Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
A Minute to Midnight
by David Baldacci
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
FBI Agent Atlee Pine’s life was never the same after her twin sister Mercy was kidnapped — and likely killed — thirty years ago. After a lifetime of torturous uncertainty, Atlee’s unresolved anger finally gets the better of her on the job, and she finds she has to deal with the demons of her past if she wants to remain with the FBI.
Atlee and her assistant Carol Blum head back to Atlee’s rural hometown in Georgia to see what they can uncover about the traumatic night Mercy was taken and Pine was almost killed. But soon after Atlee begins her investigation, a local woman is found ritualistically murdered, her face covered with a wedding veil — and the first killing is quickly followed by a second bizarre murder.
The Wrights, Books 1-3
by Robin Patchen
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
The other Wright brothers: Danger, romance, and resilience collide in this thrilling boxset that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
A bodyguard confronting the shadows of her traumatic past. A mother racing against time to protect her children from a vengeful killer. High school sweethearts rekindling their bond while fleeing for their lives. These stories weave together themes of courage, justice, and the enduring power of love. With relentless enemies, heart-pounding twists, and unforgettable heroes and heroines, this collection delivers the perfect blend of suspense and emotional depth.
COURAGE IN THE SHADOWS
A MOUNTAIN TOO STEEP
ESCAPING WITH YOU
Just Another Missing Person
by Gillian McAllister
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
From the author of the Reese’s Book Club Pick and the New York Times bestseller Wrong Place Wrong Time comes a new heart-stopping thriller in which a missing-person case unravels deeper, darker secrets that lead a detective to an impossible moral choice.
Not everyone who is lost should be found…
Twenty-two-year-old Olivia has been missing for one day…and counting. She was last seen on CCTV, entering a dead-end alley. And not coming back out again…
Sweet Revenge
by Nora Roberts
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
At twenty-five, Princess Adrianne lives a life most people would envy. Beautiful and elegant, she spends her days dabbling in charities and her nights floating from one glamorous gala to the next. But her pampered-rich-girl pose is a ruse, a carefully calculated effort to hide a dangerous truth.
For ten years Adrianne has lived for revenge. As a child, she could only watch the cruelty hidden behind the facade of her parents’ fairy-tale marriage. Now she has the perfect plan to make her famous father pay. She will take possession of the one thing he values above all others—The Sun and the Moon, a fabled necklace beyond price…
The Mephisto Club
by Tess Gerritsen
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
The Latin word is scrawled in blood at the scene of a young woman’s brutal murder: I HAVE SINNED. It’s a chilling Christmas greeting for Boston medical examiner Maura Isles and Detective Jane Rizzoli, who swiftly link the victim to controversial celebrity psychiatrist Joyce O’Donnell–Jane’s professional nemesis and member of a sinister cabal called the Mephisto Club.
On top of Beacon Hill, the club’s acolytes devote themselves to the analysis of evil: Can it be explained by science? Does it have a physical presence? Do demons walk the earth? Drawing on a wealth of dark historical data and mysterious religious symbolism, the Mephisto scholars aim to prove a startling theory: that Satan himself exists among us.
Goes To Eleven
by Dennis Higgins
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Eleven amazing stories of intrigue for the eleventh release of Author Dennis Higgins. Wonderfully crafted stories, which include: Time Travel, Paranormal Romance, Ghost/Horror Stories, Historical, and True Stories.
Experiences include a time-traveling room, Chicago Gangsters, a famous rock star that never was, an actual angel encounter, email romance across time, spine-tingling horror, a ghost story from the phantasm’s point of view…and more. Your amazement is guaranteed.
A Calculated Risk
by Katherine Neville
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
A female financial whiz plans the perfect bank heist in this “high-tech, high-stakes” thriller from the #1 international-bestselling author of The Eight (The Washington Post).
