Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
Death Knocks Twice
by Robert Thorogood
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Seconded from rainy London to the sweltering heat of the Caribbean island of Saint Marie, DI Richard Poole would rather be having a pint at his local pub.
But when a body is discovered at the Beaumont plantation, DI Poole must put aside his woes and solve the murder. Despite the fact the victim was found in a locked room holding a smoking gun, Poole is convinced this is not a suicide.
When another body turns up the hunt is on for the killer, and the evasive Beaumont family are rather suspiciously no help at all…
American Kingpin
by Nick Bilton
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
In 2011, a twenty-six-year-old libertarian programmer named Ross Ulbricht launched the ultimate free market: the Silk Road, a clandestine Web site hosted on the Dark Web where anyone could trade anything—drugs, hacking software, forged passports, counterfeit cash, poisons—free of the government’s watchful eye.
It wasn’t long before the media got wind of the new Web site where anyone—not just teenagers and weed dealers but terrorists and black hat hackers—could buy and sell contraband detection-free. Spurred by a public outcry, the federal government launched an epic two-year manhunt for the site’s elusive proprietor, with no leads, no witnesses, and no clear jurisdiction.
Search the Shadows
by Barbara Michaels
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
An orphaned woman searches for the truth about her past before she’s robbed of a future in this classic gothic mystery by a New York Times bestseller.
Haskell Maloney was cruelly orphaned when she was just a baby. Now, twenty-two years later, she receives confirmation of the bitter truth she always suspected: the fallen war hero whose name she shares was not her father. Her quest for answers—and a personal history—brings Haskell to the famed Oriental Institute in Chicago, a city in which her mother lived and thrived before her strange, untimely death. But by rummaging around in the darkness, Haskell’s exposing much more than she bargained for.
Fighting for Tessa
by Stacey Wilk
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Tessa Callahan, a professional violinist, ran away to avoid the consequences of her bad decision. Except even the beautiful Colorado Rockies can’t mend the pieces of her broken heart. It’s going to take so much more…
Heath Falco, a wildland firefighter and new bodyguard, has loved only one woman. He destroyed any chance of a life with her. When he’s asked to save Tessa from a wildfire, of course he goes and with no illusions that things between them will change.
Tessa and Heath are forced to escape the deadly blaze on foot with the fire in fast pursuit, promising to devour everything in its path. But the fire isn’t their only enemy…
Finding Angus
by L.K. Johnson
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
A bereft woman…An injured dog…An unbreakable bond…
Wealthy Chicago socialite Isabelle Bordner has lost her family to a deadly Typhoid outbreak. Heartbroken and alone, she travels to London in search of a new life… and a purpose that will heal her heart.
Angus, an old Irish Wolfhound, wanders the dark alleyways of London, lost and alone, until his destiny unexpectedly entwines with Isabelle’s.
Easy Go
by Michael Crichton
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
From the creator of Jurassic Park and ER
Egyptologist Harold Barnaby has just made the discovery of the century. While retranslating some old hieroglyphs, he has found clues to the location of a pharaoh’s lost tomb. But this discovery leads him to make the ultimate choice: rather than share his find with the rest of the world, Professor Barnaby is determined to locate the tomb and keep whatever treasure he finds inside for himself.
But to pull off the greatest heist in the archaeological history, Barnaby will need help. Enter Robert Pierce, a transient freelance writer looking for excitement…
Poetry Inspired by Art
by Sabinah Adewole
Kindle $5.38 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Artisitic, Reflective and Healing Poetry
Where art breathes, words emerge. This debut poetry collection is inspired by art- by the colors, textures, and silent stories found in unexpected places. From the streets of Camden to quiet moments of reflection, Sabinah’s poems are born from observation, compassion, and a deep love for creativity in its many forms. From The Look of Doom Town to Spring, each poem captures a feeling, a memory, or a moment that lingers-inviting readers to see the world a little differently. Sabinah is a writer and visual artist with a passion for using creativity to connect, uplift, and inspire…
Odds Are It’s Marketing
by Shanise Ling
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Want marketing that works? Stop selling and start connecting.
Forget the buzzwords and the hot new tactics. Good marketing is choosing the message and channel that actually land with audiences. So what do you say, and how do you know it will work? The marketing that wins is rooted in simple principles: Be authentic, speak to a real audience, and make it resonate. The challenge is turning those principles into a narrative strategy that performs in the real world. Because marketing shifts. People shift. Platforms shift. You need a framework that’s built to adapt.
Deadly Exposure
by Lisa Phillips
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
His sister has been kidnapped. A disgraced woman is targetted. Who is telling the truth?
Navy SEAL Bradley Harris returns home to find his sister, Senator Rachel Harris, has been abducted. The FBI’s prime suspect is Alexis Calvert, Rachel’s best friend and the woman he gave his heart to long ago. Proving she’s innocent is going to be tough. Especially when he realizes the truth behind Alexis’s public shaming. Bradley must get his sister back and protect the woman he loves before the worst happens…and he loses everything. Get it now.
