Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
Manna from Hades
by Carola Dunn
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Eleanor Trewynn is a widow of some years living in Port Mabyn, a small fishing village in Cornwall, England. In her younger days, she traveled the exotic parts of the world with her husband. These days, she’s retired and founded the local charity shop. Her niece, Megan Pencarrow, transferred nearby, and was recently promoted to the rank of Detective Sargent. Perhaps the only downside is that she is now working for a DI who doesn’t approve of women on the police force and who really doesn’t much approve of Megan’s aunt Eleanor, as she is something of a thorn in his rather substantial side…
House of Many Shadows
by Barbara Michaels
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Meg Rittenhouse fears she is losing her mind. The doctors tell her the strange and disturbing hallucinations she’s been experiencing ever since her accident are all in her head, and that, with a little rest, the haunting visions will vanish. But accepting an invitation to stay with her cousin in the country may be the worst decision Meg has ever made. Here, in a remote old house miles from anywhere, the terrible sights and sounds have gotten even worse. Suddenly eerie black shapes dance in the shadows—mocking Meg, haunting her . . . threatening her…
Prepped for the Fall
by Robert J. Walker
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 3.5 #ad
When an EMP strikes, plunging the West Coast into chaos, Alan Hughes must lead a group of boys stranded far from their Alaskan home, while his wife, Zara, prepares their homestead for long-term survival. With communication down and society crumbling, they face impossible choices in this gripping post-EMP survival thriller. Perfect for fans of EMP survival fiction and dystopian novels, this story dives deep into the challenges of off-grid living, prepping for the end of the world, and the fight for survival against overwhelming odds.
The Steradian Gate
by Nathaniel Blevens
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Peace through Compliance. The motto of the regime delivers a succinct message—Do as we say or be destroyed socially, financially, or via execution.
Ethan Burke had been trying to figure out adulting when he inherited a mysterious artifact and accompanying journal from his late uncle. While researching the artifact, he meets Summer McKeown, whose been doing some research of her own to find her missing brother. When Ethan first offers to help, he has no idea their destinies are intertwined.
They discover his artifact is a key that opens a gateway between the five dimensions, The Steradian Gate. Now they’re trapped in Lunaria, a dimension a hundred years behind technologically that’s being cleansed by the regime who’ve discovered Ethan holds one of the five Steradian Keys; keys foretold to supply immense power to those who wield them all.
All Hallows
by Christopher Golden
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
New York Times bestselling, Bram Stoker Award-winning author Christopher Golden is best known for his supernatural thrillers set in deadly, distant locales…but in this suburban Halloween drama, Golden brings the horror home.
It’s Halloween night, 1984, in Coventry, Massachusetts, and two families are unraveling. Up and down the street, secrets are being revealed, and all the while, mixed in with the trick-or-treaters of all ages, four children who do not belong are walking door to door, merging with the kids of Parmenter Road. Children in vintage costumes with faded, eerie makeup. They seem terrified and beg the neighborhood kids to hide them away, to keep them safe from The Cunning Man…
The Perfect Couple
by Elin Hilderbrand
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
It’s Nantucket wedding season, also known as summer-the sight of a bride racing down Main Street is as common as the sun setting at Madaket Beach. The Otis-Winbury wedding promises to be an event to remember: the groom’s wealthy parents have spared no expense to host a lavish ceremony at their oceanfront estate. But it’s going to be memorable for all the wrong reasons after tragedy strikes: a body is discovered in Nantucket Harbor just hours before the ceremony-and everyone in the wedding party is suddenly a suspect…
FROM THE PAINTED TOMB
by Brenda Hill
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
2021 Readers’ Favorite Silver Medal Award – Literary Titan’s Golden Book Award – Born an exalted Egyptian prince, 3rd son of Thutmose III, Prince Rahmor stood in favor with his father–until he commits the one unpardonable sin – he falls in love with a slave his father has chosen to be queen. His love for this woman not only endangers his life, but the consequences carry through the ages to a contemporary copper-haired American woman…
P. D. James’s Cordelia Gray Mysteries
by P.D. James
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
From the New York Times bestselling author of the Adam Dalgliesh series comes a compelling collection that includes An Unsuitable Job for a Woman and The Skull Beneath the Skin, featuring Private Investigator Cordelia Gray.
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman introduces bestselling mystery author P.D. James’s courageous but vulnerable young detective, Cordelia Gray, in a “top-rated puzzle of peril that holds you all the way” (The New York Times).
In The Skull Beneath the Skin, Detective Cordelia Gray is asked to protect an actress within the rose red walls of a fairy-tale castle—but instead finds the stage is set for death.
