Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
A Baker and a Body Bag
by Avery Kent
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
A charming seaside town, a sassy amateur sleuth, and a dead body.
Cakes crumble into chaos when bakery owner Annie Bishop and Sheriff Jake Hail’s romantic sunset cruise turns into a chilling discovery.
Annie is doubly thrilled with her goddaughter Nicki’s arrival back in Bishop’s Landing, and her son Ethan’s surprise visit. But delight quickly turns to distress, when Ethan has an altercation with the high school football coach, trying to protect Nicki.
When Annie and Jake accidentally discover the coach’s body, Ethan quickly becomes a suspect in the murder.
The Spy from Palestine
by Steve Haberman
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
It’s 1947 in British-controlled Palestine. Award-winning foreign correspondent, Charly Lawrence, and her lover, ex-Churchill bodyguard and spy, Jonas Shaw, arrive in the violent Promised Land. Their mission from her editor: track down a survivor of an infamous WWII German slaughter and write her heroic story. This exclusive will hopefully rescue Charly’s struggling newspaper. Little do they realize they have landed in a heap of danger.
The Buried
by Lisa Childs
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Somewhere inside Halcyon Hall, the elite spa with an infamous past on a remote Maine island, are the answers state trooper Mae Montgomery desperately needs to solve a murder investigation. To find them, she’s checking into the exclusive retreat under an assumed name—that of her late sister, a former model. But at least one person isn’t fooled.
Fitness trainer Bode James grew up on Bane Island and took it upon himself to transform the former psychiatric hospital into a wellness resort. But a killer still lurks here. Bode already lost the mother of his child. And though he believes Mae is there under false pretenses, he also fears that without her help, more people will die.
The Truth With Lies
by Stephanie Hurt
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Leah Carson led a simple life. But all of that changed when her friend Dana, whom she hadn’t seen for five years, knocked on her door in the middle of the night. Five days later Dana turns up dead, Leah’s house is ransacked, and things begin turning up about Dana’s last five years that don’t add up. Just as Leah is wrapping her head around everything, Dana’s death is labeled a homicide and Leah is the prime suspect.
Jake Truitt steps in to investigate the break-in at Leah’s house and the missing friend, Dana. The more he finds out about Dana, the crazier this story gets. Then when the DA puts a bullseye on Leah, Jake makes it his mission to clear her name. But the battle is only just beginning…
Broken Ground
by Val McDermid
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Six feet under in a Highland peat bog lies Alice Somerville’s inheritance, buried by her grandfather at the end of World War II. But when Alice finally uncovers it, she finds an unwanted surprise—a body with a bullet hole between the eyes. Meanwhile, DCI Karen Pirie is dealing not only with this cold case but with a domestic violence case, and as as she gets closer to the truth, it becomes clear that not everyone shares her desire for justice. Or even the idea of what justice is.
An engrossing, twisty thriller, Broken Ground is an outstanding entry in this Diamond Dagger-winning author’s “superior series” (The New York Times Book Review).
A Time for Patriots
by Dale Brown
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
New York Times bestselling thriller-master Dale Brown delivers a story for our times. A Time for Patriots is one of his most explosive novels to date—a frightening, all-too-possible look into the near future, when the nation’s economic collapse turns thousands of Americans against their own government. In the midst of chaos, Patrick McLanahan—hero of Executive Intent, Rogue Forces, and many other previous adventures—must enlist the aid of his son and his fellow citizens to hunt down terrorists any way they can. In A Time for Patriots, Dale Brown brings the battle home!
The Mind of a Murderer
by Michael Wood
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
A DARK PAST Dr Olivia Winter is a forensic psychologist whose job is to understand the minds of serial killers. There’s only one monster she can’t understand, her father.
A NEW IDENTITY Notorious and brutal, he held a reign of terror until he was caught. His nine-year-old daughter was supposed to be his last victim, but she survived.
A SERIAL KILLER WHO WILL STOP AT NOTHING…
The Guardian
by James Leonard
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Here comes another western adventure of relentless action, obstacles and a touch of western romance
Surry Weathers spent his youth stirring up trouble and running with a bad crowd. After a decade behind bars for a murder he did not commit, he finds himself a free man.
But freedom is nothing without his ex-wife, Rosa.
