Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
A Very Important Teapot
by Sheppard Steve
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 3.9 #ad
Dawson is the unlikeliest MI6 spy you’ll ever meet. Good thing he has the lethally competent Lucy Smith for company.
From important teapots to vengeful assassins to international conspiracies, is there any escapade that Dawson can’t stumble into or any that Lucy can’t rescue him from? Find out in the funniest spy thriller series you’ll ever read.
Dawson’s life is going nowhere. Out of work and nearly out of money, he is forlornly pursuing the love of Rachel Whyte. But Rachel is engaged to Pat Bootle, an apparently successful local solicitor who has appeared from nowhere.
Cycles
by PM Kester
Kindle $4.99 Rating: New Release #ad
In a world on the brink of collapse, a young black woman awakens with a new face and fragmented memories, unaware of her vital role in humanity’s survival. As she unravels the truth, she discovers that she holds the key to saving both women and the world – but only if she can unlock it within 28 days. With time running out and enemies closing in, she must confront her past and her purpose before it’s too late.
Presumed Guilty
by Scott Turow
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Rusty is a retired judge attempting a third act in life with a loving soon-to-be wife, Bea, with whom he shares both a restful home on an idyllic lake in the rural Midwest and a plaintive hope that this marriage will be his best, and his last. But the peace that’s taken Rusty so long to find evaporates when Bea’s young adult son, Aaron, living under their supervision while on probation for drug possession, disappears. If Aaron doesn’t return soon, he will be sent back to jail.
Aaron eventually turns up with a vague story about a camping trip with his troubled girlfriend, Mae, that ended in a fight and a long hitchhike home. Days later, when she still hasn’t returned, suspicion falls on Aaron, and when Mae is subsequently discovered dead, Aaron is arrested and set for trial on charges of first-degree murder.
Triumph Over Adversity: Books 1-3
by Lynn Shannon
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
Courage. Faith. Second chances. Discover powerful love stories wrapped in gripping suspense in this emotional Christian romantic suspense collection by Publishers Weekly bestselling author Lynn Shannon.
The first three novels in the Triumph Over Adversity series – Calculated Risk, Critical Error, and Necessary Peril – together for the first time in one heart-pounding set. Each book delivers small-town danger, emotional healing, and the kind of enduring faith that lights the way through darkness.
Calculated Risk
Critical Error
Necessary Peril
Nobody’s Fool
by Harlan Coben
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Sami Kierce, a young college grad backpacking in Spain with friends, wakes up one morning, covered in blood. There’s a knife in his hand. Beside him, the body of his girlfriend. Anna. Dead. He doesn’t know what happened. His screams drown out his thoughts—and then he runs.
Twenty-two years later, Kierce, now a private investigator, is a new father who’s working off his debts by doing low level surveillance jobs and teaching wannabe sleuths at a night school in New York City. One evening, he recognizes a familiar face at the back of the classroom…
Ricochet
by Sandra Brown
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Detective Sergeant Duncan Hatcher is called to Judge Cato Laird’s opulent mansion after the judge’s trophy wife, Elise, shoots a man she claims was a burglar. But Duncan suspects her story conceals far more.
Despite warnings – even from his partner – Duncan is increasingly drawn to Elise, a woman whose beauty and secrets pull him into a dangerous investigation. Elise privately shares a shocking claim about Judge Laird’s involvement in a deadly conspiracy. Only as Duncan unravels the truth does he realize it may involve his nemesis, crime lord Robert Savich.
So, You Want to Write a Novel
by Pendelton Wallace
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
In this book on novel writing, you’ll get bestselling author Pendelton Wallace’s tips and tricks for completing your own work.
You will learn the essential elements of a well-structured novel, how to plan your novel before you start to write, and research you should conduct before beginning your novel.
Then you will read about practical techniques for developing memorable, three-dimensional characters, writing character sketches, constructing a compelling plot, and effective methods for outlining a novel.
Smuggler’s Cove
by Fern Michaels
Kindle $9.52 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
In a fresh, new series for fans of Nora Roberts, Danielle Steel, and Melida Leigh, #1 New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels introduces siblings Madison and Lincoln Taylor, whose Jersey Shore inheritance plunges them into a world of mystery and mayhem . . .
Growing up, Madison Taylor and her younger brother Lincoln lived in privilege, but their sheltered existence abruptly ended when their father was arrested for fraud and the family assets were seized. Since then, Madison has carved out a new path, studying fashion and working her way up to editor in chief of La Femme magazine, while Lincoln teaches wealth management at a small college outside the city. Both have separated themselves from their family and their past—until an unexpected bequest arrives from their late uncle.
