Monday’s Mystery eBooks
The Last Flight
by Julie Clark
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Claire Cook has a perfect life. Married to the scion of a political dynasty, with a Manhattan townhouse and a staff of ten, her surroundings are elegant, her days flawlessly choreographed, and her future auspicious. But behind closed doors, nothing is quite as it seems. That perfect husband has a temper that burns bright and he’s not above using his staff to track Claire’s every move.
What he doesn’t know is that Claire has worked for months on a plan to vanish. A plan that takes her to the airport, poised to run from it all. But a chance meeting in the airport bar brings her together with a woman whose circumstances seem equally dire. Together they make a last-minute decision.
Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog
by Lisa Scottoline
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
A hilarious collection of stories from the life of the New York Times bestselling author of Look Again
At last, together in one collection, are Lisa Scottoline’s wildly popular Philadelphia Inquirer columns. In her column, Lisa lets her hair down, roots and all, to show the humorous side of life from a woman’s perspective. The Sunday column debuted in 2007 and on the day it started, Lisa wrote, “I write novels, so I usually have 100,000 words to tell a story. In a column there’s only 700 words. I can barely say hello in 700 words. I’m Italian.” The column gained momentum and popularity. Word of mouth spread, and readers demanded a collection.
Sworn Secret
by Amanda Jennings
Kindle $0.50 Rating: 3.8 #ad
A young woman grieving the loss of her sister discovers secrets that indicate her death may not have been an accident in this domestic thriller.
When Lizzie Thorne’s charismatic older sister Anna is killed in a tragic fall from the roof of her school, everyone is devastated. A year later, grief still has its icy grip on the Thorne family.
Mrs. Thorne has retreated from her life and is desperate to find someone to blame for her daughter’s death.
Red Metal
by Mark Greaney
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
A Russian military strike against Europe could change the balance of power in the West. A stunningly realistic view of modern warfare from a battlefield commander and the New York Times bestselling author of The Gray Man.
The Russian bear has awakened. Their tanks race across Poland crushing all opposition on a headlong dash for the heart of Germany. Satellite killing missiles blind American forces while Spetznatz teams destroy Allied communications relays. It’s all part of a master plan to confuse and defeat America and her allies.
Watch Them Fall
by Marion Todd
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
DI Clare Mackay will be pushed to her limits as the bodies begin to pile up…
A body is hauled out of St Andrews harbour. The cause of death – a blow to the back of the head.
DI Clare Mackay and her team are immediately suspicious. This was no accident. Local Dennis Gibb was murdered.
Meanwhile a string of burglaries across town divide Clare’s attention and she is drawn into a world of property developers, holiday lets and protestors determined to put a stop to the new building works.
Kill the Messenger
by Tami Hoag
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
With this new thriller, The New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag delivers her own message to suspense fans everywhere: Don’t turn off the lights, and keep reading if you dare. From the gritty streets of Los Angeles to its most protected enclaves of prestige and power to the ruthless glamour of Hollywood, a killer stalks his prey. A killer so merciless no one in his way is safe—not even the innocent.
At the end of a long day battling street traffic, bike messenger Jace Damon has one last drop to make. But en route to delivering a package for one of L.A.’s sleaziest defense attorneys, he’s nearly run down by a car, chased through back alleys, and shot at…
The Story Sisters
by Alice Hoffman
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Each of three sisters—Elv, Claire, and Meg—has a fate she must meet alone: one on a country road, one in the streets of Paris, and one in the corridors of her own imagination. Inhabiting their world are a charismatic man who cannot tell the truth, a neighbor who is not who he appears to be, a clumsy boy in Paris who falls in love and stays there, a detective who finds his heart’s desire, and a demon who will not let go.
What does a mother do when one of her children goes astray? How does she save one daughter without sacrificing the others?
Essence of Illusion
by R. F. Whong
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Working as an insurance fraud investigator in nearby Lancaster, Tina, along with her quirky friend Amelia Pak, finds a series of internet posts about a faceless doll that appears with each occurrence of death. The writer warns that a serial killer is at large.
After a beloved friend passes, a similar doll is discovered in his hospital room. Law enforcement finds no evidence of foul play. Then a prominent local is found dead with a faceless doll at the body’s side, and the case becomes complicated when the spouse files an insurance claim, drawing Tina into the investigation.
Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
Root of All Evil
by E. X. Ferrars
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
A weekend holiday at a wealthy relative’s country manor is a recipe that calls for mayhem in this charming cozy English mystery.
Andrew Basnett’s cousin Felicity is old, rich, and the owner of a swanky Berkshire estate. If Basnett were a savvy mystery reader rather than a retired professor of botany, he would know that an invitation to spend Easter weekend at such an estate is all but guaranteed to involve at least one murder. But since Felicity is all about excess, this trip delivers not only a death threat, but also an imminent disinheritance, the theft of a fortune in diamonds, some spectacular intrigue involving the servants, and not one but two corpses.
