Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
Fool Me Once
by Mark Gillespie
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Kate never had any doubts about her sanity. Until now. Kate’s quiet evening at home is shattered when a car crashes into a neighbor’s fence. The police and emergency services are quickly on the scene.
Kate saw the crash. The neighbors saw it too. So why is everyone saying it never happened? And how is it possible that the neighbor’s fence doesn’t have a scratch? Is Kate going crazy or is everyone lying?
The Dark Hours
by Michael Connelly
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4. 6#ad
There’s chaos in Hollywood at the end of the New Year’s Eve countdown. Working her graveyard shift, LAPD detective Renée Ballard waits out the traditional rain of lead as hundreds of revelers shoot their guns into the air. Only minutes after midnight, Ballard is called to a scene where a hardworking auto shop owner has been fatally hit by a bullet in the middle of a crowded street party.
Ballard quickly concludes that the deadly bullet could not have fallen from the sky and that it is linked to another unsolved murder—a case at one time worked by Detective Harry Bosch…
Through a Glass, Darkly
by Donna Leon
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
On a luminous spring day in Venice, Commissario Brunetti and his assistant play hooky from work to help a friend, Marco Ribetti, arrested during an environmental protest. They secure his release, only to be faced by the fury of the man’s father-in-law, Giovanni De Cal, a cantankerous glass factory owner who has been heard in the bars of Murano making violent threats about Ribetti.
Brunetti’s curiosity is piqued, and he finds himself drawn to Murano to investigate. Is De Cal the type of man to carry out his threats? Then one morning the body of De Cal’s night watchman is found…
The Trigger Man
by Aiden Bailey
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He’s a good guy who kills bad guys for a living. CIA operative Mark Pierce is a trained killer with a strict moral code – he only targets those who truly deserve to die. So he has no qualms about taking out Victor Vautrin, an international arms dealer supplying fanatical terrorists in West Africa who may soon trigger a brutal civil war.
But when he is tasked with other objectives – rescue kidnapped tourists, recover eleven million dollars of stolen CIA money – it quickly becomes clear to Pierce that someone doesn’t want him to succeed in his primary mission…
The Cabinet of Curiosities
by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
In one of NPR’s 100 Best Thrillers Ever, FBI agent Pendergast discovers thirty-six murdered bodies in a New York City charnel house . . . and now, more than a century later, a killer strikes again.
In an ancient tunnel underneath New York City a charnel house is discovered. Inside are thirty-six bodies–all murdered and mutilated more than a century ago. While FBI agent Pendergast investigates the old crimes, identical killings start to terrorize the city. The nightmare has begun. Again.
Eat What You Kill
by Ted Scofield
Kindle $0.75 Rating: 4.3 #ad
In Eat What You Kill by Ted Scofield, Evan Stoess is a struggling young Wall Street analyst obsessed with fortune and fame. A trailer park kid who attended an exclusive prep school through a lucky twist of fate, Evan’s unusual past leaves him an alien in both worlds, an outsider who desperately wants to belong. When a small stock he discovers becomes an overnight sensation, he is poised to make millions and land the girl of his dreams, but disaster strikes and he loses everything.
Two years later a mysterious firm offers Evan a chance for redemption, and he jumps at the opportunity. His new job is to short stocks—to bet against the market.
The DCI Fleming Cases Books One to Four
by Robert McNeil
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Four compelling police procedurals in one volume. In England’s Thames Valley, a detective takes on murder, corruption, and department politics . . .
This new collection includes the first four novels featuring DCI Fleming of the Major Crime Unit:
The Fifth Suspect,
The Last Man,
A Fatal Move,
No Hiding Place
The Trident
by Jason Redman, John Bruning
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Navy SEAL and author of Overcome Jason Redman’s highly-charged account of his combat missions in Iraq and his miraculous recovery from wounds that might have killed him—if it were not for his grit and the devotion of his wife and family
Decorated Navy SEAL Lieutenant Jason Redman served his country in Columbia, Peru, Afghanistan and Iraq, where he commanded mobility and assault forces. In western Iraq alone, he conducted over forty capture-kill missions with his men, successfully locating more than 120 Al Qaida insurgents. In September 2007, while leading a mission against a key senior Al Qaida commander, his team was ambushed and he was critically wounded by machine-gun fire at point blank range.
