Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
Love, Death, and the Art of Cooking
by Linda Griffin
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Software engineer Reid Lucas loves to cook and has a history of falling in love with married women. When he leaves his complicated past in Chicago for a job in California, he runs into trouble and must call a virtual stranger to bail him out of jail.
Alyssa Knight, a tough street cop waiting for a church annulment from her passive-aggressive husband, is the roommate of the woman Reid calls for help, and she reluctantly provides bail for Reid.
When his boss is murdered, Reid is a suspect…or is he the intended target?
A Suitable Vengeance
by Elizabeth George
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Award-winning author Elizabeth George gives us an early glimpse into the lives of Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley, forensic scientist Simon Allcourt-St. James, and Lady Helen Clyde in a superlative mystery that is also a fascinating inquiry into the crimes of the heart. Lynley, the eighth earl of Asherton, has brought to Howenstow, his family home, the young woman he has asked to be his bride. But the savage murder of a local journalist is the catalyst for a lethal series of events that shatters the calm of a picturesque Cornwall village and embroils Lynley and St. James in a case far outside their jurisdiction—and a little too close to home…
Operation Cavolo
by E.S. Benton
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
When a toxin conspiracy grips the unsuspecting public through contaminated food, the world stands paralysed, devoid of an answer. Alpha Team receives a taunting letter from within the shadows, a challenge that hurls them into a race against an invisible clock and their darkest adversary.
With only eighty-four hours to thwart a lethal countdown, Alpha Team’s hunt for an antidote is fraught with false leads and cutthroat treachery. As they grapple with internal sabotage and unseen connections to their adversary, trust becomes as scarce as time. Their greatest ally might be the very villain they seek, dangling a cure above their heads. Tensions mount as leadership fractures and revenge fuels a battle that blurs friend from enemy.
The Never Game
by Jeffery Deaver
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
The son of a survivalist family, Colter Shaw is an expert tracker. Now he makes a living as a “reward seeker,” traveling the country to help police solve crimes and locate missing persons for private citizens.
“You’ve been abandoned. Escape if you can. Or die with dignity.”
Hired by the father of a young woman who has gone missing in Silicon Valley, Shaw’s search takes him into the dark heart of America’s cutthroat billion-dollar video-game industry. When another person goes missing, Shaw must ask: Is a madman bringing a twisted video game to life?
The Protector
by Gloria Repp
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
A heart divided . . . An enemy unseen . . . A riddle of trust.
Lindsey Dumont, photographer, must defend her home in the Pine Barrens while she struggles to revive her career and salvage a long-distance romance. What is God doing? And who can she trust?
“Excellent series of suspense, love of God And other exciting romances. Need more from Gloria Repp. I highly recommend this series” by Amazon Customer
Ghostheart
by R.J. Ellory
Kindle $0.75 Rating: 4.1 #ad
From a “master of the genre,” a psychological thriller about a woman lured by curiosity about her dead father into her family’s dark past. (New York Times bestselling authorClive Cussler)
Annie O’Neill has it all: a cozy Manhattan apartment, a beautiful bookshop, and a network of supportive friends? But her father died in her childhood, leaving a hole she has yet to fill. When a mysterious man named Forrester enters the shop and claims to be her father’s oldest friend, she jumps at the chance to discover more. But Forrester seems much more interested in telling her a story about a ruthless ganglord and a decades-old betrayal. A betrayal that, she will realize far too slowly, has something very much to do with her.
Where Roses Never Die
by Gunnar Staalesen
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
September 1977. Mette MisvÆr, a three-year-old girl disappears without trace from the sandpit outside her home. Her tiny, close middle-class community in the tranquil suburb of Nordas is devastated, but their enquiries and the police produce nothing. Curtains twitch, suspicions are raised, but Mette is never found.
Almost 25 years later, as the expiry date for the statute of limitations draws near, Mette’s mother approaches PI Varg Veum, in a last, desperate attempt to find out what happened to her daughter. As Veum starts to dig, he uncovers an intricate web of secrets, lies and shocking events that have been methodically concealed. When another brutal incident takes place, a pattern begins to emerge…
Friday’s Mystery eBooks
Witches and Fairies and Tacos… Oh My
by Carol Kilgore
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Charli Quinn and her sister Brielle own House Witches Cleaning and promise to clean like magic. They may not be your everyday, run-of-the-mill witches, but they are… something.
