Monday’s Mystery eBooks
Wedding Dress Murder
by Avery Kent
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
An amateur sleuth on her way down the aisle, her two best friends, and a body in a ballroom.
Rancher Ashley Travis can’t find a dress that fits her style or her sass at an old friend’s bridal boutique, so she joins her besties at a bridal show hoping for inspiration. But the weekend goes from satin to sinister when a famous cut-throat wedding dress designer is found dead among the tulle and tiaras.
With suspects including bitter rivals, a demoted journalist with a grudge, an ambitious business partner, a scorned client and a put upon apprentice, everyone has something to hide…
Buried Secrets
by Denise Diana Huddle
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Danger. Corruption. Passion.
When an explosion unearths human remains – and almost lands them in the morgue – historical preservationist Samantha Jordon and San Antonio police detective Nick Ballard reluctantly team up to investigate.
Since the case is as cold as the corpse, Samantha turns to the cutting-edge science of genetic genealogy to unravel the dark history of a gruesome unsolved murder and identify the body. But Nick is obstructing her at every turn. Then a targeted hit and run and a break-in force them to seek refuge in San Antonio’s forgotten historic sites and underground tunnels.
Despite their differences, Samantha is falling for the jaded detective. And Nick cares for her more than he should. But coming clean about his past—and the reason he’s been dragging his feet during the investigation—could end his career and put his deceased partner’s family in jeopardy.
A Little Fate
by Nora Roberts
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
THE WITCHING HOUR. A kingdom is plagued by tragedy until a wizard-god’s spell brings forth a courageous and beautiful young woman who must follow her heart in love and follow her destiny in battle…
WINTER ROSE. A young queen heals a wounded soldier on a remote island cursed with eternal winter—and warms her heart with the joys of true love…
A WORLD APART
Munich Wolf
by Rory Clements
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
The gripping new 2024 thriller from the Sunday Times and one million copy bestselling author of The English Führer. In this brilliant standalone crime novel set in 1930s Munich, Detective Sebastian Wolff must walk a tight line between doing his job and falling foul of the Nazi party he despises.
MUNICH, 1935 – The Bavarian capital is a magnet for young, aristocratic Britons who come to learn German, swim in the lakes and drink beer in the cellars.
What they don’t see – or choose to ignore – is the brutal underbelly of the Nazi movement which considers Munich its spiritual home.
The Twist of a Knife
by Anthony Horowitz
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
“I’m sorry but the answer’s no.” Reluctant author, Anthony Horowitz, has had enough. He tells ex-detective Daniel Hawthorne that after three books he’s splitting and their deal is over.
The truth is that Anthony has other things on his mind.
His new play, a thriller called Mindgame, is about to open at the Vaudeville Theater in London’s West End. Not surprisingly, Hawthorne declines a ticket to the opening night…
Home Before Dark
by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir, Victoria Cribb
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
November, 1967, Iceland. Fourteen-year-old Marsí has a secret penpal – a boy who lives on the other side of the country – but she has been writing to him in her older sister’s name. Now she is excited to meet him for the first time.
But when the date arrives, Marsí is prevented from going, and during the night her sister Stína goes missing – her bloodstained anorak later found at the place where Marsí and her penpal had agreed to meet.
November, 1977. Stína’s disappearance remains unsolved. Then an unexpected letter arrives for Marsí It’s from her penpal, and he’s still out there…
Buckaloo
by Deborah Chavez
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.9 #ad
HEARTS, FRIENDSHIPS, and DOGS
Harley Fremont is a woman with big dreams. For years she has taken her well-trained dog, Gemma, on dangerous adventures. The time has come for Harley and Gemma to relax a bit and take another path in life. Harley knows that the skills used on their previous outings can be taught to other dogs and their human parents. When her vision of a small ranch has been realized, Harley turns her considerable energy and desires to see the dog training academy of her dreams come alive.
Throughout Harley and Gemma’s adventures, they have made friends in states as far east as Washington, D.C. and as far west as Oregon. Those friends and more have assisted Harley and her fiancé, Bill Harris, with their engagement and in their home designing and ranch developing endeavors…
Somatic Therapy Workbook
by Ava Walters
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
At this exact moment, your body is trying to tell you something – are you listening?
It doesn’t speak in words, but it IS communicating – through tight shoulders, shallow breaths, chronic headaches, clenched jaws, restless legs, sleep issues, gut problems, extra weight, fatigue, emotional numbness, a feeling of heaviness that just won’t go away, and many more.
These are somatic messages—your body’s way of saying, “I’m NOT okay.” And somatic therapy helps you understand and respond to these messages, enabling you to finally experience a true sense of calm and relief.
Billion-Dollar Ransom
by James Patterson, Duane Swierczynski
Kindle $14.99 Rating: BRAND NEW RELEASE #ad
Five members of a billionaire’s family. In different locations. All kidnapped at the same moment.
Two children taken from a private-school bus. A film producer and a movie star grabbed at a hideaway resort. A beautiful wife whisked off the streets of Beverly Hills.
A patriarch wants his family back. The cash, gold, jewels, and crypto are all ready. There’s only one problem: a brilliant, very stubborn FBI agent. Special Agent Nicky Gordon doesn’t want to pay the kidnappers. Not a dime.
Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
Murder at Lolly Beach
by Jane Suen
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Eve Sawyer is expecting a fun summer vacation until the chef at a popular food truck is attacked. But he’s not the only victim …
Chef Blake Conway has been stirring up the locals with his campaign for a plastics ban on the quaint town’s littered beach. When Eve’s friend Cassie takes her to visit Blake’s crêpe food truck and they discover he’s being rushed to the hospital, the college journalism student can’t just stand by, especially after Cassie’s beach house is burglarized.
