Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
The Skull Beneath the Skin
by P.D. James
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Actress Clarissa Lisle has always been famous for her ravishing beauty—and her unscrupulous manipulations. Now on the death-shrouded island of Courcy, her schemes win her a starring role in a nightmare in which she can trust no one—not her deceived husband; her dangerously insecure stepson; her ominously genial host; her dependent, desperate cousin; or her cruelly amusing ex-lover. Soon Detective Cordelia gray finds that nothing is as it seems on Courcy—especially after the curtain goes down. Here she must delve into ancient secrets and guilt-stained pasts—and risk her life to stop a brilliantly cunning murderer who has set the stage for her death.
OFF GRID
by J. P. Redding
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
In the wake of a global calamity, the economy collapses. The Feds respond by wielding every power of the Welfare State to control the populace. A key tool is PivPal, an indispensable smartphone used to track citizens. As civil liberties crumble, resistance is relegated to flyover country whose residents—derided as off-gridders—cling to the time-honored virtues of freedom, self-reliance, and charity. Against this backdrop, Jenny Hernandez struggles to keep her rural church community nourished and safe. Hiding from the Feds, a team of inventors, and Jenny’s ex, arrive to complete the amazing plasma drive. They bring hope, but also the watchful eye of Big Brother. With the authorities closing in, local law enforcement must choose sides…
Best Kept Secrets
by Sandra Brown
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Lawyer Alexandra Gaither revisits the three men who were with her mother the night she died twenty-five years ago. None of their charms can stop Alex’s determined search for the truth–she’s not leaving without one of them being arrested and convicted.
When Alex’s investigation uncovers decades-old intrigues, someone decides she must be stopped. Now, with a one-month deadline to either wrap up the case or drop it for good, Alex must work diligently to catch her mother’s killer–and find a way to stay alive.
Four Steps Missed
by Luana Ehrlich
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
CIA covert operative Titus Ray is used to keeping secrets. This time, it’s different.
This time, he’s keeping secrets from his boss, his handler, and his wife.
Operation False Flag is the secret Titus is keeping from his boss . . . While his boss, Deputy Director of Operations, Robert Ira, would ordinarily be aware of any operation being run out of the Agency, this mission concerns the DDO himself, a mission that could cost him his job.
The whistleblower behind the operation is the secret Titus is keeping from his handler . . . Even though his handler, Douglas Carlton, has been tasked with directing Operation False Flag, he has no idea Titus knows the identity of the whistleblower who gave the Inspector General the files that set the operation in motion.
The operation itself is the secret Titus is keeping from his wife . . .
Deep Water
by Paul Heatley
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
When you can’t trust the law, you make your own.
Former black ops specialist Tom Rollins is trying to live a quiet life in Newark when his friend Dennis witnesses a brutal crime. Reporting it to the police only puts them in greater danger – the lead detective is in the pocket of a powerful and ruthless family – The Penneys.
They have money, influence, and a deadly secret tied to their pharmaceutical empire – and they’ll kill to protect it.
Now Tom, Dennis and Tom’s girlfriend are on the run, with no one to trust and nowhere to hide. Outnumbered and outgunned, Tom must rely on every lethal skill he has to keep them alive – and to take the Penneys down, no matter the cost.
Savage Run
by C. J. Box
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett uncovers a conspiracy in this explosive novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.
When a massive blast rocks the forests of Twelve Sleep County, Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett is called to the scene to help investigate the death of a colorful environmental activist. The case is wrapped up quickly, explained as an environmental publicity stunt gone wrong, but Joe isn’t convinced. He soon discovers clues that suggest a deadly conspiracy–one that will test his courage, his survival skills, and his determination to “do the right thing” despite all costs.
Read Between the Crimes
by Annalisa Russo
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Chicago 1927. Can love blossom when you meet over a dead body?
Against her affluent family’s wishes, Elise MacMillan leaves her privileged life, and finally lands a paying job as a stenographer. She and her two new friends—a budding actress and a British writer of penny dreadfuls—find a decent place to live with her recluse uncle and madcap scientist, Archibald Lemon, in his sprawling mansion. Her life is the frog’s eyebrows now, but unfortunately, Elise ends up in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Widower and CPD detective, Luca Cipriano, has his hands full of family responsibilities and doesn’t need an alluring female and her two friends digging into his baffling new case. But there is one little problem to his growing attraction…Elise MacMillan is one of his primary suspects.
Deep Black: Dark Zone
by Stephen Coonts, Jim DeFelice
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
A missing A-bomb and a terrorist threat ignite a global crisis in the New York Times–bestselling author’s technothriller.
In a secluded headquarters on the other side of the globe, terrorists plan to set-off an underwater explosion of such hellish force that it could shift the very foundation of the earth’s surface. Envisioning world-wide disaster, the terrorists call it God’s Revenge.
A nuclear warhead has gone missing. Small in size, it packs up to ten times the kilotons that exploded over Hiroshima. It’s now in the wrong hands, ready to detonate a world war of unfathomable proportions.
Dog Logic
by Tom Strelich
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
“I laughed my tail off right up to the very last page, which I read in a local cemetery for just the right ambience. Hats off to you Tom Strelich.” –Tom McCaffrey, author of The Claire Saga
That dystopian future they always warned us about? It turns out we’re already in it.
