Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
Christmas Cookie Murder
by Leslie Meier
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
For Lucy Stone, the best thing about Christmas in Tinker’s Cove, Maine, has always been the annual Cookie Exchange. But the usual generosity and goodwill is missing from this year’s event, which turns out to be a complete disaster. Petty rivalries and feuds that have long been simmering finally come to a boil, leaving a bad taste in the mouths of many guests, including Lee Cummings – who accuses Tucker Whitney of stealing her recipe for low-fat, sugar-free cookies. But the icing on the cake is when Tucker is found strangled in her apartment the following morning.
Lacey’s Star
by Kay DiBianca
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
Get in, sit down, buckle up, and hang on!
Was it an accident? Or was it murder? Private pilot Cassie Deakin lands in the middle of an unwanted adventure and reluctantly agrees to team up with Deputy Frank White to investigate the mysterious death of young Lacey Alderson.
But as Cassie and Frank peel back the layers of one mystery, they uncover deep and sinister secrets in the rural community Lacey’s family lived in…
The Christmas Train
by David Baldacci
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
A journalist on a cross-country Christmas train scales the rugged terrain of his own heart in this New York Times bestselling holiday tale that inspired the Hallmark Hall of Fame original movie!
Disillusioned journalist Tom Langdon must get from Washington to Los Angeles in time for Christmas. Forced to travel by train, he begins a journey of rude awakenings, thrilling adventures, and holiday magic. He has no idea that the locomotives pulling him across America will actually take him into the rugged terrain of his own heart, as he rediscovers people’s essential goodness and someone very special he believed he had lost.
Nightflyers #1 The Gilded Doom
by A.M. Van Dorn
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
When a long-lost 19th-century safe is pulled from the depths off the Texas coast, its secrets awaken a hidden chapter in American history. A vivacious congresswoman and a daring salvage diver uncover long-buried records of T.R.U.S.T. and its long-forgotten team of special operatives from 1874, who confronted threats beyond ordinary reckoning.
The relic from the sea reveals the adventures of an alluring ex-thief, her brilliant sister, both with ties to Da Vinci’s lineage, a noble former Confederate, and a redeemed Omega warrior renegade. This unconventional team faces an unknown menace emerging from California’s desolate wilderness, threatening the stability of the country and the world.
The Chaos Agent
by Mark Greaney
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Artificial intelligence leads to shockingly real danger for the Gray Man in this latest entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.
A car accident in Japan. A drowning in Seoul. A home invasion in Boston.
Someone is killing the world’s leading experts on robotics and artificial intelligence. Is it a tech company trying to eliminate the competition or is it something even more sinister?
After all, artificial intelligence may be the deadliest battlefield gamechanger since the creation of gunpowder. The first nation to field weapons that can act at the speed of computer commands will rule the battlefield.
Before Sunrise
by Rick Mofina
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
In Before Sunrise, Will Fortin of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police is on patrol in southern Alberta. It’s a lonely region where the sky meets the land on even terms, where the landscape exaggerates or diminishes your place in the world. If you’re lucky, trouble would never find you there. If you weren’t, this was your battleground.
This is where Fortin experiences the worst any cop can face, the taking of innocent lives while under fire in responding to a violent call at a farm involving a gun. His life destroyed his guilt unbearable, Fortin, a good man, struggles as a haunted soul, aching to redeem himself.
Sacred
by Dennis Lehane
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
A beautiful, grief-stricken woman has vanished without a trace. So has the detective hired to find her. And a lot of money…
Enter tough-nosed private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro. Rooted in the streets of blue-collar Dorchester, they’ve seen it all – and survived. But this case leads them into unexpected territory: a place of lies and corruption, where trusting anyone could get them killed, and where nothing is sacred.
