Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
Maui Murder
by Jasmine Webb
Kindle $1.49 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Charlie finally feels like she’s got a bit of breathing room. She’s flush with cash, she and Zoe are moving into a snazzy new apartment, and she’s riding the wave of having solved a murder a few weeks earlier. But when a local woman is murdered and her family hires Charlie to find the killer, she finds herself embroiled in yet another investigation.
However, what Charlie initially thinks might be an easy solve quickly finds her mired in Maui’s seedy underworld, with a victim who led a double life. Finding herself dealing with a suspect list longer than a CVS receipt, Charlie enlists the help of Dot and Rosie to narrow down that list and get a lead on the real killer…
Ghost Agents
by Nita DeBorde
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
The award-winning 1st installment of the Ghost Agents Trilogy
An organization that has operated in secret for centuries… a mystery that threatens to burn it all to the ground… and she’s the only agent who can stop it…
To the residents and tourists of Galveston Island, Claire Abelard is the friendly young woman who works at the local candy store by day and leads ghost tours of the island’s haunted locations by night. They don’t realize this persona is a cover for Claire’s real job as an agent of the Bureau for Historical Preservation, a clandestine organization that monitors and assists energy projections, or the entities more commonly known as “ghosts.”
Spearthrower
by D. BRAISTED
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Kim has always had food and shelter; she grew up in a comfortable world. But she is wild. After graduating from high school, she enters The Branch and becomes a highly trained astronaut. Kim accepts a classified mission and is launched deep. However, she is not just the test pilot, she is also the test. And then there is Kala. She grew up in the open grass plain with a spear in hand, but she is not wild. Her adventure will violently choose her.
This is a playful and sometimes poetic story that is a view of us. But there is hope.
A Taste of Blood
by Lynda La Plante
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
The gripping new Detective Jane Tennison thriller from the Queen of Crime Drama, Lynda La Plante. Detective Jane Tennison made a bad choice.
She was the one who put in a transfer to the quiet, local police station in Bromley, keen to escape the relentless pressure of her former West End department.
Now she regrets her decision. The tedium of petty crime investigations even makes her question remaining in the force…
Tom Clancy Power and Empire
by Marc Cameron
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
As mounting tensions between China and the United States push the world’s two great powers to the brink of war, it falls to President Jack Ryan to identify the lethal chess master behind the scenes in this thriller in Tom Clancy’s #1 New York Times bestselling series.
Jack Ryan is dealing with an aggresive challenge from the Chinese government as the G20 Summit approaches. Pawns are being moved around a global chessboard: an attack on an oil platform in Africa, a terrorist strike on an American destroyer and a storm tossed American spy ship that may fall into Chinese hands. It seems that Premier Zhao is determined to limit Ryan’s choices in the upcoming negotiations.
Call After Midnight
by Tess Gerritsen
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
Rediscover the thrills of this classic romantic suspense from New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen!
Newlywed Sarah Fontaine has just received the news that every wife fears: her husband of two months has died abroad in a hotel fire. Yet convinced he’s still alive, Sarah forges an alliance with Nick O’Hara from the U.S. State Department that has the two of them crisscrossing Europe on a desperate search for signs of life. As Sarah and Nick become quarry in the secret world of international espionage, they must risk everything for answers that may prove fatal.
Inspector French and the Sea Mystery
by Freeman Wills Crofts
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
When a dead body is found at sea, the case can only be solved by the astute Inspector French, and his most discerning readers, in this Golden Age mystery.
A mysterious shipping crate is hauled ashore off the coast of Burry Port in South Wales by two fishermen, who find a brutally murdered, decaying corpse inside. Stumped by the lack of clues, the local police call in Inspector French of Scotland Yard, one of the Criminal Investigation Department’s finest detectives. With his meticulous pursuit of leads, it’s only a matter of time until Inspector French finds the killer.
Devil’s Gate
by David Roberts
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
The little-known story of a deadly 1,300-mile trek by Mormon converts in 1856: “This compelling account of a major frontier catastrophe is hard to put down.” —Booklist
In 1856, led by the church’s second Prophet and new leader, Brigham Young, the Mormon faithful headed west to escape persecution. They arrived in what is now Utah the following year and established a new Zion in the wilderness. Nine years later, fearing a federal invasion, Young and other Mormon leaders debated how to bring thousands of impoverished European converts, mostly British and Scandinavian, from the Old World to Zion. Young conceived of a plan in which the European Mormons would travel by ship to New York City and by train to Iowa City. From there, instead of crossing the plains by covered wagon, they would push and pull wooden handcarts all the way to Salt Lake.
