Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
Keepsakes, Karma & Murder
by Christa Nardi
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
The perfect first date. Good food, a romantic setting, good vibes. Until a woman screams and a shot is fired.
As a trauma counselor, Stacie Maroni, doesn’t hesitate to barge through the fray. She and Detective O’Hare are potential witnesses. Only it doesn’t stop there. When the husband is the immediate suspect, Meredith, an acquaintance of Stacie’s, asks her to help. There’s evidence against the husband but it’s all circumstantial. Remembering how she felt when her soon-to-be ex was murdered, Stacie can sympathize…
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(A Stacie Maroni Mysteries)
People Behaving Badly
by John D. Ottini
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Semi-Finalist in the 2015 Royal Palm Literary Award Competition. (Florida Writers Association)
People Behaving Badly is a collection of thirteen short mystery stories exploring the folly of criminal behavior. Welcome to a world filled with strange and quirky characters where murder, vigilantism, jealousy, infidelity, sex, violence and people behaving badly are the norm.
These short mysteries were written as individual bite-size stories that can be devoured in one sitting. Perfect reading for your bus, train or subway commute to work, while you’re waiting at the doctor’s or dentist’s office, having your car serviced, enjoying a latte at your favorite coffee shop, or whenever you have a few minutes of free time…
A Place Called Freedom
by Ken Follett
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Scotland, 1766. Sentenced to a life of misery in the brutal coal mines, twenty-one-year-old Mack McAsh hungers for escape. His only ally: the beautiful, highborn Lizzie Hallim, who is trapped in her own kind of hell. Though separated by politics and position, these two restless young people are bound by their passionate search for a place called freedom.
From the teeming streets of London to the infernal hold of a slave ship to a sprawling Virginia plantation, Ken Follett’s turbulent, unforgettable novel of liberty and revolution brings together a vivid cast of heroes and villains, lovers and rebels, hypocrites and hell-raisers—all propelled by destiny toward an epic struggle that will change their lives forever.
Tinker’s Saga Complete Boxed Set
by A.T. Michaels, Michael Anderle
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Some prisons hold more than chains. They hold secrets.
Jax Thorne spends his free time building inventions from stolen factory parts, dreaming of a life beyond the oppressive Ferrus Dominion. His tinkering skills keep him valuable—until a military conscription notice arrives with his name on it.
He thinks he’s found a way out through a local crime boss – until the deal goes horribly wrong.
Get your copy of this complete series boxed set to join Jax on his adventures today!
The Perfect Divorce
by Jeneva Rose
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
A USA TODAY BESTSELLER
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?
Risen
by Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
What has been awakened is unbound. The Boy is getting his first taste of freedom. As their comrades fall, fear threatens to consume the survivors in chapter four of The Boy in the Iron Box.
Liev’s plan: get his men out of this ancient stone prison, take their chances with the wolves, and descend the summit at first light. But in this snowbound hell, there’s soon to be a frightening new twist to survival.
Free Fire
by C. J. Box
Kindle 1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett hunts a mass murderer in Yellowstone in this thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author C.J. Box.
Joe Pickett’s been hired to investigate one of the most cold-blooded mass killings in Wyoming history. Attorney Clay McCann admitted to slaughtering four campers in a back-country corner of Yellowstone National Park—a “free-fire” zone with no residents or jurisdiction. In this remote fifty-square-mile stretch a man can literally get away with murder…
The Lie Maker
by Linwood Barclay
Kindle 1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Your dad’s not a good person. Your dad killed people, son.
These are some of the last words Jack Givins’ father spoke to him before he was whisked away by witness protection, leaving Jack and his mother to pick up the shattered pieces of their lives as best they could.
Years later, Jack is a grown man with problems of his own. He’s a talented but struggling author, barely scraping by on the royalties from his moderately successful first book. So when the U.S. Marshals approach him with a lucrative opportunity, he’s in no position to turn them down. They’re recruiting writers like Jack to create false histories for people in witness protection—people like Jack’s father.
The Tin Men
by Nelson DeMille, Alex DeMille
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At a top-secret Army training facility in the Mojave Desert, Special Agents Scott Brodie and Maggie Taylor plunge into a deadly web of military intrigue, AI technology, and robot soldiers as they unravel the shocking murder of a senior scientist in this gripping thriller from New York Times bestselling authors Nelson DeMille and Alex DeMille.
Army CID Special Agents Scott Brodie and Maggie Taylor team up for their toughest assignment yet as they are dispatched to Camp Hayden to investigate the death of Major Roger Ames, the chief scientist in charge of the top-secret war games being conducted between a platoon of Army Rangers and a fleet of “lethal autonomous weapons.”