Daybreak
by Sharon Sala
Kindle $1.99 Rating: BRAND NEW RELEASE #ad
Dallas detective wins the lottery—but his heart still belongs to the girl next door.
Dallas homicide detective Gunner Kingston enjoys his job and thinks he’s all set until a gifted lottery ticket turns out to be a winner. Determined to keep his winnings under wraps, he plans to escape the spotlight. But when a dangerous case pushes him to the edge, it’s childhood friend Holly Dillion who becomes his anchor—and his greatest temptation.
Returning to the small town where they first fell in love, Gunner finds more than safety; he finds a future worth risking everything for.
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
A Curiously Convenient Demise
by Hannah Hendy
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
The higher the bid, the heavier the price.
Summerview Secondary School is holding its annual charity auction. Margery and Clementine Butcher-Baker are on hand to prepare delicious baked goods for the big day with the assistance of Clementine’s mysterious sister, Maria.
As the auction begins, chaos erupts when Eleanor Black, the owner of Dewstow Museum, is found murdered in the stage storeroom. Maria has vanished. Her fingerprints cover the crime scene.
The Perfect Couple
by Jackie Kabler
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
The perfect couple … or the perfect lie?
A devoted wife… A year ago, Gemma met the love of her life, Danny. Since then, their relationship has been perfect. But one evening, Danny doesn’t return home.
A missing husband… Gemma turns to the police. She is horrified by what she discovers – a serial killer is on the loose in Bristol. When she sees photos of the victims she is even more stunned…they all look just like Danny.
Who would you believe?
Escaping the Dashia
by Rebecca Inch-Partridge
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
Discovering who you are can be dangerous—even deadly.
Twyla’s been living in hiding on Earth, hoping to leave her past behind.
But when her mother, Madam Cassiopeia DeConnett finds her and kidnaps her back to the Paraxous Star Cluster, she expects her daughter to take her rightful place within the family business. The DeConnetts are Dashia—a group of genetically- engineered telepaths who use their powers to control some and ruin others. Their criminal organization is rich, powerful, and spans The Cluster.
Parallel Roads
by Dennis Higgins
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
When the spring of 1946 comes, Katherine Callahan decides to leave her loving husband and newborn baby so that she may embark upon an unknowingly tragic journey across the famous American highway from Chicago to her sister’s home in Burbank. She never does arrive.
Fast forward into the present, Kevin Callahan, Katherine’s grandson, along with his best friend Cheryl Bachman, traces his grandmother’s steps along the now decommissioned road to uncover the mystery surrounding her disappearance. They are armed with only a handful of postcards from Katherine and a Victorian secret code involving postage stamps surrounding a mysterious man from her past.
Keeper of the Bride
by Tess Gerritsen
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
If Nina Cormier’s wedding had taken place, she would be dead. But after the bride was left at the altar, the church stood empty when the bomb exploded. It wasn’t until a stranger tried to run her off the road that Nina realized someone actually wanted to kill her. But who?
That’s what Detective Sam Navarro has to find out…fast. With a nightmare unfolding all around them, Sam and Nina must try to decipher the terrifying truth: they are at the mercy of a brilliant madman, one who is playing for keeps.…
The End of the World As We Know It
by Christopher Golden, Brian Keene, Stephen King
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
USA TODAY BESTSELLER
LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER
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An original short story anthology based on master storyteller Stephen King’s #1 New York Times bestselling classic The Stand!
Since its initial publication in 1978, The Stand has been considered Stephen King’s seminal masterpiece of apocalyptic fiction, with millions of copies sold and adapted twice for television. Although there are other extraordinary works exploring the unraveling of human society, none have been as influential as this iconic novel—generations of writers have been impacted by its dark yet ultimately hopeful vision of the end and new beginning of civilization, and its stunning array of characters.
Deadly Greed
by Joe Sharkey
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
The true crime story of a Boston man who murdered his pregnant wife and pinned the crime on a black man—the case behind HBO’s Murder in Boston.
On October 23, 1989, affluent businessman Charles Stuart made a frantic 911 call from his car to report that he and his seven-months-pregnant wife, Carol, a lawyer, had been robbed and shot by a black male in the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston. By the time police arrived, Carol was dead, and the baby was soon lost as well. The attack incited a furor during a time of heightened racial tension in the community.
Wait and See
by Iris Johansen, Roy Johansen
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
Investigator Kendra Michaels—formerly blind and now with uniquely insightful observational skills in the tradition of Sherlock Holmes—returns in this action-packed novel from the #1 New York Times and Edgar Award-winning writing duo Iris Johansen and Roy Johansen.
When Kendra Michaels receives a cryptic message from her sometimes-paramour Adam Lynch, she concludes that he must be in extreme danger—the kind where he can’t trust his FBI and Justice department colleagues to rescue him. Lynch has saved Kendra’s life during past investigations so she’s immediately willing to put everything on the line for him.