Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
Irish Parade Murder
by Leslie Meier
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Part-time reporter Lucy Stone isn’t about to put all her eggs in one basket during a frantic Easter in Tinker’s Cove—especially when it comes to cracking a deadly mystery . . .
Known for its cheerful staff and elaborate annual Easter Bonnet Contest, the Heritage House senior center regularly attracts new residents and positive press. But once the town’s retired librarian, Miss Julia Tilley, checks in to recover from an illness, Lucy sees a side of the facility that isn’t quite so perfect and pristine. And the place may soon be making headlines for different reasons following an unexplained disappearance . . .
System Override
by K. J. Gillenwater
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
HER SECRETS COULD RESHAPE HUMANITY
When Elijah Zurbano spots a flawless robotic version of his late wife on the crowded streets of Chicago in 2043, he’s thrust into a dangerous game he didn’t know existed. The woman he loved, whose life was cut short, now appears as a machine—and the secrets she kept are far darker and more complex than he could have imagined.
As Elijah follows a trail of hidden files, encrypted data, and the shadowy operations of Callahan, Inc., he discovers a side of his wife he never knew: a brilliant mind embedded in the world of advanced robotics development, her final project possibly intended to change humanity as we know it.
The Whispers
by Ashley Audrain
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
On Harlow Street, the well-to-do neighborhood couples and their children gather for a catered barbecue as the summer winds down; drinks continue late into the night.
Everything is fabulous until the picture-perfect hostess explodes in fury because her son disobeys her. Everyone at the party hears her exquisite veneer crack—loud and clear. Before long, that same young boy falls from his bedside window in the middle of the night. And then, his mother can only sit by her son’s hospital bed, where she refuses to speak to anyone, and his life hangs in the balance.
Taerak’s Void
by M. R. Mathias
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
When the wizards of the Sorcerious want you dead, magic is your only hope. Unless you have dragon in your pocket.
Taerak’s Void
After finding a strange medallion and some maps with markings that no one in his village can understand, Braxton Bray decides to take it all to the Hall of Scholars in the kingdom’s capital. But greed is everywhere. Braxton and a tough young female caravan guard named Nixalia are forced to run for their lives, for someone powerful wants what Braxton found, and is willing to go to great lengths to take it from him.
The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2024
by S.A. Cosby, Steph Cha
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
A collection of the year’s best mystery and suspense short fiction selected by New York Times bestselling author S. A. Cosby, author of Razorblade Tears, and series editor Steph Cha.
In his introduction, guest editor S. A. Cosby observes that writing short stories is “a special skill that combines brevity with wit and cleverness and the hint of the existential malaise that imbues crime fiction with its gravitas.”
The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2024 includes MEGAN ABBOTT • ALYSSA COLE • TANANARIVE DUE • ABBY GENI • JORDAN HARPER • GAR ANTHONY HAYWOOD •TONI LP KELNER • BOBBY MATHEWS • LISA UNGER • and others
Nefarious Allure
by M. R. Mathias
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
In the realm of fantasy, where imagination knows no bounds, there lies a novel that promises to captivate readers and transport them to a world filled with magic, adventure, and intrigue. Using the meticulous world-building established in the million selling, The Wardstone Trilogy, and new well-developed characters, the Devious Arcana series invites readers to embark on an epic journey, where heroism is tested and the boundaries between good and evil are blurred. The narrative offers a reading experience that is both immersive and thought-provoking.
The allure of fantasy is undeniable, and this novel delivers on all fronts. It’s a must-read for enthusiasts of the genre, as well as newcomers seeking an enthralling escape. Prepare to be swept away by a story that will leave readers yearning for more, long after the last page is turned…
Now or Never
by Janet Evanovich
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
She said yes to Morelli. She said yes to Ranger. Now Stephanie Plum has two fiancés and no idea what to do about it. But the way things are going, she might not live long enough to marry anyone.
While Stephanie stalls for time, she buries herself in her work as a bounty hunter, tracking down an unusually varied assortment of fugitives from justice. There’s Eugene Fleck, a seemingly sweet online influencer who might also be YouTube star Robin Hoodie, masked hero to the homeless, who hijacks delivery trucks and distributes their contents to the needy…
The British Military Quartet
by Mike Lunnon-Wood
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
If you like TOM CLANCY, FREDERICK FORSYTH, ANDY MCNAB OR DANIEL SILVA, then you’ll love MIKE LUNNON-WOOD.
This specially-priced box set includes:
BOOK 1: LET NOT THE DEEP
BOOK 2: KING’S SHILLING
BOOK 3: LONG REACH
BOOK 4: CONGO BLUE
The Mercy Seat
by Henry O. Arnold
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.9 #ad
Hells Canyon is a neighborhood in Richland, Tennessee where tourists never venture, and locals fear to tread. Maxwell Crane, former Marine chaplain and pastor of The Mercy Seat church, struggles to provide a beacon of hope.
But others have their eyes set on Hells Canyon: power elites, robber barons, and street gangs seek their own gain at the cost of the beleaguered urban neighborhood. For the people who live there, it’s been a fight to exist their whole lives, and that fight is getting harder…
Alone with the Horrors
by Ramsey Campbell
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Ramsey Campbell is perhaps the world’s most decorated author of horror fiction. He has won four World Fantasy Awards, ten British Fantasy Awards, three Bram Stoker Awards, and the Horror Writers’ Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
Three decades into his career, Campbell paused to review his body of short fiction and selected the stories that were, to his mind, the very best of his work. Alone With the Horrors collects nearly forty tales from the first thirty years of Campbell’s writing, including several award winners.