The Vampire Lestat
by Anne Rice
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
#1 New York Times Bestselling author – Surrender to fiction’s greatest creature of the night – Book II of the Vampire Chronicles
The vampire hero of Anne Rice’s enthralling novel is a creature of the darkest and richest imagination. Once an aristocrat in the heady days of pre-revolutionary France, now a rock star in the demonic, shimmering 1980s, he rushes through the centuries in search of others like him, seeking answers to the mystery of his eternal, terrifying exsitence. His is a mesmerizing story—passionate, complex, and thrilling.
Across Great Divides
by Monique Roy
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Across Great Divides is a timeless, World War II story of the upheavals of war, the power of family, and the resiliency of human spirit. When Hitler comes to power in 1933, one Jewish family refuses to be destroyed and defies the Nazis only to come up against another struggle—confronting Apartheid in South Africa.
Sixteen-year-old Eva and her twin sister, Inge, witness their lives in Berlin change before their eyes. Their best friend, Trudy, betrays them when she becomes a member of the Hitler Youth. A valuable family heirloom, a beautiful emerald and diamond pendant necklace, is confiscated by the Nazis as they harass Jewish families and businesses.
Their younger brother, Max, a member of the underground resistance, sees even greater danger ahead.
Their father, Oskar, refuses to leave his beloved Germany and believes Hitler will eventually fail.
Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
The Stars Rain Down: Who Owns You?
by Glenn Thomas
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Catherine Mercer’s assignment was easy enough: interview an interstellar freighter pilot whose ship had fallen victim to a pirate attack near the Earth planetary colony of Aranae. As an IPS agent, following orders is her duty. As an artificial intelligence, she is property. Her life and destiny belong to those who own her, and compliance is mandatory.
But when her simple fact-collecting mission blows up into a dangerous manhunt for the pilot-turned-fugitive, Catherine finds herself up to her neural nets in prejudice, betrayal, and government scandal—a bit much for an android law enforcement agent…
Disclosure
by Michael Crichton
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An up-and-coming executive at the computer firm DigiCom, Tom Sanders is a man whose corporate future is certain. But after a closed-door meeting with his new boss—a woman who is his former lover and has been promoted to the position he expected to have—Sanders finds himself caught in a nightmarish web of deceit in which he is branded the villain.
As Sanders scrambles to defend himself, he uncovers an electronic trail into the company’s secrets—and begins to grasp that a cynical and manipulative scheme has been devised to bring him down.
Texas Ranger Heroes Box Set: Books 1-3
by Lynn Shannon
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
The first three books in the thrilling Texas Ranger Heroes series together in one set. Exciting suspense and sweet romance guaranteed.
Ranger Protection: As the threats escalate and evidence links the robbery to a homicide, Tara and Grady realize nothing is quite as it seems. Untangling a web of secrets makes them the target of a madman, and it’s only a matter of time before the killer strikes again…
Ranger Redemption: To uncover the truth, Megan and Luke must put their painful past aside and work together. Yet the secrets surrounding the case are more sinister than either imagined and exposing them could prove deadly…
Ranger Courage: When a second woman is murdered and Avery’s family is threatened, Weston’s worst fears become a reality. The man they’re hunting is a monster known only as the Chessmaster. Every move the killer makes is designed to bring Avery deeper into a twisted competition of life and death…one she’s not meant to survive.
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(Texas Ranger Heroes Box Set: Books 4-6)
Lost Boys
by Faye Kellerman
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Faye Kellerman returns with an atmospheric, fast-paced mystery set in bucolic upstate New York, full of unexpected twists and turns that build to a shocking and surprising end—the latest thrilling entry in her New York Times bestseller Decker/Lazarus series.
When Bertram Lanz goes missing from a local diner near Greenbury, the entire community of the small upstate New York town volunteers to search the surrounding woods. Bertram had been on a field trip with the staff and fellow residents of the Loving Care Home when he vanished.
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 October List
by Jeffery Deaver
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 3.6 #ad
Gabriela waits desperately for news of her abducted daughter. At last, the door opens. But it’s not the negotiators. It’s not the FBI. It’s the kidnapper. And he has a gun. How did it come to this?
Two days ago, Gabriela’s life was normal. Then, out of the blue, she gets word that her six-year-old daughter has been taken. She’s given an ultimatum: pay half a million dollars and find a mysterious document known as the “October List” within 30 hours, or she’ll never see her child again.
Executive Intent
by Dale Brown
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
The incomparable Dale Brown (“The best military writer in the country” – Clive Cussler) roars back at full throttle with Executive Intent. The perennial New York Times bestselling master delivers another action-packed tale of international intrigue and technological weaponry that pits the world’s superpowers in a terrifying contest for dominance of outer space and the Earth’s oceans. Vince Flynn and Brad Thor fans will flock to the man whose electrifying visions of near-future warfare remain the gold standard of the techno-thriller genre. Executive Intent is Dale Brown at his best.
