Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
MURDER FOR PROFIT
by VERONICA HELEY
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Meet Ellie Quicke. Devoted cat lady, tea addict, widow — and now amateur sleuth!
Charity begins at home . . . and so does murder! When Ellie started her own charity, providing affordable housing for students, she never dreamed it would end in the untimely death of a tenant. Under her roof!
The dead student, Brandon, wasn’t one for lectures. But he was the life and soul of every party. Until he wasn’t . . .
The Charity
by Lorhainne Eckhart
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
A quiet town, a dark secret, and a deception they never saw coming
Newlyweds Police Chief Mark Friessen and social worker Billy Jo McCabe are finally settling into their small-town life in Roche Harbor, a peaceful Pacific Northwest island. But beneath the surface, sinister forces are at play. As the couple faces the unsettling reality that their idyllic town has become a playground for the rich and powerful, a new arrival raises their suspicions.
Walter Crandall, a young executive from a major international charity, moves to town, claiming he only wants to reconnect with his daughter and make amends for his past…
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(A Billy Jo McCabe Mysteries)
The Temple and the Crown
by Katherine Kurtz, Deborah Turner Harris
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
The Knights Templar battle an occult order in this “soundly researched [and] briskly paced” alternate history set during the Scottish War of Independence (Booklist).
In this stunning sequel to their acclaimed historical fantasy The Temple and the Stone, coauthors Katherine Kurtz and Deborah Turner Harris return to the legends of the fabled Order of the Knights Templar, the mystical medieval brotherhood of warrior monks born in the crucible of the Holy Land Crusades. Returning to a brilliantly recreated alternate past, two of the world’s premier fantasists spin a breathtaking tale of courage, destiny, duty, and magic that unfolds against a backdrop of England’s tumultuous struggle with Scotland and the heroic exploits of Scotsmen Robert the Bruce and William “Braveheart” Wallace.
Dreaded Invocations
by Anthony M. Caro
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Dreaded Invocations presents transgressive spins on pulp-style short story horror fiction. Read the garish tales of those too terrified to speak about their dark experiences.
What troubles plague a man who seeks chat app-based therapy from the confines of a secret prison cell? Are those menacing calls to a babysitter really coming from inside the house? Does a vast treasure or mysterious fate await a double-crossing diver inside a sunken ship? Will a steampunk experiment’s artificially constructed man meet a friend or foe inside a mysterious cave? What vengeance does a self-exiled silent movie star have in store for former colleagues against whom he holds a grudge?
2034
by Elliot Ackerman
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
From two former military officers and award-winning authors, a chillingly authentic geopolitical thriller that imagines a naval clash between the US and China in the South China Sea in 2034—and the path from there to a nightmarish global conflagration.
On March 12, 2034, US Navy Commodore Sarah Hunt is on the bridge of her flagship, the guided missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones, conducting a routine freedom of navigation patrol in the South China Sea when her ship detects an unflagged trawler in clear distress, smoke billowing from its bridge. On that same day, US Marine aviator Major Chris “Wedge” Mitchell is flying an F35E Lightning over the Strait of Hormuz, testing a new stealth technology as he flirts with Iranian airspace…
Gypsy Boy
by Mikey Walsh
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Romany Gypsies live in a secluded community, and little is known about their way of life. After centuries of persecution, they are wary of outsiders, and if you choose to leave you can never come back. This is something Mikey Walsh knows only too well.
Growing up, he didn’t go to school, he seldom mixed with non-Gypsies, and the caravan became his world. It was a rich and unusual upbringing, but although Mikey inherited a vibrant and loyal culture, his family’s legacy was bittersweet, with a hidden history of violence and grief. Eventually Mikey was forced to make an agonizing decision—to stay and keep secrets, or escape and find somewhere to belong.
The Wolves of Midwinter
by Anne Rice
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Anne Rice brings us once again to the rugged coastline of Northern California, to the grand mansion at Nideck Point—to further explore the unearthly education of her transformed Man Wolf.
The novel opens on a cold, gray landscape. It is the beginning of December. Oak fires are burning in the stately flickering hearths of Nideck Point. It is Yuletide. For Reuben Golding, now infused with the wolf gift and under the loving tutelage of the Morphenkinder, this Christmas promises to be like no other . . . as he soon becomes aware that the Morphenkinder, steeped in their own rituals, are also celebrating the Midwinter Yuletide festival deep within Nideck forest…
In time for Christmas
by Lynn Landes
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Kidnapped and ransomed, a little boy prays for a Christmas miracle to bring him home.