O’SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS
by A.G. Russo
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Winner of the Silver Medal for Mystery – Detective books from the 2024 Global Book Awards
The homefront, summer 1942, Brooklyn, New York. Six months after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, America was fighting overseas with the Allies in World War II. Maeve O’Shaughnessy’s fight for survival was different. Her three brothers were shipped out and left her with their new detective agency and fifteen-year-old brother to manage. Before the War, Maeve worked as a secretary. She knew nothing about detective agencies. From the start she struggled to make enough money to feed Jimmy and herself. Vic Marino, a no-nonsense ex-cop, showed up and told her he was going to help her make a go of the agency. Maeve vehemently protested but Vic insisted she had no choice.
Closet of Dreams
by Mark Ukra, Tara Mesalik MacMahon
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
A true story about a pretend world.
Meet a nine-year-old boy named Child who has big dreams-so big, he’s actually got a Closet of Dreams in his home! But Child’s fears are really big too, and his path is lined with curve balls, especially those spun by class bully, Eddie.
Follow along with Child’s adventures as he discovers the secret powers of his Closet of Dreams and of his incredible animal friends from Kids Park-Ele the elephant, Sister Sue the hippo, and Clarence the bear-all under the guiding paw of Hilda the dachshund. You might just be in for a surprise!
Monday’s Mystery eBooks
K’s Cozy Christmas Collection
by Kirsten Weiss
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
It’s a cozy collection of Kirsten Weiss’s funniest Christmas mysteries!
In Deja Moo, a holiday tradition turns deadly, but is the San Benedetto paranormal museum to blame?
In Gnome Alone, Christmas is coming to small town Doyle and Susan’s UFO-themed B&B… and so is murder… And kidnapped garden gnomes… And… Bigfoot?
In Gingerbread Dead, Tea and Tarot room owner Abigail is having a hard time getting into holiday mode. Will solving a quirky murder may take a Christmas miracle?
In The Dust
by K. A. Gandy
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
When the water is all gone, how will you survive?
A catastrophic meteor shower decimated earth hundreds of years ago, leaving the survivors scrabbling as water grew scarce and the earth slowly turned to desert.
Twenty-three year old Nyx wakes up one day to find her older brother and protector vanished, leaving her utterly alone in the Wastes. She has only her skills as a scavenger and their busted-up Bronco to lean on as she works to stay alive, and find out who took him…
Binary
by Michael Crichton
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
From the creator of Jurassic Park and ER, a classic techno thriller brimming with high-stakes action and heart-pounding suspense
In an age of political unrest, one man aims to bring the government to its knees—and there’s only one agent who can stop him.
Wealthy political radical John Wright has taken aim at the US government, believing that only he can make things right. State Department Agent John Graves has been watching Wright for months, studying him, gathering intel, trying to determine his next move before he makes it…
Frozen Farmhouse Collection
by Robert J. Walker
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Four Bestselling EMP Prepper Fiction Books with 100+ Five-Star Reviews—Now in One Gripping Boxset!
Prepare and survive. When an EMP cripples the nation’s power grid, lawlessness erupts across the country.
An electromagnetic pulse attack instantly disables all electronics, plunging society into chaos. As humanity dwindles, gangs form and starvation spreads across a lawless land. Maria and her fellow survivors navigate this perilous new reality at the border, their every step a battle for survival. Local law enforcement and emergency services, now powerless, face overwhelming challenges.
The Briar Club
by Kate Quinn
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
The New York Times bestselling author of The Diamond Eye and The Rose Code returns with a haunting and powerful story of female friendships and secrets in a Washington, DC, boardinghouse during the McCarthy era.
Washington, DC, 1950. Everyone keeps to themselves at Briarwood House, a down-at-the-heels all-female boardinghouse in the heart of the nation’s capital where secrets hide behind white picket fences. But when the lovely, mysterious widow Grace March moves into the attic room, she draws her oddball collection of neighbors into unlikely friendship: poised English beauty Fliss, whose facade of perfect wife and mother covers gaping inner wounds; policeman’s daughter Nora, who finds herself entangled with a shadowy gangster…
Guilty Mothers
by Angela Marsons
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
She lies on the floor, her blue eyes wide and unseeing, arms outstretched as if begging for help. Kneeling next to her, wearing a purple sequinned ballgown and holding a knife in shaking hands, is her daughter…
In a quiet kitchen, where two mugs wait by the kettle to be filled, Sheryl Hawne lies in a pool of blood. Her only daughter, Katie, is found at her side, still clutching the murder weapon and apparently incapable of speech. To Detective Kim Stone, the case seems open and shut. But Katie is in no state to be questioned, so Kim and the team must dig deep to understand what triggered this brutal act.