Best of Intentions
by Trisha Ridinger McKee
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Over a decade separates Georgia and her three older siblings. She arrived at the tail-end of their idyllic family life and grew up in a house filled with echoes of the past. Even her boyfriend Marty is part of that connection, and Georgia longs to be out of the shadows of what once was. When she meets enigmatic Warren, she sees a way to carve out her own path. Even if that means leaving everything behind.
Friday’s Mystery eBooks
The Body in the Sleigh
by Katherine Hall Page
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Caterer and minister’s wife Faith Fairchild is back to solve her eighteenth deadly mystery in The Body in the Sleigh—the latest perfect puzzler in author Katherine Hall Page’s multiple Agatha Award-winning series. Set on Sanpere Island in Maine’s Penobscot Bay, this atmospheric holiday whodunit is chock-full of suspense, surprises, real heart, and small miracles. And, as always, the mystery comes with recipes for delectable holiday treats from Faith Fairchild’s kitchen.
Dragon Teeth
by Michael Crichton
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Michael Crichton, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Jurassic Park, returns to the world of paleontology in this recently discovered novel—a thrilling adventure set in the Wild West during the golden age of fossil hunting.
The year is 1876. Warring Indian tribes still populate America’s western territories even as lawless gold-rush towns begin to mark the landscape. In much of the country it is still illegal to espouse evolution. Against this backdrop two monomaniacal paleontologists pillage the Wild West, hunting for dinosaur fossils, while surveilling, deceiving and sabotaging each other in a rivalry that will come to be known as the Bone Wars.
A River in the Sky
by Elizabeth Peters
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“Between Amelia Peabody and Indiana Jones, it’s Amelia—in wit and daring—by a landslide.” New York Times Book Review
Intrepid archaeologist and superior sleuth Amelia Peabody returns in A River in the Sky. In this breathtaking new adventure, New York Times bestselling Grand Master Elizabeth Peters transports the indomitable Amelia and her family, the Emersons, from their usual milieu, early twentieth-century Egypt, to an exciting—and dangerous—new locale: Palestine!
The Haunting of Gallagher Hotel
by K.T. Rose
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As Riley prepares to serve at an elite party, she can’t help but feel drawn to the infamous Gallagher Hotel. Little does she know, Chris, a kleptomaniac turned professional thief, has the same destination in mind as he tries to escape his past. As they both arrive at the luxurious hotel, they quickly realize that there is more at play than just a celebration. Each guest has a deadly secret, and when night falls, their pasts come back to haunt them. Now, Riley and Chris must fight for their lives against vengeful spirits who will stop at nothing to hold them accountable for their sins.
Courting Trouble
by Lisa Scottoline
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Anne Murphy is the redheaded rookie at the Philadelphia law firm of Rosato & Associates, and one morning she wakes up to front-page headlines proclaiming lawyer murdered — above her own picture. If she wants to stay alive, she’s got to play dead. She’ll have to trust people she barely knows — colleagues who hate her, homicide cops who want her out of the crime-fighting business, and a new love who inconveniently happens to be opposing counsel…
Daddy’s Little Girl
by Mary Higgins Clark
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Ellie Cavanaugh was seven years old when her older sister was murdered near their home in New York’s Westchester County. It was young Ellie’s tearful testimony that put Rob Westerfield, the nineteen-year-old scion of a prominent family, in jail despite the existence of two other viable suspects. Twenty-two years later, Westerfield, who maintains his innocence, is paroled. Determined to thwart his attempts to pin the crime on another, Ellie, an investigative reporter for an Atlanta newspaper, returns home and starts writing a book that will conclusively prove Westerfield’s guilt.
West of Famous
by Joni M Fisher
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A young woman plays the role of her life when kidnappers mistake her for a celebrity. Those who know where she is don’t value her life. Those who do, don’t know she’s missing. Who will pay for their mistake?
The third book in the Compass Crimes suspense novel series, West of Famous is set in Florida’s wilderness known as the 10,000 islands, where bootleggers delivered alcohol during Prohibition and drug runners trafficked in the 1970s and 1980s.
EON
by Earl E. Hardman
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In the far future, mankind lives safe and secure behind the Chronos Ring – an automatic defense system that encircles the area of space occupied by human beings. The Ring keeps out all of humanity’s enemies – in particular, a vicious race of reptilians known as the Parsnaak.