Verity Banks is the one of the most powerful women in finance, but she still reports to a man. Her boss not only refuses to implement her security plan to safeguard customers’ deposits, he also sabotages her shot at becoming director of security at the Federal Reserve. Outraged, Verity decides to take revenge by hitting her boss where it will hurt the most: right in his company’s balance sheet. She is about to begin her assault when she hears from the last person she ever expected to see again, Zoltan Tor.
The Code
by Gregg Hurwitz
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In the latest short story from bestselling author Gregg Hurwitz, discover the teenage missions of Orphan X.
Before he was the feared black ops government assassin Orphan X, operating in the shadows and spoken about in whispers, Evan Smoak was a teenager, undergoing the most rigorous of training. At 17, Evan is sent off by his handler, ex-CIA station agent Jack Johns, to take the most intense U.S. military training course. But that is only part of the challenge before him – Evan has to get there and back, safely and quietly, maintaining operational security.
The List
by Steve Berry
Kindle $7.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
After a ten-year self-imposed exile, Brent Walker is returning home to Concord, a quaint town in central Georgia nestled close to the Savannah River. Two years ago, his father died, and now Brent, hired by Southern Republic Pulp and Paper Company as its assistant general counsel, is returning to care for his ailing mother.
For decades, Southern Republic has invested heavily in Concord, creating a thriving community where its employees live, work, and retire. But the genteel sheen of this quiet town is deceiving, and when a list of cryptic code surfaces, Brent starts to see the cracks.
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
Killer Pancake
by Diane Mott Davidson
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
When Goldy, owner of Goldilocks’ Catering, whips up a sumptuous lowfat feast for the Mignon Cosmetics’ company banquet, she discovers just how ugly the beauty biz can be!
On the day of the banquet Goldy finds herself confronting an angry mob of demonstrators—“Spare the Hares”—who object to Mignon Cosmetics’ animal-testing policies. As she carries lowfat fare from her van to the mall where the banquet is being held, she hears an ominous squeal of tires and a horrifying thump. Seconds later a Mignon employee lies dead on the pavement.
Blood Ties
by Jo Nesbo, Robert Ferguson
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
From the modern master of Nordic suspense comes an explosive novel about a community in crisis and two brothers on the verge of losing everything they’ve worked so hard to achieve.
By all accounts, Carl and Roy Opgard are doing quite well for themselves. Or at least they’re doing as well as can be expected in a small town like Os. Carl manages the area’s swanky and successful spa and hotel, while Roy runs a nearby gas station and harbors grand plans to build it out into an entire amusement park, complete with a roller coaster. But when news breaks about a new highway to be built nearby, bypassing Os and leaving the town cutoff and isolated, it’s clear that something has to be done . . . even if the methods are bound to be dirty. Fortunately, Carl and Roy have experience with just that kind of work.
Before Democracy: The Sacrifice
by Tyler True
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Anthropologist Theodore Hansen discovers a magical plant in the Amazon rainforest that has the potential to both heal and destroy society. He takes a cutting from the indigenous guardians of the plant and clones enough of it to sell to the world, becoming one of the richest humans alive.
After witnessing the corruption and greed from some of the most powerful governments and pharmaceutical companies on Earth, he decides to use his vast fortune to start a political revolution that truly gives the power to the people…despite the danger to himself and his family.
The Perfect Family
by Iris Baxter
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The perfect family. The perfect lie. Mellie hasn’t been home in over twenty years. Not since her parents and her brother Jacob died under mysterious circumstances. Not since she was left completely alone.
But the past isn’t gone. It’s waiting. Her name appears in confidential files – alongside dozens of missing children. Her family’s house holds hidden rooms, medical records, and surveillance equipment she was never meant to find. And someone is slipping inside at night, leaving things behind to remind her she isn’t safe. The deeper she digs, the more twisted the truth becomes. Because her family’s deaths were only the beginning. And Mellie was never meant to walk away.