What begins as a carefree girls’ night out turns dark when Trinity notices a tearful little boy staring at her across the restaurant. Driven by instinct, she follows her heart and finds herself tangled in a dangerous holiday plot masterminded by a ruthless killer.
Billionaire Marek Reid is on a desperate mission to find his son, leading his elite team in a relentless pursuit of the men who took him. But the search takes an unexpected turn when a courageous young woman steps in to protect the boy—only to be kidnapped herself, just days before Christmas.
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(Mark of Steel)
Presumed Guilty
by Scott Turow
Kindle $14.99 Rating: BRAND NEW RELEASE #ad
“No one does it better.” – David Baldacci, #1 NYT Bestselling Author
“The truth is, Turow is just better at this than the rest of us.” – Greg Iles, #1 NYT Bestselling Author
“This is manna for legal-thriller fans.” – Booklist, starred review
“This easily ranks among Turow’s best.” – Publishers Weekly, starred review
“An absorbing and entertaining read.” – Kirkus
Rusty is a retired judge attempting a third act in life with a loving soon-to-be wife, Bea, with whom he shares both a restful home on an idyllic lake in the rural Midwest and a plaintive hope that this marriage will be his best, and his last. But the peace that’s taken Rusty so long to find evaporates when Bea’s young adult son, Aaron, living under their supervision while on probation for drug possession, disappears. If Aaron doesn’t return soon, he will be sent back to jail.
Friday’s Mystery eBooks
Witches and Fairies and Tacos… Oh My
by Carol Kilgore
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Charli Quinn and her sister Brielle own House Witches Cleaning and promise to clean like magic. They may not be your everyday, run-of-the-mill witches, but they are… something.
When Charli finds the husband of one of their clients dead, the wind warns her to beware the man with eyes of green. As the sisters search for the ominous man, they find themselves in danger and rely on their real magic to outsmart the killer…
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(House Witches Mysteries)
PREMEDITATED
by Susanna Haymond
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
A TRUST BETRAYED, LIVES SABOTAGED, A LOVE UNDAUNTED
Anti-drug activists are being sabotaged by the very substance they abhor.
DEA Agents Grant Rourke and Josh McKenzie have been assigned to figure out who the culprit is that’s targeting the anti-drug activists and those who dare to support the war against drugs and to take the fatal drug kronilan off the streets for good.
But, while they work to put an end to the latest string of drug-related crimes, the person behind the kronilan distribution comes for their friends and family…
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(INTERCEPTED)
The Unseen
by Heather Graham
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
A Texas Ranger and a U.S. Marshal take on a mystery that stretches back centuries as they help the FBI’s Krewe of Hunters stop a serial killer, in book 5 in the beloved suspense series, only from New York Times bestselling author Heather Graham.
San Antonio, Texas, 1800s: In room 207 at the Longhorn Saloon, in the long shadow of the Alamo, a woman was brutally murdered. Her killer was never found. One year ago, in that same historic room, another woman vanished without a trace…
Theodore Boone
by John Grisham
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Thirteen-year-old Theodore Boone knows every judge, police officer, and court clerk in Strattenburg. He has even helped bring a fugitive to justice. But even a future star lawyer like Theo has to deal with statewide standardized testing.
When an anonymous tip leads the school board to investigate a suspicious increase in scores at another local middle school, Theo finds himself thrust in the middle of a cheating scandal. With insider knowledge and his future on the line, Theo must follow his keen instincts to do what’s right in the newest case for clever kid lawyer Theo Boone.
On Mystic Island
by Tabatha Waybright
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After Socorro, age twelve and Kristal, age fourteen, return from their adventures On Mystic Mountain, they find themselves suddenly transplanted to a Scottish island! The family has inherited Castle Rossmore, on a remote island far away from the life the kids are used to. Not knowing who gifted them with the property, the kids seek to uncover the answer as well as many other mysteries they find as they explore the massive 35-bedroom castle! They meet new friends and together they work to make a difference in the lives of the people around them and the many animals that inhabit the Island.
