Friday’s Mystery eBooks
Indelible
by Karin Slaughter
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Two armed men enter the police station in tiny Heartsdale, Georgia, and open fire. When the shooting stops, an officer is dead, Police Chief Jeffrey Tolliver is seriously wounded, and the survivors – including a class of grade-school children and medical examiner Sara Linton – are held hostage. In a tense standoff that could erupt at any moment into more bloodletting – with her ex-husband on the threshold of death – Sara must search for answers and an escape in the memories of a time at the start of their relationship when another brutal, shocking crime shattered their small-town world…
The Complete Paris Beaufont Collection
by Sarah Noffke, Michael Anderle
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Happily Ever After College has been churning out fairy godmothers for centuries.But they never had a student like Paris Beaufont.
And Paris is going to change not only Happily Ever After College, but the Fairy Godmother Agency forever.
Binge read two complete series -all eighteen novels with this boxed set. More than 5,000 pages and more than 1,000,000 words await you. Grab The Complete Paris Beaufont Collection today!
All the Rage
by F. Paul Wilson
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Can you imagine a new chemical compound that heightens your assertiveness, opening the door to your primal self and giving you a physical and mental edge wherever you compete? The non-addictive designer drug Berserk promises just that. It gives you a God-like feeling of supremacy . . . and releases uncontrollable rage that could turn you into a killer . . .
Jack finds himself fighting the criminal forces behind Berserk. After combing New York City’s criminal underworld, Jack realizes that the drug comes from a most surprising source . . . a source that may have deadly effects on Jack’s life and the lives of those he cares most about . . .
I Heard That Song Before
by Mary Higgins Clark
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
In a riveting psychological thriller, Queen of Suspense Mary Higgins Clark takes you deep into the mysteries of the human mind, where memories may be the most dangerous things of all.
Kay Lansing, who has grown up in Englewood, New Jersey, is the daughter of the landscaper to the wealthy and powerful Carrington family. Their mansion—a historic 17th-century manor house transported stone by stone from Wales in 1848—has a hidden chapel. One day, accompanying her father to work, six-year-old Kay succumbs to curiosity and sneaks into the chapel. There, she overhears a quarrel between a man and a woman who is demanding money from him. When she says that this will be the last time, his caustic response is: “I heard that song before.”
Proof
by Fern Michaels
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Sometimes, two very different pieces of furniture just pair perfectly together. Brother and sister Cullen and Luna Bodman work much the same way. While practical-minded Cullen Bodman focuses on their family’s antiques restoration business, his sister Luna’s next-door Namaste Café brings in new clientele. As a thank you to his sister, Cullen retrieves Luna’s childhood dresser from storage and refinishes it. A delighted Luna rummages through the drawers and discovers a shoebox full of mementos of her friend Brendan, reviving memories of love and a broken heart. But a flurry of emails and texts leads to a very brief death notice: Born. Died. Nothing else.
Lullaby
by Claire Seeber
Kindle $0.50 Rating: 4.0 #ad
A chilling debut from a bright new talent— a masterful psychological thriller to delight fans of Nicci French and Minette Walters
It’s every mother’s nightmare…One minute Jess Finnegan is strolling through the Tate Museum with her new husband Mickey and their 8-month old son. The next she is frantically searching for them—both have completely disappeared. As the police launch a massive manhunt, Jess discovers that the people closest to you are not always what they seem.
Presumed Guilty
by Tess Gerritsen
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Miranda Wood thinks she has seen the last of Richard Tremain, her rich and married ex-lover—until she discovers him stabbed to death in her bed. With her knife.
Miranda is the obvious suspect, and she looks even guiltier when her bail is posted by an anonymous donor. Was this an act of kindness designed to buy her time to clear her name? Or is someone trying to manipulate Miranda and draw her into the dark and secret world of a murdered man, where everybody’s presumed guilty?
The Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination
by Multiple Authors
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
Typically, we see these villains through the eyes of good guys. This anthology, The Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination, however, explores the world of mad scientists and evil geniuses—from their own wonderfully twisted point of view.
An all-star roster of bestselling authors—including Diana Gabaldon, Daniel Wilson, Austin Grossman, Naomi Novik, and Seanan McGuire . . . twenty-two great storytellers all told—have produced a fabulous assortment of stories guaranteed to provide readers with hour after hour of high-octane entertainment born of the most megalomaniacal mayhem imaginable.
Blackbird
by Betsy Thibaut Stephenson
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
Is grief on a dial or a switch? Both.
Over six short weeks in 2022, Betsy Thibaut Stephenson lost her son to suicide, mother-in-law to dementia, and family dog to cancer. Rather than succumb to grief’s darkness, Betsy chose to face her losses head-on, accepting grief as an uninvited yet permanent companion in her revised life.
