Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
Halloween Night Murder Collection
by Leslie Meier, Lee Hollis, Liz Ireland
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
There’s usually a chill in the air when Halloween arrives—but in these three novellas by beloved cozy mystery authors Leslie Meier, Lee Hollis, and Liz Ireland, the crimes are even colder than the haunted climate . . .
HALLOWEEN NIGHT MURDER by LESLIE MEIER
DEATH OF A HALLOWEEN NIGHT STALKER by LEE HOLLIS
MRS. CLAUS AND THE WILY WITCH by LIZ IRELAND
Stillwatch
by Mary Higgins Clark
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
With a new foreword by Riley Sager, a thrilling mystery from the Queen of Suspense about a journalist who uncovers political schemes and revisits hidden secrets from the past. I told you not to come…
Slipped under the door of her Georgetown home, the note was an ominous reminder of Pat Traymore’s past. The beautiful young television journalist had come to glamorous, high-powered Washington to produce a TV series. Her subject: Senator Abigail Jennings, slated for nomination as the first woman vice president of the United States.
The Tenth Vote
by Marian K. Riedy, Kim Sperduto
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
After a client is intentionally trapped in an MRI machine, Attorney Miranda Patel and her colleagues investigate the bizarre incident. They uncover a sophisticated international hacking ring reaching into the inner workings of the Supreme Court. When the cyberattack turns deadly, the lawyers race against time to identify the enemy holding the Court hostage.
In The Tenth Vote, set in Washington’s corridors of power, diplomats, attorneys, tech tycoons, spies, oligarchs, and the press duel in an intricate plot which unfolds like a set of Russian dolls with a surprise final betrayal.
Behind the Horror
by Lee Mellor
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Uncover the twisted tales that inspired the big screen’s greatest screams.
Which case of demonic possession inspired The Exorcist? What horrifying front-page story generated the idea for A Nightmare on Elm Street? Which film was based on the infamous skin-wearing murderer Ed Gein?
Unearth the terrifying and true tales behind some of the scariest Horror movies to ever haunt our screens, including the Enfield poltergeist case that was retold in The Conjuring 2 and the serial killers who inspired Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs.
The Last Lie
by William Black
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
She came for vengeance. She stayed for the truth.
Abandoned as a child and raised by her uncle, June Hollister never knew why her father vanished – until she uncovered the bloody legacy he left behind. He wasn’t just a missing man. He was the infamous bounty hunter Earl Hollister, gunned down by the ruthless Silver Wolf Gang.
Now, after ten years of silence, June straps on her father’s revolver to deliver justice bullet by bullet.
Her hunt leads her to Axel Thorne, a rancher with a sharpshooter’s aim and shadows in his smile.
Together, they track killers through a web of lies, but Axel’s secrets run deeper than the canyons they ride.
The Adventure of the Cheap Flat
by Agatha Christie
Kindle $0.10 Rating: 4.0 #ad
“The Adventure of the Cheap Flat” by Agatha Christie presents a delightful short story featuring the incomparable Hercule Poirot. In this intriguing tale, Poirot finds himself drawn into the mysteries surrounding a seemingly affordable apartment in London.
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.
Falling Into Shadow
by Mike Palleschi
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.9 #ad
On the moon Novena, when the seasons turn deadly, you move, or you die. As the frigid cold creeps in, the country of Ionia prepares to move it’s people to safety only to discover that traitors have stolen their land. Can they win it back before their homes turn to ice?
This Sci Fi Fantasy epic follows multiple POV characters. Among them are Stem Shifters: people who can alter Space, Time, Energy, and Matter with their minds. Some, like Sophie Song, are peacekeepers, while others have joined the turncoats setting up a high-stakes civil war…
Allure of Elegance
by R. F. Whong
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
Luxury, lies, and danger in the unexpected places…
In tribute to Agatha Christie, this modern mystery series weaves together atypical tales set in the idyllic Amish country of Paradise, PA.