Although the Island is beautiful and intriguing, they soon learn that it has a dark side as poachers seek to capture and sell a very rare Snowy Owl! The kids work together to protect the wildlife on the island from the many perils that seek to destroy them.
Murder Most Royal
by SJ Bennett
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Evidence that an aristocrat has gone missing—and was possibly murdered—near Sandringham House sets Queen Elizabeth II on the path to discover unsavory family secrets and much more in this new installment of the series the New York Times Book Review calls “sheer entertainment.”
Queen Elizabeth II is looking forward to a traditional Christmas gathering with her family in Sandringham when a shocking discovery interrupts holiday plans. A severed hand has been found—but even more unsettling, she recognizes the signet ring still attached to a finger…
Executive Orders
by Tom Clancy
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
The President is dead. Now, the weight of the world falls on Jack Ryan’s shoulders in this extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller from Tom Clancy.
At the climax of Debt of Honor, the most devastating terrorist act in the history of the world left the President, the Joint Chiefs, the Supreme Court, and nearly all of Congress dead. Only Jack Ryan, confirmed Vice President mere minutes before, survived to take the reins of a shaken and leaderless country…
The Angel Experiment
by James Patterson
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Fierce teen Maximum Ride takes flight to discover the truth about the mysterious genetic experiments that gave her and her friends wings, in the high-octane start to James Patterson’s #1 New York Times bestselling series!
Maximum Ride and her “flock,” Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman and Angel, are ordinary kids—only they have wings and can fly. It may seem like a dream come true to some, but while they’re on the run from the “School” that cruelly experimented on them, their lives can morph into a nightmare at any time…
Seeking The Dead
by Kate Ellis
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
When Carmel Hennessy begins a new job in North Yorkshire, she finds the historic city of Eborby gripped by fear. A killer is on the prowl – a killer who binds and asphyxiates his victims before leaving their bodies in isolated churchyards. The press are calling him the Resurrection Man.
Tragic events from the past link Carmel with Detective Inspector Joe Plantagenet, who faces the task of finding the killer before more lives are lost. Joe’s investigations lead him to a pub with a sinister history and he is forced to consider that the case may have occult connections.
Beautiful Ugly
by Alice Feeney
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“Her best book yet.” – Harlan Coben
Author Grady Green is having the worst best day of his life.
Grady calls his wife to share some exciting news as she is driving home. He hears Abby slam on the brakes, get out of the car, then nothing. When he eventually finds her car by the cliff edge the headlights are on, the driver door is open, her phone is still there. . . but his wife has disappeared.
You Had Me at Haiku
by John D. Ottini
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
This book contains 101 thought-provoking haiku poems, covering broad topics such as life, love, death, and almost everything in between. The poems are filled with insight, passion, and a touch of humor.
The author first encountered haiku in high school. He thought they were cool back then, as he does today.
The challenge and enjoyment in crafting a haiku is in attempting to portray a meaningful thought or emotion using only three lines and seventeen syllables. That was the challenge the author faced in writing this book.
Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
A Lively Midwinter Murder
by Katy Watson
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Planning the perfect Christmas wedding can be murder . . .
A high society Christmas Eve wedding at a remote Scottish castle sounds like the perfect winter getaway for the three Dahlias and their partners – until a snowstorm hits, cutting them off from the mainland, and civilisation.
Which, of course, is when the dead body of one of the other guests turns up in the snow outside the family chapel. A dead body wearing a wedding dress and a stolen diamond necklace…
EMP: Staying Alive
by Colton Lively
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
In a flash, an EMP disables North America’s entire west coast.
When Olivia Blunt’s quiet morning at a local diner is interrupted by a national alert, her world is thrown into chaos. An EMP attack leaves the country without power, communication, or a way to defend itself. Olivia receives a desperate call from her father, urging her to flee to their secluded cabin in New Mexico. With her stepmother Willow by her side, Olivia must navigate a landscape of fear, looting, and uncertainty.
Dark Horse
by Tami Hoag
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
In her latest thriller, New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag takes readers on a suspense-filled ride of shocks and twists leading to an explosive finish. It is the story of an ex-cop, a missing girl, and a killer locked in a race where there can be only one winner–and the losers die trying.
