Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
Stalking Around the Christmas Tree
by Jacqueline Frost
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Tis the season to solve a murder—and innkeeper Holly White knows she’ll have to make her list and check it twice if she wants to catch the killer in the 4th Christmas Tree Farm mystery from bestselling author Jacqueline Frost.
For inn keeper Holly White, Christmas time in Mistletoe, Maine, is the ultimate holiday gift. Business at the Reindeer Games Inn is booming, her wedding to Sheriff Evan Gray is nearly here, and the annual parade is about to begin. The town is lucky to have another gift this year, with the state’s ballet company staying for several performances of The Nutcracker. But disaster strikes when Tiffany, the lead ballerina, shows up dead on a float during the parade, the Rat King’s mask nearby…
The Stalking
by Heather Graham
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
A New York Times bestseller! Only from Heather Graham—spine-tingling suspense laced with the otherworldly as the FBI’s Krewe of Hunters tracks a killer who seems to be a dark legend come to life.
With the execution of a serial killer known as the Artiste, Cheyenne Donegal thinks a grim part of her past is finally put to rest. Her cousin had been the twisted killer’s final victim, and then-teenage Cheyenne was integral in bringing him to justice. That tragedy drove her to become an FBI agent. And now she’s back in Louisiana because someone is murdering young women in the same manner as the Artiste…
The Ultimate Urban Druid Collection Box 2
by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
Power demands sacrifice. Destiny demands blood.
The battle for Toronto’s supernatural underground is heating up, and Fiona Mac Cumhaill is done playing nice. Armed with her growing druid powers and a very angry spirit bear, she’s ready to show the darkness why you don’t mess with a Cumhaill.
Fi thought mastering her Celtic magic was tough. Turns out that was just the warm-up. Now she’s juggling an adolescent dragon with attitude, a budding romance with her surly Irish mentor, and a looming supernatural war that threatens to tear apart two worlds.
Wayward: Wayward Pines: 2
by Blake Crouch
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
It’s the perfect town . . . as long as you don’t try to leave.
Nestled amid picture-perfect mountains, the idyllic town of Wayward Pines is a modern-day Eden—at least at first glance.
Except that within its fences, the residents are told where to work, how to live, and who to marry. None of them know how they got here. Some believe they are dead. Others think they’re trapped in an unfathomable experiment. Everyone secretly dreams of leaving, but those who dare face a terrifying surprise…
If I Had Only Known
by H H Fowler
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Modern science dares to usurp the throne of creation, led by a shadowy league of oligarchs who tamper with human genetics in a godless bid to rival the Almighty. Like the builders of Babel, they defy divine order, reaching for power never meant for mortal hands. But are they unknowingly hastening the Rapture…or opening the very gates to the Great Tribulation?
Under the guise of paradise, they lure unsuspecting tourists to a place known as Tiger Island. Yet beneath its lush façade lies a cursed ground—a modern-day Eden corrupted by forbidden knowledge. Here, the veil between worlds is thin. The supernatural governs the natural, and reality bends to ancient, unseen forces. The island is not a retreat. It is a snare, designed to harvest souls and advance a dark agenda.
Once More Round the Sun
by Dave Musson
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
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Welcome to Kingsworth, why not stay a while?
The sleepy Warwickshire town of Kingsworth in the middle of England is, without doubt, a nice place to visit. There’s a castle, great schools, and lots of green space to enjoy.
But, like most nice places to visit, if you scratch the surface, you’ll find something a little darker…
Blazing China
by R. F. Whong
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
For Fans of Amy Tan and Francine Rivers, Blazing China takes you on an extraordinary journey of a family, facing adversity and persecution with unyielding courage.
Leesan wants to produce heirs to carry on the Lee family name and manage their enormous estates. When she delivers identical twin girls, Ann-Ann and May-May, just before the Cultural Revolution in China, she cannot imagine how much their world is about to change. Now, with her husband dead, their land forfeited to the government, and their lives in jeopardy, Leesan, her mother-in-law, Su-Ann, and her daughters must surrender all that’s left of the past, even as they struggle to hold on to their Christian faith.
Take Me Home for Christmas
by Tracy Solheim
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
In the quaint coastal town of Chances Inlet, Christmas is a time for rekindling lost connections . . .
Elinor “Elle” McAlister is on the brink of a big-time promotion that will finally put her on equal footing with her overachieving siblings. The catch? She has to babysit a notoriously prickly war reporter who’s late delivering his memoir. As if that weren’t enough, her editor banishes them both to Elle’s hometown on the Carolina coast to get the job done. Spending the holidays in Chances Inlet might have been fine—if only she hadn’t wrecked the most important relationship in her life during her visit last Christmas.
The List
by Steve Berry
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
In the vein of David Baldacci, John Grisham, and Harlan Coben—this is Steve Berry like you’ve never read him before.
After a ten-year self-imposed exile, Brent Walker is returning home to Concord, a quaint town in central Georgia nestled close to the Savannah River. Two years ago, his father died, and now Brent, hired by Southern Republic Pulp and Paper Company as its assistant general counsel, is returning to care for his ailing mother.