Die Trying
by Alan Jacobson
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
One piece of intel could blow up a treaty – and an operative’s life – in this new black-ops thriller by the USA Today bestseller and “major talent” (Douglas Preston).
When Aaron “Uzi” Uziel, head of the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force, receives highly protected intelligence that has the potential to throw the Middle East into turmoil, the CIA orders him to stand down—the information could compromise sensitive negotiations. But after Uzi discovers that the intel carries implications that impact not only national security but his own life, career, and family, he cannot ignore it.
The Day of the Triffids
by John Wyndham, Jeff VanderMeer
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
What if a meteor shower left most of the world blind—and humanity at the mercy of mysterious carnivorous plants?
Bill Masen undergoes eye surgery and awakes the next morning in his hospital bed to find civilization collapsing. Wandering the city, he quickly realizes that surviving in this strange new world requires evading strangers and the seven-foot-tall plants known as triffids—plants that can walk and can kill a man with one quick lash of their poisonous stingers.
Conviction
by Juan Martínez
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
From the lawyer who put the woman who killed her ex-boyfriend in cold blood behind bars, an insider look at the courtroom drama that gripped the country.
Juan Martinez, the fiery prosecuting attorney who convicted notorious murderess Jodi Arias for the killing of Travis Alexander, speaks for the first time about the investigation and trial that captivated the nation.
Through two trials, America watched as Juan Martinez fought relentlessly to convict Jodi Arias of Murder One for viciously stabbing her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander to death…
Deadly Storms
by Christine Feehan
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Danger is gathering on the horizon in this gripping novel of romantic suspense from #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan.
Shabina Foster does her best to lead a normal life. She takes comfort in her friends and her dogs and finds passion in running her own small-town café in the eastern Sierra. But she can’t help always looking over her shoulder, not after what happened in her past. Since then, Shabina has worked very hard to build herself up and live life to the fullest.
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
“B” is for Burglar
by Sue Grafton
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Beverly Danziger looked like an expensive, carefully wrapped package from a good but conservative shop. Only her compulsive chatter hinted at the nervousness beneath her cool surface. It was a nervousness out of all proportion to the problem she placed before Kinsey Millhone. There was an absent sister. A will to be settled–a matter of only a few thousand dollars. Mrs. Danziger did not look as if she needed a few thousand dollars. And she didn’t seem like someone longing for a family reunion.
Still, business was slow, and even a private investigator has bills to pay. Millhone took the job. It looked routine.
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The Quinn Legacy
by Nora Roberts
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Inner Harbor. Phillip Quinn has done everything to make his life seem perfect. With his career on the fast track and a condo overlooking the Inner Harbor, his life on the street is firmly in the past. But one look at Seth and he’s reminded of the boy he once was.
Chesapeake Blue. Now a grown man returning from Europe as a successful painter, Seth Quinn is settling down on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, surrounded once again by Cam, Ethan, and Phil, their wives and children, all the blessed chaos of the extended Quinn clan.
The Missing Half
by Ashley Flowers, Alex Kiester
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
“A propulsive mystery with excellent writing . . . Simply a great read!” – Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl
Nicole “Nic” Monroe is in a rut. At twenty-four, she lives alone in a dinky apartment in her hometown of Mishawaka, Indiana, she’s just gotten a DWI, and she works the same dead-end job she’s been working since high school, a job she only has because her boss is a family friend and feels sorry for her. Everyone has felt sorry for her for the last seven years—since the day her older sister, Kasey, vanished without a trace.
Claudia Richelieu
by Isabel Campbell, Michael Anderle
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Vampire elite. College freshman. Double life.
Claudia Richelieu excels at taking down human operatives, but her temper is her Achilles’ heel.
Tasked with a solo mission at UN-NC, Claudia must balance her black ops work with campus life.
One slip could blow her cover and jeopardize Haven’s secrets.
Grab this complete series boxed set and join Claudia on her undercover operation today!