In a trailer in a Florida swamp, time is running out for eighteen year-old Erin Seabright. A pawn in a kidnapper’s terrifying game for a ransom no one can pay, her last hope is a washed-up ex-cop who has already lost it all-not once, but twice…
Cemetery Road
by Greg Iles
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
When Marshall McEwan left his Mississippi hometown at eighteen, he vowed never to return. The trauma that drove him away spurred him to become one of the most successful journalists in Washington, DC. But as the ascendancy of a chaotic administration lifts him from print fame to television stardom, Marshall discovers that his father is terminally ill, and he must return home to face the unfinished business of his past.
On arrival, he finds Bienville, Mississippi very much changed. His family’s 150-year-old newspaper is failing; and Jet Talal, the love of his youth, has married into the family of Max Matheson, one of a dozen powerful patriarchs who rule the town through the exclusive Bienville Poker Club…
The Vigilante Chronicles Omnibus
by Natalie Grey, Michael Anderle
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
One man leaves the life of a lawman behind him and works to clean up a new area in space.
Grab this 7 book boxed set today learn what happens when a genetically engineered vampire leaves behind everything he’s ever known and sets out to clean up a new area in space.
Barnabas may not be Ranger One anymore, but one thing definitely has not changed: when someone screws over the powerless, Barnabas is going to bring the pain. With a bloodthirsty AI running his advanced spaceship, those who love evil should start looking over their shoulders.
Thriller 2
by International Thriller Writer Inc.
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
When some of the top thriller writers in the world came together in Thriller: Stories to Keep You Up All Night, they became a part of one of the most successful short-story anthologies ever published. The highly anticipated Thriller 2: Stories You Just Can’t Put Down is even bigger. From Jeffery Deaver’s tale of international terrorism to Lisa Jackson’s dysfunctional family in the California wine country to Ridley Pearson’s horrifying serial killer, this collection has something for everyone.
Payback
by Fern Michaels
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Some women get angry . . . the Sisterhood gets even.
Meet the Sisterhood—seven very different women who found one another in their darkest days and formed an indelible friendship, strong enough to heal their pasts and bring laughter and joy back into their lives. In Myra Rutledge’s beautiful Virginia home, amid hugs and fresh iced tea, shrimp fritters and shell-pink tulips, the friends have gathered to embark on their second mission of sweet revenge for one of their own.
The Texas Murders
by James PattersonAndrew Bourelle
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In this thrilling novel from a #1 New York Times bestselling author, the great Texas Rangers go on a no-holds-barred pursuit of the most dangerous killer ever to terrorize Texas.
Texas Ranger Rory Yates protects his home state wearing a five-pointed silver badge and carrying a Sig Sauer. When a native woman disappears on the summer solstice, clues point to a cold case.
Yates, a quick-draw champion, partners with expert archer Ava Cruz of the Tigua Tribal police.
Influencing Death
by Penny Hawkins Smith
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A hospice nurse’s unflinching look at life, death, and redemption.
Death is undeniable and unavoidable. We must accept it; there is no other choice. But coming to terms with our mortality can profoundly influence how we live-and how we die. Having been a hospice nurse for decades, Penny Hawkins Smith is an expert on death and dying. As a recovering alcoholic and former drug addict, she knows what it means to change course and become a meaningful contributor to society. Through her work with death, Penny found her purpose in life.
In Influencing Death, Penny brings transparency and levity to the grim topic of death while revealing truths about the reckless past that influenced her decision to become a hospice nurse…
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
Penalty Kicks
by James Courneya
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Sam Simone is back and his past comes back to haunt him again. An ex-wife, an old adversary, and some surprising people take aim on Sam and his family. Sam must fight the demons from his past to change the outcome. A complex ordeal ends with a shootout at his team’s soccer game.
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(The Good Samaritan Mysteries)
Downstate
by Jeffery Deaver
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Special Agent Constant Marlowe pursues a lead to rural Illinois and finds a hornet’s nest of conspiracy in a pulse-pounding novella by New York Times bestselling author Jeffery Deaver, where nothing is what it seems.
Special Agent Constant Marlowe is in pursuit of “Mr. X,” a key player in organized crime. Her mission is to collar him and flip him into a cooperating witness. The only problem? Marlowe doesn’t know who he is or even what he looks like…
The Watch Mysteries: Books 1 – 3
by Kay DiBianca
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Three complete novels: The Watch on the Fencepost, Dead Man’s Watch, and Time After Tyme, from award-winning author Kay DiBianca.