Beach Beat reporter Jake Thorne, who takes Eve on as an intern, mentors her while they race to find the answers…
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(An Eve Sawyer Mysteries)
Triumphs of Tenacity
by Yusra Mariyam
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Triumphs of Tenacity: From Struggle to Success is an inspirational memoir of resilience, women’s empowerment, and immigrant success that will uplift anyone facing challenges in life.
Born in Bangladesh and moving to the UK at just seven years old, Yusra Mariyam faced enormous obstacles—adapting to a new culture, overcoming academic failures, and balancing the demands of motherhood. As a homemaker raising six children, her dream of higher education seemed impossible. Yet, through sheer perseverance, determination, and self-belief, she transformed her life, graduating with a First-Class Honours degree in International Business Management from Anglia Ruskin University…
If you enjoy inspiring biographies, personal growth journeys, and real-life stories of achievement, this book belongs on your shelf.
“A” is for Alibi
by Sue Grafton
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
A IS FOR AVENGER. A tough-talking former cop, private investigator Kinsey Millhone has set up a modest detective agency in a quiet corner of Santa Teresa, California. A twice-divorced loner with few personal possessions and fewer personal attachments, she’s got a soft spot for underdogs and lost causes.
A IS FOR ACCUSED. That’s why she draws desperate clients like Nikki Fife. Eight years ago, she was convicted of killing her philandering husband. Now she’s out on parole and needs Kinsey’s help to find the real killer. But after all this time, clearing Nikki’s bad name won’t be easy.
A IS FOR ALIBI…
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(Books A through E on Sale for $1.99 each)
Ben: Ben Mitchell/Titus Ray Thrillers
by Luana Ehrlich
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Enjoy this box set of three fast-paced, full-length Christian novels featuring Ben Mitchell, a CIA covert operative mentored by veteran intelligence officer, Titus Ray, who serves as the first-person narrator of this award-winning spy series.
Ben in Love – Book 1
Ben in Charge – Book 2
Ben in Trouble – Book 3 #ad
Windslash: The Last Elemental
by Chris Bennett
Kindle $2.23 Rating: 4.9 #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.
The Brimstone Wedding
by Ruth Rendell
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
In this “dark, hypnotic story of romantic obsession,” an elderly woman shares her disturbing secrets with a spellbound young caregiver (The New York Times).
Stuck in a loveless marriage and mired in a troubled affair, Jenny Warner doesn’t have a single friend in whom she can confide. Then she meets Stella Newland, a patient at Middleton Hall, the English manor-house-turned-nursing-home where Jenny works as a caregiver. Unlike most of the other residents, the gracefully dying Stella is elegant, completely lucid, and generously open to hearing all about Jenny’s life. Stella understands; she has her secrets, too.
Rizzoli & Isles
by Tess Gerritsen
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Mothers know best . . . But who will listen?
Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles are newly plagued by what seems like a completely senseless murder. Sofia Suarez, a widow and nurse who was universally liked by her neighbors, lies bludgeoned to death in her own home. But anything can happen behind closed doors, and Sofia seemed to have plenty of secrets in her last days, making covert phone calls to traceless burner phones. When Jane finally makes a connection between Sofia and the victim of a hit-and-run from months earlier, the case only grows more blurry. What exactly was Sofia involved in? One thing is clear: The killer will do anything it takes to keep their secret safe.
The Russian Witch’s Curse Collection Books 1-3
by Bridget E. Baker
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
If you’re the kind of person who’s willing to try something DIFFERENT, then you might love this enemies-to-lovers horse-shifter romantasy series. Are you ready for stallion shifters, strong, possessive heroes, and smart, yet flawed heroines?
BOOK ONE: My Queendom for a Horse
BOOK TWO: My Dark Horse Prince
BOOK THREE: My High Horse Czar
Manhattan Is My Beat
by Jeffery Deaver
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
From the bestselling author of the Bone Collector novels, soon to be an NBC series
Five feet two inches of slick repartee, near-purple hair, and poetic imagination, twenty-year-old Rune hasn’t been in Manhattan for very long. But she’s crafty enough to have found a squatter’s paradise in an empty TriBeCa loft, and a video store job that feeds her passion for old movies. It’s a passion she shares with her favorite customer, Mr. Kelly, a lonely old man who rents the same video over and over. The flick is a noir classic based on a real-life unsolved bank heist and a million missing dollars. It’s called Manhattan Is My Beat.
Code Girls
by Liza Mundy
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Recruited by the U.S. Army and Navy from small towns and elite colleges, more than ten thousand women served as codebreakers during World War II. While their brothers and boyfriends took up arms, these women moved to Washington and learned the meticulous work of code-breaking. Their efforts shortened the war, saved countless lives, and gave them access to careers previously denied to them. A strict vow of secrecy nearly erased their efforts from history; now, through dazzling research and interviews with surviving code girls, bestselling author Liza Mundy brings to life this riveting and vital story of American courage, service, and scientific accomplishment.
Meet Me At Midnight
by Monique Brasher
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
With a past she can’t escape and a love she can’t deny, this Cinderella’s story is far from over…
I was supposed to return to Enchanted Hollow under very different circumstances: free of my stepmother’s clutches. But thanks to a twist of, well, cruelty–I’m in charge of a high-profile celebrity wedding there. The catch? I have to execute it to my stepmother’s extremely high standards to get my life back.
Fairytale weddings and happily ever afters are my thing, so this should be an easy slam dunk. Except that my point-of-contact at Ever After Farms is my best friend’s older brother, Luke Jackson…