coach Oliver arrives to help the struggling team, Grace is keen to impress him by putting her best foot forward.
End Game
by Jeffrey Archer
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
William Warwick and Ross Hogan will return, for one last time, in a gripping and unputdownable finale. Available now!
London, 2012. The eyes of the world are on Britain as the country prepares to host the Olympic Games.
But the glare of the spotlight makes London a target for some of the most dangerous people on earth. And the moment the bid is won, an international conspiracy is set in motion to unleash a devastating attack that will leave the world in chaos.
KnockOut
by Catherine Coulter
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
The 13th book in Catherine Coulter’s hugely popular FBI series.
After witnessing her relatives burying a pile of dead bodies in the middle of the night, a seven-year-old uses her telepathic powers to call a man she’s seen only on television: FBI Agent Dillon Savich. Now Savich and his wife and partner, Agent Lacey Sherlock, face their most elusive foes to keep the child out of harm’s way-before it’s too late.
The Napa Murder of Anita Fagianin
by Raymond A. Guadagni
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
In 1974, the brutal murder of Anita Fagiani Andrews, a fifty-one-year-old former beauty queen and mother of two, shook the small working-class town of Napa. Detectives, criminalists and forensic experts raced to identify who’d struck Anita down in her own bar, but despite their efforts, the case went cold. Decades passed, during which the town grew into a world-renowned wine region and tourist destination, but the case remained an open question. After thirty-seven years, thanks to DNA evidence, the killer–imprisoned for a different murder–was finally found and brought to justice. Join author and retired judge Raymond A. Guadagni as he tells the story of the shocking murder, the investigation and the subsequent trial over which he presided in 2011.
Thirteen
by Steve Cavanagh
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
It’s the murder trial of the century. And Joshua Kane has killed to get the best seat in the house – and to be sure the wrong man goes down for the crime. Because this time, the killer isn’t on trial. He’s on the jury.
But there’s someone on his tail. Former-conman-turned-criminal-defense-attorney Eddie Flynn doesn’t believe that his movie-star client killed two people. He suspects that the real killer is closer than they think – but who would guess just how close?
The Killing Kind
by Jane Casey
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
Now streaming on Netflix, starring Emma Appleton and Colin Morgan
The incredible break-out thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author. Shortlisted for the Irish Crime Book Awards
Ingrid will never forget what John did.
The people he hurt. The way he lied about it so easily. The way she defended him.
Now he’s back. He says a murderer is after her. He says only he can protect her.
Would you trust him? The clock is ticking for Ingrid to decide. Because the killer is ready to strike…