Monday’s Mystery eBooks
Busy Body
by M. C. Beaton
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Agatha Raisin has always been ambivalent about holiday cheer, but her cozy little village of Carsely has long prided itself on its Christmas festivities. But this year Mr. John Sunday, a self-important officer with the Health and Safety Board, has ruled that the traditional tree on top of the church is a public menace; that lampposts are unsafe for hanging illuminations; that May Dimwoody’s homemade toys are dangerous for children… Things have reached such a desperate pass that the Carsely Ladies’ Society joins forces with the ladies in the neighboring village of Odley Cruesis to try to put a stop to Mr. Sunday’s meddling—only to find that someone has literally put a stop to him with a kitchen knife.
Breakdown
by Jonathan Kellerman
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware meets beautiful and emotionally fragile TV actress Zelda Chase when called upon to evaluate her five-year-old son, Ovid. Years later, Alex is unexpectedly reunited with Zelda when she is involuntarily committed after a bizarre psychotic episode. Shortly after Zelda’s release, an already sad situation turns tragic when she is discovered dead on the grounds of a palatial Bel Air estate. Having experienced more than enough of L.A.’s dark side to recognize the scent of evil, Alex turns to his friend LAPD Lieutenant Milo Sturgis for help in finding out who ended Zelda’s broken life.
Eye of the Needle
by Ken Follett
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
His code name was “The Needle.” He was a German aristocrat of extraordinary intelligence – a master spy with a legacy of violence in his blood, and the object of the most desperate manhunt in history. . . .
But his fate lay in the hands of a young and vulnerable English woman, whose loyalty, if swayed, would assure his freedom – and win the war for the Nazis. . . .
The Mistaken
by M. J. Arlidge, Lisa Hall
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
In this family, everyone is telling lies.
Pete never wanted another child. Before baby Erin was born, they were happy. If Natalie hadn’t got pregnant, he would never have done what he did.
Natalie knows things have been difficult since the surprise arrival of Erin. Life with Pete and their two other children – Emily and Zadie – has been balancing on a knife-edge…
Dark as Night
by Lilja Sigurdardóttir, Lorenza Garcia
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
When Áróra receives a call telling her that a child she’s never met is claiming to be her missing sister reincarnated, she is devastated … as ridiculous as the allegations might seem. For three years she has been searching for her sister without finding a single clue, and now this strange child seems to have new information.
On the same day, Icelandic detective Daníel returns home to find a note from his tenant, drag queen Lady Gúgúlú, giving notice on her flat and explaining that she has to leave the country. Daníel is immediately suspicious, and when three threatening men appear, looking for Lady, it’s clear to him that something is very wrong…
The Phoenix and the Firefighter
by Amada Hernandez
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Some people set fires with matches. Brody Mitchell does it with his hands… and his mouth.
I chase arsonists for a living. Three years as Lawrence’s fire investigator, I follow the evidence and keep my heart under lock and key. But the latest fires are personal—Latino-owned businesses reduced to ash.
Enter Fire Lieutenant Brody Mitchell. Rugged, gorgeous, infuriating… and now my partner. He’s stubborn,wounded, protective, and argues with me like it’s foreplay.
Brody doesn’t just ignite my body—he sets my soul on fire. He’s breaking down my defensive walls, making me want things I swore I’d never risk. I can see my future tangled up with his.
Experimental Film
by Gemma Files
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Former film teacher Lois Cairns is struggling to raise her autistic son while freelancing as a critic when, at a screening, she happens upon a sampled piece of silver nitrate silent footage. She is able to connect it to the early work of Mrs. Iris Dunlopp Whitcomb, the spiritualist and collector of fairy tales who mysteriously disappeared from a train compartment in 1918.
Hoping to make her own mark on the film world, Lois embarks on a project to prove that Whitcomb was Canada’s first female filmmaker. But her research takes her down a path not of darkness but of light—the blinding and searing light of a fairy tale made flesh, a noontime demon who demands that duty must be paid. As Lois discovers terrifying parallels between her own life and that of Mrs. Whitcomb, she begins to fear not just for herself, but for those closest to her heart.
American Heroes
by James Patterson, Matt Eversmann
Kindle $4.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
In this instant #1 national bestseller from the authors of Walk in My Combat Boots, “American Heroes is a gripping collection of firsthand accounts…capturing the indomitable spirit of our nation’s finest”
U.S. soldiers who served in overseas conflicts—from World War II, Korea, and Vietnam to Iraq and Afghanistan—share true stories of the actions that earned them some of America’s most distinguished military medals, up to and including the Medal of Honor.
Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
Deadly Delivery
by Hope Callaghan
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Fall is the theme on board the Siren of the Seas after Andy wagers with a rival cruise director from another ship. It’s all fun and games until somebody turns up dead.
It’s all hands on deck as Andy and his entertainment staff jump through hoops to ensure they win the bet. But it’s not all fun and games when a crew member dies, and to make matters worse it’s Danielle’s new cabin mate.
The woman’s death is suspicious, and when an intruder sneaks into Danielle’s cabin, Millie fears for her friend’s safety. After discovering that the crew member had been receiving mysterious packages, Millie is convinced they hold the key to solving the case.
Let’s Play Dead
by Elena Frost
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Don’t speak. Don’t move. Don’t even breathe.
After a whirlwind romance, widow Lisa thinks she’s found her perfect match in senior policeman Alex. He’s everything she needs—a devoted husband and caring stepfather to her daughter Bella.
And, like Lisa, he knows what it is to lose someone precious. Alex suffered his own bereavement when his previous partner, Polly, passed away.
But is he really Mr. Right?
Child of a Swan
by David Burnett
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Rejecting her father’s master plan for her life, sixteen-year old Alyssia Barrett faces the world alone. Lyssa, it is your destiny.
Her father did not use those exact words, but he might as well have. Lyssa Barrett was born into a family of writers.
Few authors have landed more titles on national bestseller lists than has her father. Her oldest brother walks in his father’s footsteps, her second brother is a published poet, and the third a Broadway playwright. The four men, the “Barrett Band,” as they are called, are a force in American literary circles, the “first family of American letters.” And Lyssa is meant to join them.
The Darkest Evening of the Year
by Dean Koontz
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Dean Koontz’s The City.
With each of his #1 New York Times bestsellers, Dean Koontz has displayed an unparalleled ability to entertain and enlighten readers with novels that capture the essence of our times even as they bring us to the edge of our seats. Now he delivers a heart-gripping tour de force he’s been waiting years to write, at once a love story, a thrilling adventure, and a masterwork of suspense that redefines the boundaries of primal fear—and of enduring devotion.
The Light They Tried To Kill
by T.K. Chapin
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
They silenced the witness. Now they’re coming for the reporter who found the light.
Reporter John Quinby doesn’t chase hope – he chases headlines. But when a high-profile “suicide” doesn’t add up, his search for answers uncovers a secret that powerful enemies will do anything to keep buried.
The deeper he digs, the more dangerous it gets – and the more it forces him to confront the one thing he’s spent his life avoiding: the truth about God.
The Light They Tried to Kill is a fast-paced Christian mystery-thriller about faith under fire, the cost of truth, and the power of a light that darkness can’t overcome.
Now You See Me
by Leah Cupps
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Whitley isn’t afraid of anything. Except her husband.
Whitley Crossland dreams of a better life while working her humdrum job in a shoe store.
And her prayers are answered when she meets Roman. Charming, seductive, wealthy, he seems like her perfect man.
After a whirlwind romance, they marry, and Whitley settles down to enjoy her wonderful new life.
But there’s a problem – Roman is not who he pretends to be. And as his carefully constructed façade begins to crumble, Whitley realizes she is living with a stranger, a man she soon learns to fear.
Fevre Dream
by George R. R. Martin
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Abner Marsh, a struggling riverboat captain, suspects that something’s amiss when he is approached by a wealthy aristocrat with a lucrative offer. The hauntingly pale, steely-eyed Joshua York doesn’t care that the icy winter of 1857 has wiped out all but one of Marsh’s dilapidated fleet; nor does he care that he won’t earn back his investment in a decade. York’s reasons for traversing the powerful Mississippi are to be none of Marsh’s concern – no matter how bizarre, arbitrary, or capricious York’s actions may prove. Not until the maiden voyage of Fevre Dream does Marsh realize that he has joined a mission both more sinister, and perhaps more noble, than his most fantastic nightmare – and humankind’s most impossible dream.
The Winter People
by Jennifer McMahon
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
West Hall, Vermont, has always been a town of strange disappearances and old legends. The most mysterious is that of Sara Harrison Shea, who, in 1908, was found dead in the field behind her house just months after the tragic death of her daughter.
Now, in present day, nineteen-year-old Ruthie lives in Sara’s farmhouse with her mother, Alice, and her younger sister. Alice has always insisted that they live off the grid, a decision that has weighty consequences when Ruthie wakes up one morning to find that Alice has vanished…
Rancher Wolves
by Serena Meadows
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
If you love reading about wolf-shifters that are strong enough to save their mates from trouble, then you’ve come to the right place. These men will get themselves into trouble, get fake married, even get their mates pregnant. But can they fight off all danger to finally find love?