Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
Baking Spirits Bright
by Sarah Fox
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Winter has arrived in Larch Haven, Vermont, bringing with it holiday cheer, lots of snow, and freezing temperatures. Becca Ransom is squeezing in time to skate on the frozen canals and drink hot chocolate by a roaring fire while also whipping up new creations for her family’s chocolate shop and experimenting with holiday flavors like eggnog, gingerbread, and peppermint. At the same time, Becca is preparing for the Baking Spirits Bright holiday baking competition, a popular annual event. She’s planning to enter an edible model of Larch Haven, with a mountain backdrop made of cake, gingerbread cottages, and chocolate gondolas on sugar-glass canals.
Death in Holy Orders
by P. D. James
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “superbly executed mystery” (The Philadelphia Inquirer) from the award-winning master of literary crime fiction.
NOW IN DEVELOPMENT FOR SEASON THREE OF DALGLIESH
On the East Anglian seacoast, a small theological college hangs precariously on an eroding shoreline and faces an equally precarious future. When the body of a student is found buried in the sand, the boy’s influential father demands that Scotland Yard investigate.
Circe
by Jessica Penot
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
When Dr. David Black takes an internship at a very old psychiatric hospital back home in Alabama, he vows two things—that he will be a better husband to his beautiful and loving wife Pria, and that he will stop cheating on her.
Then his enigmatic supervisor Dr. Cassie Allen, a self-proclaimed witch with ties to the underworld, begins to draw him into her darkness. David finds it hard to resist her wicked sensuality, but even harder to resist her evil pull.
As strange and violent deaths pile up left and right, David realizes that Cassie’s psychotic behavior is connected to the mysterious hospital itself. There a demonic force threatens to destroy everything that David holds dear—his wife, his family, even his very sanity.
What the Dead Know
by Laura Lippman
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
When he’s called to the scene of an accident detective Kevin Infante is drawn into a shocking and puzzling crime that still haunts the Baltimore P.D. Twenty years ago, two little girls were kidnapped from a shopping mall, igniting fear and anger throughout the city.
Now, a clearly disoriented woman involved in the accident claims to be one of the missing girls. But instead of closing the case, her appearance marks the beginning of a nightmare that will once again rock Baltimore and threaten everyone it touches…
Murder in Prospect
by Jane Suen
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
On spring break, Eve Sawyer conquers her fear of flying to help a friend, only to find herself drawn into a murder case.
Her friend Bob is grieving the death of his beloved Uncle Will and feels something’s not right. It was ruled that he died of natural causes, but shortly after arriving, Eve begins to suspect foul play.
No stranger to murder cases, journalism student Eve puts her sleuthing skills to use to help Bob get the answers he needs, peeling away the layers of the mystery in her hunt for the truth.
Payment in Blood
by Elizabeth George
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
The career of playwright Joy Sinclair comes to an abrupt end on an isolated estate in the Scottish Highlands when someone drives an eighteen-inch dirk through her neck. Called upon to investigate the case in a country where they have virtually no authority, aristocratic Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and his partner, Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, grapple for both a motive and a murderer.
Emotions run deep in this highly charged drama, for the list of suspects soon includes Britain’s foremost actress, its most successful theatrical producer, and the woman Lynley loves…
This Rough Magic
by Heather Graham
Kindle $4.99 Rating: BRAND NEW RELEASE #ad
Rediscover a beloved 80’s classic with this sultry, gothic romantic suspense by New York Times bestselling author Heather Graham.
When costume designer Carly Kiernan gets an invitation from her sister to attend a costume ball at Castle Vadim, she immediately jumps on the professional opportunity of a lifetime. But upon her arrival, Carly quickly realizes that the Carpathian mountains are nothing like New York city. Right in the border with Romania, the Gothic castle stands implacable and chilling, and the full moon and howling wolves definitely fit the Halloween vibe…
The Blue Hour
by Paula Hawkins
Kindle $14.99 Rating: BRAND NEW RELEASE #ad
The propulsive and powerful new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Girl on the Train
Welcome to Eris: an island with only one house, one inhabitant, one way out. Unreachable from the Scottish mainland for twelve hours each day.
Once home to Vanessa: A famous artist whose notoriously unfaithful husband disappeared twenty years ago. Now home to Grace: A solitary creature of the tides, content in her own isolation. But when a shocking discovery is made in an art gallery far away in London, a visitor comes calling.
INSPIRELAND. Inspiring Stories for Boys
by Multiple Authors
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A Motivational Collection of Short Tales That Teach Children About Courage, Self-Confidence, Honesty, Friendship, and Empathy
Imagine your boy developing the resilience to face life’s obstacles head-on, the empathy to build meaningful relationships, and the integrity to always stand by the truth.
