Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
Touch Not the Cat
by Mary Stewart
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Ashley Court: the tumbledown ancestral home of the Ashley family, all blessed with ‘the gift’ of being able to speak to each other without words.
When Bryony Ashley’s father dies under mysterious circumstances, his final words are a cryptic warning to her. Bryony returns from abroad to uncover Ashley Court’s secrets. What did her father’s message mean? What lies at the centre of the overgrown maze in the gardens? And who is trying to prevent Bryony from discovering the truth?
Washington
by Thomas J. Gebhardt III
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
With the sound of gunshots, the crowd erupts in crying and screams. Some of them wonder what to do, some worry, all wanting to make it out alive. Evan finds he doesn’t think of himself at all but about Judith. Where could she be? Is she safe?
Before that dreaded day, Evan is a new transfer to Washington High School, where he’s reunited with his best friends from childhood. He’s a typical slacker who would rather sketch and daydream than pay attention in class, waiting for the bell to ring so he can go to the arcade and comic book shop after school. When he meets Judith, who aims for perfection and top honors, they slowly grow closer and closer…
Lethal Liaison
by Joey Jaymes
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
In the heart of the nation’s capital, love isn’t just complicated; it’s lethal.
Lacy Langford had her life mapped out with a thriving career in relationship counseling, a steamy relationship with a hot hockey player, and a quiet life in Dupont Circle.
But when past secrets surface and old flames reignite, danger threatens to consume all she holds dear. Is Marcus Grayson, the man she once knew so well, really who she thinks he is? Can she trust him with her life like she once trusted him with her heart, or will confiding in him destroy everything?
The Perfect Husband
by Lisa Gardner
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
“Lisa Gardner’s books come with a built-in set of hands. They reach up out of the pages, grab you by the lapels, and hold you until you’ve read to the final, suspense-filled sentence.” – Linwood Barclay
Jim Beckett was everything she’d ever dreamed of. . . . But two years after Tess married the decorated cop and bore his child, she helped put him behind bars for savagely murdering ten women. Even locked up in a maximum security prison, he vowed he would come after her and make her pay. Now the cunning killer has escaped—and the most dangerous game of all begins…
The Cabin at the End of the World
by Paul Tremblay
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 3.7 #ad
Seven-year-old Wen and her parents, Eric and Andrew, are vacationing at a remote cabin on a quiet New Hampshire lake. Their closest neighbors are more than two miles in either direction along a rutted dirt road.
One afternoon, as Wen catches grasshoppers in the front yard, a stranger unexpectedly appears in the driveway. Leonard is the largest man Wen has ever seen, but he is young, friendly, and he wins her over almost instantly. Leonard and Wen talk and play until Leonard abruptly apologizes and tells Wen, “None of what’s going to happen is your fault.” Three more strangers then arrive at the cabin carrying unidentifiable, menacing objects. As Wen sprints inside to warn her parents, Leonard calls out: “Your dads won’t want to let us in, Wen. But they have to. We need your help to save the world.”
Extinction
by Douglas Preston
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
With Extinction, #1 New York Times bestselling author Douglas Preston has written a page-turning thriller in the Michael Crichton mode that explores the possible and unintended dangers of the very real efforts to resurrect the woolly mammoth and other long-extinct animals.
Erebus Resort, occupying a magnificent, hundred-thousand acre valley deep in the Colorado Rockies, offers guests the experience of viewing woolly mammoths, Irish Elk, and giant ground sloths in their native habitat, brought back from extinction through the magic of genetic manipulation. When a billionaire’s son and his new wife are kidnapped and murdered in the Erebus back country by what is assumed to be a gang of eco-terrorists, Colorado Bureau of Investigation Agent Frances Cash partners with county sheriff James Colcord to track down the perpetrators.
Price of Duty
by Dale Brown
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
The U.S. and its Western allies come under a diabolical Russian cyber warfare attack in this action-packed military techno-thriller from New York Times bestselling master Dale Brown.
In a top-secret location deep in the Ural Mountains, Russian President Gennadiy Gryzlov has built his nation’s most dangerous weapon since the atomic bomb—a fearsome tool to gain superiority in Russia’s long-running battle with the West. From inside Perun Aerie—an intricate network of underground tunnels and chambers that is the heart of the Russian cyber warfare program—he is launching a carefully plotted series of attacks on an unsuspecting U.S. and its European allies..
Heather Graham Presents Krewe of Hunters Christmas Stories
by Heather Graham
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
“These stories are a wonderful way to celebrate to celebrate Christmas and the great ways and wonders of Christmas times. It’s loving, forgiveness,truth, and hope. This is an excellent collection of Christmas stories presented by Heather Graham who really knows how to put a story on the page and draw you in with a wonderful story. I would recommend this book to anyone who believes in Christmas and the wonders of the Christmas season and the mystery it holds.” by Amazon Customer
Preacher’s Strike
by William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone
Kindle $7.99 Rating: BRAND NEW RELEASE #ad
JOHNSTONE COUNTRY. SEEK AND YOU SHALL DIE.
