Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
25 Alive
by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro
Kindle $5.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
SFPD homicide detective Lindsay Boxer knows her way around a crime scene.
But nothing can prepare her for the shock of recognition: the victim is Warren Jacobi, Lindsay’s onetime partner who rose to chief of police.
A top investigator until the end, Jacobi managed to leave Lindsay a clue…
The Miss Silver Mysteries Volume Four
by Patricia Wentworth
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Three cozy mysteries in the “timelessly charming” historical series featuring a retired English governess who finds a second calling as a detective (Charlotte MacLeod).
Dark Threat,
Latter End,
Wicked Uncle
Love & Other Crimes
by Sara Paretsky
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
New York Times bestselling author Sara Paretsky is the master of twisting suspense and compelling plots. She has been hailed by the crime community as “a legend” (Harlan Coben) and “one of the all-time greats” (Karin Slaughter). Her acclaimed novels featuring detective V.I. Warshawski have become one of the most celebrated series in modern fiction. Now in this spellbinding collection, Paretsky showcases her extraordinary talents with fourteen short stories, including one new V.I. story and seven other classics featuring the indomitable detective…
The Templar Fire
by K. R. Eckert
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
London 1666: A mysterious man, claiming to be a descendent of a Templar Knight, arrives at Temple Church with a segment of the True Cross. A day later, much of the old city burns in the famed Great Fire. The Cross disappears without a trace.
Present Day: In the wilds of Syria, an expedition discovers the Cross. It is returned to London and placed in a Museum built specifically to house it. Days before it’s set to open, the Museum is robbed. A guard is murdered, the Cross goes missing. Fanatical billionaire Edward Drake, owner of the museum, throws all his resources into finding the Cross, and exacting retribution upon those responsible. His chief suspect is Alan Kramer, son of a long forgotten Templar Historian. Kramer declares publicly his belief that Drake’s Cross is a fake. He says he knows where the True Cross really is…
‘Salem’s Lot
by Stephen King
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
When two young boys venture into the woods, and only one returns alive, Mears begins to realize that something sinister is at work. In fact, his hometown is under siege from forces of darkness far beyond his imagination. And only he, with a small group of allies, can hope to contain the evil that is growing within the borders of this small New England town.
With this, his second novel, Stephen King established himself as an indisputable master of American horror, able to transform the old conceits of the genre into something fresh and all the more frightening for taking place in a familiar, idyllic locale.
Arabian Variable
by D.I. Telbat
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Hunted by Muslim extremists for years, ex-Marine chopper pilot Carson Adams is forced from hiding when they track him to the Carolinas, then bait him to return to the volatile Saudi Arabia. With access to the Christian Underground Network in Arabia, and resources from the COIL Organization, Carson covertly slips into Mecca.
Prince Rashid and an Iranian Agent are fast on Carson’s heels. Finding refuge in the midst of Mecca, he plans the rescue of a kidnapped family. Though he faces surprises at every turn, he still looks for opportunities to share God’s Word in the closed country, even to those who are trying to kill him.
Ambush
by Colleen Coble
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
The first book in the riveting new series from USA TODAY bestselling author Colleen Coble, where a young woman will do anything to uncover the truth of her parents’ murder–even work alongside the man who once broke her heart.
Paradise Alden’s childhood in Nova Cambridge, Alabama, was idyllic until the night her parents were murdered. Since then, life has left her scarred. The abuse she suffered in the foster care system, her first love’s betrayal, and the jaguar attack that nearly destroyed her career have led to an unshakable distrust–in men, in God, and maybe in even in herself.
Within and Without Time
by D. I. Hennessey
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
Be prepared to laugh and cry, to be inspired, and find your heart rejoicing!
When a sixteen-year-old boy is suddenly caught up in a series of miraculous encounters, it heralds an adventure that will transform his life, rock his town, and trigger events that will ultimately change the world!
Befriended by a powerful angelic warrior, Jimmy finds himself in the center of God’s plan for Earth’s final Great Revival. The beginning of God’s amazing harvest at the End of the Age. Like an intense roller coaster, the journey he experiences is exciting and unpredictable. Heartwarming, as well as heart-rending. God prepares him for a mission more extraordinary than anything he could have imagined, placing him in the rare company of ancient prophets and apostles alike.