Sky Ice: A Dark Fantasy Romance
by E. G. Sparks
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A determined survivor. A terrifying creature of shadow. A society of protectors that could bring her a found family or an early grave.
Arien Blair yearns to belong. Aged out of the foster system and living on the streets, the desperate eighteen-year-old works odd jobs just to put a roof over her head. But when she’s attacked by a hooded and faceless being, she’s stunned when a brooding warrior steps in and promptly declares he’s duty-bound to protect.
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
The Mockingbird’s Song
by Wanda E. Brunstetter
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
Where Is the Hope in Grief for a Young Amish Widow?
Sylvia has been nearly paralyzed with grief and anxiety since the tragic death of her husband, father, and brother in a traffic accident. She tries to help in the family’s greenhouse while caring for her two young children, but she prefers not to have to deal with customers. Her mother’s own grief causes her to hover over her children and grandchildren, and Sylvia seeks a diversion…
Master of the Revels
by Nicole Galland
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
An epic adventure awaits in this page-turning sci-fi read!
In this brilliant sequel to The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.—an enthralling, history-bending adventure traversing time and space, fact and fiction, magic and science co-written with #1 New York Times bestselling author Neal Stephenson—a daring young time traveler must return to Jacobean England to save the modern world.
This fast-paced sequel to the New York Times bestselling near-future adventure The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. picks up where the original left off, as Tristan Lyons, Mel Stokes, and their fellow outcasts from the Department of Diachronic Operations (D.O.D.O.) fight to stop the powerful Irish witch Gráinne from using time travel to reverse the evolution of all modern technology.
To Cut a Long Story Short
by Jeffrey Archer
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
From the master storyteller comes a compelling collection of fourteen riveting tales of elaborate confidence tricks, political chicanery, immoral behavior, and dangerously illicit affairs, rendered with the breathtaking narrative twists that have become the Jeffrey Archer hallmark.
Here are stories that will engross and astonish, peopled with a rich assortment of truly memorable characters: the intoxicating woman who appears to her lover only once every six years; the British diplomat who employs his rather creative—if not entirely ethical—financial talents for a greater good; the millionaire who declares himself bankrupt to test the love and loyalties of those closest to him.
Hidden
by Fern Michaels
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
A page-turning new story from the bestselling author of No Way Out, perfect for fans of Nora Roberts and Danielle Steel! Meet a brother and sister who are drawn into a treacherous mystery through an antique with a dark past, as they race against time to help a single mother and take down a ruthless couple bent on taking control of their family’s legacy…
At first glance, few would guess that Luna and Cullen Bodman are siblings. Cullen is efficient and serious while his younger sister Luna is a free spirit. When the two launch their furniture restoration shop/café—an offshoot of the family’s longtime antique business—in an up-and-coming arts center, little do they know their unique talents may be their only defense against a dangerous betrayal.
The Fall of Númenor
by J. R. R. Tolkien
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It was not until Christopher Tolkien published The Silmarillion after his father’s death that a fuller story could be told. Although much of the book’s content concerned the First Age of Middle-earth, there were at its close two key works that revealed the tumultuous events concerning the rise and fall of the island of Númenor. Raised out of the Great Sea and gifted to the Men of Middle-earth as a reward for aiding the angelic Valar and the Elves in the defeat and capture of the Dark Lord Morgoth, the kingdom became a seat of influence and wealth; but as the Númenóreans’ power increased, the seed of their downfall would inevitably be sown, culminating in the Last Alliance of Elves and Men.
Bride of the Night
by Heather Graham
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
This fan-favorite novel from #1 New York Times bestselling Heather Graham brings readers into an American Civil War replete with vampires, political intrigue, and romance.
She’s the vampire that could destroy a nation.
At least, that’s what Pinkerton detective Finn Dunne thinks of Tara Fox. Capturing her aboard a ship sneaking its way northward, he’s convinced she’s been sent to take out President Lincoln. While she’s certainly the most attractive assassin he’s ever faced, that won’t keep him from his duty.
The Helen Trilogy
by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Kindle $4.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Now, available for the first time together in a single volume: a digital-only, value-priced omnibus edition of the Helen Trilogy: Fever Dream, Cold Vengeance, and Two Graves-featuring Special Agent Pendergast–by #1 New York Times bestselling authors Preston & Child.
FEVER DREAM
COLD VENGEANCE
TWO GRAVES
Think Twice
by Harlan Coben
Kindle $15.99 Rating: BRAND NEW RELEASE #ad
A man presumed dead is suddenly wanted for murder in this thriller of secrets, lies, and dangerous conspiracies that threaten to cover up the truth.