With INSPIRELAND, these values are woven into the fabric of each story, ensuring that your child not only enjoys reading but also grows as an individual.
INSPIRELAND is an adventure that blends real-life lessons with engaging narratives!
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
On the Run
by Iris Johansen
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
For eight years, single mother Grace Archer has been living a picture-perfect life raising her daughter on a horse farm in the small town of Tallanville, Alabama. Watching Frankie grow into a talented and confident young girl has made Grace as happy as any mother could hope to be. Happy enough, even, to forget the past. But the past never quite goes away. Which is why a certain charismatic man also moved to Tallanville eight years ago to watch over her.
But when violence threatens to shatter Grace and Frankie’s idyllic home, the waiting is over. The ghosts of the past have returned. And they’re hungry for blood…
Optical Delusions in Deadwood
by Ann Charles
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
From the Award-winning Author of Nearly Departed in Deadwood!
Someone is spreading rumors around Deadwood that Violet Parker likes to chat with dead folks.
With her reputation endangered, her bank account on the verge of extinction, and her career at risk of going up in flames, Violet is desperate. When the opportunity to sell another vintage home materializes, she grabs it, even though this “haunted” house was recently the stage for a two-act, murder-suicide tragedy…
But someone—or something—in the house wants Violet stopped…dead.
The Witch Punk Files Complete Series
by Lyn South, Michael Anderle
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Witch. Musician. Amateur sleuth.
I’m Lila Darkholme, and my life at university is anything but ordinary; by day, I’m a student, but by night, I’m the lead vocalist of the all-girl rock band, ‘The Witch Punks,’ weaving enchantment with every strum of my electric guitar.
But there’s more to me than music; I’m a witch in a world where the supernatural is real, and humans are dabbling in dangerous magic.
Get the complete series boxed set to join Lila and her bandmates on their supernatural adventures!
First Impressions
by Nora Roberts
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Entrepreneur Vance Banning took a residence in rural Maryland to escape business pressures—and relationships with women pursuing his bank account. To the community, he’s a moody, out-of-work carpenter with a chip on his shoulder. To next door neighbor Shane Abbott, he’s just a man who needs a little kindness in his life. Vance’s suspicions of the stunning beauty’s intense interest in him start to fade when he realizes Shane’s compassion is honest and joyful—giving his heart permission to experience true love.
What We Regret Most
by Noa Shalev
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Two rivals face their fears—and each other—in this widely celebrated debut novel.
Thirty-two-year-old Avishag Fishman is happily married, up for a coveted promotion at work, and in the middle of fertility treatments with her husband. She is also a well-trained Mossad field agent, but she never thought the two contradicted each other—no matter what everyone else insists on telling her.
Gal Weiss knows he has the promotion in his pocket. After all, he’s charming, capable, and effective—a ruthless combination for any Mossad agent. In fact, the only thing standing between Weiss and his ideal life is his overly ambitious division partner, Avishag.
Death in Small Measures
by Gerald Hansen
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
A terminal illness wasn’t fast enough.
It was one drink too many for 72-year-old Evelyn Guilfoyle, found poisoned the morning after a raucous party. But the woman would have been dead in a few months anyway. Why the hurry…?
Family, friends and neighbors had crammed into the tiny back garden pub that night. Too many suspects, one clever killer. Could this be a case DI Liam McLaughlin and his ragtag team from the Major Investigation Team will never solve?
Small-Town Secrets
by Alexa Verde
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Sparks and bullets fly as couples join forces to survive, solve mysteries, and find love in small towns and ranch communities where emotions run deep, people care about each other, and the secrets can be deadly!
Book 1: Scent of Danger; Book 2: No Fake Dating for a Cowboy; Book 3: No Mistaken Identity for a Cowboy; Book 4: No Second Chance for a Cowboy ; Book 5: Color of Danger; Book 6: Touch of Danger; Book 7: Taste of Danger; Book 8: Seaside Cowboy’s Second Chance; Book 9: Show Me my Brother’s Best Friend; Book 10: Seaside Cowboy’s Christmas Wish
The Grey Wolf
by Louise Penny
Kindle $14.99 Rating: BRAND NEW RELEASE #ad
The 19th mystery in the #1 New York Times-bestselling Armand Gamache series.
Relentless phone calls interrupt the peace of a warm August morning in Three Pines. Though the tiny Québec village is impossible to find on any map, someone has managed to track down Armand Gamache, head of homicide at the Sûreté, as he sits with his wife in their back garden. Reine-Marie watches with increasing unease as her husband refuses to pick up, though he clearly knows who is on the other end. When he finally answers, his rage shatters the calm of their quiet Sunday morning.