Bad Blood
by Julie Shaw
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
It’s 1971 and seventeen-year-old Christine is about to give birth to her son. When her family throw her out, Christine has the biggest fight of her life to bring up her son safe on the infamous Canterbury Estate in Bradford, rife with crime, alcohol and drugs, a place where family is everything and nothing.
The Black Hunger
by Nicholas Pullen
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
John Sackville will soon be dead. Shadows writhe in the corners of his cell as he mourns the death of his secret lover and as the gnawing hunger inside him grows impossible to ignore.
He must write his last testament before it is too late.
The story he tells will take us to the darkest part of the human soul. It is a tale of otherworldly creatures, ancient cults, and a terrifying journey from the stone circles of Scotland to the icy peaks of Tibet.
The Woman in Suite 11
by Ruth Ware
Kindle $14.99 Rating: BRAND NEW RELEASE #ad
In this follow-up to #1 New York Times bestselling author Ruth Ware’s multi-million copy mega-hit The Woman in Cabin 10, Lo Blacklock returns to attend the opening of a luxury hotel, only to find herself in a white-knuckled race across Europe.
When the invitation to attend the press opening of a luxury Swiss hotel—owned by reclusive billionaire Marcus Leidmann—arrives, it’s like the answer to a prayer. Three years after the birth of her youngest child, Lo Blacklock is ready to reestablish her journalism career, but post-pandemic travel journalism is a very different landscape from the one she left ten years ago…
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
When the Carny Comes to Town
by Elaine Orr
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Though she never liked the idea of sitting on the plank above the dunk tank for the food pantry’s fundraiser at the carnival, Jolie never dreamed what Scoobie saw that day would leave him battling for his life. Scoobie’s ex-con mother shows up and there’s a murder to add to the mix. Soon Jolie is doing a lot more than appraising real estate, though even that is complicated by home burglars. Jolie grudgingly seeks help from her nemesis–reporter George Winters–and tries to stay a step ahead of a kidnapper and murderer so she can take charge of her world again…
The Kill-Off
by Jim Thompson
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
The legendary author of The Getaway delivers a suspenseful tale of an ailing woman who awaits her own murder—until she turns the tables on her would-be assassins.
Luane Devore’s days are numbered. All her neighbors in the declining seaside resort town of Manduwoc want her dead. Some, like her young husband Ralph and his girlfriend Danny, want the thousands of dollars she keeps hidden under the mattress she spends her days resting on. Others want her to stop her malicious gossip—some of which could ruin lives…
The Innocent Wife
by Lisa Regan
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Candles are lit and their rich vanilla scent twists its way through the cabin. The table is set for a romantic anniversary dinner with fresh roses dropping crimson petals on crisp white linen. But the woman seated at the table is cold to the touch, and there’s blood trickling down her neck…
When Denton’s most loved TV presenter returns home to find his wife dead at the dining table, it shatters the close-knit community. Beautiful and absolutely besotted with each other, Beau and Claudia Collins were idolized for being the perfect couple. But the devastating scene Detective Josie Quinn finds in their remote hideaway has her asking what dark secrets lurk beneath the surface of this seemingly flawless marriage?
Ghost Camera
by Darcy Coates
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
When Jenine finds an abandoned polaroid camera, she playfully snaps a photo without a second thought. But there’s something wrong with the image: a ghostly figure stands in the background, watching her. Fixated on her. Moving one step closer with every picture she takes.
Desperate, Jenine shares her secret with her best friend, Bree. Together they realize the camera captures unsettling impressions of the dead. But now the ghosts seem to be following the two friends. And with each new photo taken, a terrible danger grows ever clearer…
The Retired Assassin’s Guide to Country Gardening
by Naomi Kuttner
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Dante has come to the small coastal town of Te Kohe, New Zealand, for a fresh start in life. But he doesn’t want to open a BnB, or save a charming bookshop, or start a romance with a single mother in need of rescuing.
He just wants to forget about his past career (which involved a lot of dead bodies) and have everyone leave him the heck alone. Unfortunately for Dante, life has other plans…
SHADOWFIRES
by Dean Koontz
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Rachel’s request for a quick and clean divorce enraged her husband. She’d never seen Eric so angry, so consumed by pure and terrifying hatred. Then, in the heat of the moment, Eric was killed in a traffic accident. Shocked and relieved, Rachel had nothing left to fear. Until Eric’s body disappeared from the morgue—and suddenly, Rachel is being stalked by someone who looks just like her dead husband.