Monday’s Mystery eBooks
Killer Reputation
by Cassidy Salem
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Adina can’t resist snooping when someone she knows turns up dead. Again. When a colleague at a prestigious think tank meets a violent death, Adina’s not convinced any of the obvious suspects disliked him enough to want him dead. Can the young research assistant, her quirky neighbor, and a lovable rescue pup help the police put together the pieces of the puzzle? Killer Reputation is the third mystery in the Adina Donati, Accidental Sleuth Series by Cassidy Salem. The books are standalone reads and can be read in any order.
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(Adina Donati, Accidental Sleuth)
Look Again
by Lisa Scottoline
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Lisa Scottoline breaks new ground in Look Again, a thriller that’s both heart-stopping and heart-breaking, and sure to have new fans and book clubs buzzing.
When reporter Ellen Gleeson gets a “Have You Seen This Child?” flyer in the mail, she almost throws it away. But something about it makes her look again, and her heart stops—the child in the photo is identical to her adopted son, Will. Her every instinct tells her to deny the similarity between the boys, because she knows her adoption was lawful. But she’s a journalist and won’t be able to stop thinking about the photo until she figures out the truth.
Refining Fires
by Erin Rainwater
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
A ruined nurse. A disfigured veteran. A tormented child. A kept woman. Strangers whose paths cross, bringing redemption into each other’s lives in ways none of them could have predicted. Her career in ruins, a desperate nurse answers an ad to care for a disabled veteran. Disfigured in the war, the antisocial businessman can’t get his mind off the nurse he had tossed out of his home.
A young child who never leaves the confines of her mountain home must make a treacherous journey alone to save her mother’s life. A woman kept by men all her life learns through an old love that she has been kept all along by Someone else. Three stirring episodes. One magnificent Love story. Discussion questions included for book groups.
Love You More
by Lisa Gardner
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
WHO DO YOU LOVE? One question, a split-second decision, and Brian Darby lies dead on the kitchen floor. His wife, state police trooper Tessa Leoni, claims to have shot him in self-defense, and bears the bruises to back up her tale. For veteran detective D. D. Warren it should be an open-and-shut case. But where is their six-year-old daughter?
AND HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO . . . As the homicide investigation ratchets into a frantic statewide search for a missing child, D. D. Warren must partner with former lover Bobby Dodge to break through the blue wall of police brotherhood…
Conflicted
by Indy Quillen
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
A devastating natural disaster upends the world Walker knows and loves.
A rescue mission gone-wrong in unfamiliar terrain, tests the limits of his expert skills.
And challenge after challenge, Walker is determined to keep everyone safe … but he’s got to survive the mission first.
When natural disaster forces Walker and Nataya to re-evaluate their future, an opportunity to visit friends in Washington State offers a respite from the daily reminders of their tragic loss. But shortly after arriving they’re asked to help find a family missing in the local wilderness. Despite their limited experience in that specific environment, the two survival experts don’t hesitate to join the search.
The War of the Worlds
by H.G. Wells
Kindle $0.29 Rating: 4.3 #ad
H.G. Wells’s The War of the Worlds is one of the earliest and most influential science fiction novels ever written. First published in 1898, this gripping narrative of Martian invaders landing on Earth captures the tension between humanity’s ingenuity and vulnerability in the face of otherworldly forces.
The War of the Worlds remains a cornerstone of science fiction, combining thrilling storytelling with profound social and philosophical insights. Dive into this timeless masterpiece and experience the story that continues to captivate readers more than a century after its publication.
Play Dead
by Harlan Coben
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
The worlds of celebrity and sports are brilliantly dissected and turned upside down in the debut thriller from the bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix drama The Stranger.
Theirs was a marriage made in tabloid heaven, but no sooner had supermodel Laura Ayars and Celtics star David Baskin said “I do” than tragedy struck. While honeymooning on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, David went out for a swim – and never returned.
The Best Cadet
by Lucas Kinkaid
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Saint Michael’s Military Academy is a private school that needs a miracle. It has lost an unfair lawsuit and can no longer afford to continue operating. The administration does not know how to overcome this problem. A reason for hope arrives one day in the form of a very unlikely individual.
A defiant young man is forced by his wealthy family to attend the academy. Paul Wildman needs to attend the military academy to stay in good graces with his family. The academy needs the financial help this will provide. The two forge a very unlikely relationship…
Sunday’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.
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(Here… Hold My Broom)
Downfall
by J. A Jance
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Arizona sheriff Joanna Brady returns in this outstanding new mystery set in the beautiful desert country of the Southwest.
