Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
One Bad Review Can Be Fatal
by Jinty James
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Murder wasn’t in the script… but Martha’s ready for her close-up!
Senior sleuth Martha is ready for her world premiere – at the Gold Leaf Valley senior center! She’s written, filmed, and starred in her very own mystery series, inspired by her own escapades. But before she can debut the first episode, a fellow senior center member is found dead… and the victim just so happened to be critical of Martha’s show.
Coincidence? Martha doesn’t think so.
With Pru, her twenty-something roommate, and Teddy, Martha’s fluffy Coton de Tulear dog by her side, Martha’s determined to solve the case before the opening night credits roll.
Stay Awake
by Megan Goldin
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
A murder she doesn’t remember committing. A killer she doesn’t remember meeting. Megan Goldin’s Stay Awake is an electrifying novel that proves memory can be deadly.
Liv Reese wakes up in the back of a taxi with no idea where she is or how she got there. When she’s dropped off at the door of her brownstone, a stranger answers—a stranger who claims to live in her apartment. She reaches for her phone to call for help, only to discover it’s missing. In its place is a bloodstained knife. Her hands are covered in scribbled messages, like graffiti on her skin: STAY AWAKE.
Tempting Fate
by Nora Roberts
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts, the saga of The MacGregors continues with the story of a man and woman at odds when it comes to practicing law—only to find common desires that put both their hearts on trial.
Attorney Caine MacGregor has never lost a case. His combative persona serves his clients well in the courtroom, and his persuasive arguments have won him many conquests in the bedroom. But in counselor Diana Blade, Caine has met his match. Her legal expertise would make her an excellent partner, and discovering her personal passions would make an enticing challenge. And as Caine deliberates with Diana about business and pleasure interests, he realizes he’s truly mediating for a chance at love.
Akio Revelations Complete Series
by Charles Tillman, Michael Anderle
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Ancient Warrior – Vampire – Queen’s Bitch…
Akio accepted his Queen’s charge to stay behind and protect humanity from the Forsaken scourge.
She never said it would be easy.
Get the complete series – all 6 books – to find out if Akio, Yuko and Eve accomplish this task for their Queen, or die trying.
Christmas and Other Horrors
by Multiple Authors
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Hugo Award winning editor, and horror legend, Ellen Datlow presents this chilling horror anthology of 18 original short stories exploring the endless terrors of winter solstice traditions across the globe, featuring chillers by Tananarive Due, Stephen Graham Jones, Alma Katsu and many more.
The winter solstice is celebrated as a time of joy around the world – yet the long nights also conjure a darker tradition of ghouls, hauntings, and visitations. This anthology of all-new stories invites you to huddle around the fire and revel in the unholy, the dangerous, the horrific aspects of a time when families and friends come together – for better and for worse.
The Wall
by Brian Penn
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Escape to a world divided by a wall, where the promise of eternal life comes at a deadly cost. In the year 2099, the United States is torn apart by civil war, and Asher, a contraband smuggler, must navigate through a dangerous game of secrets to reunite with his beloved on the other side.
But when he discovers the true intentions of the powerful Lazurites, Asher is forced to join The Defiance in a rebellion that will determine the fate of both sides of The Wall. Will he risk everything, including his soulmate, to expose the corruption, or will he succumb to the allure of immortality?
A Day in the Death of Dorothea Cassidy
by Ann Cleeves
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
Before Shetland and Vera, Ann Cleeves wrote the Inspector Ramsay series featuring a talented, brilliant detective—now in print for the first time in the US.
For Dorothea Cassidy, Thursdays were special. Every week she would look forward to the one day she could call her own, a welcome respite from the routine duties of being a vicar’s wife. But one Thursday in June would be her last—the day Dorothea Cassidy was strangled.
As the small town of Otterbridge prepares for its summer carnival, Inspector Stephen Ramsay begins a painstaking reconstruction of Dorothea’s last hours.
Beneath the Skin
by Nicci French
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Zoe. Jenny. Nadia. Three women of varying ages and backgrounds with little else in common but for one thing: Someone has sent them each a note informing them that they will be killed. A cruel joke? A hoax?
The police don’t seem to think so. Now, with no clear suspect and amid the growing threat of violence, the victims become the accused as authorities dig into their backgrounds for clues as to why they might have attracted the unrelenting attention of a killer. As Zoe, Jenny, and Nadia find themselves being victimized twice over, once by the faceless stalker and again by the police, each must ultimately face the question of which is stronger: the instinct to survive, or the desire to destroy?
A Very Furry Christmas
by John D. Ottini
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Finalist in the 2016 Royal Palm Literary Award Competition. (Florida Writers Association)
Dear Reader: Please be aware that this is not a children’s book.