Best Mystery Stories of the Year: 2024
by Anthony Horowitz and others
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Anthony Horowitz selects and introduces the best mystery stories from the past year, under the auspices of the world’s oldest mystery fiction specialty bookshop.
From a pool of over 3,000 considered stories published last year—anything that touched on crime, mystery, and suspense, from venues as disparate as The Strand Magazine, Dark Yonder, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, The Bellevue Literary Review, and more—these are the very best, selected by series editor Otto Penzler and guest editor Anthony Horowitz.
DRAWN APART
by Lisette Brodey
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
When Avalon Martelli and Stephanie Lambert meet at the start of their junior year at Mystekal High, they form an instant connection. Stephanie is from South Jersey and Avalon from North Jersey, and they both feel out of place in the Southern California desert.
Aside from having a home state in common, they each possess a talent for art and the heartbreak of a broken family. Avalon has the gift of sight, where the future is sometimes revealed in her paintings, while Stephanie’s drawings are all about forever love. As Stephanie, a self-described poetry geek and hopeless romantic, talks about past lives and eternal happiness, Avalon denies she’s in love with her best guy friend, River Dalworth, who is attending art school in Los Angeles.
Prospect Shifter Daddy Mates Collection
by Serena Meadows
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Things are getting steamy in the small town of Prospect, Montana! Each story in this box set will light your fire as sexy single dads, with chiseled abs, not only work hard on the ranch but also pursue the one who makes their blood pump.
As passion ignites for these cowboys, danger lurks in every direction and harrowing secrets rise to the surface. The wolf shifters will do anything it takes to protect the women who claim their hearts.
Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
Cookies and Christmas
by Leena Clover
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Anonymous Note Screams Murder
It’s Christmas in Pelican Cove and the town is bursting with Yuletide spirit. Jenny King comes home from the tree lighting ceremony to a strange letter on her doorstep. The anonymous sender claims a gruesome murder has taken place and urges her to find the killer. Jenny plunges into the investigation, only to find that the letter might have been fake.
Refusing to give up, Jenny keeps digging for clues. Her friends think she’s on a wild goose chase and the whole town thinks she’s lost it. But Jenny follows her gut, sure that a crime has been committed…
Grave Consequences
by Elle E. Kay
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
The deeper the roots, the darker the secrets.
In Pennsylvania’s Worlds End State Park, Malachi James and Cate Garrison unite with a mission: to protect three vulnerable bear cubs. Their noble cause puts them on a collision course with Jade, a cult founded by Malachi’s father and embraced by his mother. This sinister society threatens their mission and their lives.
When Cate goes missing while checking out a bear den, Malachi fears the worst but doesn’t know for sure if the cult has taken her. As he searches the dense forest and confronts dangerous enemies, his feelings for Cate deepen, and his faith is tested like never before.
Point Blank
by Logan Ryles
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
His name is Mason Sharpe. Victims take heart—bad guys take cover.
Army veteran Mason Sharpe’s world is turned upside down when his beloved fiancée is killed in a random shooting. Struggling to cope with his grief, Sharpe instinctively heads for the North Carolina town where he and his bride had planned to honeymoon.
Alone on a beach, contemplating a future which now seems bleak and empty, he stares into the abyss. But then…
Daniel Hurst’s Psychological Thriller Box Set
by Daniel Hurst
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
THE PASSENGER: She takes the same train every day. But this is a journey she’ll never forget…
THE BOYFRIEND: What if your exes were being killed off one by one?