Two years ago, still haunted by the tragic events of September 11, Tina Sheng reluctantly served as a Christian summer camp counselor in Paradise. Now, she works as an insurance fraud investigator in nearby Lancaster and is pulled into a web of lies and luxury when a bold theft targets expensive designer items. Despite her training, she struggles with self-doubt and is swayed by the allure of the opulent world…
The Intruder
by Freida McFadden
Kindle $4.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
Who knows what the storm will blow in…
Casey’s cabin in the wilderness is not built for a hurricane. Her roof shakes, the lights flicker, and the tree outside her front door sways ominously in the wind. But she’s a lot more worried about the girl she discovers lurking outside her kitchen window.
She’s young. She’s alone. And she’s covered in blood.
The girl won’t explain where she came from or loosen her grip on the knife in her right hand. And when Casey makes a disturbing discovery in the middle of the night, things take a turn for the worse.
Twice
by Mitch Albom
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK
What if you got to do everything in your life —twice? The heart of Mitch Albom’s newest novel is a stunning love story that dares to explore how our unchecked desires might mean losing what we’ve had all along.
When he is eight years old, Alfie Logan discovers the magical ability to get a second chance at everything. He can undo any moment and live it again. The one catch: he must accept the consequences of his second try—for better or worse.
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
Between the Plums
by Janet Evanovich
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Together at last! From America’s favorite #1 New York Times bestselling author Janet Evanovich comes Between the Plums, a very special edition containing not one, but three Between-the-Numbers books:
Visions of Sugar Plums,
Plum Lovin’
Plum Lucky
Bored to Death in the Baltics
by Steve Sheppard
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Dawson is the unlikeliest MI6 spy you’ll ever meet. Good thing he has the lethally competent Lucy Smith for company.
From important teapots to vengeful assassins to international conspiracies, is there any escapade that Dawson can’t stumble into or any that Lucy can’t rescue him from? Find out in the funniest spy thriller series you’ll ever read.
When a bomb explodes in front of Dawson on a sunny June morning, he is lucky to escape with his life, certainly luckier than the man he is following. But finding himself a few hours later in the bilges of a ship heading for the eastern Baltic is less fortunate as that is not how he’d planned to spend his weekend.
Who is the man assassinated by the bomb?
Depth of Winter
by Craig Johnson
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
The hit drama Longmire is now streaming on Paramount+
Walt journeys into the northern Mexican desert alone to save his daughter Cady, who has been kidnapped by the cartel
Welcome to Walt Longmire’s worst nightmare. Winter is creeping closer, but for Sheriff Longmire this one is looking to be harsh in a way to which he is wholly unaccustomed. He has found himself in the remotest parts of the northern Mexican desert, a lawless place where no horse or car can travel, where no one speaks his language or trusts an outsider, far from his friends and his home turf back in Wyoming. But desperate times call for desperate measures…
The Match
by Harlan Coben
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
A shocking genetic match exposes a family’s darkest secret in this gripping thriller from the creator of the #1 hit Netflix series Stay Close.
After months away, Wilde has returned to the Ramapo Mountains in the wake of a failed bid at domesticity that confirms what he’s known all along: He belongs on his own, free from the comforts and constraints of modern life.
Suddenly, a DNA match on an online ancestry database brings Wilde closer to his past than he’s ever dreamed, and finally gives Wilde the opening he needs to track down his father. But meeting the man brings up more questions than answers. So Wilde reaches out to his last, most desperate lead, a second cousin who disappears as quickly as he resurfaces, having experienced an epic fall from grace that can only be described as a waking nightmare.
The Hero Prophecy Complete Boxed Set
by Michael Anderle
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Ten years ago an inexplicable energy wave warped Earth forever…
Monsters and bandits infest the Sonoran Desert and challenge Trev Leon at every turn. No one can guarantee his survival but him. Trev can’t even be sure who’s on his side and who wants him dead.