Slipper’s Last Breath. For most people Christmas is a time for reflection, a time to share and celebrate with family and friends, but for some it is a time of sadness and quiet desperation. What if your soul mate, best friend and lover is no longer around to share in the season of joy and you are about to lose the last remaining link to a life you once knew and loved. Would you find the strength to survive?
Nash Falls
by David Baldacci
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
When Walter Nash is recruited by the FBI to help bring down a global crime network his life is turned completely upside down in this thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci.
Nash is an intelligent man, tough but fair-minded. He has a wife and a daughter and a very high-level position at Sybaritic Investments, where his innate skills and dogged tenacity have carried him to the top of the pyramid in his business career. Despite never going on grand adventures, and always working too many hours, he has a happy and upscale life with his family.
Monday’s Mystery eBooks
Have Yourself a Deadly Little Christmas
by Vicki Delany
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
It’s beginning to look a lot like murder in the sixth installment of this charming cozy mystery series, perfect for fans of Donna Andrews and Jacqueline Frost.
It’s the beginning of December in Rudolph, New York, America’s Christmas Town, and business is brisk at Mrs. Claus’s Treasures, a gift and décor shop owned by Merry Wilkinson. The local amateur dramatic society is intensely preparing a special musical production of A Christmas Carol. But it’s not a happy set, as rivalries between cast and crew threaten the production…
Murder Road
by Simone St. James
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
A young couple find themselves haunted by a string of gruesome murders committed along an old deserted road in this terrifying new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Cold Cases.
July 1995. April and Eddie have taken a wrong turn. They’re looking for the small resort town where they plan to spend their honeymoon. When they spot what appears to a lone hitchhiker along the deserted road, they stop to help. But not long after the hitchiker gets into their car, they see the blood seeping from her jacket and a truck barreling down Atticus Line after them…
Emerald Street
by Felicia Rogers
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
What if one laugh changed your world?
Raylyn Morrison, a critical care nurse for wounded soldiers, has a problem. She cares too much. Dreams haunt her. The death of her patients leaves her distraught and seeking peace. But temporary peace is not enough. She doesn’t want to leave, but she needs to. Then he comes along.
Staff Sergeant Jack Williams understands loss – physical, emotional, and spiritual. Not only did the war take his leg, but it took his family and his desire to live. But the voice of an angel keeps him going. A voice he dreams about even after he wakes from a coma. Yet when they meet she is nothing like he expected and he wonders if he’s made mistake…
Where Dandelions Sway
by Vanessa Luther
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
My name is Paul. About a year ago, I moved my family to the country for some peace of mind and security. I love them and would do anything in my power to protect them. They think I have a temper. A bad temper. Maybe I do. Three armed men are in our home right this very moment holding us hostage. My wife and children are shaken to the core. The last thing I ever expected was intruders in my own home. The last thing they ever expected was me.
On a Friday afternoon in the small town of Glen Ridge, three armed men invade the home of Paul and Alexis Hudson. The Hudson’s find themselves in a life or death situation where tempers flare, demands soar and repercussions loom. On the surface, the invasion appears to be a simple robbery. Until one of the assailants demands a mysterious safe. Nothing is as it seems.
My Husband Next Door
by K.L. Slater
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
The perfect way for us to live. The perfect way for him to hide.
I never expected to fall in love with my neighbour. But then tall, twinkly eyed Matt moved in next door. Now he’s my husband, but we’ve kept our own houses. It means my tranquil home remains a sanctuary for me and my daughter. People think it’s strange, but it works for us.
Everyone knows everyone on our street. So when Ellie, a local student nurse, goes missing, we’re all terrified. Matt and I are glued to the news, his jaw rigid with tension. How could something like this happen so close to our homes?
The Restless Dead
by Simon Beckett
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Top forensics expert Dr. David Hunter is facing an uncertain future. His career hangs in the balance and his personal life has taken a turn for the worse. Then, he takes a call from Detective Inspector Lundy from the Essex force. Just up the coast from Mersea Island, a badly decomposed body has been found. The local police would welcome David’s help with the recovery and identification – and they would especially like it if the body was identified as Leo Villiers.
Leo Villiers is the adult son of a prominent regional family who went missing weeks ago, and the investigators are under pressure to close the case. Villiers was allegedly having an affair with a married woman, Emma Derby, who is also missing.
Cian and Arin: Beginning
by Felicia Rogers
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
How it all began… The prequel to Secret Defenders!
Teenage boys are disappearing from once-peaceful Irish villages and rumors abound of unnatural beasts prowling the streets. When Arin Clevenger’s sister is kidnapped, Arin fears the beasts have taken her, too. Even though Arin is blind, she won’t let anything stop her from finding her sister.
