Monday’s Mystery eBooks
Fall Guy
by Carol Lea Benjamin
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Officer Timothy O’Fallon’s death may have been ruled an accident, but private investigator Rachel Alexander can’t let the details of his case go. Allegedly, the cop was cleaning his service revolver when it misfired—but why did he name Alexander as the executor of his will? O’Fallon was a stranger to her, a member of the 9/11 survivors group she went to with her pit bull Dashiell. Though he attended all the meetings, he never spoke a word. Outside of the single sentence O’Fallon uttered to her one night after he’d taken Dash for a walk around the block—returning the dog with his fur soaked in tears—Rachel knows nothing about him.
Foster’s Revenge
by Jack Kelley
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
In a kill-or-be-killed world, The Reaper does whatever it takes to survive.
Following the murder of his half-brother, legendary Army Ranger Luke Foster returns to the United States from fighting terrorists. His brother’ s history with a prominent New York Mafia family was no secret, so it’ s no surprise his life was cut short. But the Mafia enforcers don’ t know about Foster, his reputation as The Reaper, or that he’ s coming for them.
FBI Special Agent Calico Hayes is determined to stop Luke Foster from leaving a trail of bodies across the U.S. in his unsanctioned quest for vengeance. But stopping Foster’ s revenge proves more difficult than she expected, and sparks fly in more ways than one when the two cross paths.
Under the Knife
by Kelly Parsons
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Biotechnology tycoon Morgan Finney is highly intelligent but shy and emotionally fragile. When his beloved wife Jenny dies of complications during a surgery led by Dr. Rita Wu, Finney’s grief turns to rage. He vows to kill Rita just as he believes she killed his wife.
But first he will systematically destroy her life. He will take what is precious to her just as she did to him. Aided by a mysterious man, Finney uses advanced medical technology to ruin Rita’s reputation and bring her to the brink of madness. Alone, fighting for her sanity and life, Rita reaches out to her to former lover, Dr. Spencer Cameron, for help. Together they must fight to uncover Finney’s horrific intentions and race to stop him before it’s too late.
I Bet You’d Look Good in a Coffin
by Katy Brent
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
The hilarious new novel from the bestselling author of How to Kill Men and Get Away With It and The Murder After the Night Before
My name is Kitty Collins and I’m a serial killer. I don’t want to kill. It’s just so hard to resist. Some men really, really deserve it.
Men like Blaze Bundy, an anonymous influencer spreading misogyny online. He’s making it very hard for me to control my murderous urges…
Where Secrets Lie
by Rebecca Lake
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Some secrets refuse to stay buried…
Anna Stanten thought she’d left her past behind when she fled to Texas after her mother’s death. But a haunting phone call shatters her new life, luring her back to Idaho with promises of long-buried truths. As she delves into a labyrinth of family secrets, Anna finds herself face-to-face with Wyatt Stone, the first love she’d all but forgotten. Can she trust him with her heart as she unravels the web of lies surrounding her family?
Confronted by the enigmatic figure of her great-uncle Atticus and pursued by an unseen threat, Anna must summon the courage to face the darkness of her family’s history…
Dead Low Tide
by John D. MacDonald , Dean Koontz
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Dead Low Tide is an iconic early thriller from John D. MacDonald, the mastermind behind Cape Fear and the Travis McGee novels. On the coast of Florida, a working stiff is wrongfully accused of murdering his boss—and must outwit one of MacDonald’s signature villains to save his life.
Introduction by Dean Koontz
A college graduate and amateur fisherman, Andy McClintock is stuck toiling in the office of a construction company. But when Andy tries to quit, his boss offers him a promotion and a raise—and then promptly kills himself with a harpoon gun. At least, that’s what it looks like, until the police rule it homicide—with the murder weapon belonging to Andy.
A POSTCARD FROM EARTH
by Andrew Barber
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
“This collection of SciFi short stories is reminiscent of the golden age of science fiction, capturing a refreshing sense of bold curiosity and speculative depth.” – P.M. Johnson, author of The Apollo Stone Series.
“Barber has a distinct voice that is modern and also echoes the classic sci fi authors that delighted my youth.” – Amazon Reviewer
Dive into this collection of hard science fiction short stories – inspired by the styles of Clarke, Asimov, and Niven – that run the gamut of space and time.