Daybreak
by Daniel Zeigler
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
A century of turmoil. A shocking murder. A chance for redemption.
Nigel Baskervell has been hit by everything 14th-century England has to offer—war, revolution, plague. He’s still standing. Barely.
Now a county sheriff in England, Nigel is trying to carve out a future for himself and his seven-year-old son. A religious reform movement that is stirring up the countryside may even offer Nigel the hope he desperately needs.
But then a horrific murder at a wedding shatters Nigel’s quest for peace. Now he must solve the crime before the rich and powerful pin the blame on a man Nigel believes is innocent. Danger stalks him as he races the clock to find the culprit.
Landon Falls
by Shannon Elliott
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.9 #ad
When seventeen-year-old Chase Allen touches someone, he is inundated by every sin they’ve committed. To minimize human contact, Chase keeps to himself at home and school. But when his mother’s death abandons him to the cruel despotism of his abusive grandfather, he follows an inexorable calling by an unknown power to seek out his destiny in a world he doesn’t understand. Led to the seemingly bucolic small town of Landon Falls, he encounters an ancient evil that holds the town in its grasp and meets the town’s new preacher, Frank Williams, who is oddly immune to Chase’s sixth sense.
Addison Landon recently arrived in Landon Falls with her husband Turner, heir to the Landon Mining Company fortune. Pregnant with their first child, Addison is excited to make such a wealthy, powerful, benevolent family her own. But a price must be paid for the Landons to continue their powerful hold on the town, and Addison’s unborn child is the fee…
Local Girl Missing
by Lisa Regan
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Through swirling dawn fog, they follow the trail of discarded items at their feet: a tube of glittery lip gloss; a cell phone; a cracked make-up compact, broken chunks of ivory powder spilling into the grass. Then the mist parts—just for a second—to reveal a beautiful young girl on the ground, her pale lips frozen forever in a silent scream…
On a winding mountain road into the small town of Denton, Pennsylvania, Detective Josie Quinn finds the body of a local teenage girl, Dina Hale. The sight of plum-colored bruises gathering around the girl’s neck pierces Josie’s heart, but the discovery of a second girl’s empty purse in the dirt nearby gives her a flicker of hope that one person, at least, made a lucky escape…
The Dead Children’s Playground
by James Kaine
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
AT THE EDGE OF THE CEMETERY RESTS A PLACE FOR CHILDREN TO PLAY. BUT NOT ALL SOULS THAT PLAY ARE AT REST.
Nine-year-old Kylie Macklin defied the odds in conquering cancer. Now she wants nothing more than a fresh start at her new home in Huntsville. Soon, an enigmatic new friend introduces her to a playground unlike any other. Set next to Maple Hill Cemetery, the park is a sanctuary for the spirits of local children who died in the Spanish Flu and fell victim to a twisted serial killer.
Overboard
by Sara Paretsky
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Legendary detective V.I. Warshawski uncovers a nefarious conspiracy preying on Chicago’s weak and vulnerable, in this thrilling novel from New York Times bestseller Sara Paretsky
On her way home from an all-night surveillance job, V.I. Warshawski’s dogs lead her on a mad chase that ends when they discover a badly injured teen hiding in the rocks along Lake Michigan. The girl only regains consciousness long enough to utter one enigmatic word. V.I. helps bring her to a hospital, but not long after, she vanishes before anyone can discover her identity…
Desert Star
by Michael Connelly
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
LAPD detective Renée Ballard and Harry Bosch team up to hunt the brutal killer who is Bosch’s “white whale” – a man responsible for the murder of an entire family.
A year has passed since LAPD detective Renée Ballard quit the force in the face of misogyny, demoralization, and endless red tape. But after the chief of police himself tells her she can write her own ticket within the department, Ballard takes back her badge, leaving “the Late Show” to rebuild and lead the cold case unit at the elite Robbery-Homicide Division…
Rage
by Linda Castillo
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
In this gripping installment of the Edgar Award winning series, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder investigates a brutal double murder that takes her into the dark underbelly of society and exposes the dangers of Amish lives gone wrong.
Summer has arrived with a vengeance in Painters Mill, and a macabre discovery by three Amish children brings the quiet to a grinding halt. Chief of Police Kate Burkholder arrives on scene to find the dismembered body of 21-year-old Samuel Yutzy, a local Amish man who owned a successful landscaping business. What twisted individual murdered him in such a sadistic way?