Preacher is heading home to the mountains when he’s approached by a wealthy European with an unusual proposition. He wants the legendary mountain man to track down his missing cousin—a reckless young woman who fled to America with her lover—and he’s willing to pay a small fortune to find her. Preacher isn’t one to get mixed up in the affairs of fancy foreigners, but he reluctantly agrees. The search is on. Striking westward from St. Louis, Preacher quickly begins to suspect that this search party is doomed. And this trail will lead to some very dead ends . . .
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
Index to Murder
by Jo Dereske
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
The search for purloined paintings leads a Washington librarian and her artist pal into danger in this charming cozy mystery.
No one could be more orderly or organized than dedicated librarian Helma Zukas. No one could be more rash and raucous than avant-garde artist Ruth Winthrop. Yet the two women are best friends and a resourceful, ingenious, crime-solving team. So when two of Ruth’s latest paintings—each depicting an ex-lover who met a very untimely and mysterious end—are stolen, the amazing amateur detectives get to work.
The Libyan Diversion
by Joel C. Rosenberg
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
Abu Nakba—the man responsible for lethal attacks in Washington, D.C., London, and Jerusalem—is finally dead. Marcus Ryker has been tasked with hunting down and destroying what’s left of the terror group Kairos.
But before Ryker can mobilize his team of CIA operatives with their new assignment, a disturbing report from Libya suggests all may not be as it seems. The U.S. bombing that should have taken out Nakba’s headquarters now appears to have been a disastrous mistake—and Ryker himself may be responsible.
Deadly Season
by Alison Bruce
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Last month Kate Garrett was a Police Detective. Now she’s a Pet P.I.?
Kate recently inherited half her father’s private investigation company and a partner who is as irritating as he is attractive. Kate has been avoiding Jake Carmedy for years, but now her life might depend on him.
Kate and Jake are on the hunt for a serial cat killer who has mysterious connections to her father’s last police case. Kate’s father had been forced to retire when he was shot investigating a domestic disturbance. Is the shooter back for revenge? And is Kate or Jake next?
Terminal Freeze
by Lincoln Child
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Alaska’s Federal Wilderness Zone is one of the most dangerous and inhospitable places on Earth. For paleoecologist Evan Marshall, an expedition to the Zone offers an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to study the mounting effects of climate change. But once there, Marshall and his intrepid team make an astonishing discovery: an enormous prehistoric animal encased in solid ice. Despite repeated warnings from the local village, and Marshall’s own mounting concern, the expedition sponsors want the creature cut from the ice, thawed, and revealed on a live television spectacular…But then the creature disappears and an unspeakable horror is unleashed.
The New Couple in 5B
by Lisa Unger
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
A couple inherits an apartment with a spine-tingling past in this unputdownable thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six.
Rosie and Chad Lowan are barely making ends meet in New York City when they receive life-changing news: Chad’s late uncle has left them his luxury apartment at the historic Windermere in glamorous Murray Hill. With its prewar elegance and impeccably uniformed doorman, the building is the epitome of old New York charm. One would almost never suspect the dark history lurking behind its perfectly maintained facade.
The O’Connell Family Christmas
by Lorhainne Eckhart
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Christmas is coming, and love is in the air. But so is some dark mayhem. Will the crime behind the curtain ruin a happy-ending holiday for the O’Connells?
Owen O’Connell wants only one thing: to put a ring on the finger of his long-time girlfriend, Tessa Brooks. But when her past fears become an obstacle between them, Owen may not get the new beginning and the happily ever after he truly wants.
Meanwhile, Suzanne O’Connell finds herself in a year-long slump, being the live-in girlfriend of Deputy Harold Waters. Jobless and searching for something to give her life meaning, she finds herself on the wrong side of the law when she stands up for the rights of a stranger who is targeted by the community…
The Secret
by Lee Child, Andrew Child
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
A string of mysterious deaths. A long-classified mission. A young MP with nothing to lose.
All across the United States respectable, upstanding citizens are showing up dead. These deaths could be accidents, and they don’t appear to be connected—until a fatal fall from a high-floor window attracts some unexpected attention.
That attention comes from the secretary of defense. All of a sudden he wants an interagency task force to investigate. And he wants Jack Reacher as the army’s representative. If Reacher gets a result, great. If not, he’s a convenient fall guy…
Silver in the Bone
by Alexandra Bracken
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
“Simmering with magic, peril, romance, and heartbreak.”—Leigh Bardugo, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Shadow and Bone
Born without a trace of magic, Tamsin Lark is no match for the sorceresses and Hollowers who populate the magical underground of Boston. But when the only parent she’s ever known disappears without so much as a goodbye, she has no choice but to join in their cutthroat pursuit of enchanted relics to keep herself—and her brother, Cabell—alive…
Backwater Justice
by Fern Michaels
Kindle $8.54 Rating: BRAND NEW RELEASE #ad
The Sisterhood: a group of women from all walks of life bound by friendship and years of adventure. Armed with vast resources, top-notch expertise, and a loyal network of allies around the globe, the Sisterhood will not rest until every wrong is made right.
The small Oregon town of Mountain Valley seems like the perfect place to safely raise a family, away from the dangers of the big city. Vanessa’s parents think so, until the day their fourteen-year-old daughter doesn’t come home for dinner. They call her cell. Straight to voice mail. They call her friends. Nothing.