Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
Dark Deeds on a White Christmas
by P. C. James
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
He tries to live and let live. But when a killer drops by for Xmas, can this retired copper keep an innocent from going down for the crime?
England, 1964. Ex-police inspector Tom Ramsay worries the world has left him behind. Thinking a trip to ring in the season is just the ticket, he agrees to a shared vacation with his assistant, her parents, and his loyal dog. But soon after they arrive at the hotel, the good tidings take a deadly dive when his assistant’s mother is found crouched over a corpse holding a knife…
The Forever Stone
by Gloria Repp
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
The paperweight—a summons to courage . . . A new home, new love, new fears . . . and a mystery. How will she face the challenge?
And what does God have in mind? ~ Madeleine, a young widow, is determined to break free from her paralyzing memories and controlling family. The paperweight, a gift from her father, spurs her to declare independence, and she joins her aunt’s house-restoration project in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. Two men enter her life, bringing joy, conflict, and danger. She’ll need courage to fight the treachery she discovers, and faith to step into a new life of promise. Can she do it?
Bring Me Back
by B.A. Paris
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
She went missing. He moved on. A whole world of secrets remained—until now.
Finn and Layla are young, in love, and on vacation. They’re driving along the highway when Finn decides to stop at a service station to use the restroom. He hops out of the car, locks the doors behind him, and goes inside. When he returns Layla is gone—never to be seen again. That is the story Finn told to the police. But it is not the whole story.
Ten years later Finn is engaged to Layla’s sister, Ellen. Their shared grief over what happened to Layla drew them close and now they intend to remain together.
Bangtails, Grifters, and a Liar’s Kiss
by A.G. Russo
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
The Homefront, summer 1943, Brooklyn, New York.
Smalley Pauley is missing. His brother, gangster Guido Bonasccoro, hires reluctant O’Shaughnessy Detective Agency partners Maeve O’Shaughnessy and Vic Marino to find him.
A year after Vic Marino walked into the O’Shaughnessy detective agency office and told Maeve he was going to help her make a go of an agency on the brink of collapse, they have managed to keep it going thanks to the challenging murder case they solved the previous year. This second year provides newer, darker, more dangerous cases as they find themselves caught in the middle of a gangster turf war and forced to do risky work for G-men.
Four Unpublished Novels
by Frank Herbert
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Four novels in one volume from “one of America’s most intelligent, imaginative, and magnetic novelists” (Kirkus Reviews).
Readers know Frank Herbert best for his classic science fiction masterpiece, Dune, which became a New York Times bestseller and earned him both Hugo and Nebula Awards. But Herbert was an exceptionally diverse author who wrote in numerous genres. This volume collects four of those complete, never-before-published novels written before Dune…
Blind to Midnight
by Reed Farrel Coleman
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
When you’re in trouble, you call 911. When cops are in trouble, they call Nick Ryan.
Every cop in the city knows his name, but no one says it out loud. He doesn’t wear a uniform, but he is the most powerful cop in New York. Nick Ryan can find a criminal who’s vanished. Or make a key witness disappear. He has cars, safe houses, money, and weapons hidden all over the city.
The Hitchcock Hotel
by Stephanie Wrobel
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
A Hitchcock fanatic with an agenda invites old friends for a weekend stay at his secluded themed hotel in this fiendishly clever, suspenseful new novel from the international bestselling author of Darling Rose Gold.
Alfred Smettle is not your average Hitchcock fan. He is the founder, owner, and manager of The Hitchcock Hotel, a sprawling Victorian house in the White Mountains dedicated to the Master of Suspense. There, Alfred offers his guests round-the-clock film screenings, movie props and memorabilia in every room, plus an aviary with fifty crows.
The Housemaid Is Watching
by Freida McFadden
Kindle $1.49 Rating: 4.2 #ad
I used to clean other people’s houses—now, I can’t believe this home is actually mine. The charming kitchen, the quiet cul-de-sac, the huge yard where my kids can play. My husband and I saved for years to give our children the life they deserve.
Even though I’m wary of our new neighbor Mrs. Lowell, when she invites us over for dinner it’s our chance to make friends. Her maid opens the door wearing a white apron, her hair in a tight bun. I know exactly what it’s like to be in her shoes. But her cold stare gives me chills…
The Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Workbook Toolbox
by Ava Walters
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
Bonus: Mindfulness & Acceptance (Planner + Journal) Inside
Take control of your mental and emotional well-being, find happiness, and steer your life to where you want to be with the transformative and healing powers of Radical Acceptance and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).
The Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Workbook Toolbox (3 Books in 1) is your easy-to-understand, self-help guide to managing today’s most common challenges.