Cian Conn hates hiding what he really is – a young gray gryphon, destined to protect the helpless — but the grays’ ancient rules of secrecy force him to live under cover. When a new sect of gryphons arise, declaring their independence, Cian longs for the same freedom, but he’s leery of risking such change. For their feathers have turned black, and so have their souls.
MIJO: We Bend, Not Break
by Francisco Castillo
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
What if the greatest inheritance a family carries isn’t land or money, but silence?
Mijo: We Bend, Not Break is an unforgettable novel about three generations of Mexican American men bound by distance, unspoken love, and the heavy weight of survival. From the cracked soil of Michoacán to the immigrant fields of California, it follows fathers and sons who mistake endurance for strength, until one shattering moment forces them to confront the question every family must face: how do we break the cycle before it breaks us?
Written by Francisco Castillo, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Navy veteran, and son of Mexican immigrants, this is not his story, but it is one he knows intimately. Castillo brings a rare blend of professional insight and cultural truth to the page, crafting a work of fiction that feels searingly real.
Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
A Dish to Die for
by Lucy Burdette
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Peace and quiet are hard to find in bustling Key West, so Hayley Snow, food critic for Key Zest magazine, is taking the afternoon off for a tranquil lunch with a friend outside of town. As they are enjoying the wild beach and the lunch, she realizes that her husband Nathan’s dog, Ziggy, has disappeared. She follows his barking, to find him furiously digging at a shallow grave with a man’s body in it. Davis Jager, a local birdwatcher, identifies him as GG Garcia, a rabble-rousing Key West local and developer. Garcia was famous for over-development on the fragile Keys, womanizing, and refusing to follow city rules—so it’s no wonder he had a few enemies.
Trust No One
by Caleb Crowe
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
He’s in her head. And he’s not leaving.
Grace Harper spends her days finding dream homes for strangers – but her office is a nightmare she can’t escape. Bullied by younger colleagues, and on a final warning from her boss, she hates her work, but desperately needs to keep earning so she can save enough to escape to university.
So when executive coach Oliver arrives to help the struggling team, Grace is keen to impress him by putting her best foot forward.
End Game
by Jeffrey Archer
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
William Warwick and Ross Hogan will return, for one last time, in a gripping and unputdownable finale. Available now!
London, 2012. The eyes of the world are on Britain as the country prepares to host the Olympic Games.
But the glare of the spotlight makes London a target for some of the most dangerous people on earth. And the moment the bid is won, an international conspiracy is set in motion to unleash a devastating attack that will leave the world in chaos.
KnockOut
by Catherine Coulter
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
The 13th book in Catherine Coulter’s hugely popular FBI series.
After witnessing her relatives burying a pile of dead bodies in the middle of the night, a seven-year-old uses her telepathic powers to call a man she’s seen only on television: FBI Agent Dillon Savich. Now Savich and his wife and partner, Agent Lacey Sherlock, face their most elusive foes to keep the child out of harm’s way-before it’s too late.
The Napa Murder of Anita Fagianin
by Raymond A. Guadagni
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
In 1974, the brutal murder of Anita Fagiani Andrews, a fifty-one-year-old former beauty queen and mother of two, shook the small working-class town of Napa. Detectives, criminalists and forensic experts raced to identify who’d struck Anita down in her own bar, but despite their efforts, the case went cold. Decades passed, during which the town grew into a world-renowned wine region and tourist destination, but the case remained an open question. After thirty-seven years, thanks to DNA evidence, the killer–imprisoned for a different murder–was finally found and brought to justice. Join author and retired judge Raymond A. Guadagni as he tells the story of the shocking murder, the investigation and the subsequent trial over which he presided in 2011.
Thirteen
by Steve Cavanagh
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
It’s the murder trial of the century. And Joshua Kane has killed to get the best seat in the house – and to be sure the wrong man goes down for the crime. Because this time, the killer isn’t on trial. He’s on the jury.
But there’s someone on his tail. Former-conman-turned-criminal-defense-attorney Eddie Flynn doesn’t believe that his movie-star client killed two people. He suspects that the real killer is closer than they think – but who would guess just how close?
The Killing Kind
by Jane Casey
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
Now streaming on Netflix, starring Emma Appleton and Colin Morgan
The incredible break-out thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author. Shortlisted for the Irish Crime Book Awards
Ingrid will never forget what John did.
The people he hurt. The way he lied about it so easily. The way she defended him.
Now he’s back. He says a murderer is after her. He says only he can protect her.