Body of Lies
by Iris Johansen
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
“The story moves so fast, you’ll be reading the epilogue before you notice.” – People
Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan has been summoned to Baton Rouge by a high-ranking government official to identify the remains of an unknown murder victim. Eve wants nothing to do with the project. She has finally found peace from her own tragic past, living a quiet life with Atlanta detective Joe Quinn and her adopted daughter, Jane. Then a stunning series of seemingly unrelated events turns Eve’s new world upside down.
Rapid City Summer
by Connie Richardson
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.9 #ad
“One of the worst things you can do is stay in your comfort zone.”
Fifteen-year-old Natalie Ryba reluctantly moves from the Illinois suburbs to Rapid City, South Dakota, when her mom accepts a new job in the Black Hills. More than anything, Natalie wants to find the same peace and sense of belonging she had in Illinois with her friends and track team. But moving across the country, living minutes from her estranged, eccentric grandmother, and developing a crush on her next-door neighbor put that dream out of reach.
The move turns Natalie’s life upside down, and she realizes how much she doesn’t know about the world, her family, and herself. She embraces the culture of her new home by learning how to fly fish.
Far Away Home
by Susan Denning
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
This enhanced edition includes a bonus introduction to the sequel EMBRACE THE WIND, rated 4.4 stars.
In post-Civil War New York City, sixteen-year-old Aislynn Denehy cannot find a job, she has no place to live and no family to help her. Some might think this is a problem; Aislynn believes it is an opportunity, but she has a lot to learn.
No formulaic romance, this well-researched love story depicts life as it truly was for the thousands of women who went west reaching for a new life. Aislynn’s journey begins in a New York City tenement and leads her across the frontier to a Utah mining camp where she must cope with the three very different men in her life: smart, solicitous Tim, good-natured, good-guy Johnny and the intense but intriguing Liam Moran. Life in the roughshod camp brings small joys and devastating losses.
Framed in Death
by J. D. Robb
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Manhattan is filled with galleries and deep-pocketed collectors who can make an artist’s career with a wave of a hand. But one man toils in obscurity, his brilliance unrecognized while lesser talents bask in the glory he believes should be his. Come tomorrow, he vows, the city will be buzzing about his work.
Indeed, before dawn, Lt. Eve Dallas is speeding toward the home of the two gallery owners whose doorway has been turned into a horrifying crime scene overnight. A lifeless young woman has been elaborately costumed and precisely posed to resemble the model of a long-ago Dutch master, and Dallas plunges into her investigation.
Monday’s Mystery eBooks
Wedding Dress Murder
by Avery Kent
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
An amateur sleuth on her way down the aisle, her two best friends, and a body in a ballroom.
Rancher Ashley Travis can’t find a dress that fits her style or her sass at an old friend’s bridal boutique, so she joins her besties at a bridal show hoping for inspiration. But the weekend goes from satin to sinister when a famous cut-throat wedding dress designer is found dead among the tulle and tiaras.
With suspects including bitter rivals, a demoted journalist with a grudge, an ambitious business partner, a scorned client and a put upon apprentice, everyone has something to hide…
Buried Secrets
by Denise Diana Huddle
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Danger. Corruption. Passion.
When an explosion unearths human remains – and almost lands them in the morgue – historical preservationist Samantha Jordon and San Antonio police detective Nick Ballard reluctantly team up to investigate.
Since the case is as cold as the corpse, Samantha turns to the cutting-edge science of genetic genealogy to unravel the dark history of a gruesome unsolved murder and identify the body. But Nick is obstructing her at every turn. Then a targeted hit and run and a break-in force them to seek refuge in San Antonio’s forgotten historic sites and underground tunnels.
Despite their differences, Samantha is falling for the jaded detective. And Nick cares for her more than he should. But coming clean about his past—and the reason he’s been dragging his feet during the investigation—could end his career and put his deceased partner’s family in jeopardy.
