Friday’s Mystery eBooks
The Pursuit
by Janet Evanovich, Lee Goldberg
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Nicolas Fox, international con man, thief, and one of the top ten fugitives on the FBI’s most-wanted list, has been kidnapped from a beachfront retreat in Hawaii. What the kidnapper doesn’t know is that Nick Fox has been secretly working for the FBI. It isn’t long before Nick’s covert partner, Special Agent Kate O’Hare, is in hot pursuit of the crook who stole her con man.
The trail leads to Belgium, France, and Italy, and pits Nick and Kate against their deadliest adversary yet: Dragan Kovic, an ex–Serbian military officer. He’s plotting a crime that will net him billions . . . and cost thousands of American lives.
The Second Mouse
by Archer Mayor
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
A mysterious death in rural Vermont leads a local detective into a nest of criminality in the New York Times–bestselling author’s “superb” mystery thriller (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
A legend among Vermont cops, Joe Gunther has solved more local whodunits than a whole squad of detectives. But his latest case takes him and his team off their Brattleboro home turf, forty-two miles west, to chip-on-its-shoulder, blue-collar Bennington…
Run, Rose, Run
by James Patterson, Dolly Parton
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
From America’s most beloved superstar and #1 New York Times bestselling author James Patterson comes a thriller about a young singer-songwriter on the rise—and on the run—and determined to do whatever it takes to survive.
Every song tells a story. She’s a star on the rise, singing about the hard life behind her. She’s also on the run. Find a future, lose a past.
Nashville is where she’s come to claim her destiny. It’s also where the darkness she’s fled might find her. And destroy her.
Pig Island
by Mo Hayder
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Journalist Joe Oakes makes a living exposing supernatural hoaxes, but when he visits a secretive religious community on a remote Scottish island, everything he thought he knew is overturned.
Following the trail of a strange creature caught briefly on film, so deformed it can hardly be human, Oakes crosses a border of electrical fencing, toxin-filled oil drums, and pig skulls to infiltrate the territory of the groups’ isolated founder, Malachi Dove. Their confrontation, and its violent aftermath, is so catastrophic that it forces Oakes to question the nature of evil—and whether he might be responsible for the heinous crime about to unfold…
Let Me in Your Window
by Adam Ellis
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
This sequel to Adam Ellis’s New York Times bestselling Bad Dreams in the Night is packed with terrifying twists, haunted houses, urban legends, and delightfully horrifying stories—like your own personal campfire ghost stories packed into a graphic novel. Each story will make you scream for more!
This brand-new collection of delightful horror comics includes ten new thrilling and terrifying stories that will keep readers on the edge of their seats and peering out their windows in fright. Adam Ellis, one of the biggest stars in webcomics, brings his unique blend of humor and horror to life with stunning illustrations and gripping narratives.
The Black Spectacles
by John Dickson Carr
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Also known by its US title The Problem of the Green Capsule, this classic novel is widely regarded as one of John Dickson Carr’s masterpieces and remains among the greatest impossible crime mysteries of all time.
A sinister case of deadly poisoned chocolates from Sodbury Cross’s high street shop haunts the group of friends and relatives assembled at Bellegarde, among the orchards of ‘peach-fancier’ Marcus Chesney. To prove a point about how the sweets could have been poisoned under the nose of the shopkeeper, Chesney stages an elaborate memory game to test whether any of his guests can see beyond their ‘black spectacles’; that is, to see the truth without assumptions as witnesses.
No, You Hang Up
by AJ Merlin
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
It was just a joke. Just A prank call.
After surviving a miserable week with my family, I needed something to lift my spirits. My two best friends thought a late-night movie binge – one of those stupid, loud ones we used to have as teenagers – was the answer. Reluctantly, they talk me into revisiting our old prank call habit. After all, what could possibly go wrong?
It’s all fun… until it isn’t. It’s all harmless… until it isn’t.
Shifter Wolves of Pleasant Valley
by Serena Meadows
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
A small Texas town is bursting with secrets, deceptions…and forbidden relationships with the enemy. When a wolf shifter sets eyes on his one and only – there’s no turning back. He’ll do anything to protect the woman that brings him to his knees.
Fox and Furious
by Rita Mae Brown
Kindle $13.99 Rating: Brand new Release #ad
“Cunning foxes, sensible hounds, and sweet-tempered horses are among the sparkling conversationalists in this charming series.” – The New York Times Book Review
It’s hunting season in the foothills of Virginia, and “Sister” Jane Arnold is content to spend it alongside her friends, particularly one Olivia Bradford. Olivia is a formidable figure in town – not least because she keeps the peace between her sons Winston and Andrew – but when she passes away, the brothers return to their squabbling ways. Faced with contention over their inheritance, tensions escalate, and the two get into a fierce fight – and soon after, one of them turns up dead.
Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
A Case for the Cookie Baker
by Candace Havens
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
It’s all fun and games until the last cookie crumbles…
Ainsley McGregor and the entire town of Sweet River, Texas, are preparing for the annual summer celebration. And thanks to the extra tourist traffic, Ainsley’s shop, Bless Your Art, has never been busier. Good thing her new friend, Lizzie, has opened a bakery nearby and provides Ainsley and her staff with tasty treats and daily sugar rushes. It’s all cookies and fun, until someone ends up dead in the bakery and her new pal is the prime suspect…
Behind a Locked Door
by Sarah A. Denzil
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
She opened the wrong door. Now her life will never be the same.
When Lucy Foster visits her old friend, she doesn’t expect to hear a baby crying behind a locked cellar door. But what she finds shatters everything she thought she knew: a terrified teenage girl and a newborn, hidden away like a secret shame.
As Lucy’s quiet life spirals into a media frenzy, and as the town turns against her, one thing becomes clear—someone is watching. And they want Lucy to stop helping the girl in the cellar.
Because the truth is darker than anyone imagines. And unlocking it may cost Lucy everything.
Forgotten in Death
by J. D. Robb
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
In the latest novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series, homicide detective Eve Dallas sifts through the wreckage of the past to find a killer.
The body was left in a dumpster like so much trash, the victim a woman of no fixed address, known for offering paper flowers in return for spare change—and for keeping the cops informed of any infractions she witnessed on the street. But the notebook where she scribbled her intel on litterers and other such offenders is nowhere to be found.
A Life with Ghosts
by Steve Gonsalves, Michael Aloisi
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
The official memoir from paranormal investigator and Ghost Hunters TV star Steve Gonsalves!
Widely known as a lead investigator on the smash-hit TV series Ghost Hunters as well as Ghost Hunters Academy and the ratings king, Ghost Nation, Steve Gonsalves—already considered to be one of the top paranormal investigators in the world and a pioneer in the industry—showcases a collection of his most meaningful paranormal encounters from some of his favorite haunted locations.
Of Sorrows and Silence
by Jimmy Gear
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
Audrey receives a mysterious text from a stranger who claims he might know what happened to her sister, Caitlyn. Could Caitlyn really still be alive?
As Audrey delves deeper into the shadows of her past, she uncovers a web of secrets that tests her faith, her resolve, and the bonds of family. In a world where silence hides the deepest sorrows, one truth could shatter everything—or bring long-awaited redemption. This gripping finale blends heart-pounding suspense with profound spiritual themes, exploring grief, forgiveness, and the redemptive power of hope.
The Fifth Survivor: The Ultimate Collection
by Angel Ramon
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
The ultimate Gamelit/LitRPG horror collection is here! All ten books of The Fifth Survivor series and three spinoffs all in one epic collection of mayhem and zombies!
ZOMBIES AND BACON RULE! The series where the worlds of Charles Bronson and Resident Evil combine into an episodic book series! Who says old men can’t be badass vigilantes? A middle-aged journalist turned vigilante will show he can kick some serious zombie butt and save the friggin world while maintaining his unhealthy bacon obsession.
If you enjoy zombie tales, prepare to sign up for one heck of an adventure—all 13 books of The Fifth Survivor in one badass package. Join George, a quirky journalist, as he attempts to prevent the great zombie apocalypse. Each episode has a different flavor, so prepare for just about anything. George will have to level up different survival skills, such as ammo crafting, lockpicking, and endurance, in this GameLit horror adventure.
One Dark Kiss
by Rebecca Zanetti
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Succession meets Black Mirror with the morally gray heat of Scarlett St. Clair and the addictively immersive realities of Rebecca Yarros, as obsession takes center stage in this steamy, neon-lit, dystopian romantasy twist on Snow White and the Huntsman, set in a seductive world of money, power, billionaires, and the dangerous desires that drive them.
Mirror, Mirror . . . Innocence or Sin. The reflection holds a darker truth.
Wire to Perdition
by Frank Wheeler
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
A classic western novel from Frank Wheeler with non-stop epic adventure and a blend of western romance
Simon Tripp keeps the mountain wires alive and the world at arm’s length. But one mistake during the war sent the wrong men to die, and the guilt has lived with him ever since. Since then he’s lived alone at a high-country telegraph station, fixing wire, cooking for one, and trying not to think about the past.
When Ronni Gamble appears at his door during a rainstorm, Simon goes against his better judgment and lets her in.
The Black Wolf
by Louise Penny
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand new Release #ad
Somewhere out there, in the darkness, a black wolf is feeding.
Several weeks ago, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec and his team uncovered and stopped a domestic terrorist attack in Montréal, arresting the person behind it. A man they called the Black Wolf.
But their relief is short-lived. In a sickening turn of events, Gamache has realized that plot, as horrific as it was, was just the beginning. Perhaps even a deliberate misdirection…