Monday’s Mystery eBooks
Love in a Nutshell
by Janet Evanovich, Dorien Kelly
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Number one bestselling author Janet Evanovich teams up with award-winning author Dorien Kelly to deliver a sparkling novel of romantic suspense, small-town antics, secretive sabotage, and lots and lots of beer
Kate Appleton needs a job. Her husband has left her, she’s been fired from her position as a magazine editor, and the only place she wants to go is to her parents’ summer house, The Nutshell, in Keene’s Harbor, Michigan. Kate’s plan is to turn The Nutshell into a Bed and Breakfast. Problem is, she needs cash, and the only job she can land is less than savory…
The First Patient
by Michael Palmer
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #adv
From the blockbuster, New York Times bestselling author comes a high-concept, high-octane thriller at the crossroads of presidential politics and cutting-edge medicine. . . .
Gabe Singleton and Andrew Stoddard were roommates at the Naval Academy in Annapolis years ago. Today, Gabe is a country doctor and his friend Andrew has gone from war hero to governor to President of the United States. One day, while the United States is embroiled in a bitter presidential election campaign, Marine One lands on Gabe’s Wyoming ranch, and President Stoddard delivers a disturbing revelation and a startling request..
The Witch And The Volcano
by Daniel Sugar
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Daniel Sugar has written for a number of celebrities, and several TV shows, including “The Tonight Show”. He is the author of “The Lives of Lilly Parris” time travel series.
As the eruption of Vesuvius nears, Lilly Parris tries to save a famous Roman admiral.
“The Witch and the Volcano” is a fast-paced, brand-new take on the last days of Pompeii.
Naked Came the Phoenix Collection
by Multiple Authors
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
“An all-star lineup of 13 women mystery authors has produced one madcap, murderous tale” in this serial novel by Nevada Barr, JD Robb, and others (Publishers Weekly).
The promise of discretion and pampering—and a long-overdue reconciliation with her mother—draws Caroline Blessing, the young wife of a newly-elected Congressman, to the fancy Phoenix Spa. But after her first night in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains, Caroline wakes to find the rich and famous guests in turmoil and under suspicion: the spa’s flamboyant and ambitious owner has been murdered. As the secrets come out, and the body count rises, can Caroline keep herself from becoming the next victim?
Undone
by Karin Slaughter
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
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In the trauma center of Atlanta’s busiest hospital, Sara Linton treats the city’s poor, wounded, and unlucky—and finds refuge from the tragedy that rocked her life in rural Grant County. But then a tortured young woman becomes a patient in her ER. . . .
In the backwoods of suburban Atlanta, where Sara’s patient was found, local police have set up their investigation. But Georgia Bureau of Investigation detective Will Trent doesn’t wait for the go-ahead from his boss—he plunges through police lines, single-handedly exposing a hidden house of horror buried beneath the earth . . . and then finds another victim.
Fallen Dragon
by Bree Westland
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Avery Beckett couldn’t have fallen any further, even if he’d dug his own grave.
Well, maybe technically he could have. Ousted from the family mansion, stripped of his status. Cast out in utter disgrace. That about covers it. His ruin almost complete.
Years of trauma surge to the forefront, leaving Avery no choice but to deal with the terrifying gift he’s been cursed with but had buried deep. The clan needs his unique brand of talents. Trouble is he’s no good for anyone else, least of all himself in his current state.
Jack
by R.P. Howley, Daniel Willcocks
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
A town steeped in tradition. A festival built on hope. A legend that refuses to die. Charli Clarke never wanted to visit Brackenholt, a secluded town in the middle of nowhere. She never wanted to spend a weekend picking pumpkins. She never wanted to leave the city behind.
But her fiancé and twin brother had other ideas. They promised her countryside charm, crisp air, and a weekend of peace. What they got was something else entirely. The town is too quiet. The villagers whisper the legend of ‘Jack.’ And as Halloween approaches, Brackenholt’s strange harvest ritual take a terrifying turn.