Zero Mercy
by E.S. Hobbs
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Three years in prison. One chance for revenge. Zero mercy.
Aiden McCrae was the Commission’s most feared enforcer—until the day he refused to kill an innocent man.
For disobeying the order, he was framed for murder and sent to rot in Stateville Correctional. Now three years into a life sentence, a dying judge has offered him a chance to strike back at the organization that destroyed his life.
Granted a limited, off-the-books release, McCrae must find out if the Commission is linked to eight bodies found dissolving in a toxic spill outside Chicago.
Burden of Proof
by Stephen Penner
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Some people would kill for a fresh start.
Seattle attorney Daniel Raine is going through some tough life changes; he’s getting divorced, and his law partner is leaving him to become a judge. If Raine can’t find a way to stay afloat, he’ll be practicing law out of his car.
Then, the perfect opportunity – a rich socialite called Abigail Willoughby arrives at his door, wanting to divorce her even richer husband.
Raine is thrilled to take the case but gets more than he bargained for when he is forced into an unlikely alliance with high-powered realtor Rebecca Sommers who has her own motives for wanting to get close to his rich client.
Kane and Abel
by Jeffrey Archer
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
TWO STRANGERS BORN WORLDS APART. ONE DESTINY THAT WOULD DEFINE THEM BOTH…
William Lowell Kane and Abel Rosnovski, one the son of a Boston millionaire, the other a penniless Polish immigrant—born on the same day near the turn of the century on opposite sides of the world—are brought together by fate and the quest of a dream.
Two men—ambitious, powerful, ruthless—are locked in a relentless struggle to build an empire, fueled by their all-consuming hatred. Over sixty years and three generations, through war, marriage, fortune, and disaster, Kane and Abel battle for the success and triumph that only one man can have.
The Girl Who Was Taken
by Charlie Donlea
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Two abducted girls—one who returns, one who doesn’t.
The night they go missing, high school seniors Nicole Cutty and Megan McDonald are at a beach party in their small town of Emerson Bay, North Carolina. Police launch a massive search, but hope is almost lost–until Megan escapes from a bunker deep in the woods…
A year later, the bestselling account of her ordeal has made Megan a celebrity. It’s a triumphant story, except for one inconvenient detail: Nicole is still missing.
Where There’s Smoke
by Sandra Brown
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
When a determined doctor meets the rebellious heir to a Texas oil dynasty, sparks fly . . . but the flames of passion blazing between them could destroy an empire.
No one knows why Dr. Lara Mallory opened up her medical practice in the rowdy Texas town controlled by Tackett Oil. But everyone remembers her role in the well-publicized scandal that caused the downfall of White House hopeful Senator Clark Tackett.
Now the iron-fisted matriarch of Tackett Oil intends to use her money and power to drive Lara out of town . . . especially when Lara meets Key, the hell-raising — and handsome — youngest Tackett son.
Revenge of the Sith
by Matthew Stover
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
Tempted by the power of the Dark Side and plagued by nightmares of Padme’s death, Anakin must choose his path. His decision will reverberate throughout the galaxy.
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away . . .
War! The Republic is crumbling under attacks by the ruthless Sith Lord, Count Dooku. There are heroes on both sides. Evil is everywhere.
In a stunning move, the fiendish droid leader, General Grievous, has swept into the Republic capital and kidnapped Chancellor Palpatine, leader of the Galactic Senate.
Runner
by Thomas Perry
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
For more than a decade, Jane Whitefield practiced her unusual profession: “I’m a guide . . . I show people how to go from places where somebody is trying to kill them to other places where nobody is.” Then she promised her husband she would never work again, and settled in to live a happy, quiet life as Jane McKinnon, the wife of a surgeon in Amherst, New York. But when a bomb goes off in the middle of a hospital fundraiser, Jane finds herself face to face with the cause of the explosion: a young pregnant girl who has been tracked across the country by a team of guns-for-hire. That night, regardless of what she wants or the vow she’s made to her husband, Jane must come back to transform one more victim into a runner. Her quest for safety sets in motion a mission that may be as much of a rescue operation as it is a chance for revenge.
Prospect Shifter Daddy Mates
by Serena Meadows
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
In Prospect, Montana, the hottest single dads on a ranch are secretly wolf shifters.
Eight irresistible wolf-shifter single dads are rebuilding their lives after loss and heartbreak. But fate has other plans when strong, unforgettable women enter their world. Passion ignites, secrets threaten everything they’ve built, and danger closes in. Each wolf must decide how much he’s willing to risk when the woman meant for him walks into his life. These protective alpha wolves will risk their hearts—and their pack—for the women meant to claim them.
If you love rugged cowboys, loyal wolf shifters, and emotional small-town romance, this addictive series is for you.