Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
Think Murder
by Cassidy Salem
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Good friends, wine and conversation… Great fun – until somebody turns up dead.
Adina Donati came to Washington D.C. to find excitement, not a dead body. When a friend is murdered, Adina is drawn into the middle of the police investigation. Tensions rise as the suspect list expands to include Adina, her friends, and colleagues at the prestigious think tank where she works. But every cloud has a silver lining. Between the nice detective, the hot new volunteer at the dog rescue center, and the newly available preppy ex-boyfriend, Adina’s dating dry spell appears near its end. That is, if she doesn’t become the next victim.
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(Adina Donati, Accidental Sleuth)
Mother Daughter Traitor Spy
by Susan Elia MacNeal
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
“Stirring . . . Susan Elia MacNeal’s page-turning prose is as entertaining as ever – I was riveted from beginning to end.” – Kate Quinn, author of The Alice Network
June 1940. France has fallen to the Nazis, and Britain may be next—but to many Americans, the war is something happening “over there.” Veronica Grace has just graduated from college; she and her mother, Violet, are looking for a fresh start in sunny Los Angeles. After a blunder cost her a prestigious career opportunity in New York, Veronica is relieved to take a typing job in L.A.—only to realize that she’s working for one of the area’s most vicious propagandists.
Wicked Dreams
by Lisa Jackson, Nancy Bush
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
New York Times bestselling Sisters of Suspense Lisa Jackson and Nancy Bush return to Siren Song, an isolated island off the wild Oregon Coast. Some people call it The Colony. Others whisper it’s a cult. For a group of women with extraordinary gifts, it’s both home and refuge. Until evil returns to burn it all down…
Now in paperback for fans of Allison Brennan, Alex North, Iris Johansen, and JT Ellison.
The note pinned to the dead body found on the remote beach has no name, just Ravinia Rutledge’s phone number and the words “Next of Kin.” Ravinia insists she doesn’t recognize the man on the mortuary slab, but she suspects Detective Nev Rhodes doesn’t believe her. He can tell that she’s one of them – the Siren Song women.
2024 Before Democracy
by Tyler True
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Anthropologist Theodore Hansen discovers a magical plant in the Amazon rainforest that has the potential to both heal and destroy society. He steals a cutting from the indigenous guardians of the plant and clones enough of it to sell to the world, becoming one of the richest humans alive.
After witnessing the corruption and greed from the most powerful governments and pharmaceutical companies on earth, he decides to use his vast fortune to start a political revolution that truly gives the power to the people…despite the danger to himself and his family.
The Love of Impossible Sums
by Panayotis Cacoyannis
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
“THE LOVE OF IMPOSSIBLE SUMS is a beautifully cerebral and emotive story exploring the intricacies of loss, manipulation, and betrayal. Panayotis Cacoyannis’ writing is positively exquisite as he unravels the tangled web of deceit and guilt surrounding Ollie. Character-driven and occasionally surreal, this book is sophisticated, searching, and utterly of the moment.” IndieReader Discovery Awards
“Cacoyannis has a unique, pensive, and mournful literary style to be savored” Publishers Weekly’s The BookLife Prize
Oliver has lost his wife Eden to illness. Still grieving three years later, unable or unwilling to imagine a future without her, he finds himself stuck in a joyless existence. But everything appears to change when on a bright December morning a stranger asks him for a light and then invites him to “They Them”, a poetry reading event by “a poet like no other”.
Star Wars Stormtroopers
by Ryder Windham, Adam Bray
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Explore new worlds in this riveting sci-fi novel
Just in time for the next blockbuster, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, this unique and beautifully designed compendium with removable features traces one of the franchise’s most iconic characters—the stormtrooper—from initial development through all nine Star Wars movies to their many iterations in TV, comics, videogames, novels, and pop-culture.
Filled with photographs, illustrations, story boards, and other artwork, this lavish officially licensed book comes complete with removable features, including posters, stickers, replica memorabilia and more, making it an essential keepsake for every Star Wars fan, as well as military, design, and film aficionados.
Tomorrow War
by J. L. Bourne
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
On an unacknowledged mission inside the Syrian border, a government operative unwittingly triggers an incredible event that unleashes a weapon with the power to destroy the moral fabric of humanity. As the crisis unfolds, hyperinflation cripples the US economy. Families struggle to find food, water, and electricity. Post-war armored military vehicles patrol the streets as martial law is imposed.
