Friday’s Mystery eBooks
On Spine of Death
by Tamara Berry
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Bestselling author Tess Harrow and her teenage daughter Gertrude have decided to make Winthrop their home. Their cabin is fixed up and now they’re turning to the family hardware store that Tess inherited from her late grandfather into the town’s first independent bookstore.
But when renovations unearth bones from a cold case and send them toppling—literally—onto Tess’s head, the work comes to a grinding halt. With the whole town convinced that her grandfather was a serial killer, Tess has to call in a fellow horror author for reinforcements…
The San Francisco Connection
by Kelly Allegretti
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Kelsey is launching her new career as a detective at her father’s agency in their hometown of San Francisco. Her first case? Find a missing family friend. It sounds simpleuntil it isn’t. As Kelsey digs deeper, she’s pulled into a tangled investigation laced with romance, danger, and corruption. Suddenly, the line between personal and professional begins to blur.
Is she truly ready for this life? This case won’t just test Kelsey’s resolve. It’ll push her father’s limits too.
The Flower Once Wilted
by R.M. Demeester
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Lotus Oliver learned early that survival meant pretending. Lie when you’re scared. Smile when you’re cornered. Trust no one. Never let your guard down. Because wanting something only ever meant one thing: losing it.
Then she met Joseph “Jo” Oliver. He didn’t just see her. He unraveled her, layer by layer, until there was nothing left to hide. And somehow, she gave him everything: her fire, her fight, her heart. A marriage. A family. But the voice inside her never went quiet. It kept whispering that she wasn’t safe. That it could all slip away.
And maybe, just maybe, it was right. The question is: will Lotus be able to stop it?
Man Overboard
by J.A. Jance
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Cybersecurity expert Roger McGeary finally has his life back on track after years of struggling with depression. But when he falls from the balcony of his suite on an all-expenses-paid cruise, the police quickly dismiss it as an accident. Unsatisfied, Roger’s tough-as-nails aunt, Julia Miller, is determined to find answers and closure. By contacting Roger’s childhood friend Stuart Ramey to help her solve the mystery of his fate, Julia unwittingly sets up a collision course with a serial killer.
Stuart, his sidekick Cami Lee, and journalist-turned-amateur-sleuth Ali Reynolds put the full resources of cutting edge online security firm High Noon Enterprises into learning the truth about Roger’s death…
The Fulcrum
by Michael Decter
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
In this sweeping climate thriller, an economist and a public servant join forces—and hearts—to navigate a dangerous international conflict and imminent environmental disaster.
Matthew Rice needs a reset. After serving on a traumatizing jury panel, he’s had his fill of high-stress situations. Determined to start fresh, he moves to Cambridge to get his PhD in climate science at Harvard and reconnect with his long-distance lover, Mary Louise, a brilliant scientist herself. But a chance encounter with Kay, a young diner waitress on the run from the Irish Republican Army, derails both of their plans.
The Pram
by Joe Hill
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
A husband’s obsessive desire for a child leads to an unexpected manifestation of his yearning in a nightmarish short story about fatherhood dreams by New York Times bestselling author Joe Hill.
Willy and Marianne’s farmhouse in Maine has acres of meadow and fresh air, and a lonesome bridle path in the forest along which Willy daydreams and ambles. When he’s loaned a decrepit old baby stroller to cart his groceries home, the rickety squeak of the wheels comforts him. So do the sweet coos of a baby Willy knows can’t be real. Can it? In this twisted thicket, wishes come true—with a price.
Dodge
by Jeffery Deaver
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Nothing can stop an avenging vigilante from channeling her rage—or pursuing her prey. Not the relentless cops in her rearview. Not the cunning and elusive sociopath she’s closing in on.
A robbery goes awry. A female deputy is tortured and murdered. The killer, hiding in plain sight, has officials in rural Wisconsin under his thumb—except for Special Agent Constant Marlowe, on an unsanctioned mission to avenge her friend’s death. Constant isn’t letting a notorious sadist like Paul Offenbach get away. Traps are set. A cat-and-mouse game begins. Both hunter and hunted are ready to play.
Still See You Everywhere
by Lisa Gardner
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Missing persons expert and nomadic loner Frankie Elkin travels the country searching for the lost ones the rest of the world has forgotten. Her specialty, cold cases that typically end in tragedy. But this one could be different. Kaylee Pierson, “The Beautiful Butcher,” confessed from the start to enticing 18 men home before slitting their throats.
As the clock winds down to her death, Pierson has finally received a lead on her baby sister, abducted years ago. Kaylee’s dying wish: to know Leilani is safe and sound…
Wolves of Gypsum Creek Box Set
by Serena Meadows
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
The tiny town of Gypsum Creek is home to a high number of brooding, sexy-as-sin men that disappear with each full moon. The heroes in this boxset of steamy, standalone stories will get your heart racing…and tongue wagging. But you’d better watch out. The howling has started, and no lady is safe when the wolves of Gypsum Creek go on the hunt.
Lose yourself in the Appalachian Mountains with these powerful protectors, and the courageous women that claim their love.
Robert B. Parker’s Buzz Kill
by Alison Gaylin
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Boston PI Sunny Randall is back to investigate the disappearance of a hard-partying energy drink mogul, in the latest thriller in Robert B. Parker’s bestselling series.
After a near-death experience, Sunny Randall is ready to lighten her load as a PI, that is until she is called upon by billionaire media magnate Bill Welch to investigate the disappearance of his son, Dylan, the cofounder of the Gonzo Energy Drink company. Lazy, unscrupulous and a notorious partier, Dylan isn’t exactly reliable. But Dylan’s mother, Lydia, insists this time is different. She knows him. He’s her son. And she believes he’s in serious danger.
Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
A Missing Manuscript and Murder
by P. C. James
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
A simple puzzle turned deadly. With scandal and folks with something to hide, can this retired inspector close the book on homicide?
North Yorkshire, 1966. Tom Ramsay can’t seem to escape mysteries. Reluctantly taking on a straightforward case to appease his assistant, the former investigator suddenly finds himself caught up in two capers when a literary agent begs for his help. But when tampering becomes theft, the frustrated man can’t walk away when a best-selling author turns up dead…
Tales of the Feisty Druid Complete Boxed Set
by Candy Crum , Michael Anderle
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
She missed the war, but she’ll be damned if she loses her chance for revenge.
Ten years after fleeing Arcadia to save her life, Arryn is all grown up. She spent the past decade in the Dark Forest with the druids, training in warrior combat and battle magic.
Now that Arcadia is safe and Arryn is more than capable of taking care of herself, she decides to go back in order to search for her father. The only problem is that the city she once called home isn’t safe at all.
Arryn knows she has to do what she was raised to do: fight…
Think Twice
by Harlan Coben
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
A man presumed dead is suddenly wanted for murder in this thriller of secrets, lies, and dangerous conspiracies that threaten to cover up the truth.
Three years ago, sports agent Myron Bolitar gave a eulogy at the funeral of his client, renowned basketball coach Greg Downing. Myron and Greg had history: initially as deeply personal rivals, and later as unexpected business associates. Myron made peace and moved on – until now, when two federal agents walked into his office, demanding to know where Greg Downing is…
The Hillside Stranglers
by Darcy O’Brien
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
For weeks that fall, the body count of sexually violated, brutally murdered young women escalated. With increasing alarm, Los Angeles newspapers headlined the deeds of a serial killer they named the Hillside Strangler. The city was held hostage by fear.
But not until January 1979, more than a year later, would the mysterious disappearance of two university students near Seattle lead police to the arrest of a security guard—the handsome, charming, fast-talking Kenny Bianchi—and the discovery that the strangler was not one man but two.
Aftermath: Into the Unknown
by Lena Gibson
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Robin dreamed of attending Yale and using her brain. Kory lived on the streets of Seattle and relied on his brawn. Without the asteroid, they never would have met.
For three years, Robin and her grandfather have been hiding, trusting no one. When a biker gang moves into town, Robin can no longer scrounge or tend her garden. Because her grandfather is dying, he urges her to join her extended family—800 miles away in a bunker city in South Dakota, but she doesn’t want to leave…
Darkfall
by Dean Koontz
Kindle $1.49 Rating: 4.4 #ad
A blizzard brings a city to a standstill and ushers in an evil that defies imagination in this gripping tale from #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz.
Winter gripped the city. Terror gripped it, too. They found four corpses in four days, each more hideous than the last.
At first the cops thought they were dealing with a psychopath. But soon they heard eerie sounds in the ventilation system—and saw unearthly silver eyes in the snow-slashed night…
Zero Day
by David Baldacci
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
From David Baldacci–the modern master of the thriller and #1 worldwide bestselling novelist-comes a new hero: a lone Army Special Agent taking on the toughest crimes facing the nation.
And Zero Day is where it all begins….
John Puller is a combat veteran and the best military investigator in the U.S. Army’s Criminal Investigation Division. His father was an Army fighting legend, and his brother is serving a life sentence for treason in a federal military prison. Puller has an indomitable spirit and an unstoppable drive to find the truth.
Cromwell’s Folly
by Ginny Fite
Kindle $0.50 Rating: 4.0 #ad
A West Virginia cop must determine who had an axe to grind with a notorious womanizer in this mystery series opener.
Retirement is on the horizon for Det. Sam Lagarde of West Virginia’s Bureau of Criminal Investigations, and he’s looking forward to it. As a cop with a reputation for persistence, he’s earned some relaxation. But first, there’s the matter of a head . . .
Ben Cromwell is discovered, decapitated, in a dumpster behind a Charles Town spa. A known regular at the regional jail, Cromwell was no stranger to trouble. He was also no stranger to the ladies…
When You Disappeared
by John Marrs
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
All she wanted was the truth, but she’ll wish she never found out.
When Catherine wakes up alone one morning, she thinks her husband has gone for a run before work. But Simon never makes it to the office. His running shoes are by the front door. Nothing is missing—except him.
Catherine knows Simon must be in trouble. He wouldn’t just leave her. He wouldn’t leave the children.
But Simon knows the truth—about why he left and what he’s done. He knows things about his marriage that it would kill Catherine to find out. The memories she holds on to are lies.
The Bayou Marshal
by James Leonard
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Here comes another western adventure of relentless action, obstacles and a touch of western romance
Jackson Cole walked away from the law the day he watched Gabriel Benoit, his wife’s killer, drown in a river. Justice was done, or so he believed. He turned in his badge and tried to bury the past.
Four years later, the past rises from the bayou. Rumors place Benoit alive and thriving in the lawless swamps of Louisiana, running guns, taking hostages, and leaving a trail of bodies for the alligators to feast on. Jackson wants no part of it. He’s done fighting battles no one can win.
The Frozen People
by Elly Griffiths
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
Some murders can’t be solved in just one lifetime. Ali Dawson and her cold case team investigate crimes so old, they’re frozen—or so their inside joke goes. Nobody knows that her team has a secret: they can travel back in time to look for evidence.
The latest assignment sees Ali venture back farther than they have dared before: to 1850s London to clear the name of Cain Templeton, an eccentric patron of the arts. Rumor has it that Cain is part of a sinister group called The Collectors. Ali arrives in the Victorian era to another dead woman at her feet and far too many unanswered questions…