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
Irish Milkshake Murder Collection
by Carlene O’Connor, Peggy Ehrhart, Liz Ireland
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Raise a glass for St. Paddy’s Day but keep a shamrock handy because some of these minty milkshakes are made with murder!
IRISH MILKSHAKE MURDER by CARLENE O’CONNOR
MURDER MOST IRISH by PEGGY EHRHART
MRS. CLAUS AND THE LUCKLESS LEPRECHAUN by LIZ IRELAND
The Next Accident
by Lisa Gardner
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
What do you do when a killer targets the people you love the most? When he knows how to make them vulnerable? When he knows the same about you?
These are the questions that haunt FBI Special Agent Pierce Quincy. The police say his daughter’s death was an accident. Quincy will risk everything to learn the truth—and there’s only one person willing to help. Ex-cop Rainie Conner had once been paired professionally—and personally—with the brilliant FBI profiler. He helped her through the darkest days of her life…
Child of Emptiness
by Biff Price
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Who is the Child of Emptiness? With what will he be filled? What is his purpose? The prophecy has been found, and the one who discovered it is crucified in the Coliseum in Rome. What role will the young man from America play? What does the future hold? What is coming into the world?
In Child of Emptiness, Biff Price has drawn a cast of unforgettable characters together – good and evil – in a tale that spreads across continents to an inexorable confrontation that will leave you wondering when these events will take place? It’s later than you think…
The Andromeda Evolution
by Michael Crichton, Daniel H. Wilson
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
The Evolution is Coming.
In 1967, an extraterrestrial microbe came crashing down to Earth and nearly ended the human race. Accidental exposure to the particle—designated The Andromeda Strain—killed every resident of the town of Piedmont, Arizona, save for an elderly man and an infant boy. Over the next five days, a team of top scientists assigned to Project Wildfire worked valiantly to save the world from an epidemic of unimaginable proportions. In the moments before a catastrophic nuclear detonation, they succeeded.
Talking with Serial Killers
by Christopher Berry-Dee
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
In Talking with Serial Killers: World’s Most Evil, bestselling author and criminologist Christopher Berry-Dee delves deeper into the gloomy underworld of killers and their crimes. He examines, with shocking detail and clarity, the lives and lies of people who have killed and shines a light on the motives behind their horrific crimes. Through interviews with the killers, the police, and key members of the prosecution, alongside careful analysis of the cases themselves, the reader is given unprecedented insight into the most diabolical minds that humanity has to offer…
The First Family
by Michael Palmer, Daniel Palmer
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
The White House is not an easy place to grow up, so when Cam Hilliard, the president’s sixteen-year-old son, experiences fatigue, moodiness, and an uncharacteristic violent outburst, doctors are quick to dismiss his troubles as teen angst. But Secret Service agent Karen Ray is convinced there’s something more to Cam’s issues—something serious enough to summon her physician ex-husband for a second opinion.
Dr. Lee Blackwood must make a diagnosis from an array of symptoms he’s never seen before. His only clue is a young patient named Susie Banks, who seems to be suffering from the same baffling condition—and who was just hospitalized after an attempted murder. As Lee and Karen race to save Cam’s life, they begin to uncover betrayals that breach the highest levels of national security.
The Teacher
by Freida McFadden
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Eve has a good life. She wakes up each day, kisses her husband Nate, and heads off to teach math at the local high school. All is as it should be. Except…
Last year, Caseham High was rocked by a scandal involving a student-teacher affair, with one student, Addie, at its center. But Eve knows there is far more to these ugly rumors than meets the eye.
Addie can’t be trusted. She lies. She hurts people. She destroys lives. At least, that’s what everyone says.
The Gideon Oliver Mysteries Volume One
by Aaron Elkins
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Edgar Award winner and former anthropologist Aaron Elkins “thoroughly understands the art of the murder mystery” (The Philadelphia Inquirer). In these four initial volumes of the long-running Skeleton Detective series, Elkins introduces readers to his “likable, down-to-earth cerebral sleuth,” Professor Gideon Oliver (Chicago Tribune).
Fellowship of Fear: Gideon accepts a teaching fellowship at US military bases in Europe—without knowing the previous two fellowship holders met mysterious ends. Now caught up in a dangerous game, this professor will need to think fast in order to survive.
First Survivor
by Mark Unger
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
An inspirational real life cancer memoir of a family’s journey and the impossible miracle that led to their son’s becoming a childhood cancer survivor. This is a thriller about a family’s battle to save their toddler son from a “zero chance of survival” diagnosis. With the world’s best doctors and the advocacy of his parents, Louis Unger would fight a 5-year battle for his young life. His grit and incredible attitude led to a breakthrough that would change how cancer is treated today. This is not a medical journal or a how-to guide. It is a true page-turner that gives you a front row seat to a miraculous story of courage, inspiration and determination…
A Life Stolen
by Vanessa Luther
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
A Life Stolen is the gripping account of a father and daughter’s devastating, but inspiring journey through Alzheimer’s. It’s an inside look into the day-to-day challenges facing not only the patient, but also the caregivers. For many years, her father exhibited signs of dementia, eventually becoming too significant to ignore. Everything culminated during an incident one night, after which her father was taken away, never to return to his home again. The disease changed him every day until he was a stranger. Then, it stole his life.
Through the initial days at home to hospital stays, living in a memory care unit, rehab stints and eventually hospice care, this book reveals many of the struggles encountered while facing Alzheimer’s in a world not quite ready for it…