Whether you’re battling stress, loneliness, anxiety, depression, worry and fear, shame, or simply seeking a way to find balance—this mental wellness bundle offers a clear roadmap to change and transformation.
Friday’s Mystery eBooks
Now or Never
by Janet Evanovich
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
She said yes to Morelli. She said yes to Ranger. Now Stephanie Plum has two fiancés and no idea what to do about it. But the way things are going, she might not live long enough to marry anyone.
While Stephanie stalls for time, she buries herself in her work as a bounty hunter, tracking down an unusually varied assortment of fugitives from justice. There’s Eugene Fleck, a seemingly sweet online influencer who might also be YouTube star Robin Hoodie, masked hero to the homeless, who hijacks delivery trucks and distributes their contents to the needy…
Long Road Home
by Lisa Phillips
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Kenna’s in the crosshairs of a serial murderer. Or is she?
Does it count as avoiding Jax’s mother if Kenna spent the winter in Wisconsin on a case instead of visiting her sort-of-boyfriend in San Diego?
Kenna is still wrestling with the question weeks later. She uncovers a cold case suspect and the answer to decades old questions, all with the help of her new trusty sidekick. What starts as a convenient place to park her RV out of the snow gifts Kenna with a new ally, and weeks spent in this northern peninsula community brings yet more friendships she isn’t expecting.
The truth will out if she has anything to do with it.
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Trial and Retribution
by Lynda La Plante
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
THE UNMISSABLE SERIES OPENER FROM THE QUEEN OF CRIME DRAMA
It is every mother’s nightmare. Her missing daughter found murdered. Her lover the prime suspect. It is every police officer’s fear. A child murder. The evidence circumstantial. It is every rookie solicitor’s dream. A high-profile case. An opportunity to shine.
Twelve men and women will decide the verdict. But only YOU can decide if justice is done for the victim.
Dragon Daddy’s Second Chance
by Serena Meadows
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
One chance to reclaim the love of a lifetime… if they dare.
Blake never thought he’d see Wren again, let alone on a secluded island where he hoped to find peace. Years ago, his powerful family forced them apart, but Wren has been holding onto something precious – a son, hidden to keep them both safe.
Now, fate throws them together, and Blake is astonished to meet the child he never knew. As love rekindles, their reunion is threatened by the same forces that once tore them apart. With everything at stake, Blake is determined to protect his newfound family and fight for the second chance they both deserve.
Dead Lake
by Miranda Kate
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
An eviction. A stolen object. A hidden network. Will retrieving her precious gemstone get Tricky killed? Sometimes it pays to be Tricky
Damn and blast! That rancid piece of excrement, Carter, has had her ransacked out of Clancy!
Tricky returns to her cottage to find it turned upside down. An action that means she has three days to leave or face punishment. Randolf Carter, head of the district, is spreading lies and suspicion about her kind, making life difficult. But it wasn’t just an ordinary ransacking – they were searching for something…
The Last Stand
by Lorhainne Eckhart
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Trapped by a blizzard, hunted by a killer, and racing to save his family before time runs out.
From bestselling author Lorhainne Eckhart comes an intense romantic thriller, “The Last Stand.” On a small island in the Pacific Northwest, Police Chief Mark Friessen’s world is shattered when a woman’s lifeless body is found in the church on the eve of his wedding. The cryptic note clutched in her hand names all his loved ones as targets.
As a fierce snowstorm isolates the island, Mark races against time to protect his family. Cut off from the outside world, he faces an invisible adversary, unsure of the killer’s identity or motive. Unraveling a sinister plot, Mark unearths a horrifying truth—the church is linked to a child trafficking ring…
Mirror, Mirror
by Multiple Authors
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Five twists on classic fairy tales from five mesmerizing authors—including “Taken in Death,” a Lieutenant Eve Dallas story from #1 New York Times bestselling author J. D. Robb.
Once upon a time, in a world far removed from the days when fairy tales were new, five bestselling authors spin versions that take the classic stories into a new dimension. You’ll recognize Hansel and Gretel, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and other enduring characters, but they’ll exist in realms beyond your imagination, where the familiar is transformed into the extraordinary and otherworldly.
Dead Blood: The Complete Series
by Jay Bower
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
In a world where the dead walk, even vampires must fight to survive.
Dorian Wilde awakens to a nightmare—a world consumed by the walking dead, where survival is a savage game and every day is a battle against the unknown. The streets are overrun with flesh-hungry zombies, and humans are no less dangerous, driven to desperation by a crumbling society. But for Dorian, there’s an even greater challenge: finding fresh blood in a world where the food chain has completely collapsed…