Three years ago, sports agent Myron Bolitar gave a eulogy at the funeral of his client, renowned basketball coach Greg Downing. Myron and Greg had history: initially as deeply personal rivals, and later as unexpected business associates. Myron made peace and moved on – until now, when twofederal agents walked into his office, demanding to know where Greg Downing is…
Monday’s Mystery eBooks
Death of a Bachelorette
by Laura Levine
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Jaine’s life has been a royal pain since she started penning dialogue for Some Day My Prince Will Come – a cheesy dating show that features bachelorettes competing for the heart of Spencer Dalworth VII, a very distant heir to the British throne. But when one of the finalists dies in a freak accident, it’s clear someone wanted the woman out of the race for good – and the police won’t allow a soul off the island until they seize the culprit. Terrified of existing another day without air conditioning and eager to return home, Jaine is throwing herself into the investigation. And she better pounce on clues quickly—or there won’t be any survivors left . . .
REST IN PEACE
by Willow Rose
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Sarah Chapman is angry at her husband. She’s also drunk… very drunk as she drives down their street, ready to face him. When a neighbor hears the commotion and rushes to help, he finds her inside, gun still in her hand, and her husband, Steven, dead in the bed. Sarah is arrested and taken away but claims to be innocent.
The only one who believes her is FBI profiler, Eva Rae Thomas. She knows Sarah personally, and as she looks at the evidence in the case, she is convinced that Sarah is telling the truth, even though she was highly intoxicated when the event occurred.
But the detective on the case is determined to have her convicted for the murder.
The Noise
by James Patterson, J. D. Barker
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 3.8 #ad
In this cinematic thriller from a New York Times bestselling author, two sisters must fight for their survival after a natural disaster in the Pacific Northwest.
In the shadow of Mount Hood, sixteen-year-old Tennant is checking rabbit traps with her eight-year-old sister Sophie when the girls are suddenly overcome by a strange vibration rising out of the forest, building in intensity until it sounds like a deafening crescendo of screams. From out of nowhere, their father sweeps them up and drops them through a trapdoor into a storm cellar. But the sound only gets worse . . .
Halo: Retribution
by Troy Denning
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
An admiral’s assassination threatens a fragile intergalactic peace in this original novel in the New York Times–bestselling series set in the Halo universe . . .
December 2553. Less than a year after the end of the Covenant War, a string of violent incidents continues to threaten the tenuous peace in human-held space, culminating in the assassination of UNSC fleet admiral Graselyn Tuwa and the abduction of her family. It is a provocation so outrageous that the Office of Naval Intelligence must retaliate swiftly and ferociously—but only after its operatives identify her killer and rescue the hostages.
West of Famous
by Joni M Fisher
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
A young woman plays the role of her life when kidnappers mistake her for a celebrity. Those who know where she is don’t value her life. Those who do, don’t know she’s missing. Who will pay for their mistake?
The third book in the Compass Crimes suspense novel series, West of Famous is set in Florida’s wilderness known as the 10,000 islands, where bootleggers delivered alcohol during Prohibition and drug runners trafficked in the 1970s and 1980s.
Justice for Hattie Mayfair
by Irene Onorato
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Lexi Mallard saw what happened in the woods. But if she tells…
Ten years is a long time to keep a secret. Eat, sleep, work. Stay busy. A social life seems impossible until Corbin Taylor, Lexi’s policeman next-door-neighbor, reaches out in friendship that quickly becomes much more serious. Lexi’s budding relationship with a cop doesn’t go unnoticed by her evil brother.
She quickly learns that putting the past behind is not always an option. Sometimes it will chase, overtake, and try to kill you.
Lost Hours
by Paige Shelton
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A year after arriving in Benedict, Beth Rivers is feeling very at home in Alaska, even as outsiders are starting to return to enjoy the brief summer perfection. Beth feels like she’s finally let go of most of her demons. She’s even found her father, Eddy Rivers—or, rather, he found her—and she’s trying to find the middle ground between anger and forgiveness.
One sunny July day, Beth boards a tourist ship to see the glaciers, the main reason visitors venture to the area, and something Beth hasn’t attempted until now…
If This Book Exists, You’re in the Wrong Universe
by Jason Pargin
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
If the broken neon signs, shuttered storefronts, and sub-standard housing didn’t tip you off, you’ve just wandered into the city of “Undisclosed”. You don’t want to be caught dead here, because odds are you just might find yourself rising from the grave. That hasn’t stopped tourists from visiting to check out the unusual phenomena that hangs around our town like radioactive fallout. Interdimensional parasites feeding on human hosts, paranormal cults worshipping demonic entities, vengeful teenage sorcerers, we’ve got it all.
