Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
Claws for Celebration
by Linda Reilly
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Fur flies between contestants during a holiday bake-off leading to a not-so-festive fatality in this charming mystery from the author of Claws of Death.
Feline deadly this Christmas . . .
Whisker Jog, New Hampshire, celebrates all things Christmas, and few things are more beloved than the town’s annual holiday cookie competition. Lara Caphart, who runs the High Cliff Shelter for Cats with her Aunt Fran, is waiting for the green light for a brand-new category: pet-friendly cookies. But when the woman filling in as a last-minute judge dies after sampling someone’s Santa-themed treat, Lara’s recipe for healthy cat snacks will have to be put on the back burner.
The Excursion
by T.O. Paine
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
ESCAPE WAS NEVER AN OPTION
“The end blew my mind. I did not see that coming. . .” ★★★★★ – Readers’ Favorite
Charly Highsmith is a survivor. Abandoned by her parents, she spent her teens looking after her autistic brother on the bitter streets of Denver, Colorado, with nothing but a jacket and a backpack.
But things are better now. Charly and Jacob live in a two-bedroom apartment near a mall, and with the passing of their long-lost father, they’ve inherited a cabin high in the Rocky Mountains. Charly’s eager to go there. Relive the good times she had as a child, running through the forest with Jacob and her cousins.
Love You More
by Lisa Gardner
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #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 . . .
The Forever Stone
by Gloria Repp
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
The paperweight – a summons to courage . . . A new home, new love, new fears . . . and a mystery. How will she face the challenge? And what does God have in mind?
Madeleine, a young widow, is determined to break free from her paralyzing memories and controlling family. The paperweight, a gift from her father, spurs her to declare independence, and she joins her aunt’s house-restoration project in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. Two men enter her life, bringing joy, conflict, and danger. She’ll need courage to fight the treachery she discovers, and faith to step into a new life of promise. Can she do it?
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Hidden Identity
by Irene Kelly
Kindle $4.49 Rating: 5.0 #ad
HIDDEN IDENTITY. WHEN LIFE IS TOUGH AND GETS TOO MUCH
WATCH WHO YOU TURN TO FOR HELP!
Often wondered what it would be like to look after yourself and your family?
Meet Lena…A young feisty woman who’s Mum, Fran, has relied upon most of her life.
Meet Fran…An alcohol dependent Mum whose life is going from bad to worse when she is forced to live with chronic pain and all that it entails!
Amish Mysteries: Missing
by Ruth Price
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Everyone says Salome ran away. What if everybody’s wrong?
Salome was always wild. Since childhood, she said she wanted out of Amish life. So when she gets into a car with a group of Englischers on a Spring afternoon, everyone knows Salome ran away. But five years later and pregnant with her first child, Salome’s best friend Susie stumbles on new, troubling evidence that makes her question everything. Caught between community, family, and friendship, Susie will put her life and her marriage on the line for the truth. Can Susie find out what really happened? And if she does, will her faith survive?
The Dark Horse
by Craig Johnson
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Walt doubts a confession of murder in this novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Western Star
Fans of Ace Atkins, Nevada Barr and Robert B. Parker will love The Dark Horse is the fifth installment in New York Times bestselling author Craig Johnson’s Longmire Mystery Series, the basis for LONGMIRE, the hit Netflix original drama series. Wade Barsad, a man with a dubious past and a gift for making enemies, burned his wife Mary’s horses in their barn; in retribution, she shot him in the head six times, or so the story goes.
Friday’s Mystery eBooks
Died in the Wool
by Peggy Ehrhart
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Pamela is ready to kick back and relax after a busy day selling stuffed aardvarks to benefit Arborville High School’s sports program at the annual town festival. But just as she’s packing up, she makes a terrible discovery – someone’s stashed a body under the Knit and Nibble’s table. The victim is Randall Jefferson, a decidedly unpopular history teacher after his recent op-ed criticizing the school’s sports program. But the primary suspect has an alibi, and the only clue is a stuffed aardvark found on the victim’s chest . . . Now the Knit and Nibblers must unravel the case quickly – before a crafty killer repeats a deadly pattern.
Unhinged
by Thomas Enger, Jørn Lier Horst
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
When a police investigator is killed execution-style and Blix’s own daughter is targeted by the killer, he makes a dangerous decision, which could cost him everything. Blix & Ramm are back in a breathless, emotive thriller by two of Norway’s finest crime writers…
…Four days later, Blix and online crime journalist Emma Ramm are locked inside an interrogation room, facing the National Criminal Investigation Service. Blix has shot and killed a man, and Ramm saw it all happen.
The Devil May Dance
by Jake Tapper
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
Charlie and Margaret Marder, political stars in 1960s Washington DC, know all too well how the tangled web of power in the nation’s capital can operate. But while they long to settle into the comforts of home, Attorney General Robert Kennedy has other plans. He needs them to look into a potential threat not only to the presidency, but to the security of the United States itself.
Charlie and Margaret quickly find themselves on a flight to sunny Los Angeles, where they’ll face off against a dazzling world of stars and studios. At the center of their investigation is Frank Sinatra, a close friend of President John F. Kennedy and a rumored mob crony, whom Charlie and Margaret must befriend to get the inside scoop.
Smoke and Mirrors
by Elizabeth Peters
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Young Erin Hartsock arrives in Washington, DC, with ambition—and little interest in politics. However, when she’s offered a position on a congresswoman’s campaign for the Senate, she’s more than happy to flee her dead-end job to take on what she expects will be boring administrative work . . .
But as the campaign heats up, disturbing events follow. There’s a string of dangerous fires, a violent attack, and a seemingly accidental death. Erin begins to wonder about her colleagues all while they grow suspicious of her. Someone’s got a secret—and with the election looming, Erin must quickly uncover who’s behind the chaos before she becomes a prime candidate for murder.
The Witches’ Blade
by A.K. Mulford
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
A magic sword. A powerful curse. An untested fae princess.
And a continent on fire…
Eighteen-year-old Ruadora Dammacus now possesses the Immortal Blade, a powerful artifact that might be enough to overthrow the cruel oppression threatening the land. Yet when Rua discovers the Northern Court King’s uncle is not only alive but has cast a spell on the blue witch army, she realizes that the battle is just beginning.
Murder on a Cornish Isle
by Jo Silva
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Seven high profile guests. An island cut off by a storm. Will there be a murder before the weekend is out?
After six long months with no new cases for her Cornish detective agency, Donna ‘Deadly’ Nightshade jumps at the chance to spend a weekend undercover on St Michael’s Mount.
With seven high profile attendees – including the Home Secretary – this is a high stakes case. As a storm descends on the tidal island, they’re cut off from the rest of the world. Friends turn to enemies and before the rain has ceased it’s not just one murder Donna has to worry about – it’s two…
A Dangerous Man
by Robert Crais
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
A brilliant new crime novel from the beloved, bestselling, and award-winning master of the genre–and Joe Pike’s most perilous case to date.
Joe Pike didn’t expect to rescue a woman that day. He went to the bank same as anyone goes to the bank, and returned to his Jeep. So when Isabel Roland, the lonely young teller who helped him, steps out of the bank on her way to lunch, Joe is on hand when two men abduct her. Joe chases them down, and the two men are arrested. But instead of putting the drama to bed, the arrests are only the beginning of the trouble for Joe and Izzy.