Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
A Fatal Booking
by Victoria Gilbert
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Booklover Charlotte is delighted to welcome an eclectic group of guests to Chapters Bed and Breakfast for a book club retreat focused on fairy tales and classic children’s literature. But when one of the guests is poisoned at a Mad Hatter tea party, Charlotte realizes she’s fallen down a rather unpleasant rabbit hole
The victim – an opinionated busybody whose jewelry store sold original designs, along with some possibly “hot” merchandise – had plenty of enemies, spurring Charlotte and Ellen to offer their well-honed investigative skills to assist the local police…
Fallen
by Karin Slaughter
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
“You know what we’re here for. Hand it over, and we’ll let her go.”
There’s no police training stronger than a cop’s instinct. Faith Mitchell’s mother isn’t answering her phone. Her front door is open. There’s a bloodstain above the knob. Her infant daughter is hidden in a shed behind the house. All that the Georgia Bureau of Investigations taught Faith Mitchell goes out the window when she charges into her mother’s house, gun drawn. She sees a man dead in the laundry room. She sees a hostage situation in the bedroom. What she doesn’t see is her mother.
Shattered Mirror
by Iris Johansen
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan is once again thrown into a deadly game of intrigue when she receives a cryptic package containing a skull and a two sided mirror. Eve is determined to reconstruct the skull and uncover the mystery of the person’s identity, and when she does, the face of a beautiful woman begins to emerge. But who is she?
As Eve gets closer and closer to finding the answer, she becomes swept up in a lethal chase that spans continents and threatens to destroy the family that she has worked so hard to bring together. Eve and her team must work quickly to discover who is behind the murder – and maybe even prevent more loss of life…
The Invisible Hour
by Alice Hoffman
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
The latest New York Times bestseller from beloved author Alice Hoffman celebrates the enduring magic of books and is a “wonderful story of love and growth” (Stephen King).
One June day when Mia Jacob can no longer see a way to survive, the power of words saves her. The Scarlet Letter was written almost two hundred years earlier, but it seems to tell the story of Mia’s mother, Ivy, and their life inside the Community—an oppressive cult in western Massachusetts where contact with the outside world is forbidden. But how could this be? How could Nathaniel Hawthorne have so perfectly captured the pain and loss that Mia carries inside her?
The Witness
by Nora Roberts
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Daughter of a cold, controlling mother and an anonymous donor, studious, obedient Elizabeth Fitch finally let loose one night, drinking too much at a nightclub and allowing a strange man’s seductive Russian accent to lure her to a house on Lake Shore Drive.
Twelve years later, the woman now known as Abigail Lowery lives alone on the outskirts of a small town in the Ozarks. A freelance security systems designer, her own protection is supplemented by a fierce dog and an assortment of firearms. She keeps to herself, saying little, revealing nothing. Unfortunately, that seems to be the quickest way to get attention in a tiny southern town.
Two of the Deadliest
by Elizabeth George
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 3.7 #ad
New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth George has gathered nearly two dozen chilling, boldly original stories, each published for the very first time in this outstanding collection. In addition to tales from some of today’s top stars—including Laura Lippman, Susan Wiggs, Marcia Muller, Carolyn Hart, Nancy Pickard, and Elizabeth George herself—Two of the Deadliest showcases work from an impressive array of exceptional newcomers, as together they explore the dark depths women and men will sink to when driven by passion, avarice, and a lethal hunger for power.
Shifter Wolves of Pleasant Valley Collection
by Serena Meadows
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
A small Texas town is bursting with secrets, deceptions…and forbidden relationships with the enemy. When a wolf shifter sets eyes on his one and only—there’s no turning back. He’ll do anything to protect the woman that brings him to his knees.