The US government appears to offer salvation, but there is a sinister catch…
The Lies We Believe
by T.K. Chapin
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
A daughter, a cult, a secret.
When Ron Fields heard the news his only daughter Emily had joined the new age cult Lighthouse, he was devastated. Ron decides to keep quiet on his feelings about his daughter’s choice, a decision which changes his life forever…
The lies we tell are often thought to be innocent…
…but the lies we believe can sometimes be deadly.
Godkiller
by Hannah Kaner
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Enter a land of gods and monsters, soldiers and mercenaries, secrets and wishes—the explosive #1 internationally bestselling fantasy debut in a new trilogy for fans of The Witcher and Gideon the Ninth
Gods are forbidden in the kingdom of Middren. Formed by human desires and fed by their worship, there are countless gods in the world—but after a great war, the new king outlawed them and now pays “godkillers” to destroy any who try to rise from the shadows.
As a child, Kissen saw her family murdered by a fire god. Now, she makes a living killing them and enjoys it. But all this changes when Kissen is tasked with helping a young noble girl with a god problem.
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
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A Murder in Mohair
by Anne Canadeo
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
In Anne Canadeo’s cozy eighth Black Sheep Knitting Mystery, a cold-hearted murder in Plum Harbor leads the knitters to investigate a new psychic who may be far more dangerous than she seems…
When Jimmy Hubbard, the manager of the local cinema, is murdered in a robbery gone wrong, the residents of Plum Harbor are mystified. Everyone liked Jimmy, and the struggling theater seems an unlikely target for burglars.
The Black Sheep Knitters are surprised and saddened by the crime, but are more suspicious of psychic-medium Isabel Waters, who has recently set up shop in town…
The Guilty Girl
by Ruth Harrow
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Chloe is serving a life sentence. In her own home.
Ever since the horrific day her mother died, Chloe’s life has been anything but normal – more like a carefully constructed prison. Her father hasn’t let her go to school, have friends or leave the house alone.
As she grows up, Chloe begins to question the motives behind her dad’s obsessive control. What would happen if she broke one of his many rules? And what exactly is he hiding under the overgrown grass in the back garden? When new neighbors arrive next door, they trigger a chain of events that causes Chloe to suspect her father’s motives are far darker than she knew…
Seeing a Large Cat
by Elizabeth Peters
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
No villain is safe in 1903 Egypt as feisty archaeologist Amelia Peabody embarks on her ninth adventure.
According to an ancient Egyptian papyrus, dreaming of a large cat means good luck. And that’s just what Amelia Peabody could use, as her growing family matures in the new century. What’s more, Amelia’s dashing husband Emerson has received a mysterious warning not to enter the Valley of the Kings…
Chiral Mad 3
by Multiple Authors
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 3.9 #ad
The anthology contains 45 illustrations by Glenn Chadbourne, over 20 stories by the likes of Stephen King, Jack Ketchum, Ramsey Campbell, Gary A. Braunbeck, Mort Castle, Josh Malerman, Scott Edelman, Richard Thomas, Richard Chizmar and Gene O’Neill, and with 20 intertwined poems by the likes of Elizabeth Massie, Marge Simon, Bruce Boston, Erik T. Johnson, Stephanie M. Wytovich, and also includes an introduction by the extraordinary Chuck Palahniuk.
The Good Wife
by Clint Richmond
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
From a New York Times–bestselling true crime writer, the true story of a devout Christian marriage destroyed by infidelity and murder.
Roger and Penny Scaggs seemed a poster couple for family values. Evangelical Christians living in booming Austin, Texas, in the mid-1990s, they were respected leaders in their church and community. As Roger diligently worked his way up the high-tech corporate ladder, Penny kept a pristine home and coached similarly devout young women on how to be perfect wives. But on a windy March evening, this godly woman met the devil head-on.
Dale Brown’s Dreamland
by Dale Brown, Jim DeFelice
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Hidden in the Nevada desert is Dreamland—a top-secret research center developing experimental artillery and aircraft that push beyond the cutting edge. It is also home to Whiplash—a covert team of special forces trained to deploy the high-tech weapons in extreme situations.
