Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
The Price of Dirt
by Frank Wheeler
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
But he never expected to be a landowner. When a long-lost uncle leaves him an inheritance in Gideon’s Bluff, Deen sees a chance to go legit, start over, maybe even rebuild the broken bond with his estranged sister, Josie. But the land comes with enemies.
Vernon Briggs, a ruthless land baron, wants what Deen now owns. And he’s not the kind of man to ask twice. As Deen digs into his uncle’s past, he uncovers a web of fraud, murder, and betrayal.
Malice By Design
by Gary Birken
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
In a prestigious oncology hospital, a deadly new disease threatens children already fighting for survival. But with a cure as controversial as the cause, can a dedicated doctor balance ethics and research to save lives?
Dr. Jack Wyatt is renowned for solving the unsolvable. When a colleague approaches him about a dangerous new malady affecting only Leukemia patients at a prestigious oncology hospital, the mysterious case is too intriguing to pass up. So he and the brilliant Dr. Madison Shaw, a physician who shares not only his expertise but also his secrets, embark in a race against time to save the children as cases mount…
The Eye of God
by James Rollins
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
In The Eye of God, a Sigma Force novel, New York Times bestselling author James Rollins delivers an apocalyptic vision of a future predicted by the distant past.
In the wilds of Mongolia, a research satellite has crashed, triggering an explosive search for its valuable cargo: a code-black physics project connected to the study of dark energy–and a shocking image of the eastern seaboard of the United States in utter ruin.
At the Vatican, a package arrives containing two strange artifacts: a skull scrawled with ancient Aramaic and a tome bound in human skin. DNA evidence reveals that both came from the same body: the long dead Mongol king Genghis Khan.
Silver Fox & The Western Hero
by M.H. Johnson
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Cheating Death. Alex was willing to do whatever it took to beat the tumors overwhelming his body. Even if it meant being frozen alive. And if his cortex got uploaded into a digital universe filled with countless worlds to explore until a cure could be found for his cancer, all the better.
The last thing he expected was to wake up naked and alone in the bowels of an ancient ship filled with raiders carrying enough poison to kill an entire city!
Fear Thy Neighbor
by Fern Michaels
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
A thrilling new book from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of No Way Out, that fans of Nora Roberts and Rachel Caine won’t want to miss! One woman’s picture-perfect island sanctuary reveals itself to be filled with dangers in this exciting page-turner…
At twenty-nine, Alison Marshall is ready to find a place to call home. With no family and no ties, she’s drifted from one small Florida town to another since high school, working odd jobs, saving hard, and building a nest egg. Once she finds the right place to settle down, she’ll know. And when she reaches beautiful Palmetto Island, she thinks she may have found it.
INTERCEPTED
by Susanna Seigler-Haymond
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
A BROTHER’S REVENGE, A GIRL GONE MISSING, ONE CHANCE TO CHANGE FATE
Nora Milton believes her calling is to help lessen the suffering in a world filled with pain. While chasing that calling, she goes to Mexico to help finish the construction of an orphanage in Mexico and meets mission pilot Anthony Goldberg. A spark is kindled between them but it’s cut short when Nora finds herself kidnapped at gunpoint.
Desperate to save the woman his heart longs for, Anthony sets out on a search for Nora on his own. All too quickly he learns just how perilous leaving the compound can be and finds himself entrenched in the dangerous drug trade..
Born in Space
by Jeremy Clift
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
A LONE MOTHER’S DESPERATE STRUGGLE TO REUNITE WITH SEVEN CHILDREN, BORN IN A SPACE LAB
CAN TEAGAN WIN THE COSMIC CUSTODY BATTLE OF A LIFETIME?
When Teagan Ward donates her eggs to science, she never imagines that the consequences will ripple across the cosmos. As Earth crumbles under the weight of conflict and climate disaster, Teagan discovers that seven children, born from her donated eggs, are the centerpieces of a daring experiment to populate the stars. Determined to reunite with her children, she finds herself entangled in a web of greed, betrayal, and cosmic ambition.
