Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
April Fool Dead
by Carolyn Hart
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Someone is playing a rather nasty April Fool’s prank on mystery bookstore owner Annie Darling. A felonious forger on the idyllic — if rarely tranquil — South Carolina island of Broward’s Rock has made it appear as if Annie is accusing some of her neighbors of murder. In the wink of a bloodshot eye, the Darling name is mud . . . and then the Broward’s Rock body count starts mysteriously increasing. And now it’s up to Annie to follow the well-hidden trail of the vicious trickster — or a secret slayer’s next lethal “joke” may very well be on her!
Beyond Mercenary Complete Series Boxed Set
by M Guida, Michael Anderle
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
We thought we knew the drill – stake ’em, salt ’em, save the day. That was until we met our newest nightmare: vampires, or so we thought, leaving nothing but skeletons in their wake. These creatures, they’re playing by rules we’ve never seen, and we’re in way over our heads.
Grab this complete series boxed set and dive into a chilling new tale, where supernatural hunters Sawyer and Damon Grant face a sinister force that defies everything they know.
The Palm Beach Murder
by Marion Collins
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
It was the perfect marriage between a Florida millionaire and an Atlanta socialite—until a hitman came between them. From the author of Without a Trace.
For thirty-three-year-old millionaire James Sullivan, sweeping Lita McClinton off her feet was easy. But when the reckless social climber and adulterer turned marriage in their Palm Beach mansion into a luxurious hell, the beautiful Georgia debutante wanted out—and half of her husband’s fortune to take with her.
Then in 1987, a hitman unloaded three bullets into Lita’s head…
Kachina Doll Murders
by Stephanie Parker McKean
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
When she goes to pay her bill at a bed and breakfast she’s stayed at for 3 days, Jordan finds the owner murdered and becomes the chief suspect, because she was the only guest the previous night. The suspicion only gets worse when the woman’s strange will leaves the property to her, a total stranger.
Jordan prides herself in being tough, but having fled the cool, piney woods of Georgia for the hostile Arizona desert to escape her jealous ex-husband, Jordan finds herself in alien surroundings that tax her to the max. Eerily surrounded by a legion of Native American kachina dolls, and both two-legged and four-legged strangers, she is thrust into a mystery that doesn’t end with the first murder.
Split Second
by Catherine Coulter
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
A serial killer is on the loose, and it’s up to FBI agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock to bring him down. They soon discover that the killer has blood ties to an infamous and now long-dead monster. Savich and Sherlock are joined by agents Lucy Carlyle and Cooper McKnight, and the chase is on.
At the same time, Agent Carlyle learns from her dying father that her grandfather didn’t simply walk away from his family twenty-two years ago: he was, in fact, murdered by his wife, Lucy’s grandmother…
This Scorched Earth
by William Gear
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
An amazing tour de force depicting a family’s journey from devastation to rebirth following the American Civil War, from New York Times bestselling author William Gear.
The Hancocks of Arkansas were true American pioneers: tough, enterprising, eager to make their own destinies.
Then came the Civil War, the deadly, murderous conflict that sundered the bonds between brothers, destroyed most of a generation, and cast the Hancocks to the winds…
A Stranger Is Watching
by Mary Higgins Clark
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Ronald Thompson knows he never killed Nina Peterson—yet in two days the state of Connecticut will take his life, having found him guilty via due process of law. But Thompson’s death will not stop the pain and anger of Nina’s husband, Steve. Thompson’s death will not still the fears of Nina’s six-year-old son, Neil, witness to his mother’s brutal slaying. Not even the love and friendship of Sharon Martin, a journalist who is slowly becoming a part of their world, will ever erase their bitter memories…
A Place Called Freedom
by Ken Follett
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Scotland, 1766. Sentenced to a life of misery in the brutal coal mines, twenty-one-year-old Mack McAsh hungers for escape. His only ally: the beautiful, highborn Lizzie Hallim, who is trapped in her own kind of hell. Though separated by politics and position, these two restless young people are bound by their passionate search for a place called freedom.
From the teeming streets of London to the infernal hold of a slave ship to a sprawling Virginia plantation, Ken Follett’s turbulent, unforgettable novel of liberty and revolution brings together a vivid cast of heroes and villains, lovers and rebels, hypocrites and hell-raisers—all propelled by destiny toward an epic struggle that will change their lives forever.
Strangers in Time
by David Baldacci
Kindle $7.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Fourteen-year-old Charlie Matters is up to no good, but for a very good reason. Without parents, peerage, or merit, he steals what he needs, living day-to-day until he’s old enough to enlist to fight the Germans. After barely surviving the Blitz, Charlie knows there’s no telling when a falling bomb might end his life.
Fifteen-year-old Molly Wakefield has just returned to a nearly unrecognizable London. One of millions of children to have been evacuated to the countryside Molly has been away from her home for nearly five years. Her return, however, is not the homecoming she’d hoped for as she’s confronted by a devastating reality: neither of her parents are there.