Don’t Blink Collection
by Multiple Authors
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12 Inspirational Suspense Thrillers
Get ready for twelve intense, edge-of-your-seat suspense thrillers in this collection from bestselling and award-winning Christian authors. From murder in a mansion to deadly chases in remote locations, each tale offers high-stakes action and heart-pounding drama that shows how even in the darkest moments, hope and faith shine through.
Friday’s Mystery eBooks
Garden of Death
by Chrystle Fiedler
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
When a local doctor is found dead in Willow McQuade’s medicinal garden, she must find the killer to clear her boyfriend’s name in this third clever book in the Natural Remedies Mystery series.
Dr. Willow McQuade, owner of Nature’s Way Market & Café, has put the finishing touches on a new medicinal plant garden for Greenport’s annual Maritime Festival and is ready for the festivities to begin. But it’s not all flowers and sunshine at the grand opening, when Willow discovers the body of another contestant, Dr. Charles White, face down in her garden…
Reckoning
by Colleen Snyder
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
It started with a simple idea. Jeff and Collin Farrell want to hold a company retreat. A week’s stay at their private lodge, all expenses covered. Everyone is welcome. Come have a great time.
Until someone gets shot. Someone dies. Natural causes? Stupidity? Murder?
The week had become a nightmare. Will a murderer walk free? Does Injustice get a pass?
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Nighttime Is My Time
by Mary Higgins Clark
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Historian Jean Sheridan returns to Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, excited about her twenty-year high-school reunion at Stonecroft Academy. But a dear friend of hers soon becomes the fifth woman in the class to meet a sudden, mysterious end. Then Jean receives a taunting fax about a child she gave up for adoption, whose existence she had kept a secret but whose life may now be in danger. For present at the reunion is The Owl, a murderer on a mission of vengeance against women who once humiliated him…and Jean is his final intended victim.
Shadow Man: Short Story Compilation
by Vicki M Taylor
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Readers will witness how each fictional traumatic experience, while leaving its mark on the characters, also carves out greater capacity for resilience, compassion, and wisdom. These are not simply survival stories—they are fictional testament to how adversity, when met with unwavering faith, can transform ordinary lives into extraordinary journeys of spiritual warrior-hood.
Written with emotional authenticity and imaginative insight, this fictional compilation speaks to anyone who has faced their own battles and seeks to understand how brokenness can become the foundation for profound strength. It stands as a creative exploration of the reality that our deepest wounds often reveal our greatest power, especially when we don’t face them alone
Snake Eye
by William C. Dietz
Kindle $0.50 Rating: 3.8 #ad
An FBI special agent finds her personal and professional lives colliding in this crime novel by a New York Times–bestselling author.
FBI Special Agent Christina Rossi had it all—for a while: a loving family, a career on an upward track, the works. Then a takedown of some eco-terrorists turned unexpectedly bloody, questions are being asked and the fast track is nothing but a memory as she doggedly pursues a slave labor case that might involve a Chinese mob and might be a complete bust…
Don’t Be Scared
by Lisa Jackson
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jackson, 2 classic tales of danger and desire are now available in 1 thrilling, collectable volume for fans of Heather Graham, Nora Roberts, Linda Howard, and Jeneva Rose.
Tears of Pride
A devastating fire claimed the life of Sheila Lindstrom’s father and all but destroyed their family winery. Its future depends on Wilder Investments. But Sheila can’t be sure whether Noah Wilder is the key to keeping her beloved business afloat, or the last mistake she’ll ever make.
Devil’s Gambit
The Andromeda Strain
by Michael Crichton
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From the author of Jurassic Park, Timeline, and Sphere comes a captivating thriller about a deadly extraterrestrial microorganism, which threatens to annihilate human life.
Five prominent biophysicists have warned the United States government that sterilization procedures for returning space probes may be inadequate to guarantee uncontaminated re-entry to the atmosphere. Two years later, a probe satellite falls to the earth and lands in a desolate region of northeastern Arizona. Nearby, in the town of Piedmont, bodies lie heaped and flung across the ground, faces locked in frozen surprise. What could cause such shock and fear? The terror has begun, and there is no telling where it will end.
Give Please a Chance
by Bill O’Reilly, James Patterson
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Bill O’Reilly and James Patterson together present a beautifully illustrated, instantly classic picture book that celebrates the magic of the word “Please” for our children.
In this inspired collaboration, bestselling authors Bill O’Reilly and James Patterson remind us all that a single word — “Please?” — is useful in a thousand different ways. From finding a lovable stray dog to needing a partner on a seesaw, from reading a bedtime story to really, really needing a cookie, Give Please a Chance depicts scenes and situations in which one small word can move mountains.