College Girl, Missing
by Shawn Cohen
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
College student Lauren Spierer was pursuing her dreams, joining her boyfriend at a party school eight hundred miles from home. Social and gregarious, studying fashion and rooming with friends, Lauren embraced her new adventure with the zeal of a young woman who suddenly had everything she desired.
But there was a dark side that she and her inner circle kept secret. And one warm June evening, after heading out with friends, she seemingly vanished. When investigators retraced Lauren’s last steps using eyewitness accounts and security camera footage, the evidence ended at the doorstep of a group of wealthy, well-connected male students.
25 Alive
by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro
Kindle $14.99 Rating: BRAND NEW RELEASE #ad
SFPD homicide detective Lindsay Boxer knows her way around a crime scene. But nothing can prepare her for the shock of recognition: the victim is Warren Jacobi, Lindsay’s onetime partner who rose to chief of police.
A top investigator until the end, Jacobi managed to leave Lindsay a clue. Following a trail of evidence along the west coast, the Women’s Murder Club pledges to avenge Jacobi’s death before the killer can take another one of their own.
Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
A Murder at the Movies
by Ellie Alexander
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
When bookseller and events organizer Annie Murray invites the glamorous world of Hollywood along to her small-town film festival, she finds herself entangled in a sinister plot as twisted as any big-screen thriller…
After the success of her first event, which revived the fortunes of the bookstore she loves so dearly, Annie is excited to launch Redwood Grove’s first film festival. But when an infamous film critic plunges to his death during the premiere of a Hitchcock-inspired thriller, Annie’s instincts tell her that this was no accident. She soon discovers that many of the cast, crew and guests are harboring dark secrets; from the lead actress with a scandalous past, to a film historian obsessed with protecting his vintage reel collection…
Detective Marcy Kendrick Box Set (Books 1 – 7)
by Theo Baxter
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
GET 7 EXPLOSIVE CRIME THRILLERS FEATURING DET. MARCY KENDRICK. Perfect for fans of Lisa Regan, A.J. Rivers and D.K. Hood.
“I love this series. Marcy is a wonderful character, smart, a dedicated public servant, fighting for justice at her own personal emotional expense. There are some gruesome scenes as she hunts down cruel killers. I enjoyed each book and recommend this series volume set.” by Amazon Customer
Rain City Legal Thrillers Box Set (Books 1 – 4)
by Stephen Penner
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
INTRODUCING FOUR RIVETING LEGAL THRILLERS FEATURING ATTORNEY DANIEL RAINE. Perfect for fans of Dan Decker, Michael Stagg, and Peter O’Mahoney.
Seattle defense attorney Daniel Raine is relentless in his pursuit of justice. And he’s in the right place – the city’s streets provide an endless supply of cunning criminals and high-stakes cases. With his career on the line and justice hanging in the balance, Raine will have to stay one step ahead of ruthless prosecutors and dangerous adversaries – or his next case may be his last.
North of the Killing Hand
by Joni M Fisher
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Years after witnessing the murder of her parents, a young woman pursues a career in law enforcement, but later must choose between the rule of law and the temptation of revenge.
“I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It had a few twist and turns in it, which I liked. The characters was well written and very believable. I would highly recommend this book!” by Amazon Customer
Money for Old Bones
by Joe Talon
Kindle $1.49 Rating: 4.6 #ad
A witch is burnt alive. A priest cuts his throat. A soldier is hung from a tree. A terrible debt must be paid.
Lorne’s personal demons need to be tamed if he’s ever going to have a normal life. When he is offered the job of security guard at an old rectory in the Lyn Valley, he takes it. The house he’s guarding has other ideas. It’s already occupied.
As the rain falls, the waters rise and old graves move. It’s time for the witch to demand her reparations from the villagers who inherited her curse. Lorne, Ella, Willow, and Heather must find a way to balance the scales before more lives are lost…
Illegal
by K. J. Gillenwater
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Caught Between Borders, Hunted By the Past.
Selena Hernandez’s life is upended when she learns that she was brought to the United States illegally as a child—a revelation that forces her into a painful decision. Compelled to return to Mexico to secure legal status, Selena’s heart remains set on reclaiming the American dream she’s always desired. In the midst of her internal battle, a routine visit to the US Embassy turns dangerous when she meets Wyatt Demko, a determined State Department agent with a troubled past.