When Charli finds the husband of one of their clients dead, the wind warns her to beware the man with eyes of green. As the sisters search for the ominous man, they find themselves in danger and rely on their real magic to outsmart the killer.
Along the way, Charli and Brielle have help from a group of fairies, and even a talking cow. And Charli falls head over broomstick for a tall, sexy deputy with dreamy blue eyes who saves her from being hijacked by a water sprite.
The Tarnished Son
by Elizabeth McKenna
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
“This is a nice, quiet town. Things like that don’t happen around here.” But they do.
In THE TARNISHED SON, a tourist’s death, an alluring young teacher, a father’s carnal desires, and a stepdaughter’s vendetta ultimately destroy a village dynasty.
The respected Clark family has governed Williams Bay since 1837. On a hot August day, seventeen-year-old Liam causes a tragic boating accident. What happens next—infidelity, drugs, theft, and more—deepens long-hidden cracks in the family’s façade, exposing their secrets and tarnishing their golden image.
Black Pudding Murder
by Stephanie Parker McKean
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
When aging friends form a detective agency in their Scottish village, their likelihood of success seems dubious. One is blind, two have hearing problems, one uses a crutch – and the two youngest members are from America, not Scotland.
Dubbing themselves the Fog Busters, the friends vow to solve a murder that local police have labeled as Death by Misadventure. Indeed, misadventure seems to follow the Fog Busters when the killer attempts to stop them from investigating.
Add in a lost treasure of rare Scottish coins, a false prophet, a string of house breakings and dog nappings, and a dog fighting ring—and the Fog Busters have the recipe for laughter and danger.
The Last Sinner
by Lisa Jackson
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
There are killers so savage, so twisted, that they leave a mark not just on their victims, but on everyone who crosses their path. For Detectives Bentz and Montoya, Father John, a fake priest who used the sharpened beads of a rosary to strangle prostitutes, is one such monster.
Bentz thought he’d ended that horror years ago when he killed Father John deep in the swamp. But now there are chilling signs he may have been wrong. A new victim has surfaced, her ruined body staged in deliberate, unmistakable detail. Either it’s a terrifying copycat, or Father John, the detective’s own recurring nightmare, has come back to haunt New Orleans.
Long Gone
by Alafair Burke
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Echoing the intensity of Harlan Coben’s Tell No One and the psychological depth of Laura Lippman’s What the Dead Know, Alafair Burke’s first stand-alone novel catapults her into the top ranks of modern suspense. In New York City’s cut-throat world of art, appearances can be deceiving – especially when art world newcomer Alice Humphrey becomes a suspect in a gruesome murder at a Chelsea gallery, and is thrown into a treacherous labyrinth of intrigue, crime, and conspiracy. Now, Alice must discover the truth behind the murder before the unsolved mystery claims her as its next victim.
Call Me Star Girl
by Louise Beech
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 3.9 #ad
Stirring up secrets can be deadly … especially if they’re yours…
Pregnant Victoria Valbon was brutally murdered in an alley three weeks ago – and her killer hasn’t been caught.
Tonight is Stella McKeever’s final radio show. The theme is secrets. You tell her yours, and she’ll share some of hers.
Stella might tell you about Tom, a boyfriend who likes to play games, about the mother who abandoned her, now back after fourteen years. She might tell you about the perfume bottle with the star-shaped stopper, or about her father …
Fire and Bones
by Kathy Reichs
Kindle $14.99 Rating: BRAND NEW RELEASE #ad
#1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs returns with a twisty, unputdownable thriller featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, who finds herself at the center of a Washington, DC, arson investigation that spawns deepening levels of mystery and, ultimately, violence.
Always apprehensive about working fire scenes, Tempe is called to Washington, DC, to analyze the victims of a deadly blaze and sees her misgivings justified. The devastated building is in Foggy Bottom, a neighborhood with a colorful past and present, and Tempe becomes suspicious about the property’s ownership when she delves into its history.
Mom Your Way
by Yasmin Kaderali
Kindle $14.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
From the CEO of Mommy’s Bliss comes a book for new moms that’s not about the baby. It’s about you, mama.
You might be just a few days out of the hospital or months into your sleep-deprived postpartum journey when the realization hits you: life as you know it—your whole identity—will never be the same. Mom Your Way will guide you through this fundamental shift into new motherhood. With a healthy dose of humor and comforting best-friend energy, Yasmin Kaderali shares judgment-free wisdom for navigating your postpartum life.