Friday’s Mystery eBooks
Kindred Spirits at Harling Hall
by Sharon Booth
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Can Callie give some needy ghosts their happy-ever-afterlife, while making Rowan Vale her own forever home?
When single mum Callie visits Rowan Vale with her daughter, she is enchanted. The beautiful Cotswold village is run as a living museum, allowing tourists to see history in action. But there’s more to the place than meets the eye…
To the residents’ surprise, Callie is observed talking to several villagers she simply shouldn’t be able to see – as they’re ghosts.
Big Lies in a Small Town
by Diane Chamberlain
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
North Carolina, 2018: Morgan Christopher’s life has been derailed. Taking the fall for a crime she did not commit, her dream of a career in art is put on hold—until a mysterious visitor makes her an offer that will get her released from prison immediately…
North Carolina, 1940: Anna Dale, an artist from New Jersey, wins a national contest to paint a mural for the post office in Edenton, North Carolina…
Agent in Place
by Mark Greaney
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
The Gray Man is back in another nonstop international thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan novels.
Fresh off his first mission back with the CIA, Court Gentry secures what seems like a cut-and-dried contract job: A group of expats in Paris hires him to kidnap the mistress of Syrian dictator Ahmed Azzam to get intel that could destabilize Azzam’s regime.
Court delivers Bianca Medina to the rebels, but his job doesn’t end there. She soon reveals that she has given birth to a son, the only heir to Azzam’s rule–and a potent threat to the Syrian president’s powerful wife.
The Last Housewife
by Ashley Winstead
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
From the author of the acclaimed In My Dreams I Hold a Knife comes a pitch-black thriller about a woman determined to destroy a powerful cult and avenge the deaths of the women taken in by it, no matter the cost.
While in college in upstate New York, Shay Evans and her best friends met a captivating man who seduced them with a web of lies about the way the world works, bringing them under his thrall. By senior year, Shay and her friend Laurel were the only ones who managed to escape. Now, eight years later, Shay’s built a new life in a tony Texas suburb. But when she hears the horrifying news of Laurel’s death—delivered, of all ways, by her favorite true-crime podcast crusader—she begins to suspect that the past she thought she buried is still very much alive, and the predators more dangerous than ever.
Ghost Story
by Peter Straub, Stephen King
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
What was the worst thing you’ve ever done?
In the sleepy town of Milburn, New York, four old men gather to tell each other stories—some true, some made-up, all of them frightening. A simple pastime to divert themselves from their quiet lives.
But one story is coming back to haunt them and their small town. A tale of something they did long ago. A wicked mistake. A horrifying accident. And they are about to learn that no one can bury the past forever…
Out of Bounds
by Val McDermid
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
When a teenage joyrider crashes a stolen car and ends up in a coma, a routine DNA test reveals a connection to an unsolved murder from twenty-two years before. Finding the answer to the cold case should be straightforward. But it’s as twisted as the DNA helix itself.
Meanwhile, Inspector Karen Pirie finds herself irresistibly drawn to another mystery that she has no business investigating, a mystery that has its roots in a terrorist bombing two decades ago. And again, she finds that nothing is as it seems.
The Last Widow
by Karin Slaughter
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
A mysterious kidnapping. On a hot summer night, a scientist from the Centers for Disease Control is grabbed by unknown assailants in a shopping center parking lot. The authorities are desperate to save the doctor who’s been vanished into thin air.
A devastating explosion. One month later, the serenity of a sunny Sunday afternoon is shattered by the boom of a ground-shaking blast—followed by another seconds later. One of Atlanta’s busiest and most important neighborhoods has been bombed—the location of Emory University, two major hospitals, the FBI headquarters, and the CDC.
A diabolical enemy
Sea Glass made with Second Chances
by Stacey Wilk
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
In the small beach town of Serenity by the Sea, Kassidy Russo tells a lie. Not a big lie that would harm other people. The kind of lie that causes a small inconvenience no larger than dripping ice cream on a hot day. At least that’s how she sees it.
She’ll come clean to her estranged sisters soon enough, but first she must convince them to stay in Serenity, keep their late father’s failing tavern, and clear out his neglected home filled with years of trash and junk. Before she does any of that, she should ask herself; when everything begins with a lie, how can it end with the truth?
Grant Hawkins arrives in Serenity by the Sea under a falsehood. His brother deceived him. But Grant agrees to stay a few weeks because his secret hides well in a quaint town with interesting residents. He also owes his brother this one last try to save what Grant has broken. And maybe he stays because the pretty woman in the tavern needs his help.
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Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
Scone Cold Dead
by Maddie Day
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
After a body is found in a local farmer’s field, country store and café owner Robbie Jordan suspects that a newcomer in South Lick, Indiana, may not be a stranger to everyone in town . . .