THE BREAK: It seems like a lovely little house. But it has dark secrets…
Don’t Move
by James S. Murray, Darren Wearmouth
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
In this spine-tingling horror novel from the actor best known as “Murr” on the hit television shows Impractical Jokers and The Misery Index, James S. Murray, and co-writer Darren Wearmouth, a prehistoric arachnid terrifies a stranded group in a West Virginia canyon.
Megan Forrester has barely survived the unthinkable. Six months ago, she witnessed a horrific accident that killed her husband and son, and lives with the guilt of knowing she could have done more to save them. Now, Megan hopes to mend the pieces of her broken spirit by attending a local church group’s annual camping trip…
On Mystic Mountain
by Tabatha Waybright
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
In Tabatha Waybright’s debut middle grade novel, Kristal and Socorro Frazier’s family vacation quickly turns into a challenge to survive when the two young siblings get separated from their parents during a camping trip.
The siblings are pressed to use their skills and wits as they face the trials of being alone and afraid. Not only do they have to find food and shelter, but they quickly learn that there is something very unusual about the mountain they are lost on. They are threatened by natural disasters as well as evil creatures who seek to harm them and trap them and fill them with fear and doubt. When the siblings get separated and the evil creatures capture Socorro, they almost give up hope of ever surviving and finding their parents again…
His Last Text
by Rebecca Lake
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.9 #ad
A romantic anniversary dinner. A heartfelt message. Then silence.
Anna Stanten’s world shatters when she learns her boyfriend Wyatt’s corporate jet has crashed. With the company dragging its feet on the search, Anna takes matters into her own hands, assembling a team of volunteers to find the man she loves.
But as she retraces Wyatt’s last known steps, danger lurks at every turn. Her uncle, driven by an insatiable greed for a mysterious key mentioned in her grandmother’s will, seems to be pulling strings from the shadows. And who is this new “aunt” that suddenly appeared in her life?
Vibrations
by A. R. Alexander
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Two teens, two powers—would you die to save your loved ones?
Nada has always stayed in the shadows, terrified of what might happen if the world discovered her rare ability to see sound waves as light. But her quiet life shatters when she meets Kani, a fiercely curious new student who can sense and manipulate vibrations. Their meeting triggers a series of mysterious attacks, exposing a dangerous truth: they are the last descendants of Atlantis, heirs to a forgotten power.
Hunted by shadowy creatures born from myth and invisible to everyone else, Nada and Kani must uncover their shared heritage and confront an ancient enemy determined to destroy them. But as they race to uncover the truth, they struggle to believe they could be anything more than ordinary—even as the fate of Atlantis, and the world, rests in their hands. Can they survive long enough to discover who they truly are?
Air and Ashes
by Margaret Mantor
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
What if you found out everything in your life was a lie?
After seventeen-year-old Emma Cross learns her mom didn’t die of cancer but was murdered, her life is upended. Forced from her home, Emma is thrown into a world hidden within our own, where Elementums—genetically engineered super soldiers who control the elements—are caught in a vicious war against the unstoppable Clinic.
Emma is convinced she doesn’t belong there—until she herself is targeted as a rare Halfbreed. If she wants to survive and uncover the dark secrets of her mom’s past, she must train to defend herself against the Clinic while resisting the distracting allure of the icy Kaden Hale—a powerful, driven Elementum with secrets of his own.
The Electrician and the Seamstress
by Monica Granlove
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Based on the true story of a couple torn apart during World War II, The Electrician and the Seamstress is a beautiful tale of resilience, courage, and love.
Germany, 1936. Bruno, an electrician, and Karla, a seamstress, forge a powerful love amid the rise of the Nazi Party and Hitler’s ascent to power. Staunch opponents of the Nazi ideology, they live in perpetual apprehension as they risk being labeled dissidents, navigating a complex negotiation between moral principles and self-preservation. As World War II breaks out, Bruno faces a profound internal struggle when he is drafted into service, and he is eventually captured by the Russians and imprisoned in Siberia. His nearly two-year journey back to war-ravaged Germany reveals the devastating aftermath, with his city in ruins and family displaced.
Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
Big Shot
by Kirsten Weiss
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Small Town. Big Murder.