Grab this complete series boxed set and join Trev Leon and his friends as they participate in the prestigious monster-hunting Sonoran Baja Hunter-Tourist Rally and find out who comes out on top!
Court TV Presents
by Harriet Ryan
Kindle $0.50 Rating: 4.0 #ad
A true crime account of the mysterious death of a foreign exchange and the South Korean and U.S investigators attempts to find the murderer.
Exchange student Jamie Penich left her small Pennsylvania hometown to see the world, but her journey ended with a brutal attack in a shabby motel room in Seoul, South Korea, where the raven-haired 21-year-old was found naked and stomped to death. Investigators zeroed in on soldiers, turning out barracks and trolling seedy bars for the GIs who partied with Jamie in the hours leading up to her death. But every lead produced only new mysteries. There were unbreakable alibis, a roommate who claimed she had slept through the crime, and lab tests that hinted at a secret lover…
Every Last Fear
by Alex Finlay
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
“They found the bodies on a Tuesday.” So begins this twisty and breathtaking novel that traces the fate of the Pine family, a thriller that will both leave you on the edge of your seat and move you to tears.
After a late night of partying, NYU student Matt Pine returns to his dorm room to devastating news: nearly his entire family—his mom, his dad, his little brother and sister—have been found dead from an apparent gas leak while vacationing in Mexico. The local police claim it was an accident, but the FBI and State Department seem far less certain—and they won’t tell Matt why.
Made A Monster
by Rob Nelson
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Adrian and Kendra are a match made in Hell.
Adrian’s dark past left him with a twisted imagination that takes him deep into the forest where he does unspeakable things.
Kendra is new to town. She has a dark secret of her own and an unhealthy obsession with a boy she hasn’t even met yet.
Until Adrian met Kendra, he had his deviant urges under control. When she comes to him for help, his capacity for violence goes beyond anything either of them could have imagined.
First Degree
by David Rosenfelt
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
A defense attorney and his beloved Golden Retriever work solve a murder and clear a his girlfriend’s name in this entertaining cozy mystery. No one can separate defense attorney Andy Carpenter from his golden retriever, Tara, who stands loyally beside him through every investigation, no matter how dangerous or puzzling-and he is about to be confronted with one of his most difficult cases yet. When a cop’s body is found burned and decapitated, the last thing Andy expects is for a stranger to waltz into his office and confess to the crime. For the wisecracking millionaire attorney suffering from “lawyer’s block,” the case looks like a no-brainer, that is until the cops pick up another suspect…
Crush and Velocity
by Alan Jacobson
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
This thriller duology featuring FBI profiler Karen Vail “sizzles with nonstop action” (Publishers Weekly).
Researched meticulously with over three dozen experts in multiple disciplines and with government access that required clearance from a congressional subcommittee, Crush and Velocity take you behind closed doors into a world most people do not know exists.
Both Crush and Velocity were optioned by Hollywood, and Velocity was named one of the “Top 5 Best Books of the Year” by Library Journal.
Judgment Prey
by John Sandford
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Alex Sand was spending the evening at home playing basketball with his two young sons when all three were shot in cold blood. A wealthy federal judge, there’s no short list of people who could have a vendetta against Sands, but the gruesome murders, especially that of his children, turn their St. Paul community on its head. Sand was on the verge of a major donation to a local housing charity, Heart/Twin Cities, and with the money in limbo, eyes suddenly turn to his grieving widow, Margaret Cooper, to see what she might do with the money. Margaret, distraught over the death of her family, struggles to move forward, and can’t imagine how or why anyone would target her husband.
Sharp Force
by Patricia Cornwell
Kindle $2.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
NO ONE IS SAFE FROM THE SERIAL KILLER
NOT EVEN SCARPETTA…
During the early hours of Christmas morning, chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta receives a chilling call. The Phantom Slasher has struck again.