Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
Murder Is No Picnic
by Amy Pershing
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
When a celebrity chef is found dead, Samantha Barnes, the “Cape Cod Foodie”, finds her search for the world’s best blueberry buckle turning into a search for a killer
The Fourth of July is coming, and for professional food lover Samantha Barnes, it’s all about the picnic. Okay, and the fireworks. And the parade. But mostly the picnic. What could be better than a DIY clambake followed by the best blueberry buckle in the world? Sam has finally found the perfect recipe in the kitchen of Clara Foster, famed cookbook author and retired restaurateur, and she’s thrilled when Clara agrees to a buckle baking lesson.
Cogs of Legend
by Chad Dulac
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
In a world powered by steam and ruled by corporations, one young woman’s discovery will ignite a revolution.
Alice is a gifted but underappreciated tinkerer working the rail lines of Terra. During an unexpected train malfunction, she uncovers a long-lost ancient artifact buried in a forgotten cave—a fire cog capable of creating heat and light – seemingly from nothing. Could it be tied to one of the seven primordial Cogs of Legend?
Worse, once the Steele Company learns of the cog’s abilities, they stop at nothing to take it from Alice…
The gears are turning. The spark has been lit. The legend begins.
The Next Grave
by Kendra Elliot
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
A Wall Street Journal bestselling series.
Following a murder and a woman’s sudden disappearance, investigations into old crimes and new collide in an alarming novel of suspense by a Wall Street Journal and Amazon Charts bestselling author.
Detective Evan Bolton is gutted by his latest investigation. His friend and mentor, retired detective Rod McLeod, has been murdered, his body left in the trunk of a junkyard car. When McLeod’s daughter and grandson abruptly vanish, Evan knows it’s not a coincidence. Search and rescue canine specialist Rowan Wolff agrees as she and her dog, Thor, track the missing family…
Blood Test
by Jonathan Kellerman
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
When child psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware is called in to evaluate a young cancer patient who then disappears, he must search for answers in this thrilling novel in the New York Times bestselling Alex Delaware series.
Dr. Alexander Delaware, a child psychologist in Los Angeles, is called in to evaluate the case of a leukemia patient whose parents want to discontinue chemotherapy. When the boy disappears from the hospital and his parents are found dead, the only leads are the boy’s sensual older sister and a holistic-meditative cult called The Touch. Delaware’s search for the child takes him to a small town near the Mexican border where he finally unearths the dark secrets kept by the boy’s family and the townspeople. He also uncovers drugs and group sex in the commune and survives a few harrowing attempts on his life.
Schooled in Murder
by Victoria Gilbert
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
A mystery writer must solve a real murder case before an innocent girl is condemned in this series debut from acclaimed author Victoria Gilbert, perfect for fans of Ellery Adams and Lorna Barrett.
Jennifer “Jen” Dalton is an author and educator at Clarion University in Virginia. She loves her job, but some of her petty coworkers look down on her for writing genre fiction. As members of the English department, they wish to encourage students to pursue higher literary aspirations. When a humiliating confrontation between an uppity professor and one of Jen’s students, Mia, escalates, no one thinks much of it. Until his dead body is found along with evidence incriminating Mia.
Zombie Bigfoot
by Nick Sullivan
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
That’s what Sarah’s father told her before his academic disgrace and untimely death. Now, primatologist Dr. Sarah Bishop is eager to restore her father’s good name. Survival show host Russ Cloud is just as eager to boost his plummeting ratings. They’ll both have a shot at redemption when they find themselves hired by eccentric billionaire Cameron Carson.
After a series of his publicity stunts end in spectacular failure, Carson has a plan to redeem his tarnished image: capture a live Sasquatch. Sarah and Russ join an expedition with an eclectic crew: an Afrikaner safari hunter, a washed up pro wrestling star, a Shoshone master tracker full of surprises, a heavily tattooed Russian warrior woman, a pair of wise-cracking nerds, and a cute gum-chewing intern with some hidden skills. Will they find Bigfoot? There’s something in the woods… but it’s not what they’re expecting.
The Girl In Cell A
by Vaseem Khan
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
THE WORLD KNOWS HER AS THE GIRL IN CELL A. Convicted of murder at seventeen, infamous killer and true crime celebrity Orianna Negi has always maintained her innocence.
BUT IF SHE DIDN’T KILL GIDEON WYCLERC… Orianna has a blind spot over that fateful day: she can’t remember what happened. Forensic psychologist Annie Ledet is tasked with unlocking the truth.
….THEN WHO DID?
Iron Widow
by William Black
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Widowed railroad heiress Beth Huntington must adapt or die.
A year ago, she didn’t see all this coming. Beth Huntington had lived a quiet life as the wife of a railroad magnate with her son, Tommy. Everything changes when her husband succumbed to yellow fever, and she becomes the heiress to his vast railroad empire.
Now, the widow must fend off attacks from her competitors and earn a place for herself in a man’s world.
Her enemies will stop at nothing to see her fail.
