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
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
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
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
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
Kindle $14.99 Rating: BRAND NEW RELEASE #ad
“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.