Whiplash’s latest mission begins when a series of American planes are shot down over Iraq in mysterious circumstances. There is no way that conventional weapons could have executed the deadly efficient strikes. Can the Iraqis have developed a laser capable of causing such mayhem?
The Fifth Assassin
by Brad Meltzer
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
From John Wilkes Booth to Lee Harvey Oswald, there have been more than two dozen assassination attempts on the President of the United States.
Four have been successful.
But now, Beecher White – the hero of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Inner Circle–discovers a killer in Washington, D.C., who’s meticulously re-creating the crimes of these four men. Historians have branded them as four lone wolves. But what if they were wrong?
My Canvas Bag
by Lucas Kinkaid
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Mark is a young man born into a bad situation. His parents drink too much, and his family often forgets him. He works hard to hide the harsh reality of his home life from those around him. Mark does this to avoid feeling shame. He escapes the chaos of his family by spending time in nearby woods. Mark keeps a canvas bag hidden close to his house. It contains blankets, a flashlight, cans of food, a transistor radio, things to read, and more. It has everything he needs to escape from his family’s dysfunction for a while. Mark truly enjoys the peace and solitude he finds in the woods.
He constantly struggles with the judgments of others when it comes to his family. It hurts Mark when people share their negative opinions about he and his family. He is often avoided by other kids and usually not included in things…
Shattered Reflection
by Madisyn Carlin
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Can hope be found for four shattered souls?
Princess Nordica Icerri’s crown will be purchased with blood—her blood. Now the sole heir to the throne, she is determined to be the queen the Snowlands deserve, but that comes with a price: a numbed heart and soul. Only when she meets kidnapped physician Loren Alocer does Nordica allow herself to hope she can become queen without completely losing herself. But not everyone wants what’s best for the Snowlands, and Nordica’s upcoming rule is compromised at every turn. Can the criminal physician—and his faith—thaw Nordica’s heart, or is she destined to be the heartless queen she is being forced to become?
Camino Ghosts
by John Grisham
Kindle $14.99 Rating: BRAND NEW RELEASE #ad
In this new thriller on Camino Island, popular bookseller Bruce Cable tells Mercer Mann an irresistible tale that might be her next novel. A giant resort developer is using its political muscle and deep pockets to claim ownership of a deserted island between Florida and Georgia. Only the last living inhabitant of the island, Lovely Jackson, stands in its way. What the developer doesn’t know is that the island has a remarkable history, and locals believe it is cursed…and the past is never the past…
Monday’s Mystery eBooks
Red Velvet Cupcake Murder
by Joanne Fluke
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
“If your reading habits alternate between curling up with a good mystery or with a good cookbook, you ought to know about Joanne Fluke.”– Charlotte Observer
This summer has been warmer than usual in Lake Eden, Minnesota, and Hannah Swensen is trying to beat the heat both in and out of her bakery kitchen. But she’s about to find out the hard way that nothing cools off a hot day like a cold-blooded murder. At the grand opening of a local hotel, a police department employee nearly dies falling from a penthouse—and then another woman, with whom Hannah has a less-than-friendly relationship, winds up dead. Hannah is the prime suspect—and to clear her own name, she’s got to find out who iced the victim…
A Contest To Kill For
by E.V. Hunter
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
The competition is fierce…. Desperate to try and rebuild the reputation of Hopgood Hall, owners Alexi Ellis and Cheryl and Drew Hopgood agree to host a realty TV baking show, spearheaded by their arrogant but enigmatic head chef Marcel Gasquet. Hopefully the ratings will bring in bookings to the struggling hotel and Cosmo, Alexi’s antisocial feral cat, is hoping to get a starring role too!
The temperature is high… Fiery and hot-headed, Marcel’s antics makes for brilliant television, but off-screen trouble is brewing. One of the contestants, femme fatale Juliette Hammond, makes it clear that she will do anything to secure the winning prize – even if it means sweetening up the prima donna chef.
Majesty
by Stefanie Lozinski
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
The sacrifices to the gods have ceased. A wicked king thirsts for power. A forbidden love threatens everything.
Raised from birth to fulfill the duties of his role as Envoy, Wes Cervos had always known where his place was in the Four Kingdoms. But ever since meeting his best friend—a dragon called Celesyria—everything has changed.