“I was a bit confused with the first book because they kept referring to the town as Paradise Valley. I’m guessing that was before the town became Pleasant Valley. Might want to correct the ebook version so it’s not so confusing. Anyhew…A wonderful Read all around. Such a fantastic author. I highly recommend all of her books/series. Start anywhere. I guarantee you won’t be disappointed.” by Amazon Customer
Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
White Elephant Dead
by Carolyn Hart
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Murder is, surprisingly, not all that uncommon on timy Broward’s Rock, an idyllic sea island community off the South Carolina coast. Annie Darling’s popular mystery bookshop, Death on Demand, is where the locals come to discuss the juicy details of each criminal offense–under the watchful gaze of a pampered feline prima donna named Agatha. But now Annie’s dear friend (and best customer) Henny Brawley stands accused of murdering a Women’s Club volunteer-cum-blackmailer.
The Visitor
by Terry Tyler
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
In 2024, a mystery virus ravages the entire world. ‘Bat Fever’ is highly contagious and one hundred per cent lethal.
A cottage tucked away in an isolated Norfolk village seems like the ideal place to sit out a catastrophic pandemic, but some residents of Hincham resent the arrival of Jack, Sarah and their friends, while others want to know too much about them.
What the villagers don’t know is that beneath Sarah’s cottage is a fully-stocked, luxury survival bunker. A post-apocalyptic ‘des res’.
Time of Death
by Mark Billingham
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Two British police detectives take on a case close to home: “One of the most consistently entertaining, insightful crime writers working today” (Gillian Flynn).
One of Entertainment Weekly’s “10 Great Summer Thrillers”
Tom Thorne is on holiday with his girlfriend, DS Helen Weeks, when two girls are abducted in Helen’s hometown in Warwickshire. When a body is discovered and a man is arrested, Helen recognizes the suspect’s wife as an old school friend, and reluctantly returns home for the first time in twenty-five years to lend her support.
Don’t Tell a Soul
by Jessica Huntley
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
She thinks she’s safe. She couldn’t be more wrong.
Elle, desperate to escape her abusive home, runs away to a seemingly cute small town where she gets a job as a waitress. And meets Vera, who offers her an attic room in her large house.
For the first time in years, Elle feels something like contentment as she bonds with Vera who becomes almost like a mother to her. Blossoming, Elle slowly begins to piece her life back together, make new friends and stand on her own two feet. But all is not as it seems.
The Order of the Black Robe
by Tiana Dokerty
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
In a kingdom overrun by shadows, one girl’s abduction sparks the light of hope.
Rebekah Otual lives a peaceful life in the kingdom of Freislicht. While her husband Jonathan, a Knight of J’shua, is off on a missionary journey, she is happy to stay at home raising her six-year-old daughter Sarah.
But when an official from the earl shows up one morning with soldiers demanding immediate payment for a debt and Rebekah has no means to pay it, Sarah is snatched as collateral.
The First Family
by Michael Palmer, Daniel Palmer
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
The President’s teenaged son is threatened by a potentially fatal illness that is rooted in dark secrets from a long-buried past.
President Geoffrey Hilliard and his family live in the ever-present glare of the political limelight, with relentless scrutiny of their daily lives. The White House is not an easy place to grow up, so when the President’s son Cam, a sixteen-year-old chess champion, experiences extreme fatigue, moodiness, and an uncharacteristic violent outburst, doctors are quick to dismiss his troubles as teen angst. But Secret Service agent Karen Ray, whose job is to guard the president’s family with her life, is convinced Cam’s issues are serious – serious enough to summon her physician ex-husband for a second opinion.
Be Buried in the Rain
by Barbara Michaels
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
There are terrible secrets from generations past buried at Maidenwood. Medical student Julie Newcomb has returned to her family’s decaying plantation—the site of so many painful childhood memories—to tend to her tyrannical grandmother, felled by a stroke. The fire of malevolence still burns in the cruel, despotic matriarch’s eyes—yet, for Julie, a faint spark of redemption and second chances flickers in this hated, haunted place. But her hope—and her life—are seriously threatened by a nightmare reborn . . . and by the grim discovery on the lonely road to Maidenwood of the earth-browned skeletons of a mother and child.
A Complete Kid’s Guide to Wilderness Survival
by A Cox
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
This book includes all of the basics that kids need to know before starting their outdoor adventures. This guide has chapters on each of the following:
proper preparation before leaving
setting up camp
safely interacting with wildlife
and other topics too!
This guide encourages safety outdoors for both kids and parents.