Vengeance of the Vanished Ones
by Lee Orlich Bertram
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
“In Vengeance of the Vanished Ones, don’t miss this trip into Baja where mining interests and the need to preserve sacred rock paintings clash violently. Move over, Indiana Jones!” –Warren C. Easley, author of the Cal Claxton Mysteries
Discovering the meaning of the mysterious, ancient rock art of Baja has obsessed archaeologist Marcos Andersson for decades. While investigating the macabre death of Davis Pearce on site, Marcos suspects it’s connected to the rock art, but before he can prove it, he gets dragged into the spirit world where Davis languishes. He happens to meet psychiatrist-psychic Susan Cohen who guides Marcos to some understanding of the art as they explore more sites, pile up deaths, encounter vengeful spirits, and fall in love. It’s complicated by local schemes to profit off the mineral deposits accompanying the rock art sites and the secrets both Marcos and Susan keep from each other.
Stephen King’s The Dark Tower
by Robin Furth, Stephen King
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
The Complete Concordance is an entertaining and incredibly useful guide to Stephen King’s epic Dark Tower series by Robin Furth and features a foreword by Stephen King himself.
The Dark Tower series is the backbone of Stephen King’s legendary career. Eight books and more than three thousand pages make up this bestselling fantasy epic. The Complete Concordance covers books I-VII and The Wind Through the Keyhole and is the definitive encyclopedic reference book that provides readers with everything they need to navigate their way through the series. With hundreds of characters, Mid-World geography, High Speech lexicon, and extensive cross-references, this comprehensive handbook is essential for any Dark Tower fan.
Shadow of the Solstice
by Anne Hillerman
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
In this gripping chapter in New York Times bestselling author Anne Hillerman’s Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito series, the detectives must sort out a save-the-planet meditation group connected to a mysterious death and a nefarious scheme targeting vulnerable indigenous people living with addiction.
The Navajo Nation police are on high alert when a U.S. Cabinet Secretary schedules an unprecedented trip to the little Navajo town of Shiprock, New Mexico. The visit coincides with a plan to resume uranium mining along the Navajo Nation border. Tensions around the official’s arrival escalate when the body of a stranger is found in an area restricted for the disposal of radioactive uranium waste.
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
Foundations, Funny Business & Murder
by Christa Nardi
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
The best of intentions shouldn’t lead to murder.
HR specialist and trauma counselor Stacie Maroni joins the board of a fledgling nonprofit dedicated to supporting victims of domestic violence—a foundation created through the trust of her late husband. The diverse board includes powerful figures from senators and town mayors to mental health advocates and survivors. But as the board convenes to chart its future, tensions rise—and someone ends up dead.
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(A Stacie Maroni Mysteries)
The Perfect Nanny
by Iris Baxter
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Be careful who you trust with your child.
After losing her husband, Sarah is doing everything she can to hold herself—and her young son Theo—together. When Elena appears, calm, capable, and eager to help, she seems like the answer to Sarah’s prayers. Theo adores her, and for the first time in months, Sarah feels like she can finally breathe.
But soon, little things start to feel… off. Lullabies Sarah has never sung filling the house. Documents moved. Unfamiliar items appearing in Theo’s room. And the way Elena looks at her son—as if he belongs to her.
Storm of Secrets
by Kayla Lowe
Kindle $4.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
When a deadly storm ravages the quiet coastal town of Harbor Point, investigative journalist Elise Marlowe stumbles upon a chilling discovery—several bodies washed up on shore, their deaths shrouded in mystery. Determined to uncover the truth, Elise follows the trail to the town’s docks, where whispers of a human trafficking ring shake her to the core.
But she’s not the only one watching the shadows. Sam Lockwood, a reclusive fisherman with a past he won’t speak of, knows danger when he sees it. He warns Elise to walk away—but when threats close in around her, he realizes he can’t stand by and let her fight alone…
Code Red
by Ian Loome
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Bob is just another homeless guy. So why is he being hunted by a crack team of assassins? Bob Singleton used to be a top CIA assassin. Now, scarred by his terrible past, he lives in a refrigerator box behind a dumpster in downtown Chicago.
He just wants to be left alone. But his past is coming back to haunt him, in the shape of a nurse and a teenage boy who desperately need his help. They are being pursued by trained killers because they stumbled on a long-buried conspiracy, a secret that is tied to a failed mission in Bob’s military past.
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(Rogue Warrior Thrillers)
This Is Why We Lied
by Karin Slaughter
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
One toxic family. Eight suspicious guests. Everyone is guilty…But who is a killer?