The Lost City of the Monkey God
by Douglas Preston
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
The #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller, named one of the best books of the year by The Boston Globe and National Geographic: acclaimed journalist Douglas Preston takes readers on a true adventure deep into the Honduran rainforest in this riveting narrative about the discovery of a lost civilization — culminating in a stunning medical mystery.
Since the days of conquistador Hernán Cortés, rumors have circulated about a lost city of immense wealth hidden somewhere in the Honduran interior, called the White City or the Lost City of the Monkey God. Indigenous tribes speak of ancestors who fled there to escape the Spanish invaders, and they warn that anyone who enters this sacred city will fall ill and die.
Napoleon’s Shadow Wife
by James Conroyd Martin
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
First Place Winner, Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards, Goethe Category
Embark on a voyage through unconditional love, power, and betrayal!
How could an emperor like Napoleon Bonaparte be so captivated by the twenty-year-old Polish Countess Marie Walewska – admittedly a rare beauty but of minor nobility – that their affair would last through both his marriages? And if it wasn’t romance that first drew Marie to Napoleon, what was it?
Force of Nature
by C. J. Box
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
In 1995, Nate Romanowski was in a Special Forces unit abroad when his commander, John Nemecek, did something terrible. Now the high-ranking government official and cold-blooded sociopath is determined to eliminate anyone who knows about it – like Nate, who’s hidden himself away in Wyoming’s Bighorn Mountains. And he knows exactly how Nemecek will do it – by targeting Nate’s friends to draw him out. That includes his friend, game warden Joe Pickett, and Pickett’s entire family. The only way to fight back is outside the law. Nate knows he can do it, but he isn’t sure about his straight-arrow friend. And all their lives could depend on it.
An Alpha’s Mate
by Bree Westland
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Her protection is his solemn duty… But at what cost?
Blake Beckett was coasting along just fine. Solo. Until a portal accident during a routine mission to Earth left him stranded with no memory. Where he meets… His mate?
Blake gave up on love after his first mate died, leaving him a barren wasteland on the inside. But as his memory returns, the reason for his trip, his sacred duty to his dragon clan, comes rushing back. To deliver the newest human offering, to his Alpha and brother…
Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
Sealed with a Hiss
by Rita Mae Brown
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
When a decades-forgotten car bobs to the surface of a local creek, with a body still in the driver’s seat, it’s up to Mary Minor “Harry” Haristeen and her beloved cats and dogs to save the day, in this latest mystery from Rita Mae Brown and her feline co-author, Sneaky Pie Brown.
Spring is in full bloom, and everything is blossoming just right for Harry in Crozet, Virginia. Restorations to the long-shuttered local segregated school are nearly complete, and the school will be renamed to commemorate an important community member. To honor the former students, Harry and her friends are hard at work planning a reunion. It’s a big affair, and the crew spends their days hanging plaques at the gym, arranging food, and writing speeches…
You Can Trust Me
by Miranda Rijks
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
They were the best of friends. And the worst of enemies. When yoga teacher Amelia falls victim to an online scam, her colleague Paige really comes through for her. And with their daughters Marnie and Taryn becoming best friends, the two families grow even closer.
But all is not as it seems. Paige has an agenda. Once she has won Amelia’s trust, Paige starts to execute her carefully laid plan… stealing Amelia’s money, destroying her business, undermining her marriage. All the while pretending to be Amelia’s closest friend…
U is for Undertow
by Sue Grafton
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Sue Grafton takes the mystery genre to new heights with this twisting, complex #1 New York Times bestseller that draws private investigator Kinsey Millhone into a case shrouded in the sins of the past.
Looking solemn, Michael Sutton arrives in Kinsey Millhone’s office with a story to tell. When he was six, he says, he wandered into the woods and saw two men digging a hole. They claimed they were pirates, looking for buried treasure. Now, all these years later, the long-forgotten events have come back to him—and he has pieced them together with news reports from the time, becoming convinced that he witnesses the burial of a kidnapped child.