Robbie is just weeks away from giving birth. While her husband Abe scrambles to get the house ready for their baby’s arrival, Robbie makes last minute arrangements to keep her shop and restaurant, Pans ’N Pancakes, up and running when she’s on maternity leave. And it seems Robbie and Abe aren’t the only ones grappling with anxiety—a stranger is causing a stir in town and Robbie’s Aunt Adele appears unusually preoccupied at the baby shower . . .
The Rabbit Hunter
by Lars Kepler
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN CRIME NOVELS OF THE YEAR • Another shocking thriller in the Killer Instinct series: It’s up to Detectives Joona Linna and Saga Bauer to untangle one of the most complex cases of their career, and follow a killer’s trail of destruction back to one horrific night of violence.
It begins with a nursery rhyme. Nineteen minutes later you die. Ten little rabbits, all dressed in white. Tried to get to heaven on the end of a kite. Kite string got broken, down they all fell, Instead of going to heaven, they all went to…
Fox on the Roof Murder
by Stephanie Parker McKean
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Is Wren Casper a doddering old woman or is she being gaslighted? Her friends wonder. First she claims to play ball with a fox on a roof. Then her stories escalate…to include murder.
Newly elected Bluebonnet, Texas, Sheriff Tulsa Edwards dismisses the woman with brown hair growing tired of fighting against the grey overtaking it and silver eyes capable of penetrating his façade of authority when she comes to him with claims of cars changing colors and rock climbers stealing children. He can’t dismiss the things that happen to her—like the eight-foot concrete gorilla mysteriously plunked down in her front yard. But did she order it and then forget?
She does flaky things. She falls into a hole that isn’t there. She gets lost in a newly remodeled restaurant and uses the toilet in the house next to it…
The Sixes
by Kate White
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
Phoebe Hall’s Manhattan life is unexpectedly derailed off the fast track when her long-term boyfriend leaves her just as she is accused of plagiarizing her latest bestselling celebrity biography. Looking for a quiet place to pick up the pieces, Phoebe jumps at the offer to teach at a small private college run by her former boarding school roommate and close friend Glenda in a sleepy Pennsylvania town.
But behind the campus’s quiet cafés and looming maple trees lies something darker. The body of a junior co-ed washes up from the nearby river, and soon rumors begin to swirl of of past crimes and abuses wrought by a disturbing secret society known as The Sixes.
The Last Owners
by Jean Rezab
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Missing persons and half a million dollars in jewelry…
When Courtney purchases a quaint house in the countryside, her dreams of transforming it into a cozy, inviting inn appear within reach. But beneath the charming exterior lurks a tangle of dark secrets. The previous owners vanished without a trace—eight years ago. Their story is anything but forgotten.
Driven by curiosity and a sense of justice, Courtney and her husband Alex team up with Gary, the desperate son of the missing couple, to unravel the chilling mystery. The clock is ticking—rumors swirl of a stolen fortune: half a million dollars in glittering jewelry, lost the very night Gary’s parents disappeared. Now, with the promise of treasure drawing fortune hunters to dig up the tranquil backyard, danger is never far away. And when a fresh murder shatters the peace, Courtney realizes that the truth might be buried even deeper than she feared…
The Adventure of the Cheap Flat
by Agatha Christie
Kindle $0.10 Rating: 4.0 #ad
As Poirot investigates the curious circumstances surrounding the flat, he uncovers a series of peculiar events and unexpected connections. Agatha Christie’s signature wit and clever plotting shine through as Poirot unravels the layers of deception and intrigue.
This short story offers readers a captivating glimpse into Poirot’s deductive prowess and the author’s ability to craft engaging mysteries even within the confines of a brief narrative.
Midnight Offensive
by Elle E. Kay
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
A stolen biological weapon, a terror network’s countdown, and two hearts caught in the crossfire when millions of lives hang in the balance.
ER nurse Sadie Kline wasn’t looking for love, or even a night out, when her roommate talked her into a blind date. She’s shocked when her date turns out to be Craig Malone, her childhood neighbor and brother’s best friend—now a Homeland Security agent. What starts as an awkward reunion spirals into danger. Craig is protecting a virologist developing an antidote to a stolen biological weapon, but when Sadie crosses paths with a suspect in her ER, she lands in the sights of a terror network with millions at stake.
The Perfect Divorce
by Jeneva Rose
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
From the author of the multimillion-copy bestselling thriller The Perfect Marriage
Till death do us part. Yours. Not Mine.
It’s been eleven years since high-powered attorney Sarah Morgan defended her husband, Adam, against the charge of murdering his mistress. Sarah has long since moved on, starting a family with her new husband, Bob Miller, and changing careers. Her life is back to being exactly how she always wanted … or is it?
The Silver Serpent
by Paul Roberts
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
Sixteen-year-old Tommy Baxter will do whatever it takes to avoid attention at his English boarding school, where everyone but him is destined for greatness.
His whole world changes when he’s chosen for the school’s prestigious annual tournament – an expedition into the Amazon jungle in search of a legendary lost city.
Teamed with three brilliant classmates, Tommy is plunged into a 500-year-old quest that could rewrite world history and untangle his own mysterious past.
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