Hertell Daggett isn’t what he used to be-he’d once been married, he’d once been a physicist, and he’d once been shot in the head. The doctors got the bullet out, but a few tiny specks of copper stayed behind, floating inside his brain, connecting parts that aren’t connected in the rest of us, filaments of species memory going back to the beginning of time. He remembers the yodeling sound of dinosaurs and the rubbery smell of trilobites…
Shifter Wolves of Pleasant Valley Collection
by Serena Meadows
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
A small Texas town is bursting with secrets, deceptions…and forbidden relationships with the enemy. When a wolf shifter sets eyes on his one and only–there’s no turning back. He’ll do anything to protect the woman that brings him to his knees. Book 1: Moving to a new town and falling for the enemy was not my plan. My dangerous ex led me to Pleasant Valley. One that I needed protection from. Little did I know that my wolf shifter enemy would be the one to save my life… CLICK above to read more!
Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
Millie’s Cruise Ship Cozy Mystery Box Set
by Hope Callaghan
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Treat yourself to this deluxe box set featuring the first 10 novels from bestselling author Hope Callaghan’s Cruise Ship Cozy Mystery series!
Discover why so many fans love Millie’s Cruise Ship Mysteries with thousands of four and five Star Reviews on Amazon and Goodreads! If you like clean, fun-filled cozy mysteries that keep you guessing until the end, you’ll love Millie’s Cruise Ship Mystery Series!
BONUS: RECIPES INCLUDED!
Burden of Proof
by Stephen Penner
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Some people would kill for a fresh start.
Seattle attorney Daniel Raine is going through some tough life changes; he’s getting divorced, and his law partner is leaving him to become a judge. If Raine can’t find a way to stay afloat, he’ll be practicing law out of his car.
Then, the perfect opportunity – a rich socialite called Abigail Willoughby arrives at his door, wanting to divorce her even richer husband.
Raine is thrilled to take the case but gets more than he bargained for when he is forced into an unlikely alliance with high-powered realtor Rebecca Sommers who has her own motives for wanting to get close to his rich client.
Later
by Stephen King
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
SOMETIMES GROWING UP
MEANS FACING YOUR DEMONS
The son of a struggling single mother, Jamie Conklin just wants an ordinary childhood. But Jamie is no ordinary child. Born with an unnatural ability his mom urges him to keep secret, Jamie can see what no one else can see and learn what no one else can learn. But the cost of using this ability is higher than Jamie can imagine – as he discovers when an NYPD detective draws him into the pursuit of a killer who has threatened to strike from beyond the grave.
She’s My Sister Complete Box Set
by Jacie Middlemann
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
The Hendricks family has long known that it’s wise to be careful what you wish for…dark family secrets have a way of finding their way to the light. Unfortunately, enemies usually aren’t too far behind.
Grace had never been more terrified…the pain was relentless. Nothing in her life prepared her for this. She desperately needed somewhere safe…someplace she could hide. Someone she could trust with her life. It was dark…and getting darker.
The Dark Wives
by Ann Cleeves
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
The man’s body is found in the early morning light by a local dog walker in the park outside Rosebank, a home for troubled teens in the coastal village of Longwater. The victim is Josh, a staff member, who was due to work the previous night but never showed up.
DI Vera Stanhope is called out to investigate the death, with her only clue being the disappearance of one of the home’s residents, fourteen-year-old Chloe Spence. Vera can’t bring herself to believe that a teenager is responsible for the murder, but even she can’t dismiss the possibility.
The Haunting of Myvern Manor
by Amy Cross
Kindle $0.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
A haunted manor. A fractured team. A past that won’t stay buried.
After months away, Rose Radcliffe returns to England – only to find that everything has changed. The tragic death of Alicia has driven a wedge between Rebecca and Jonathan, shattering their marriage and scattering the team.
But when Rose hears whispers of a chilling presence haunting a remote estate, she sees a chance for redemption – and reunion. She convinces Rebecca and Jonathan to join her on one more investigation, alongside their trusted ally, Father Rashford.
Bloodline
by Mark Billingham
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
The children of murder victims are targeted by a copycat killer in this detective thriller by “the new-wave leader of crime fiction” (Lee Child).
Detective Tom Thorne specializes in solving the London Police Department’s most difficult murder cases. When he’s called into what seems like an ordinary domestic crime scene, he thinks he’s caught a break. A woman has been murdered by someone she knows. Thorne plans to question the husband, arrest him, and get back to his own deteriorating personal life. But something doesn’t fit . . .
A sliver of X-ray was found in the victim’s fist. When bits of the same X-Ray are found at other crime scenes around the city, Thorne realizes he has a grisly puzzle to solve…
A Dangerous Collaboration
by Deanna Raybourn
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Lured by the promise of a rare and elusive butterfly, the intrepid Veronica Speedwell is persuaded by Lord Templeton-Vane, the brother of her colleague Stoker, to pose as his fiancée at a house party on a Cornish isle owned by his oldest friend, Malcolm Romilly.
But Veronica soon learns that one question hangs over the party: What happened to Rosamund? Three years ago, Malcolm Romilly’s bride vanished on their wedding day, and no trace of her has ever been found. Now those who were closest to her have gathered, each a possible suspect in her disappearance.
Confessions of a Funeral Director
by Caleb Wilde
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
We are a people who deeply fear death. While humans are biologically wired to evade death for as long as possible, we have become too adept at hiding from it, vilifying it, and—when it can be avoided no longer—letting the professionals take over.
Sixth-generation funeral director Caleb Wilde understands this reticence and fear. He had planned to get as far away from the family business as possible. He wanted to make a difference in the world, and how could he do that if all the people he worked with were . . . dead? Slowly, he discovered that caring for the deceased and their loved ones was making a difference—in other people’s lives to be sure, but it also seemed to be saving his own…