Would you trust him? The clock is ticking for Ingrid to decide. Because the killer is ready to strike…
Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
Murders of a Feather
by Eileen Brady
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
It’s February in the Hudson Valley and Oak Falls veterinarian Dr. Kate is once again up to her galoshes in corpses
Hudson Valley winters can be brutal…and deadly! Dr. Kate is once again on the case (not to mention thin ice) after discovering a young engaged couple frozen to death in the lake. To make matters worse, her temporary receptionist appears to have overdosed from a recreational sedative used at the animal hospital. Kate barely has time to dread Valentine’s Day (and the fact that she’s alone on this holiday, once again) as the police investigation shows that all three fatalities are in fact homicides…
Seeking Glory
by Patricia Hamilton Shook
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Life is never static. Just when you think you finally have everything under control, that illusion is shattered…and the life you once knew has spun off in unimaginable directions.
Kate LaRue is a divorced, successful co-owner of an art and gift store on Cape Cod whose current life has been largely peaceful, well ordered and without undue daily stress. That is, until she receives a phone call saying her long-missing daughter Ally is seriously ill in a hospital in California. After Ally dies with her mother by her side, Kate assumes custody of Glory, the four-year-old granddaughter she never knew she had; however, she soon discovers that Glory is selectively mute and seemingly traumatized…
Without Merit
by Colleen Hoover
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
From Colleen Hoover, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Regretting You, It Starts with Us, and It Ends with Us, comes a moving and haunting novel of family, love, and the power of the truth.
Not every mistake deserves a consequence. Sometimes the only thing it deserves is forgiveness.
The Voss family is anything but normal. They live in a repurposed church, newly baptized Dollar Voss. The once cancer-stricken mother lives in the basement, the father is married to the mother’s former nurse, the little half-brother isn’t allowed to do or eat anything fun, and the eldest siblings are irritatingly perfect. Then, there’s Merit.
Broken Rhodes
by Kimber Silver
Kindle $4.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Kinsley Rhodes blows into Harlow, Kansas like a tornado, twisting Sheriff Lincoln James’ life into knots. Her grandfather has been murdered and she wants answers.
As if the town’s first homicide in twenty years wasn’t enough, the beleaguered sheriff now has to deal with Henry Rhodes’ bobcat of a granddaughter, plunging his life deeper into chaos. As a dark storm threatens, long-held secrets are exposed, placing Kinsley directly in harm’s way.
In a race against time, Lincoln’s prime objective is to discover the killer’s identity before Miss Rhodes becomes the next victim…
The Ice Limit
by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
The largest known meteorite has been discovered, entombed in the earth for millions of years on a frigid, desolate island off the southern tip of Chile. At four thousand tons, this treasure seems impossible to move. New York billionaire Palmer Lloyd is determined to have this incredible find for his new museum. Stocking a cargo ship with the finest scientists and engineers, he builds a flawless expedition. But from the first approach to the meteorite, people begin to die. A frightening truth is about to unfold: The men and women of the Rolvaag are not taking this ancient, enigmatic object anywhere. It is taking them.
Buried Starship
by Anthony J. Melchiorri
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Some ships are meant to stay buried. Veteran Marine Jace Hawthorne thought his warfighting days were over when humanity fell to the alien Overlords.
Now he smuggles outlawed medical tech under the Overlords’ oppressive rule, doing whatever it takes to keep his family safe and alive. But when a routine job leads him to a remote space station blasted to ruins, Jace uncovers a secret the Overlords tried to erase after the war: evidence of ancient alien technology powerful enough to challenge their empire.
The Overlords move fast. His family is imprisoned. Jace is marked for elimination.
Worse Than Murder
by Michael Wood
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
As DCI Matilda Darke unravels a chilling cold case, she discovers some truths are deadly – and someone will stop at nothing to keep the past buried…
‘Matilda Darke is the perfect heroine’ Elly Griffiths
RUNNING FROM HER PAST
Leaving behind Sheffield, her friends and her job, a grieving DCI Matilda Darke finds solace in the wild, untamed beauty of the Lake District. But she can’t outrun her reputation.
A COLD CASE
The Dark Side of Midnight
by Sidney Sheldon
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Now appearing for the first time together, three of Sidney Sheldon’s number one bestselling novels—The Other Side of Midnight, Rage of Angels, and Bloodline—are featured in this celebratory collection.
The Other Side of Midnight is Sidney Sheldon at his best. This page-turner is full of tortured romantic entanglements, reverses of fortune, thrilling suspense, and ultimate justice. In Paris, Washington, and a fabulous villa in Greece, an innocent American becomes a bewildered, horror-stricken pawn in a game of vengeance and betrayal. She is Catherine Douglas, a woman caught in a web of four lives intertwined by passion as her handsome husband pursues an incredibly beautiful film star . . . and as Constantin Demeris, a legendary Greek tycoon, tightens the strands that control them all.