Fever Dream
by Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston
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As he stalks his wife’s traitors from Scotland to New York City, Special Agent Pendergast discovers layers of deception and conspiracy that will shatter everything he believed to be true.
Yesterday, Special Agent Pendergast still mourned the loss of his beloved wife, Helen, who died in a tragic accident in Africa twelve years ago.
Today, he discovers she was murdered.
Knife Edge
by JT Sawyer
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Kyle Payne – the last face the bad guys will ever see.
CIA black-ops veteran Kyle Payne is on leave after a brutal mission. But when he gets word that his mentor, John Heller, has been killed in a high-speed crash in Pineland, Arizona, Payne smells a setup.
This was no accident – Heller was taken out. Unimpressed by local law enforcement, Payne launches his own investigation, crossing paths with beautiful DEA agent Lara Medina. Together, they uncover evidence of a ruthless cartel looking to turn Pineland into the center of their drug empire.
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Tangled Threat
by Heather Graham
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A body hanging from the infamous History Tree and a wrongful murder charge unraveled Maura Antrim and Brock McGovern’s teenage love. Now grown up, Maura is again tangled up with Brock, and they’re back in Florida, where that devastating murder occurred.
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Peach Tea Smash
by Laura Childs
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Murder at an Alice in Wonderland–themed event threatens to send Theodosia Browning through the looking glass in the latest entry in this New York Times bestselling series.
During the Mad Hatter Masquerade, a fundraiser hosted by the Friends of the Opera on the grounds of the old Pendleton Grist Mill, Harlan Sadler, husband of Cricket Sadler, the chairwoman, is killed. He’s been hit in the head with a croquet mallet, and his body hung on the chains and paddles of the grist mill…
Winter’s End
by Barbara Pronin
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Luring Nazi officers from smoky taverns to their deaths was not what Evi Strobel bargained for when she agreed to join the Dutch Resistance. But that is what she did until that fateful night she was saved from rape by a downed American Airman.
Nor did Zoe Visser expect to be picking pockets for Dutch ID cards for use by escaping Jews, much less leading frightened enemies of the Reich toward uncertain treks to the Belgian border – nor did Mila Brouwer, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy German collaborator, expect to be passing secrets learned at her father’s dinner table to help Resistance stalwarts blow up Nazi trains and meeting halls.
Killing Moon
by Jo Nesbo
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THE HUNT IS ON AND THE POLICE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME. Two young women are missing, their only connection a party they both attended, hosted by a notorious real-estate magnate. When one of the women is found murdered, the police discover an unusual signature left by the killer, giving them reason to suspect he will strike again.
THEY’RE FACING A KILLER UNLIKE ANY OTHER. And exposing him calls for a detective like no other. But the legendary Harry Hole is gone—fired from the force, drinking himself to oblivion in Los Angeles…
Southern Discomfort
by Ashley Farley
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Isabelle is haunted by remorse over a past mistake that forever changed the lives of those closest to her. Saying “I’m sorry” would be a start—if only she had the courage to say the words aloud. Her world is turned upside down when her late husband’s will stipulates she must transform their beloved waterfront estate into a bed and breakfast. With the summer’s first guests just days away, Isabelle is overwhelmed and unprepared.
Help arrives in the form of her spirited twenty-four-year-old granddaughter.
The New Middle Way
by Mel Pine
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
“Mel’s personal story is an extraordinary page-turner.” Reader
The New Middle Way offers an accessible, contemporary approach to Buddhism that bridges the gap between traditional, ritual-heavy practice and the modern, often secular reinterpretations of Buddhist teachings. Pine draws on his forty years of personal study and practice, integrating insights from philosophy, science, and his own life experiences—including trauma, loss, and spiritual searching.
The book is both a memoir and a guide, written in a conversational, often humorous style. Pine rejects both dogmatic religiosity and overly clinical secularism, advocating instead for a “new middle way”—a practical, lived spirituality grounded in Buddhist wisdom but open to people of any background, including skeptics and those from other faith traditions.