Blackbird is a memoir composed in real time, a concise and brutally honest look at the emotional, physical, and spiritual impact of deep despair. By unflinchingly pulling back the curtain on fear and shame, Betsy’s story inspires important conversations about mental health, grief resilience, and creating a path toward healing.
Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
Boy’s Life
by Robert McCammon
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
A bizarre murder in an idyllic southern town propels a boy and his father into a world of evil in this World Fantasy Award–winning horror novel.
Small town boys see weird sights, and Zephyr has provided Cory Jay Mackenson with his fair share of oddities. He knows the bootleggers who lurk in the dark places outside of town. On moonless nights, he’s heard spirits congregate in the churchyard to reminisce about the good old days. He’s seen rain that flooded Main Street and left it crawling with snakes. Cory knows magic, and relishes it as only a young boy can…
The Way of the Bear
by Anne Hillerman
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Fossil harvesting, ancient lore, greed, rejected love and murder combine in this gripping new installment of New York Times bestselling author Anne Hillerman’s Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito series.
An unexpected death on a lonely road outside of Utah’s Bears Ears National Monument raises questions for Navajo Tribal Police officers Jim Chee and Bernadette Manuelito. Why would a seasoned outdoorsman and well-known paleontologist freeze to death within walking distance of his car? A second death brings more turmoil. Who is the unidentified man killed during a home invasion where nothing much seems to have been taken? Why was he murdered?
Boys Who Hurt
by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Fresh from maternity leave, Detective Elma finds herself confronted with a complex case, when a man is found murdered in a holiday cottage in the depths of the Icelandic countryside – the victim of a frenzied knife attack, with a shocking message scrawled on the wall above him.
At home with their baby daughter, Savar is finding it hard to let go of work, until the chance discovery in a discarded box provides him with a distraction. Could the diary of a young boy, detailing the events of a long-ago summer have a bearing on Elma’s case?
Betrayal
by Fern Michaels
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
In Fern Michaels’ dazzling new novel, a woman devastated by betrayal embarks on a daring quest for justice.
She Lost Everything . . . Kate and Alex Rocket are blessed with a wonderful marriage and a lovely home. Although Kate can’t have children, she and Alex look upon Sara and Emily, daughters of their good friends Don and Debbie Winter, as part of their family.
Except Hope . . .
Panacea
by F. Paul Wilson
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Two secret societies vie for control of the ultimate medical miracle in a thriller from the New York Times–bestselling author of The Hidden series.
Medical examiner Laura Fanning has two charred corpses and no answers. Both bear a mysterious tattoo but exhibit no known cause of death. Their only connection to one another is a string of puzzling miracle cures. Her preliminary investigation points to a cult in the possession of the fabled panacea—the substance that can cure all ills—but that’s impossible…
Beyond Eden
by Catherine Coulter
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
A heart-stopping story of romantic suspense from #1 New York Times bestselling author Catherine Coulter.
Lindsay Foxe is a successful model in New York, a woman who hides behind a new name to protect herself from a past of betrayal and treachery and a present that becomes fraught with danger. The product of old San Francisco wealth, the daughter of a man who despises her, her life is forever changed when she is brutally assaulted by her sister’s husband, and then rejected by her family.
Bride, Bullet, Blizzard
by James Leonard
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Here comes another western adventure of relentless action, obstacles and a touch of western romance
Hudson Noble came West to forget the war. But walking away from the past isn’t as easy as he thinks.
After leaving behind the carnage of the buffalo trade, he stakes a quiet claim in Colorado Territory—it’s his best shot at peace. That peace is short-lived.
Abigail McCall arrives on the last stage before snowfall, a mail-order bride with no groom. Her intended dropped dead before she ever stepped off the coach. With no family, no prospects, and winter closing in, she accepts Hudson’s offer: room and board in exchange for honest work on his homestead. Neither of them expects more.
Guardian: An Angel Story
by Dennis Higgins
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Robby’s guardian angel, Charmeine was born in Heaven just prior to her charge. His special Angel of Harmony came to the earthly plane to watch over him all the days of his centenarian life—and beyond. From childhood through the Great Depression and as a soldier during World War II, to his life as a St. Louis police officer, Charmeine was by his side. She guided him against a temptress demon and was with him through two remarkable women during his long life.
True Hospitality
by Jamie Cooperstein
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
“Everything points back to the uniformed girl at the podium in the lobby of the Rittenhouse.”
At twenty-two Jamie Cooperstein dreamed of becoming a successful sports journalist. She never expected that putting on a concierge uniform and stepping into the lobby of the Five Diamond-rated Rittenhouse Hotel would lead to anything more than a paycheck.
Written with wit and humor, True Hospitality is a story of finding an unexpected calling behind the concierge desk. Through personal anecdotes of outlandish guest requests, lavish weddings and parties, celebrity stays, and smoke-filled lobbies, Cooperstein takes an honest look at the true meaning of hospitality and how it came to define her.