For GBI investigator Will Trent and medical examiner Sara Linton, McAlpine Lodge seems like the ideal getaway to celebrate their honeymoon. Set on a gorgeous, off-the-grid mountaintop property, it’s the perfect place to unplug and reconnect. Until a bone-chilling scream cuts through the night.
A murderer in their midst. Mercy McAlpine, the manager of the Lodge, is dead. With a vicious storm raging and the one access road to the property washed out, the murderer must be someone on the mountain…
Murder in the Smithsonian
by Margaret Truman
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
In a mystery replete with “nonstop action and a brilliantly evocative setting,” a noted historian is murdered at the National Museum of Art (Booklist).
Dr. Lewis Tunney, a brilliant historian who had stumbled onto an international art scandal, was brutally murdered in front of two hundred guests at an elegant party at the Smithsonian.
Taking the case, DC police Cpt. Mac Hanrahan begins to uncover a web of secrets, lies, and revenge surrounding the historian’s killing. From the deceased Tunney’s strong-willed fiancée, Heather McBean, to the congressmen with secrets to hide, Hanrahan finds himself unsure who to believe. Soon after, two more murders add to the intrigue.
Rise of Tyrants: Whispers of War
by Callum Brooks
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
As the embers of old wars smoulder, the world of Gigas Earth stands on the brink of chaos. Fragile alliances strain under the weight of ambition, and in the shadows, whispers of treachery and war grow louder.
In the north, Queen Karak Thørn seeks to seize the throne of Nordon from her Husband, her King. But trust within her own court is a dangerous illusion. In the east, Lord Malum Thalron prepares to welcome foreign envoys to Borlong, unaware that their arrival will shatter his dominion and expose the fault lines in his house. And in the south, beneath the scorched skies of the Drylands, an ancient prophecy stirs—one that could reshape the fate of empires…
The Waiting
by Michael Connelly
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
LAPD Detective Renée Ballard tracks a serial rapist whose trail has gone cold, and enlists a new volunteer to the Open-Unsolved Unit: patrol officer Maddie Bosch, Harry’s daughter.
Renée Ballard and the LAPD’s Open-Unsolved Unit get a hot shot DNA connection between a recently arrested man and a serial rapist and murderer who went quiet two decades ago. The arrested man is only twenty-four, so the genetic link must be familial: His father was the Pillowcase Rapist, responsible for a five-year reign of terror in the City of Angels. But when Ballard and her team move in on their suspect, they encounter a baffling web of secrets and legal hurdles.
The Marfa Blues
by John Egenes
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Vera DeSota runs a cafe in Marfa, Texas in 1968. The cowboys and truckers who come in every day fantasize and hope for a chance with her, but she enjoys her solitary life and isn’t ready to settle down with anyone. Yet somehow, Vera seems to collect strays, lost and wayward people looking for second chances. A 14-year-old girl, two hippie boys, and a scared young artist manage to find their way into Vera’s life and suddenly, she’s joining them in a search for buried treasure in the badlands of the rugged desert of Southwest Texas.
2 Sisters Murder Investigations
by James Patterson, Candice Fox
Kindle $14.99 Rating: BRAND NEW RELEASE #ad
Patterson’s greatest crime-solving team since the Women’s Murder Club is the Bird Sisters.
Rhonda and Barbara “Baby” Bird are half-sisters—and full partners in their Los Angeles detective agency. They agree on nothing. Rhonda, a former attorney, takes a by-the-book approach to solving crimes, while teenage Baby relies on her street smarts.
But when they take a controversial case of a loner whose popular wife has gone missing, they’re accused of being PIs who can’t tell a client from a killer.
None Left to Tell
by Noelle West Ihli
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Three women, connected by one of the most brutal mass slayings in US history.
Lucy is sick of turning the other cheek. Ten years ago, an anti-Mormon mob drove her family and friends from their homes in Illinois. But now, the tables have turned. Rumor has it, some of those same men are traveling through Utah on their way to California. And this time, Lucy won’t run.
Katrina knew the trek west would be difficult. But she had no idea she’d be walking straight into hell. The young mother of four is prepared to do whatever it takes to protect her family from the violence closing in, but the battle to survive will be more harrowing than anything she can imagine.