Hi. I’m Alice. The number one secret to my success as a bodyguard? Staying under the radar. But when a public disaster blew up my career and my reputation, my perfect, solo life took a hard left turn to crazy town. And to bodies. Lots of dead bodies.
I thought my hometown of Nowhere would be an out-of-the-way refuge to wait out the media storm. It wasn’t.
A Hussar’s Promise
by Griffin Brady
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
A disgraced soldier. Evil men playing for power. When all that is dear to him is wrenched away, will he hold true to his oaths?
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1614. Jacek Dąbrowski has endured an unjust exile. Falsely accused of murder, hopelessly in love with his liege’s wife, and assigned to defend the perilous borderlands against Ottoman incursions, the winged hussar captain has tried to bury his resentment by performing his duty flawlessly. But when the scheming lord who betrayed him is murdered, Jacek finally returns home to confront the widow he has never forgotten—only to find the estate sabotaged by an unseen enemy.
The Deeds of the Disturber
by Elizabeth Peters
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Back in London after an archaeological dig, adventurous sleuth Amelia Peabody -“rather like Indiana Jones, Sherlock Holmes and Miss Marple all rolled into one” – discovers that a night watchman at the museum has perished in the shadow of a mummy case (The Washington Post Book World).
There are murmurings about an ancient curse, but a skeptical Amelia is determined to find an all-too-human killer. Soon, she’s balancing family demands, including the troubles of her precocious son, Ramses (aka Walter), with not just one unsolved crime, but two . . .
North of the Killing Hand
by Joni M Fisher
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Years after witnessing the murder of her parents, a young woman pursues a career in law enforcement, but later must choose between the rule of law and the temptation of revenge.
“A compelling crime page-turner. You will be enchanted by Nefi’s smarts and strategic thinking ability. Will she avenge the savage murder of her parents in the Brazilian rainforest? Follow her as she discovers that the criminal element is much deeper and extends all the way into US political and social arenas. Discover the unusual talent she inherited. A very satisfying read.” by Amazon Customer
The Witness
by Sandra Brown
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
After narrowly escaping a deadly car crash, Kendall Deaton and her son find refuge in a small South Carolina town. But their relief is short-lived when Keaton makes a terrifying discovery. The town of Prosper isn’t so innocent after all.
Now, Kendall is a reluctant witness intent on escaping from an insidious evil–and a community that will stop at nothing to protect what is “theirs”.
Arcane
by Sever Bronny
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Nominated for the Epic Fantasy Fanatics Readers Choice Award
Orphan and former farm slave Augum dreams of becoming a warlock. But that would take courage and aptitude, both of which he lacks. Doesn’t help that his mentor is a cranky recluse who sends him on strange errands.
When a vicious tyrant ravages the kingdom in a quest for seven mythic artifacts, Augum discovers his mentor possesses one. They flee to a mysterious castle with other aspiring warlocks, including two quirky girls. Adventure ensues as the aspirants explore the castle’s secrets and learn spellcraft.
In Desperation
by Rick Mofina
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
“A superbly written thriller…Timely, tense, and terrifying.”—Brad Thor
“A blisteringly paced story that cuts to the bone. It left me ripping through pages deep into the night.”—James Rollins
Eleven-year-old Tilly Martin is dragged from her suburban bedroom. Her mother, Cora, pleads for mercy but the kidnappers are clear: if they don’t get their $5 million back in five days, Tilly dies. If anyone contacts police, Tilly dies.
Journalist Jack Gannon’s estranged sister, Cora, disappeared without a trace decades ago. Now she is frantically reaching out to him for help…
The Push
by Ashley Audrain
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
A tense, page-turning psychological drama about the making and breaking of a family—and a woman whose experience of motherhood is nothing at all what she hoped for—and everything she feared
Blythe Connor is determined that she will be the warm, comforting mother to her new baby Violet that she herself never had.
But in the thick of motherhood’s exhausting early days, Blythe becomes convinced that something is wrong with her daughter—she doesn’t behave like most children do.