On the outer fringe of human-occupied space is the planet Muse, an entire world dedicated and established as a colossal museum – a storehouse of antiquities and relics from the ancient histories of both men and aliens. There, Ian Lotus, a man with his own mysterious past, has chosen to live in deliberate obscurity, harboring secrets that could reshape mankind’s destiny.
Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
Halloween Cupcake Murder Collection
by Carlene O’Connor, Liz Ireland, Carol J. Perry
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
From Galway, Ireland, to the North Pole, to Salem, Massachusetts, a trio of Halloween mysteries that prove the spookiest season knows no borders . . . and neither does murder!
HALLOWEEN CUPCAKE MURDER by CARLENE O’CONNOR
MRS. CLAUS AND THE CANDY CORN CAPER by LIZ IRELAND
A TRIPLE LAYER HALLOWEEN MURDER by CAROL J. PERRY
Cold Hands, Cold Heart
by Madison Boyd
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Homicide Detective Daniel Gray has discovered a chilling truth: Nurse Cathy, a respected caregiver at University Health of South Carolina, is secretly a ruthless serial killer. But before he can act, a devastating car crash leaves Gray trapped in his own body – conscious yet paralyzed, unable to move or speak.
In a cruel twist of fate, Nurse Cathy becomes Gray’s primary caregiver. As he lies helpless in his hospital bed, Gray is forced to listen as she whispers her darkest secrets, taunting and terrorizing him with the knowledge he cannot share. With each passing day, more patients succumb to Cathy’s twisted brand of ‘mercy’, while Gray struggles desperately to find a way to communicate with someone, anyone, who can help him.
Under the Radar
by Nonna Henry
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.9 #ad
No one is who they appear to be. Not even the enemy.
Baltimore social worker Mo Reardon is dreaming of a margarita, a manicure, and a beach vacation. And it wouldn’t hurt to understand why the most sizzling man she ever met ghosted after her best friend’s wedding. But one phone call to the police changes everything. She’s running for her life.
Commander Mac Mackenzie is a discriminating hunk of hotness. His arms have held rifles and women from around the globe. But the one woman who locked and loaded his heart over a pool table isn’t interested anymore. That is—until their lives collide under unusual circumstances.
Empire of Wild
by Cherie Dimaline
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A bold and brilliant new indigenous voice in contemporary literature makes her American debut with this kinetic, imaginative, and sensuous fable inspired by the traditional Canadian Métis legend of the Rogarou—a werewolf-like creature that haunts the roads and woods of native people’s communities.
Joan has been searching for her missing husband, Victor, for nearly a year—ever since that terrible night they’d had their first serious argument hours before he mysteriously vanished. Her Métis family has lived in their tightly knit rural community for generations, but no one keeps the old ways . . . until they have to. That moment has arrived for Joan…
Elmore Leonard Classic 3-Book Collection
by Elmore Leonard
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New York Times bestselling author Elmore Leonard has written over forty books, including four about U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, the captivating hero of the hit FX series Justified. Now three of Leonard’s best novels—Get Shorty, Tishomingo Blues, and Killshot—are together in one classic ebook collection.
“I did not know Elmore Leonard until I saw the series Justified. Being someone that always loved the books more than the movie/TV adaptions of said books I had to check the author out. I have not yet made it through all his novels but I am enjoying every minute spent in his imagination.” by Amazon Customer
Finding Moon
by Tony Hillerman
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A phone call in 1975 changes Moon Mathias’s life forever, as a voice on the line tells him his dead brother’s baby daughter—a child Moon never knew existed—is waiting for him in Southeast Asia.
A task he believes beyond his meager talents is pulling Moon to Vietnam. In a chilling world of mystery and silence, disguise and deception, he’ll risk everything for the sake of one little girl—and discover a Moon Mathias who’s a better man than he ever thought he could be.
Slight Mourning
by Catherine Aird
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In this classic parlor mystery from CWA Diamond Dagger winner Catherine Aird, Detective Inspector C. D. Sloan investigates a dinner party that ended in murder
Twelve friends sit down for supper at Strontfield Park—but only eleven survive the evening. After dinner, the host, William Fent, offers to drive one of his guests home, only to die behind the wheel in a violent accident. The autopsy shows that Fent ingested enough barbiturates to kill a horse…
Trailing Star
by William Black
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Star Holiday is on the run.
Left on her own to tend to a hopeless harvest, she watched as her husband, Fletcher, was seduced by saloon girls, card tables and violent robbery.
Now Fletcher is dead. To free herself and the quiet Nebraskan countryside from her husband’s mounting cruelty, Star pulled the trigger.
Star is the only person that sees justice has been served.