After escaping the prison where he’d been held on charges of blasphemy, Wes finds himself facing new challenges. The Codex Veritatis is still missing. Violent crime has never been more of a threat. Old alliances are wearing thin. And worst of all, the elves are venturing out of Nox.
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(Storm & Spire Mysteries)
After That Night
by Karin Slaughter
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
After that night, everything changed . . .
Fifteen years ago, Sara Linton’s life changed forever when a celebratory night out ended in a violent attack that tore her world apart. Since then, Sara has remade her life. A successful doctor, engaged to a man she loves, she has finally managed to leave the past behind her.
Until one evening, on call in the ER, everything changes. Sara battles to save a broken young woman who’s been brutally attacked.
Heroes of Time Legends
by Wayne D. Kramer
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.9 #ad
A butterfly’s wing is healed, and destiny unfolds. Follow the healer’s path as he walks between Shadow and Light.
Fulgar Geth’s life has been one of grief and hardship. With his strange abilities to heal and wield forces of magnetism, he is often shunned and misunderstood. Unable to catch a break by following society’s rules, he and his lifelong friend Binny take to a life of vagabond thievery, hoping to scrape by until better days. Their dream: to follow the clues around an ancient talisman to a place of power, a power they believe will grant them a destiny free from the rule and control of others.
But circumstances take a turn for the worse, sending Fulgar into a tailspin of depression and regret that nearly costs him his health, his faith, and the woman he loves – a bright, spirited fugitive named Jinx, who has lost the memories of her past.
Where Dandelions Sway
by Vanessa Luther
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #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. As the situation unravels, secrets are revealed. Secrets casting doubt on everyone involved. Was this a random home invasion or were the Hudson’s targeted? And why? One thing is for certain. No one in the house is without suspicion and no one is safe.
Timeline
by Michael Crichton
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
In an Arizona desert, a man wanders in a daze, speaking words that make no sense. Within twenty-four hours he is dead, his body swiftly cremated by his only known associates. Halfway around the world, archaeologists make a shocking discovery at a medieval site. Suddenly they are swept off to the headquarters of a secretive multinational corporation that has developed an astounding technology. Now this group is about to get a chance not to study the past but to enter it. And with history opened up to the present, the dead awakened to the living, these men and women will soon find themselves fighting for their very survival—six hundred years ago.
Dog Diaries
by James Patterson
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
The first book in the doggone awesome, howl-ariously illustrated, bestselling series from the creator of Middle School! Rafe Khatchadorian’s lovable dog Junior gets his chance to shine. Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy! I’ve been waiting for ages to tell my story, and now it’s finally happening! Being Rafe’s dog isn’t always easy, but it is always EXCITING! I’ve got so much to tell you about:
How I protect the yard from birds, raccoons, squirrels, raccoons, mail carriers … and did I mention RACCOONS?
Sniffing pooch posteriors for the latest canine news.
And the terrifying monster hiding in the hall closet: the vacuum cleaner!
Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
Christmas Cocoa Murder
by Multiple Authors
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
CHRISTMAS COCOA MURDER by CARLENE O’CONNOR
CHRISTMAS COCOA AND A CORPSE by MADDIE DAY
DEATH BY HOT COCOA by Alex Erickson
“I really enjoyed the stories. The first author I was unfamiliar with but enjoyed the story. The other two are authors I read. My only problem was in trying to figure out where they fit in with the other books” by Amazon Customer
The Misery House
by David Kummer
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
A psychological thriller and a family you’ll never forget.
New Haven: This rural town has never seen a string of tragedies like this. A local store burns to the ground with two bodies inside. A newlywed couple goes missing, and all signs point to the abandoned house. With no answers, the townsfolk grow more and more worried.
The Woods family has lived here forever. But when their friends and their own children are put in danger, the threat hits home. This close-knit family must risk everything to find answers, but time is running out.
The Mage and The Veil
by Renée Jaggér, Michael Anderle
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Do you enjoy urban fantasy? What about one where the end of the world is nigh and the other some college students find out paranormal creatures are real?
In The Shameless Mage series, join Thea as she breaks every rule in the book to free the werewolves from their ancient prison – and stirs up a tangle of tentacled trouble in the process.