With a baby on the way, sudden deaths in the family from which to recover, a re-election campaign looming, and a daughter heading off for college, Cochise County Sheriff Joanna Brady has her hands full when a puzzling new case hits her department, demanding every resource she has at her disposal.
Two women have fallen to their deaths from a small nearby peak, referred to by Bisbee locals as Geronimo. What’s the connection between these two women? Is this a case of murder/suicide or is it a double homicide?
Blood Auction
by Joshua Harkin
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
When the law fails, Ranger delivers justice. One body at a time.
Former US Marine Frank Ranger is on the run. Accused of a murder he didn’t commit, he is laying low, working the door in a Vegas strip club.
When he steps in to protect a dancer, he stumbles on a brutal human trafficking ring operating in the dark underbelly of the neon city.
Driven by his own guilt and seeking a chance for redemption, Ranger feels duty bound to rescue a teenage girl who has been taken by the traffickers. And soon finds himself up against a powerful crime syndicate led by shadowy crime boss Sal Torno and his sadistic lieutenant, Novio Rama.
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(Bullet Proof)
Friendly Fyre
by Kia Leep
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Reborn as the Dark Lord… Born to make friends.
After living 50 years as a human scientist, being reborn as a fire-wielding harpy is a bit of a shock. Not to mention, Fyre now has the physiology one might expect from someone with two X chromosomes. However she’s much more concerned about the Role that’s appeared at the bottom of her game-like stats sheet: The Dark Lord. That’s probably fine… Right?
Stuck in a freezing cave, Fyre forms a pact with a ravenous and morally ambiguous Dungeon Core, which helps tunnel a path to civilization. Though she now has some semblance of shelter, the community she joins is barely scraping by itself. With the power of her fire—and science!—she believes she can help build a thriving metropolis…
The Old Success
by Martha Grimes
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
As the New York Times–bestselling series continues, an unlikely trio of detectives teams up to solve three murders spanning three English counties.
When the body of a French woman washes up on a wild inlet off the Cornish coast, Brian Macalvie, divisional commander with the Devon-Cornwall police is called in. Who could have killed this beautiful tourist, the only visible footprints nearby belonging to the two little girls who found her?
While Macalvie stands stumped in the Scilly Islands, inspector Richard Jury, twenty miles away on Land’s End, is at the Old Success pub, sharing a drink with the legendary former CID detective Tom Brownell, a man renowned for solving every case he undertook—well, nearly every case. Bronwell discloses that there was one he once missed.
Deep Harbor
by Fern Michaels
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
THE COURAGE TO START OVER
Carol Ann “CJ” Jansen has felt adrift ever since she lost her beloved older brother, Kick, to a tragic boating accident. But working for powerful congressman Snapper Lewis in the exciting and often tumultuous world of politics has provided a kind of anchor in her life.Until CJ stumbles upon information that could implicate her boss in corruption. When the congressman dies of an apparent suicide, CJ digs deeper with the help of Colin, Kick’s former life partner. But as they expose one shocking secret after another, CJ begins to wonder if she’s also in jeopardy.
Little Black Lies
by Gillian Jackson
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Murder, buried secrets, and one woman’s fight for justice propel this gripping police procedural from the author of Snatched.
Det. Samantha Freeman is barely recovering from the devastating accident that killed her fiancé, Ravi, when she’s thrust into a chilling homicide case. Valerie Turner, a wife and mother of two, is found dead in her kitchen. But as Samantha peels back the layers of Val’s seemingly ordinary life, she uncovers shocking truths—a son given up for adoption, an illicit affair, blackmail, and stolen identities.
Heartwood
by Amity Gaige
Kindle $5.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
In the heart of the Maine woods, an experienced Appalachian Trail hiker goes missing. She is forty-two-year-old Valerie Gillis, who has vanished 200 miles from her final destination. Alone in the wilderness, Valerie pours her thoughts into fractured, poetic letters to her mother as she battles the elements and struggles to keep hoping.
At the heart of the investigation is Beverly, the determined Maine State Game Warden tasked with finding Valerie, who leads the search on the ground. Meanwhile, Lena, a seventy-six-year-old birdwatcher in a Connecticut retirement community, becomes an unexpected armchair detective. Roving between these compelling narratives, a puzzle emerges, intensifying the frantic search, as Valerie’s disappearance may not be accidental.
Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
Death at the Dinner Party
by Ellie Alexander
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Annie Murray is excited to host a murder mystery–themed dinner party, but soon the evening takes a deadly turn…
When her friend Penny confesses she’s struggling to finance the restoration of the historic Wentworth farmhouse, Annie is instantly inspired. The beautiful property has stood empty since the 1970s, but rumors still swirl about the eccentric Wentworth family and their hidden fortune. It’s the perfect setting for a spooky, immersive dinner party, and the evening is a roaring success – until neighboring landowner Curtis Wright drops dead at the dining table…
Landon Falls
by Shannon Elliott
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.9 #ad
When seventeen-year-old Chase Allen touches someone, he is inundated by every sin they’ve committed. To minimize human contact, Chase keeps to himself at home and school. But when his mother’s death abandons him to the cruel despotism of his abusive grandfather, he follows an inexorable calling by an unknown power to seek out his destiny in a world he doesn’t understand. Led to the seemingly bucolic small town of Landon Falls, he encounters an ancient evil that holds the town in its grasp and meets the town’s new preacher, Frank Williams, who is oddly immune to Chase’s sixth sense.
Addison Landon recently arrived in Landon Falls with her husband Turner, heir to the Landon Mining Company fortune. Pregnant with their first child, Addison is excited to make such a wealthy, powerful, benevolent family her own.
Look Behind You
by Iris Johansen, Roy Johansen
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
THE KILLER IS IN HER SIGHTS…AND ON HER TRAIL
A serial killer is on the loose in San Diego with a most unusual M.O. With each kill, the perpetrator leaves behind mystifying random objects. In this confusing array of unrelated evidence, the one thing that is clear is that the murders all have one characteristic in common: they all require the specific skills of Kendra Michaels, hired gun for both the CIA and FBI. Kendra, who was blind for the first twenty years of her life, gained her sight through a revolutionary surgical procedure and now uses her acute powers of observation to assist in cases all over the United States.
Stilettos & Whiskey
by Gail Koger
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
My name may be Julie Garza, but I’m a member of the Stone family through and through. I was only eight years old when my parents were murdered and I came to live with them. It was then I vowed to make law enforcement my life’s work and bring my birth parents’ killer to justice. But I’ve been a Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputy for five years now, and so far, that hasn’t happened.
My personal life isn’t much better. I’ve been in love with my adopted brother, Lucas Stone, since I was thirteen, but he thinks of me more like an annoying kid sister than a full-grown woman, but what can I do? I had gotten good at suppressing my feelings until the kiss. For a brief moment, I thought he had feelings for me too, until he puked on my sneakers.
Dangerous Detour
by Gail Pallotta
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Four people face a winter storm in the wilderness. Two have lost their way. One has lost his purpose and one has lost his soul.
Headed home for Christmas vacation, Ruthie, a quiet professor, crosses paths with Moose, a football coach, on an icy, blocked road in Western North Carolina. Amid a winter storm, they unknowingly take shelter in a killer’s hideout.
Escaping under fire, they flee into a frozen, snow-covered forest. Trying to find their way out and shake the murderer, they dodge bullets each day until the temperature drops and the world turns quiet.
Rock with Wings
by Anne Hillerman
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Doing a good deed for a relative offers the perfect opportunity for Sergeant Jim Chee and his wife, Officer Bernie Manuelito, to get away from the daily grind of police work. But two cases will call them back from their short vacation and separate them—one near Shiprock, and the other at iconic Monument Valley.
Chee follows a series of seemingly random and cryptic clues that lead to a missing woman, a coldblooded suspect, and a mysterious mound of dirt and rocks that could be a gravesite. Bernie has her hands full managing the fallout from a drug bust gone wrong, uncovering the origins of a fire in the middle of nowhere, and looking into an ambitious solar energy development with long-ranging consequences for Navajo land.
Killing Crazy Horse
by Bill O’Reilly, Martin Dugard
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
The latest installment of the multimillion-selling Killing series is a gripping journey through the American West and the historic clashes between Native Americans and settlers.
The bloody Battle of Tippecanoe was only the beginning. It’s 1811 and President James Madison has ordered the destruction of Shawnee warrior chief Tecumseh’s alliance of tribes in the Great Lakes region. But while General William Henry Harrison would win this fight, the armed conflict between Native Americans and the newly formed United States would rage on for decades…
Mysteries of Dragon’s Island
by Serena Meadows
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Escape to a secluded island where magic, destiny, and passion collide! Heart of the Ocean is no ordinary paradise—its mystical powers bring fated mates together, revealing long-buried secrets and forging unbreakable bonds. This box set of eight steamy paranormal romances will sweep you away as powerful dragon shifters fight for love against all odds.