S is for Silence
by Sue Grafton
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
California private investigator Kinsey Millhone is hired to solve a decades-old cold case in this “undeniably entertaining” (Los Angeles Times) #1 New York Times bestseller from Sue Grafton.
Cases don’t get much colder than that of Violet Sullivan, who disappeared from her rural California town in 1953, leaving behind an abusive husband and a seven-year-old named Daisy. But PI Kinsey Millhone has promised the now adult Daisy she’ll try her best to locate Violet, dead or alive. All signs point to a runaway wife—the clothes that disappeared; the secret stash of money Violet bragged about; the brazen flirtations she indulged in with local men, including some married ones.
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
A Fatal Feast at Honeychurch Hall
by Hannah Dennison
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
A Safari Supper at the Hall is held in their honour, but trouble begins when, somewhere between the first course and dessert, one of the villagers goes missing and is later found drowned in the estate’s ornamental lake.
Rumours of foul play abound, given that competition is fierce to clinch a trophy at the upcoming Flower and Produce Festival, where sabotage had already come into play when someone released a herd of goats into the village allotments and one of the planned entries was eaten.
The Summer Guests
by Tess Gerritsen
Kindle $2.49 Rating: 4.5 #ad
When former spy Maggie Bird retired to the seaside hamlet of Purity, Maine, she settled in for a quiet life with breathtaking views. But enemies from her past soon threatened to destroy everything.
Maggie survived, thanks to her wits and the collective intelligence of the Martini Club, the circle of ex-CIA friends in her cocktail-sipping book club. Their handiwork, however, caught the attention of young police chief Jo Thibodeau. Now Jo and her neighborhood ex-spies have an uneasy alliance…
Murder Through the Looking-Glass
by Cathy A. Corn
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
NIGHT TERRORS. A VISITING GHOST. And a crystal clear vision of her past life self’s tragic end in the 1940’s. When Suzanne Westin and puppy Princess move into her dream home—a stately Victorian with secrets—the happily-ever-after she expects turns nightmarish and chilling instead.
DID SHE LIVE BEFORE in this same house as a Big Band singer? Are disturbing visions from her crystal ball true? Suzanne, a psychotherapist, learns that history will repeat itself—soon—unless she discovers who her murderer was back in time.
SUDDENLY, MEN MATERIALIZE OUT OF NOWHERE, seemingly attracted to her, including a dead ringer for the 1940’s boyfriend. The men’s attentions confuse her, for although she’d welcome romance, how can she trust anyone? The haunting visions and her knowing convince her that love’s a dangerous business just now.
The Grey Wolf
by Louise Penny
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
The 19th mystery in the #1 New York Times-bestselling Armand Gamache series.
Relentless phone calls interrupt the peace of a warm August morning in Three Pines. Though the tiny Québec village is impossible to find on any map, someone has managed to track down Armand Gamache, head of homicide at the Sûreté, as he sits with his wife in their back garden. Reine-Marie watches with increasing unease as her husband refuses to pick up, though he clearly knows who is on the other end. When he finally answers, his rage shatters the calm of their quiet Sunday morning.
Den of Iniquity
by J. A. Jance
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Former Seattle homicide cop J. P. Beaumont faces trouble in the small town of Ashland, as both his personal and professional lives are thrown into turmoil. Beau’s daughter and son-in-law are having marital troubles, and his grandson, a senior in high school, shows up on his doorstep, wanting to live with Beau and his wife Mel as he finishes out the school year.
Meanwhile, a friend from his past asks for Beau’s help in looking into what appears to be an accidental death. A young man died of a fentanyl overdose, but those closest to him are convinced that he would never have used the drug, and that something much more sinister has happened…
Gun Games
by Faye Kellerman
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
In Gun Games, the sensational Faye Kellerman once again showcases Peter Decker of the LAPD and Rina Lazarus, arguably the most popular husband and wife team in contemporary crime fiction. A rash of shocking adolescent suicides at an elite Los Angeles private school is at the heart of this gripping thriller that also focuses on the troubled teen Decker and Lazarus have brought into their home: Gabriel Whitman, the son of a psychopath…
Lucky Shot
by Frank Wheeler
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
A classic western novel from Frank Wheeler with non-stop epic adventure and a blend of western romance
U.S. Marshal Branson Pike has spent years bringing outlaws to justice. He knows how to stay calm in bad situations, and never lets anger take the reins. But his latest assignment might be the one that breaks him: escort a reckless young bounty hunter named Lucien “Lucky” Bones across the New Mexico Territory so he can testify against Clyde Ratton—an infamous outlaw with friends in high places and killers eager to shoot…
The Dr. Leng Trilogy
by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
BLOODLESS
On the evening of November 24, 1971, D. B. Cooper hijacked Flight 305 – Portland to Seattle – with a fake bomb, collected a ransom of $200,000, and then parachuted from the rear of the plane, disappearing into the night…and into history. Fifty years later, Agent Pendergast takes on a bizarre and gruesome case: in the ghost-haunted city of Savannah, Georgia, bodies are found with no blood left in their veins – sowing panic and reviving whispered tales of the infamous Savannah Vampire.