Monday’s Mystery eBooks
Deadly Christmas Cipher
by Stacy Angell Curtis
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
But a blackmailer’s plans threaten to derail the Christmas-themed ceremony before it starts.
Two days before the wedding, the caterer attracts a sniper, and Jack needs to know if the woman baking their wedding cake is an innocent victim or complicit in her brother’s shady business dealings.
The happy couple would love to focus on each other, but they can’t ignore the growing danger when an ominous warning from Bryn’s incarcerated grandfather is followed by a shooting at the caterer’s shop.
Witness, Woods, & Wedding
by Tonya Kappes
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
USA Today Bestselling author Tonya Kappes brings you southern and quirky characters in her mystery series. Her stories are charged with humor, friendship, family and life in small southern towns.
In the heart of the charming town of Normal, Kentucky, Mae West has patiently awaited her wedding day to Hank Sharp. Friends and family gather, the crisp autumn air carries the scent of fallen leaves, and laughter dances through the warm Southern breeze. Everything is set for a picture-perfect day, a celebration of love in a town nestled by the serene Daniel Boone National Forest.
Blood Trails
by Diane Capri
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Michael Flint promises he can find anyone, anytime, anywhere – dead or alive. Now he’s forced to prove it.
More than $50 million in mineral royalties are up for grabs. The legal heir has disappeared. Two Texas oil barons, who will stop at nothing to win their bitter rivalry, desperately need to locate her before it’s too late.
In a hunt stretching from dusty, hot West Texas to snowy Saskatchewan, Flint finds himself caught in the crossfire between dueling tycoons and greedy mercenaries out for their own piece of the pie.
Windslash
by Chris Bennett
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
10,000 years ago. On a mythical island.
Where powerful magic exists that is destined to be lost to the seas.
Timaeus is a Wind Student, training to be a Wind Elemental. It is through an extraordinary anomaly that it is discovered he can use more than Wind Magic, this marks the beginning of an extraordinary adventure as he learns the extent of his abilities.
The Dark Elementals, malevolent and monstrous warriors, corrupted by Dark Magic, seek to revive a great evil that was sealed away long ago. After centuries of waiting they put their plan into motion, they invade Atlantis causing a war to break out, slaughtering Atlantis’ forces to find what they need to revive the great evil…
Fire Lover: A True Story
by Joseph Wambaugh
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
From Joseph Wambaugh, the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of such classics as The Onion Field and The Choirboys, comes the extraordinary story of the chase for the “Pillow Pyro,” led by one ambitious firefighter.
Growing up in Los Angeles, John Orr idolized law enforcement. However, after being rejected by both the LAPD and LAFD, he settled for a position with the Glendale Fire Department. There, he rose through the ranks, eventually becoming a fire captain and one of Southern California’s best-known and most respected arson investigators. But Orr led another, unseen life, one that included womanizing and an insatiable thirst for recognition.
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.
In The Darkness of Delphi
by L. W. Lowe
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
An Oracle in denial. A Muse on a mission. And a Goddess rebelling against her own prophecy.
CALLIOPE, the Muse of Epic Poetry, arrives in the city of Delphi, Georgia, seeking answers from her Aunt Themis. However, THEMIS, the Goddess of Justice and Divine Order, is preoccupied with protecting The Oracle and keeping her unaware of her true identity. To prevent the prophecy from coming true, she needs to keep Calliope far away from The Oracle.
Aimless and broke, CORINNE Kosmas wants to do more with her life than working the night shift at the laundromat. But Corinne was never destined to lead a boring life.
One unnatural thunderstorm later, all three find themselves on the verge of having their destinies controlled by a secret society. Enter a hidden world where mythical beings and powerful mortals collide.
Dream Girl
by Laura Lippman
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 3.8 #ad
Following up on her acclaimed and wildly successful New York Times bestseller Lady in the Lake, Laura Lippman returns with a dark, complex tale of psychological suspense with echoes of Misery involving a novelist, incapacitated by injury, who is plagued by mysterious phone calls.
Aubrey, the title character of Gerry Andersen’s most successful novel, Dream Girl, is so captivating that Gerry’s readers insist she’s real. Gerry knows she exists only in his imagination. So how can Aubrey be calling Gerry, bed-bound since a freak fall? A virtual prisoner in his penthouse, Gerry is dependent on two women he barely knows: his incurious young assistant, and a dull, slow-witted night nurse.