Wyatt, who escaped a harsh life in a Wisconsin trailer park, is immediately drawn to Selena—even as the discovery of her hidden ties to a notorious drug cartel shatters his carefully controlled world…
The Beirut Protocol
by Joel C. Rosenberg
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
A game-changing peace treaty between Israel and the Saudis is nearly done. The secretary of state is headed to the region to seal the deal. And Special Agent Marcus Ryker is leading an advance trip along the Israel-Lebanon border, ahead of the secretary’s arrival.
But when Ryker and his team of American operatives are ambushed by Hezbollah forces, a nightmare scenario begins to unfold. The last thing the White House can afford is a new war in the Mideast that could derail the treaty and set the region ablaze. U.S. and Israeli forces are mobilizing to find the hostages and get them home, but Ryker knows the clock is ticking.
Mercy
by Michael Palmer, Daniel Palmer
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
A doctor uncovers a series of suspicious deaths that may be someone’s twisted idea of mercy in this “superior thriller” from the New York Times–bestselling author’s (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
Dr. Julie Devereux is an outspoken advocate for the right to die—until a motorcycle accident leaves her fiancé, Sam, a quadriplegic. Sam begs to end his life, but Julie sees hope in a life together. When he suddenly dies from an unexpected heart attack, an autopsy reveals an unusual heart defect, one only seen in individuals under extreme stress. It appears that Sam was literally scared to death.
Hero Redefined
by Doug Levy
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.9 #ad
What does it mean to be a hero—in sports and in life?
Heroes aren’t just the ones who bring home medals. Hero Redefined delves into the lesser-known stories of Olympic athletes—and a couple of special Olympic venues—that challenge the conventional narrative of glory and gold. In riveting personal profiles exploring herculean feats of strength, perseverance, and sportsmanship, award-winning sports journalist Doug Levy offers a new vision of heroism. There is more than one path to greatness, and the extraordinary acts of resilience and personal sacrifice by these athletes have left an indelible mark on the spirit of the Olympic games in quiet but fundamental ways through the ages.
Women’s Crusader
by R. Lee Wilson
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
A true story of love, loss, and the pioneering fight for women’s education in America.
Catharine (Kate) Beecher was a crusader for women’s education, bestselling author, and unique feminist thinker in the nineteenth century. Yet many today have never even heard of her. Kate’s fame was eclipsed by that of her younger sister, abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
Potager Plot
by Vikki Walton
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
An amateur sleuth’s new gardening biz turns deadly when the local garden club president kicks the bucket. Can Anne untangle the twisted lies and uproot the killer before she gets permanently planted?
Carolan Springs’ resident amateur sleuth Anne Freemont is finally digging into her agricultural roots, creating custom garden plans for the town’s most enthusiastic green thumbs. But her new flower-filled venture turns unexpectedly thorny when the president of the local garden club ends up pushing up daisies…
Personal Injuries
by Scott Turow
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
From bestselling author Scott Turow comes Personal Injuries, a gripping, suspenseful, deeply satisfying novel about corruption, deceit, and love.
Robbie Feaver (pronounced “favor”) is a charismatic personal injury lawyer with a high profile practice, a way with the ladies, and a beautiful wife (whom he loves), who is dying of an irreversible illness. He also has a secret bank account where he occasionally deposits funds that make their way into the pockets of the judges who decide Robbie’s cases. Robbie is caught by the Feds, and, in exchange for leniency, agrees to “wear a wire” as he continues to try to fix decisions.
Miracle at St. Andrews
by James Patterson
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
In this inspiring novel, one ordinary man makes the pilgrimage to the mythical greens of St. Andrews – the birthplace of golf – on a search for greatness.
If golf novels had a leaderboard, Miracle at St. Andrews would be at the top.
Though nobody has ever identified a single secret – no universally accepted truth – to the sport, every real player searches for one. Travis McKinley is one such seeker…
The Mistaken Witness
by Rebecca Lake
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
A fatal crash. A father’s betrayal. A web of lies.
Budding journalist Harper Ashford isn’t stalking a big story when an SUV forces her off a treacherous Idaho mountain road—it’s stalking her. So, when a handsome former Special Forces officer “just happens” upon the remote scene, she’s not about to trust him.