In the Piercing the Veil series, three college students take a crash course in what happens when fantasy becomes a reality!
If these series sound interesting, this combined boxed set is for you!
Dead or Alive
by Patricia Wentworth
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
A year after a body presumed to be that of her missing husband turns up, someone breaks into Meg O’Hara’s flat and leaves her a shocking message. Is it a horrible trick? Or is Robin O’Hara still alive? The British intelligence agent vanished the same day Meg asked for a divorce. With the appearance of more cryptic messages, Meg is certain that someone—perhaps her husband—is trying to make contact. But no one believes her.
Except Bill Coverdale. Deeply in love with Meg for years, he sets out to get to the bottom of things. His only lead is the mysterious woman with zinnia lipstick he saw getting into a taxi with O’Hara shortly before the disappearance. According to Frank Garrett of the Foreign Office, O’Hara was on the job at the time.
The Lake House
by Theo Baxter
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
Pine Lake seems like a lovely little town. Unless you live there.
Laura thought fiancé Tony was ‘the one’ – until she caught him cheating with her best friend and maid of honor, Mary. Devastated, Laura moved away and settled in idyllic Pine Lake, where she is just beginning to date again.
But her new life is turned upside down when her next-door neighbor dies in a freak accident . . . and Tony and Mary move in beside her. Things go downhill fast…
Mary is convinced that Tony orchestrated the move so he could live near Laura and cheat with her. Tony suspects that Mary moved them here so she could stalk Laura, with whom she’s totally obsessed.
City of Spirits
by Eric Wilder
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
When fates intertwine amid the madness of Mardi Gras, chaos reigns supreme
A sinking crew boat carrying a dangerous mob assassin chained up for transport sets off a string of events that will affect the lives of many. Jacque Leguerre, a sociopath and hired killer, is consumed by revenge and blames Catholic priest Father Alphonso for his problems. When Jacque unexpectedly arrives in New Orleans, he’s determined to make the priest pay for his transgressions.
Meanwhile, N.O.P.D. homicide detective Tony Nicosia finds himself facing off against a ruthless killer while dealing with a new partner he can’t stand. As he investigates the murder of a large Norwegian man who turns out to be the victim of Jacque Leguerre, Tony meets Venus Hernandez. Amid the chaos, Tony and Venus embark on a torrid affair while Jacque eludes the police.
Chosen Ones
by Veronica Roth
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
THE LAST THING SHE WANTED WAS TO GET BACK INTO THE HERO GAME
THE VILLAIN: The Dark One—probably not fun at parties, definitely cool with murder—was running around North America engulfing whole cities in supernatural chaos and destruction.
THE HEROES: Five Chosen Ones—ordinary strangers with nothing in common—were recruited by the government because they fit the narrow criteria of a prophecy made by [redacted]. You know the rest…heroes fought villain, heroes defeated villain, and everything went back to normal.
The Strange Case of Guaritori Diolco
by Bill Hiatt
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Coming out of a coma after twenty years, Guaritori–Garth to his friends–discovers that the world he knew no longer exists.
Advanced technology has failed. Magic, which he didn’t know even existed, has become much more powerful. Supernatural groups battle for supremacy, forcing human beings to seek shelter wherever they can find it.
Garth’s only hope for survival lies with a varied group including a shape-shifter, an alchemist, a tarot card reader, a blacksmith with a flaming sword, and others. But a prophecy foretells that he will bring about the downfall of their leader, the mysterious Ms. M.
Mind Games
by Nora Roberts
Kindle $14.99 Rating: BRAND NEW RELEASE #ad
The #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Identity presents a suspenseful new novel of tragedy and trauma, love and family, and the evil that awaits.
As they do each June, the Foxes have driven the winding roads of Appalachia to drop off their children for a two-week stay at their grandmother’s. Here, twelve-year-old Thea can run free and breathe in the smells of pine and fresh bread and Grammie’s handmade candles. But as her parents head back to suburban Virginia, they have no idea they’re about to cross paths with a ticking time bomb.
Back in Kentucky, Thea and her grandmother Lucy both awaken from the same nightmare. And though the two have never discussed the special kind of sight they share, they know as soon as their tearful eyes meet that something terrible has happened…