When she resurfaces, it’s like a beacon in the darkness. But their happy reunion is cut short when she tells him her reason for coming.
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
The Glass Ceiling Club
by Maree Church
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
A dash of romance, a pinch of magic, and a sextet of murders blend together in this rather cozy mystery set in Napa, California and best served with a glass of bubbly.
Chiara Chandler is in over her head in this tale of corporate greed, misogyny, and retribution. When she and her friends in The Glass Ceiling Club are questioned by the police in connection with the murder of a ZEGCO executive, it sets off a series of events that throw Chiara squarely in the killer’s sights and inadvertently plunges them all into a deadly game of Clue. But are they persons of interest, potential victims, or both?
The Apprentice
by Tess Gerritsen
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles—the inspiration for the hit TNT series—continue their crime-solving streak.
The bestselling author of The Surgeon returns—and so does that chilling novel’s diabolical villain. Though held behind bars, Warren Hoyt still haunts a helpless city, seeming to bequeath his evil legacy to a student all-too-diligent . . . and all-too-deadly.
It is a boiling hot Boston summer. Adding to the city’s woes is a series of shocking crimes, in which wealthy men are made to watch while their wives are brutalized. A sadistic demand that ends in abduction and death.
Then She Was Gone
by Lisa Jewell
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
From the New York Times bestselling author of Invisible Girl and None of This Is True comes a “riveting” (PopSugar) and “acutely observed family drama” (People) that delves into the lingering aftermath of a young girl’s disappearance.
Ellie Mack was the perfect daughter. She was fifteen, the youngest of three. Beloved by her parents, friends, and teachers, and half of a teenaged golden couple. Ellie was days away from an idyllic post-exams summer vacation, with her whole life ahead of her.
And then she was gone.
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year
by Multiple Authors
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Jonathan Strahan, the award-winning and much lauded editor of many of genre’s best known anthologies is back with his 11th volume in this fascinating series, featuring the best science fiction and fantasy. With established names and new talent this diverse and ground-breaking collection will take the reader to the outer-reaches of space and the inner realms of humanity with stories of fantastical worlds and worlds that may still come to pass.
Captive Splendors
by Fern Michaels
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
As a van der Rhys, Caleb’s first allegiance is to the sea. Close behind are his affections for anyone foolish enough to pass him in a skirt. But that shouldn’t be a problem when he’s hired to ship a cargo of Puritans to the colonies—until a stowaway is discovered onboard.
Wren is equal parts stormy and beautiful, normally an irresistible combination for Caleb. But they have a shared past that deems her off limits. All they have are the stars to guide them, in which case anything is possible . . .
The Deep Blue Good-by
by John D. MacDonald, Lee Child
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
From a beloved master of crime fiction, The Deep Blue Good-by is one of many classic novels featuring Travis McGee, the hard-boiled detective who lives on a houseboat.
Travis McGee is a self-described beach bum who won his houseboat in a card game. He’s also a knight-errant who’s wary of credit cards, retirement benefits, political parties, mortgages, and television. He only works when his cash runs out, and his rule is simple: He’ll help you find whatever was taken from you, as long as he can keep half.
The I-5 Killer
by Ann Rule
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Randall Woodfield had it all. He was an award-winning student and star athlete. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers to play in the NFL, and chosen by Playgirl as a centerfold candidate. Working in the swinging West Coast bar scene, he had his pick of willing sexual prospects.
But Randall Woodfield wanted more than just sex. An appetite for unspeakable violent acts led him to cruise the I-5 highway through California, Oregon, and Washington, leaving a trail of victims along the way. As the list of his victims grew to a total of at least 44, the police faced the awesome challenge of catching and convicting a suspect who seemed too handsome and appealing to have committed such ugly crimes—crimes that filled every woman within his striking range with feat and horror….
Six Days Spent
by Luana Ehrlich
Kindle $4.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
When private investigator Mylas Grey gets a call from the wife of a high-profile Pentagon official, he assumes it’s about their appointment to discuss a possible stalker.
It’s not. It’s about her husband—he’s just been murdered.
Mylas agrees to investigate the murder, even though he’s supposed to help Whitney find a place to live in the next six days. Can he do both?
As it turns out, finding a killer and finding a house have a lot in common . . .