Alek Locke has retreated to the mountains to regroup after a mission gone awry. Rescuing a beautiful stranger wasn’t part of his recovery plan. But as threats escalate and shocking connections emerge, Harper’s father’s betrayal pulls Alek deeper into the conspiracy he might have been entangled in all along…
BRAIN GAIN
by Gerald M. Kilby
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
From the chart-topping author of “Colony One Mars” and “Moon Base Delta” comes a new, edge-of-your-seat, high-stakes technothriller.
One brain. Two minds. No where to run… Dawn Harrison wakes up in a research lab with no memories and an AI implanted in her brain. She escapes into a world she no longer recognizes only to quickly become the most sought-after person on the planet.
Pursued by shadowy agencies desperate to reclaim the technology in her brain, Dawn races against time to uncover both the truth of her past and secrets in her head…
False Witness
by Karin Slaughter
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
From the New York Times bestselling author of Pieces of Her and The Silent Wife, an electrifying standalone thriller.
AN ORDINARY LIFE…
Leigh Collier has worked hard to build what looks like a normal life. She’s an up-and-coming defense attorney at a prestigious law firm in Atlanta, would do anything for her sixteen-year-old daughter Maddy, and is managing to successfully coparent through a pandemic after an amicable separation from her husband Walter.
HIDES A DEVASTATING PAST…
Zone Rouge: Horror Stories
by Alphonse Schaller
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Eighteen voices share their harrowing encounters with the uncanny, the grotesque, and the utterly inexplicable.
Stories of old gods and new nightmares, of the evil men do, and of the terrors lingering in the dark. A young woman’s horrifying discovery in her roommate, a family’s legacy of guarding a monstrous secret, a man’s desperate flight from a ravenous beast—each story is a descent into fear, madness, and the realization that the world is far more terrifying than we ever imagined.
The Munich Girl
by Phyllis Edgerly Ring
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
The secret surfaces with a mysterious monogrammed handkerchief, and a man, Hannes Ritter, whose Third Reich family history is entwined with Anna’s.
Plunged into the world of the “ordinary” Munich girl who was her mother’s confidante—and a tyrant’s lover—Anna finds her every belief about right and wrong challenged. With Hannes’s help, she retraces the path of two women who met as teenagers, shared a friendship that spanned the years that Eva Braun was Hitler’s mistress, yet never knew that the men they loved had opposing ambitions…
A Rhyming Book of Creatures and their Fascinating Features
by Olga De Sousa, Rita De Sousa
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
This unique compilation is enhanced by enjoyable activity pages, which extend learning and encourage creativity. Brimming with special appeal for children aged 5 – 11 years, the contents will undoubtedly stimulate discussion and spark enthusiasm for further discovery.
Younger children, too, will be instantly drawn to the striking images and derive considerable listening pleasure from the jaunty poems with rhyme and rhythm.
Hijinks
by Anne Social
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Mercedes wants everyone to leave her alone—especially her stalker.
Ephraim is looking for a distraction from his crumbling life—something bigger than a sugar addiction.
January is done being the perfect role model—she’s burned her tuba and isn’t turning back.
Old scars make it impossible for Walden to rely on anyone but himself. After years of living under his father’s obsessive control, Walden is desperate to shrug him off. Escaping military school was the easy part. Now he’s stuck in his decaying hometown with no cash…
Friday’s Mystery eBooks
A Measure of Rhyme
by Lloyd Jeffries
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
“Heart-pounding…truly unique…readers will not want to put it down.” – Publisher’s Weekly BookLife Elite
She’s Marked. The Countdown’s On. Rhyme Carter’s life explodes when she becomes the target of a secret society. Hunted across a world teetering on collapse, she’s got no time to breathe—killers close in, shadows strike fast, and every clue pulls her toward a deadly showdown.
Emery Merrick, hardened by the first fight, teams up to crack the riddle before it’s too late. Bullets fly, demons rise, and a hidden truth threatens to bury them both.
The Surgeon
by Karl Hill
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Five years ago, Jonathan Stark was working as a lawyer when a massacre took place, leaving most of his coworkers dead and Jonathan in a coma for eight weeks.
