Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
What the Cat Dragged In
by Miranda James
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Librarian Charlie Harris and his faithful feline companion, Diesel, have inherited Charlie’s grandfather’s house, along with a deadly legacy: a decades-old crime scene, in this all-new mystery in the New York Times bestselling Cat in the Stacks series.
Charlie has always believed that his grandfather had sold his house to his longtime tenant, Martin Hale. So when Martin dies, Charlie is surprised to discover the house was not left to Martin but instead belongs to Charlie. As he and Diesel check out the house he remembers fondly from his childhood, he is pleasantly surprised that it is in better condition than expected. That is, until they find a literal skeleton in a closet.
Fantastic Crimes Collection
by Multiple Authors
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Book-centered mystery novellas from four masters of the craft.
From Anne Perry, the New York Times–bestselling author of the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series, comes The Scroll.
Christopher Fowler, author of the Bryant and May mysteries, presents Reconciliation Day.
From F. Paul Wilson, the New York Times–bestselling creator of Repairman Jack, comes The Compendium of Srem.
Elizabeth George, the New York Times–bestselling author of the Inspector Lynley novels, brings you The Mysterious Disappearance of the Reluctant Book Fairy.
Devoted
by Dean Koontz
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Woody Bookman hasn’t spoken a word in his eleven years of life. Not when his father died in a freak accident. Not when his mother, Megan, tells him she loves him. For Megan, keeping her boy safe and happy is what matters. But Woody believes a monstrous evil was behind his father’s death and now threatens him and his mother. And he’s not alone in his thoughts. An ally unknown to him is listening.
A uniquely gifted dog with a heart as golden as his breed, Kipp is devoted beyond reason to people. When he hears the boy who communicates like he does, without speaking, Kipp knows he needs to find him before it’s too late.
Killer’s Payoff
by Ed McBain
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
It’s like an old-time gangster movie: a speeding car, a blazing gun…and suddenly a guy walking down the street without a care in the world is lying in the gutter without a head on his shoulders. But who pulled the high-powered trigger that turned Sy Kramer from a blackmailer into a chalk outline? Was it the politician’s wife with a pornographic past? The soda-pop tycoon desperate to keep a business-busting bungle bottled up? Or was it whoever was paying Kramer a small fortune to hide what must’ve been one very big bad?
It falls to detectives Steve Carella and Cotton Hawes of the 87th Precinct to pound the pavement of the city and beat the bushes of the backwoods for the suspect with the best motive, the most blistering weapon, and the biggest set of brass ones…
No Place Like Home
by Mary Higgins Clark
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
In a riveting and unputdownable thriller from the Queen of Suspense, a young woman is ensnared into returning to a place she had wanted to leave behind forever—her childhood home.
At the age of ten, Liza Barton shot her mother, trying desperately to protect her from her estranged stepfather, Ted Cartwright. Despite his claim that the shooting was a deliberate act, the Juvenile Court ruled the death an accident. Many people, however, agreed with Cartwright, and the tabloids compared the child to the infamous murderess Lizzie Borden, pointing even to the similarity of their names.
Death of a Dishonorable Gentleman
by Tessa Arlen
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
“A worthy debut . . . With a deliciously gruesome murder and an unlikely pair of sleuths, this is a treat for fans of Downton Abbey.” – Deanna Raybourn, New York Times–bestselling author
Lady Montfort has been planning her annual summer costume ball for months, and with scrupulous care. Pulling together the food, flowers and a thousand other details for one of the most significant social occasions of the year is her happily accepted responsibility. But when her husband’s degenerate nephew is found murdered, it’s more than the ball that is ruined. In fact, Lady Montfort fears that the official police enquiry, driven by petty snobbery and class prejudice, is pointing towards her son as a potential suspect.
A Killing in Amish Country
by Gregg Olsen, Rebecca Morris
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
At just 30 years old, with dark-blonde hair and freckles, Barbara Weaver was as pretty as the women depicted on the covers of her favorite “bonnet” stories – romance novels set in Amish America. Barbara had everything she’d ever wanted: five beautiful children, a home, her faith, and a husband named Eli. But while Barbara was happy to live as the Amish have for centuries – without modern conveniences, Eli was tempted by technology: cell phones, the Internet, and sexting. Online he called himself “Amish Stud” and found no shortage of “English” women looking for love and sex. Twice he left Barbara and their children, was shunned, begged for forgiveness, and had been welcomed back to the church.
Mysteries of Dragon’s Island Boxed Set
by Serena Meadows
Kindle $1.99 Rating:5.0 #ad
Escape to a secluded island where magic, destiny, and passion collide! Heart of the Ocean is no ordinary paradise–its mystical powers bring fated mates together, revealing long-buried secrets and forging unbreakable bonds. This box set of eight steamy paranormal romances will sweep you away as powerful dragon shifters fight for love against all odds. This complete series is filled with sizzling passion, powerful dragon shifters…
The Order of Things
by Sarah Gormley
Kindle $0.99 Rating:4.7 #ad
Sometimes nothing is more unexpected than joy.
What happens when a marketing executive leaves San Francisco to care for her dying mother on their family farm in Ohio? A Hallmark heroine would fall in love with her high school sweetheart during a snowstorm—but this is no Hallmark movie. Sarah Gormley spent most of her life trying to outrun the persistent self-loathing that plagued her from childhood, convinced that self-worth was something she had to earn by doing rather than being.
When she returned to Salt Creek Farm at age forty-five, Gormley had no idea that detaching from the success she believed defined her, untangling the complicated relationship with her mother, and continuing the hard work of therapy would lead to a wildly transformed life.
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.