The Watch on the Fencepost: 27-year-old Kathryn Frasier is training for a marathon when she discovers a gold watch on a fencepost. Sensing that it was deliberately left for her to find, she sets out to solve the mystery behind the watch, but her orderly life is turned upside-down when it leads her to a dark family secret and a suspicion that her parents’ recent deaths may not have been an accident…
Dead Man’s Watch: Kathryn and her half-sister, Cece Goldman, literally stumble into another mystery. When a former acquaintance of Kathryn’s is accused of murder, she and Cece go on a mission to prove his innocence by finding the real killer…
Time After Tyme: secret codes and university intrigue combine to give Kathryn and Cece a new and puzzling mystery to solve. But things get dicey when two misguided young girls wander into the middle of the investigation and decide to solve it themselves…
The Complete Stephen King Universe
by Multiple Authors
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
The Stephen King Universe is a vast expanse of grotesque horror, dark magic, and fearsome wonder. Conjured from on man’s imagination, it is an ever-expanding kingdom of twisting, dark pathways – a place where one might easily get lost without guidance.
The Complete Stephen King Universe is the only definitive reference work that examines all of Stephen King’s novels, short stories, motion pictures, miniseries, and teleplays, and deciphers the threads that connect all of his work…
Falling for Rachel
by Nora Roberts
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For passionate lawyer Rachel Stanislaski, work is her life. Assigned to watch over teenage delinquent Nicholas LeBeck, the last thing Rachel needs is Nick’s hot-headed stepbrother storming into her courtroom. Zack Muldoon is protective and stubborn, but whether he likes it or not, he needs Rachel’s help – both to keep Nick out of trouble and to reconnect with his younger brother. Rachel knows the importance of a family bond, but she hasn’t considered what excitement – or complications – a blossoming romance could add to their agreement. But Zack and Rachel’s chemistry is hard to ignore, and the two could be falling for each other faster than they realize.
Inferno
by Multiple Authors
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 3.9 #ad
Winner of the 2008 World Fantasy Award, International Horror Guild Award, and Shirley Jackson Award for Best Anthology.
This multiple award-winning anthology of twenty psychological and supernatural horror stories explores the outer limits of fear.
To create this volume, renowned horror editor Ellen Datlow wrote to her favorite authors asking for stories that would “provide the reader with a frisson of shock, or a moment of dread so powerful it might cause the reader outright physical discomfort; or a sensation of fear so palpable that the reader feels impelled to turn up the lights very bright and play music or seek the company of others to dispel the fear.”s
Point Man
by James Watson, Kevin Dockery
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Chief Petty Officer James “Patches” Watson was there at the start. As a high-performing frogman with the famed Underwater Demolition Team 21, he was chosen to become a founding member – or a “plank owner” – of the U.S. Navy SEALs.
Through three tours in the jungle hell of Vietnam, he led the way as point man – the one in charge of navigating trip wires, booby traps and punji pits. In this vividly detailed memoir, he recounts guiding his squad of amphibious fighters on missions of rescue, reconnaissance, and demolition. Together with his brave comrades, Watson confronted a war’s unique terrors head-on, unprotected . . . and unafraid.
Creed’s Law
by William Black
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News from his family’s ranch finally brings successful frontier lawyer, Creed Cooley, back home to Young County, Texas. But it’s not good news.
A young ranch hand has been accused of murder. Creed’s mother is dying. And the decades-long feud with the neighboring Glass Ranch is boiling over. The rival cattleman at the head of it all, Jasper Glass, has hated the Cooleys his whole life. He wants their land – and now he’s going to shed more blood to come out on top.
Pro Bono
by Thomas Perry
Kindle $14.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
A tenacious attorney grapples with a dangerous group of thieves in this new thriller from the author of The Old Man.
Charles Warren, Los Angeles attorney, has dedicated his career to aiding people in financial straits. He is particularly skilled at the art of recovering assets that have been embezzled or hidden. In his newest case, helping a beautiful young widow find the money missing from her late husband’s investment accounts, Charlie recognizes a familiar scheme—one that echoes the con job that targeted his own widowed mother many years before, and that led him, as a teenager, to commit a crime of retribution that still weighs on his conscience.