For decades, Southern Republic has invested heavily in Concord, creating a thriving community where its employees live, work, and retire. But the genteel sheen of this quiet town is deceiving, and when a list of cryptic code surfaces, Brent starts to see the cracks…
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
Temptation, Trouble & Murder
by Christa Nardi
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Caffeine à la corpse, anyone?
The last thing Stacie Maroni expected to find in the break room was a dead body. To make matters worse, the dead guy had her name, phone number, and office location in his pocket. If that’s not bad enough, a fellow member of the foundation she spearheads seems to be missing in action.
Although these events don’t seem to be linked, Stacie is in the thick of things and sleuthing for her life.
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Leave No Trace
by Jo Callaghan
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
From the bestselling author of In the Blink of an Eye comes an inventive thriller that pits algorithms against experience, logic against instinct, and one undetectable killer against two extraordinary detectives.
When the body of a man is found crucified at the top of a hill in the British Midlands, AIDE Lock—the world’s first AI detective—and Detective Kat Frank are thrust into the spotlight as they are given their first live case. When a second body is found, the police issue an extraordinary warning to local males aged between thirty and forty years old…
Holy Ghost
by John Sandford
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Pinion, Minnesota: a metropolis of all of seven hundred souls, for which the word “moribund” might have been invented. Nothing ever happened there and nothing ever would–until the mayor of sorts (campaign slogan: “I’ll Do What I Can”) and a buddy come up with a scheme to put Pinion on the map. They’d heard of a place where a floating image of the Virgin Mary had turned the whole town into a shrine, attracting thousands of pilgrims. And all those pilgrims needed food, shelter, all kinds of crazy things, right? They’d all get rich! What could go wrong?
Murder at Lolly Beach
by Jane Suen
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
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. The fuse is running short on suspects who oppose Blake’s proposed ordinance. And a killer is lurking at the small town’s quiet beach, where murders are practically unheard of.
Persuader
by Lee Child
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
“Gripping and suspenseful . . . Child ratchets up the suspense to new heights.” – The Denver Post
Jack Reacher lives for the moment. Without a home. Without commitment. And with a burning desire to right wrongs—and rewrite his own agonizing past. DEA Susan Duffy is living for the future, knowing that she has made a terrible mistake by putting one of her own female agents into a death trap within a heavily guarded Maine mansion.
Murder in a Hurry
by Frances Lockridge, Richard Lockridge
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
A pet-shop owner is killed in his store, and Mr. and Mrs. North take it personally
A smart businessman would never think to open a pet shop in the inconspicuous patch of Greenwich Village known as West Kepp Street, but J. K. Halder isn’t here to make money. A millionaire animal lover, he keeps the shop as a hobby, even though it’s fate hangs perpetually in the balance. As it happens, Halder won’t see it through the end. He has just opened the shop for the day when his final customer enters. Halder knows the visitor by sight, and he also knows that nothing he can say will save his life. There are dozens of witnesses to the murder, but luckily for the killer, animals don’t talk.
Simply Lies
by David Baldacci
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The 6:20 Man comes a twisting psychological thriller in which two women—one a former detective, the other a dangerous con artist—go head-to-head in an electrifying game of cat and mouse.
Mickey Gibson, single mother and former detective, leads a hectic life similar to that of many moms: juggling the demands of her two small children with the tasks of her job working remotely for ProEye, a global investigation company that hunts down wealthy tax and credit cheats.
All Hallows Night
by Leigh Kelsey
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
It was a normal Halloween party until the cult crashed it. I expected beer kegs and douche-bros trying to hit on me. I didn’t expect blood, chanting, and a twisted ritual.
It turns out our college is home to the Cult of Nightmare—that’s Nightmare, the living embodiment of traumatic dreams. The goddess herself transformed fifty college students into our Halloween costumes … and bound us to her command.
Now, our little town of Ford’s End is overrun with witches, ghosts, scantily clad nuns—and me, the bride of death.
See, Nightmare has a bone to pick with the other gods, and she’s using us to do her dirty work.
The Price of Fatherhood
by William Black
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Fatherhood demands something harder: saving a son who may not want to be saved.
Jebediah Stone’s world shattered when outlaw Leroy Jacobs murdered his wife and stole his son.
Now, years later, Leroy rides into Wildsprings – bringing chaos, cattle rustling, and the ghosts of Jebediah’s past.
But when the boy he thought lost stands before him at White’s Acre, hardened by the man who raised him, Jebediah faces an impossible choice: vengeance or redemption. With the sheriff in Leroy’s pocket and the town descending into lawlessness, Jebediah, in his late-fifties, straps on his deputy’s badge once more.
The Hamptons Lawyer
by James Patterson, Mike Lupica
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
The Hamptons on Long Island is known for its beautiful beaches, its luxury lifestyle—and its exclusive legal advice. When Jane Smith takes on a famous celebrity client, she’s armed and ready: with brilliant arguments, hard evidence—and two Glocks.
Yet she’s chased down, shot at, and risks contempt of court. That’s when mounting a legal defense turns into self-defense. Knowing every day in court could be her last, she’s a survivor. For now.