A Little Fate
by Nora Roberts
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
THE WITCHING HOUR. A kingdom is plagued by tragedy until a wizard-god’s spell brings forth a courageous and beautiful young woman who must follow her heart in love and follow her destiny in battle…
WINTER ROSE. A young queen heals a wounded soldier on a remote island cursed with eternal winter—and warms her heart with the joys of true love…
A WORLD APART
Munich Wolf
by Rory Clements
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
The gripping new 2024 thriller from the Sunday Times and one million copy bestselling author of The English Führer. In this brilliant standalone crime novel set in 1930s Munich, Detective Sebastian Wolff must walk a tight line between doing his job and falling foul of the Nazi party he despises.
MUNICH, 1935 – The Bavarian capital is a magnet for young, aristocratic Britons who come to learn German, swim in the lakes and drink beer in the cellars.
What they don’t see – or choose to ignore – is the brutal underbelly of the Nazi movement which considers Munich its spiritual home.
The Twist of a Knife
by Anthony Horowitz
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
“I’m sorry but the answer’s no.” Reluctant author, Anthony Horowitz, has had enough. He tells ex-detective Daniel Hawthorne that after three books he’s splitting and their deal is over.
The truth is that Anthony has other things on his mind.
His new play, a thriller called Mindgame, is about to open at the Vaudeville Theater in London’s West End. Not surprisingly, Hawthorne declines a ticket to the opening night…
Home Before Dark
by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir, Victoria Cribb
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
November, 1967, Iceland. Fourteen-year-old Marsí has a secret penpal – a boy who lives on the other side of the country – but she has been writing to him in her older sister’s name. Now she is excited to meet him for the first time.
But when the date arrives, Marsí is prevented from going, and during the night her sister Stína goes missing – her bloodstained anorak later found at the place where Marsí and her penpal had agreed to meet.
November, 1977. Stína’s disappearance remains unsolved. Then an unexpected letter arrives for Marsí It’s from her penpal, and he’s still out there…
Buckaloo
by Deborah Chavez
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.9 #ad
HEARTS, FRIENDSHIPS, and DOGS
Harley Fremont is a woman with big dreams. For years she has taken her well-trained dog, Gemma, on dangerous adventures. The time has come for Harley and Gemma to relax a bit and take another path in life. Harley knows that the skills used on their previous outings can be taught to other dogs and their human parents. When her vision of a small ranch has been realized, Harley turns her considerable energy and desires to see the dog training academy of her dreams come alive.
Throughout Harley and Gemma’s adventures, they have made friends in states as far east as Washington, D.C. and as far west as Oregon. Those friends and more have assisted Harley and her fiancé, Bill Harris, with their engagement and in their home designing and ranch developing endeavors…
Somatic Therapy Workbook
by Ava Walters
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
At this exact moment, your body is trying to tell you something – are you listening?
It doesn’t speak in words, but it IS communicating – through tight shoulders, shallow breaths, chronic headaches, clenched jaws, restless legs, sleep issues, gut problems, extra weight, fatigue, emotional numbness, a feeling of heaviness that just won’t go away, and many more.
These are somatic messages—your body’s way of saying, “I’m NOT okay.” And somatic therapy helps you understand and respond to these messages, enabling you to finally experience a true sense of calm and relief.
Billion-Dollar Ransom
by James Patterson, Duane Swierczynski
Kindle $14.99 Rating: BRAND NEW RELEASE #ad
Five members of a billionaire’s family. In different locations. All kidnapped at the same moment.
Two children taken from a private-school bus. A film producer and a movie star grabbed at a hideaway resort. A beautiful wife whisked off the streets of Beverly Hills.
A patriarch wants his family back. The cash, gold, jewels, and crypto are all ready. There’s only one problem: a brilliant, very stubborn FBI agent. Special Agent Nicky Gordon doesn’t want to pay the kidnappers. Not a dime.