Now, he’s found a job as a legal trainee at a different firm, and a relationship with an attorney named Jenny. He spends much of his time in the basement cataloguing old files—where he comes across the death certificate of a woman. The document triggers a nightmare and eventually, a sudden memory. Soon, Stark begins working closely with DCI McGuigan, who’s been hunting an elusive serial killer known as “the Surgeon.”
Vertigo 42
by Martha Grimes
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
The inimitable Richard Jury returns in the latest in the bestselling mystery series: “Martha Grimes has written a whodunit with terrific characters and a grand plot mixed with her unique droll wit. Vertigo 42 is one smart mystery!” (Susan Isaacs, bestselling author of Goldberg Variations)
Richard Jury is meeting Tom Williamson at Vertigo 42, a bar on the forty-second floor of an office building in London’s financial district. Despite inconclusive evidence, Tom is convinced his wife, Tess, was murdered seventeen years ago. The inspector in charge of the case was sure Tess’s death was accidental—a direct result of vertigo—but the official police inquiry is still an open verdict and Jury agrees to re-examine the case.
Q Is For Quarry
by Sue Grafton
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Sue Grafton delivers an intensely gripping mystery based on an actual unsolved murder in this #1 New York Times bestseller featuring private investigator Kinsey Millhone.
She was a “Jane Doe,” an unidentified white female whose decomposed body was discovered near a quarry off California’s Highway 1. The case fell to the Santa Teresa County Sheriff’s Department, but the detectives had little to go on. The woman was young, her hands were bound with a length of wire, there were multiple stab wounds, and her throat had been slashed. After months of investigation, the murder remained unsolved…
Titus Ray Thrillers Books 1, 2, & 3
by Luana Ehrlich
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
From One Night in Tehran, through Two Days in Caracas, to Three Weeks in Washington, these thrillers are full of non-stop action, page-turning suspense, and touches of humor, romance, and faith. Together these novels have over 950 five-star reviews.
Book I, One Night in Tehran: When he starts searching for answers, an assassin begins his own search—for him.
Book II, Two Days in Caracas: On the hunt for an assassin, Titus Ray faces a threat he never imagined. Can he overcome the obstacles and capture Ahmed Al-Amin before it’s too late?
Book III, Three Weeks In Washington: Titus exposes a plot to attack the nation’s capital with chemical weapons.
The Red Room
by Nicci French
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
At the request of London police, psychologist Kit Quinn agrees to evaluate Michael Doll, a sexual predator who slashes her face. As she recovers, Kit has horrible dreams of a red room.
Months later, Doll is arrested for murder. As Doll’s obsession with Kit escalates, Kit is gripped with a paralyzing fear that the killer isn’t Doll–but someone close to her heart.
Broken Rhodes
by Kimber Silver
Kindle $4.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Kinsley Rhodes blows into Harlow, Kansas like a tornado, twisting Sheriff Lincoln James’ life into knots. Her grandfather has been murdered and she wants answers.
As if the town’s first homicide in twenty years wasn’t enough, the beleaguered sheriff now has to deal with Henry Rhodes’ bobcat of a granddaughter, plunging his life deeper into chaos. As a dark storm threatens, long-held secrets are exposed, placing Kinsley directly in harm’s way.
Into the Gray Zone
by Brad Taylor
Kindle $14.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
While on a routine security assessment in India, Taskforce operator Pike Logan foils an attempted attack on a meeting between the CIA and India’s intelligence service. Both government agencies believe it’s nothing more than a minor terrorist attack, but Pike suspects that something much more sinister is at play. After another terrorist operation at the Taj Mahal, he begins to believe that outside powers are attacking India in the gray zone between peace and war, leveraging terrorist groups for nothing more than economic gain. But the separatists conducting the operations have their own agenda.
Born in Space
by Jeremy Clift
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
A LONE MOTHER’S DESPERATE STRUGGLE TO REUNITE WITH SEVEN CHILDREN, BORN IN A SPACE LAB
CAN TEAGAN WIN THE COSMIC CUSTODY BATTLE OF A LIFETIME?
When Teagan Ward donates her eggs to science, she never imagines that the consequences will ripple across the cosmos. As Earth crumbles under the weight of conflict and climate disaster, Teagan discovers that seven children, born from her donated eggs, are the centerpieces of a daring experiment to populate the stars. Determined to reunite with her children, she finds herself entangled in a web of greed, betrayal, and cosmic ambition.