YOU and Your Own Universe
by Silviu Pristavu
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Unlock the secrets of life with this transformative guidebook. In YOU and Your Own Universe, author Silviu Pristavu takes you on a journey of self-discovery, offering practical tools and insights to help you harness the power of your mind and the power of the universe to create the life you desire. Drawing on a range of spiritual and philosophical traditions, this book empowers you to tap into your true potential and live a life of abundance, joy, and fulfilment. Whether you’re seeking personal growth, greater success, or simply a deeper understanding of yourself, YOU and Your Own Universe is the ultimate roadmap to achieving your goals and unlocking your full potential.
Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
A Generation of Vipers
by Sarah Yarwood-Lovett
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
A killer is hiding in plain sight, like a snake in the long grass…
When Dr Nell Ward stumbles across a woman’s body amongst the purple heather on Furze Heath, she was on the lookout for nests of poisonous adders. But something is lurking out here far more dangerous than vipers.
A cold-blooded killer is on the loose and this is not his first victim. As DI James Clark begins to investigate, a pattern emerges pointing towards this being the work of a serial killer.
Demons Also Dream
by Ava Lock
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Hell hath no Fury like Fury. Joscelyn Wild is psychic but lonely. As an occult suspense writer who dreams about murders while they’re happening, she’s secretly fascinated by the supernatural, especially the realm of demons. For the past seven years, her dark psychic visions have inspired a bestselling series loaded with crime, clairvoyance, and telepathy… Real life is disappointing by comparison.
But eventually, even the most evil villains die. And if their souls escape the Grim Reaper, Lucifer summons Fury.
Blessed with fiery supernatural powers, Hell’s top bounty hunter surfaces with her demon helpers whenever one of these damned ghosts skips out on Death.
A Face to Die For
by Iris Johansen
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Archaeologist Riley Smith has been obsessed with Helen of Troy since she was a small girl, trailing her professor father all over the world in search of the tomb of the world’s most beautiful woman. Professor Smith put his life on the line to prove that, instead of a myth, Helen had been a living, breathing queen.
Riley seeks the help of forensic sculptor Eve Duncan, who has the unusual skills necessary to recreate the face that launched a thousand ships—revealing Helen’s true appearance for the first time in history. But convincing Eve to take on the challenge will be difficult because her efforts could come at great personal risk to her and her family…
The Hidden One
by Linda Castillo
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Over a decade ago, beloved Amish bishop Ananias Stoltzfus disappeared without a trace. When skeletal remains showing evidence of foul play are unearthed, his disappearance becomes even more sinister.
The town’s elders arrive in Painters Mill to ask chief of police Kate Burkholder for help, but she quickly realizes she has a personal connection to the crime. The handsome Amish man who stands accused of the murder, Jonas Bowman, was Kate’s first love. Forced to confront a painful episode from her past, Kate travels to Pennsylvania’s Kishacoquillas Valley, where the Amish culture differs dramatically from the traditions she knows. Though Bishop Stoltzfus was highly respected, she soon hears about a dark side to this complex man. What was he hiding that resulted in his own brutal death?
The Three Secret Cities
by Matthew Reilly
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
There is a shadow world behind the real world—a world with its own history, rules, and prisons. Now it is reaching into our world—explosively . . .
When Jack West, Jr. won the Great Games of the underworld, he threw the four legendary kingdoms into turmoil. Now these dark forces are coming after Jack . . . in ruthless fashion.
With the end of all things rapidly approaching, Jack must find the Three Secret Cities—three incredible lost cities of legend. It’s an impossible task by any reckoning, but Jack must do it while he is being hunted . . . by the greatest hunters in history.
Over the Hill
by Benny Steinberg
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But at “A Home on the Hill” retirement community, there is no shortage of people that need looking after… or looking out for.
When a new experimental drug with miracle-like properties finds its way into Rachel’s hands, it throws The Hill’s elderly tenants into a tailspin. What starts as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help her closest friends deal with the complexities of old age, ends up disrupting the community’s peace as word of the miracle cure spreads like wildfire. The nurturing Rachel finds herself at the center of attention as she is drawn into her fellow residents’ lives, fears, ailments, and regrets.
Fetching Raymond
by John Grisham
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 3.7 #ad
A riveting story of suspense from John Grisham’s #1 New York Times bestseller, Ford County—now available as a standalone eBook short
Wheelchair-bound Inez Graney and her two older sons, Leon and Butch, take a bizarre road trip through the Mississippi Delta to visit the youngest Graney brother, Raymond, who’s been locked away on death row for eleven years . . . and it could well be their last visit. Going back to Ford County, Mississippi, the setting of his first novel, A Time to Kill, Grisham brings the Graneys and their world to vivid and colorful life, making it abundantly clear why he is our most popular storyteller.