Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
Foul Play
by Janet Evanovich
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
When Amy Klasse loses her TV job to a dancing chicken, handsome veterinarian Jake Elliott rescues her with an offer to be his receptionist. Jake just can’t resist a damsel in distress, and Amy certainly doesn’t mind Jake’s charming sincerity.
Then suddenly the job-stealing chicken disappears and Amy is suspected of foul play. Amy and Jake search for clues to prove her innocence. But will Jake be able to prove to Amy that love, too, is a mystery worth solving?
Love You To Death
by Rowen Chambers
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Her marriage seemed perfect. Until her memory came back.
Avery feels lucky to have married such a wonderful man. Logan’s been the perfect husband, helping to piece her life back together after a traumatic brain injury erased her memories.
But Avery’s admiration for Logan turns to concern when she recalls past moments which seem sinister and frightening. Logan insists these memories aren’t real. That what she remembers never actually happened…
A Hunger to Kill
by Kim Mager, Lisa Pulitzer
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
In this fascinating & profoundly chilling account, Detective Kim Mager, a real-life version of Clarice Starling, reveals how she closed in on—and broke—one of Ohio’s most infamous serial killers.
On September 13, 2016, in the small town of Ashland, Ohio, emergency dispatchers received a 911 call from a terrified woman who claimed to be kidnapped. The man holding her hostage was Shawn Grate, a serial killer whom the press later dubbed “The Ladykiller.” A key to his conviction and death sentence were Grate’s extensive recorded confessions—all extracted by one woman: Detective Kim Mager.
The Damage
by Howard Linskey
Kindle $0.50 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Power has its price. David Blake should be enjoying the high life now that he’s top dog, controlling everything in the city that’s worth controlling.
But when it becomes clear that someone wants him dead, Blake struggles to maintain his restraint. From the heroin-laced high-rises of Newcastle to the seedy back streets of Bangkok, in a world of contract killers, corrupt politicians, bent detectives, fast women, and dangerous men, Blake is in a race against time to find—and stop—his potential assassin.
Sweet Little Lies
by Leah Cupps
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
The first cut is the deepest. When the charming and wealthy Tucker walks into Reese’s bakery shop, it’s not long before their whirlwind romance leads to an engagement. It seems all her dreams are about to come true.
Until the chilling threats begin. As Reese’s big day approaches, she receives a series of anonymous messages demanding that she call off the wedding…or face the consequences.
The Murders of Richard III
by Elizabeth Peters
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Bloody Richard?
In a remote English manor house, modern admirers of the much-maligned King Richard III—one of Shakespeare’s most extraordinary villains—are gathered for a grand weekend of dress-up and make-believe murder. But the fun ends when the make-believe turns more sinister . . . and deadly. Jacqueline Kirby, an American librarian on hand for the festivities, suddenly finds herself in the center of strange, dark doings . . . and racing to untangle a murderous puzzle before history repeats itself in exceptionally bloody ways.
Thriller Collection
by Multiple Authors
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
Lock the doors. Draw the shades. Pull up the covers and be prepared for Thriller to keep you up all night!
Featuring North America’s foremost thriller authors, Thriller was the first collection of pure thriller stories ever published. Revisit these heart-pumping tales of suspense, including thirty-two of the most critically acclaimed and award-winning names in the business. From the signature characters that made such authors as David Morrell and John Lescroart famous to some of the hottest new voices in the genre, this blockbuster will tantalize and terrify.
Never Tell
by Lisa Gardner
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
A man is dead, shot three times in his home office. But his computer has been shot twelve times, and when the cops arrive, his pregnant wife is holding the gun.
D.D. Warren arrives on the scene and recognizes the woman–Evie Carter–from a case many years back. Evie’s father was killed in a shooting that was ruled an accident. But for D.D., two coincidental murders is too many.
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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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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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.