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
Murder Comes First
by Frances Lockridge, Richard Lockridge
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
When an old widow is murdered, Mr. and Mrs. North work to prove a trio of aunts innocent of the crime
Jerry and Pamela North have tangled with countless murderers, blackmailers, and thieves, but nothing could prepare them for a weekend with Pamela’s aunts. Thelma, Lucinda, and Pennina sweep into town like hurricanes, and take no notice of the destruction they cause. No amount of martinis can soothe Pamela and Jerry’s rattled nerves, and when the martinis stop working, the Norths are in trouble…
The St. Zita Society
by Ruth Rendell
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 3.7 #ad
*Includes an excerpt of Rendell’s final novel, Dark Corners *
Life on Hexam Place appears orderly on the outside: drivers take their employers to and from work, dogs are walked, flowers are planted in gardens. But beneath this tranquil veneer, this quintessentially London world of servants and their masters is set to combust. Henry, the handsome valet to Lord Studley, is sleeping with both the Lord’s wife and his university-age daughter. Montserrat, the Still family’s lazy au pair, assists Mrs. Still in keeping secret her illicit affair with a television actor—in exchange for pocket cash…
Lost Horizon
by James Hilton
Kindle $0.49 Rating: 4.4 #ad
A Journey to Shangri-La
The story follows Hugh Conway, a British diplomat, who, along with a group of travelers, is stranded in the mystical paradise of Shangri-La after a plane crash. As Conway learns more about this secluded utopia and its enigmatic leader, he is faced with profound questions about life, purpose, and the nature of happiness. Is Shangri-La a sanctuary or a seductive illusion?
Unfinished Business
by J.A. Jance
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
In this heart-pounding and sharply written thriller from J.A. Jance, the “grand master of the genre” (The Providence Journal), Ali Reynolds’s personal life is thrown into turmoil just as two men show up on the scene—a former employee of her husband’s who has just been released from prison and a serial killer who sets his sights a little too close to home.
Mateo Vega, a one-time employee of Ali Reynold’s husband, B. Simpson, has spent the last sixteen years of his life behind bars. According to the courts, he murdered his girlfriend. But Mateo knows that her real killer is still on the loose, and the first thing he’s going to do when he gets a taste of freedom is track him down.
Love and Music
by Patricia Ryan
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
What would you give up to follow your dream?
Leonora has set her sights on a career on the international stage. In pursuit of her dream, she arrives in the romantic city of Munich to study with renowned voice teacher Maestro Roberto Mazzone. Encouraged by the Maestro’s vision of her as a future Madam Butterfly, she begins to follow the path he lays out for her. And then she meets handsome tenor Walter Saville, and falls in love. With conflicting loyalties to the Maestro and Walter, Leonora struggles to stay true to her dream. When Walter forces her to choose between them, she faces a heart-breaking decision…
Squall
by Sean Costello
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
Bush pilot Tom Stokes is about to face the worst day of his life. On a clear winter morning, he sets out to do some repairs on a remote hunt camp, leaving his five-year-old son and very pregnant wife snug in their beds.
On the return trip, a squall forces him into an emergency landing and he winds up—quite literally—in the lap of petty criminal Dale Knight. Dale, now a fugitive from the law—and worse, from a merciless drug lord who just happens to be his brother—draws Tom into a web of mayhem and treachery that puts not only his life at risk, but the lives of his wife, son . . . and unborn child.
The Early Works of Agatha Christie
by Agatha Christie
Kindle $0.09 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Discover the origins of the world’s best-loved crime writer in The Early Works of Agatha Christie, a compelling collection that showcases the novels that ignited a literary revolution.
These early novels reveal Agatha Christie’s mastery of misdirection, her deep understanding of human nature, and the ingenuity that would come to define modern detective fiction. A must-read for new fans and longtime admirers alike.
Far Away Home
by Susan Denning
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
In post-Civil War New York City, sixteen-year-old Aislynn Denehy cannot find a job, she has no place to live and no family to help her. Some might think this is a problem; Aislynn believes it is an opportunity, but she has a lot to learn.
No formulaic romance, this well-researched love story depicts life as it truly was for the thousands of women who went west reaching for a new life. Aislynn’s journey begins in a New York City tenement and leads her across the frontier to a Utah mining camp where she must cope with the three very different men in her life: smart, solicitous Tim, good-natured, good-guy Johnny and the intense but intriguing Liam Moran. Life in the roughshod camp brings small joys and devastating losses…
Never Flinch
by Stephen King
Kindle $16.99 Rating: BRAND NEW RELEASE #ad
From master storyteller Stephen King comes an extraordinary new novel with intertwining storylines—one about a killer on a diabolical revenge mission, and another about a vigilante targeting a feminist celebrity speaker—featuring the beloved Holly Gibney and a dynamic new cast of characters.
When the Buckeye City Police Department receives a disturbing letter from a person threatening to “kill thirteen innocents and one guilty” in “an act of atonement for the needless death of an innocent man,” Detective Izzy Jaynes has no idea what to think. Are fourteen citizens about to be slaughtered in an unhinged act of retribution? As the investigation unfolds, Izzy realizes that the letter writer is deadly serious, and she turns to her friend Holly Gibney for help.