Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
Calypso, Corpses, and Cooking
by Raquel V. Reyes
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
Fall festivities are underway in Coral Shores, Miami. Cuban-American cooking show star Miriam Quiñones-Smith wakes up to find a corpse in her front yard. The body by the fake tombstone is the woman that was kicked out of the school’s Fall Festival the day before.
Miriam’s luck does not improve. Her passive-aggressive mother-in-law puts her in charge of the Women’s Club annual gala. But this year, it’s not canapes and waltzes. Miriam and her girlfriends-squad opt for fun and flavor…
The Overnight Guest
by Heather Gudenkauf
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
True crime writer Wylie Lark doesn’t mind being snowed in at the isolated farmhouse where she’s retreated to write her new book. A cozy fire, complete silence. It would be perfect, if not for the fact that decades earlier, at this very house, two people were murdered in cold blood and a girl disappeared without a trace.
As the storm worsens, Wylie finds herself trapped inside the house, haunted by the secrets contained within its walls—haunted by secrets of her own. Then she discovers a small child in the snow just outside…
The Great and Secret Show
by Clive Barker
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
The Art, the greatest power known to humankind, is the focus of struggle between the evil spirit, Jaff, and a force for light, Fletcher. Jaffe hopes to tap into The Art’s power while Fletcher wants to prevent it from being tainted. The conflict between the two men spills into the real world in a decades-long feud, distorting reality and affecting the entire human race.
Carrying its readers from the first stirring of consciousness to a vision of the end of the world, The Great and Secret Show is a breathtaking journey in the company of a master storyteller.
The Scorned Wife
by Theo Baxter
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Damon is handsome, charming, intelligent. But he does have one little flaw…
Amelia was deeply in love with her husband, Sam. Until she discovered he was having an affair with her younger sister, Cara.
Ever since, Amelia has had to sit by at family events while her sister and ex-husband flaunt their passionate relationship.
Tired of being seen as a loser, Amelia hires stunningly handsome actor, Damon Chase, to stand in as her boyfriend. A plan that works better than she ever hoped as pathologically competitive Cara throws herself at Damon, causing an acrimonious breakup with Sam.
The Thumb Mark of St. Peter
by Agatha Christie
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
During the first meeting of the Tuesday Night Club at Miss Jane Marple’s home, her guests present real tales of mystery. Miss Marple is the first to share a story . . .
Fifteen years ago, Miss Marple’s niece, Mabel Denman, was married to an abusive and hot-tempered man—until he suddenly died. Was it the mushrooms he ate? Or the arsenic Mabel had recently purchased? While the village gossips were ready to declare Mabel guilty, Miss Marple was determined to clear her niece’s name and set everything straight . . .
Stolen by the Billionaire
by Blair Babylon
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
From USA Today bestselling author Blair Babylon comes a new edge-of-your-seat romantic suspense thriller between an Iowa farm girl and the ex-Navy SEAL billionaire who kidnaps her.
I am an American Navy SEAL, and I will not be blackmailed by a goddamn Russian mafia boss.
Years ago, I parlayed a loan into a billion-dollar crypto fortune. The head of the White Russian Syndicate is demanding I pay it back in illegal military-grade weapons, but I won’t. I will not be responsible for adding to the misery of innocents.
Within and Without Time
by D. I. Hennessey
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Be prepared to laugh and cry, to be inspired, and find your heart rejoicing!
When a sixteen-year-old boy is suddenly caught up in a series of miraculous encounters, it heralds an adventure that will transform his life, rock his town, and trigger events that will ultimately change the world!
Befriended by a powerful angelic warrior, Jimmy finds himself in the center of God’s plan for Earth’s final Great Revival. The beginning of God’s amazing harvest at the End of the Age. Like an intense roller coaster, the journey he experiences is exciting and unpredictable. Heartwarming, as well as heart-rending.
Anathema
by Nick Roberts
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Bryan and Ellie Stockton hope they left behind their demons when they move to their idyllic new home in southern West Virginia. Above all, they want a fresh start for their young son, Derrick, who witnessed the tumultuous first years of their marriage – years that were rife with substance abuse, rage, and resentment. Their bright hope for the future is darkened when a child disappears from their neighborhood. The couple becomes suspicious of a reclusive resident with a degenerative brain disorder.
Monday’s Mystery eBooks
The Maltese Iguana
by Tim Dorsey
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
After a long and arduous COVID-19 quarantine, Serge A. Storms is fully vaccinated and ready to hit the road. Along with his condo neighbors, he cooks up a wild plan to celebrate in true Serge fashion: each week, they rent a shuttle van and head out for funky Florida road trips and some serious revelry.
Meanwhile, a CIA revenge operation down in Honduras goes very, very wrong. The local liaison hired to help with the mission is the only witness to the disaster, and the CIA quickly sets a black ops contractor on his trail to eliminate him.
Doctored Evidence
by Donna Leon
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
After a wealthy elderly woman is found brutally murdered in her Venetian apartment, the police suspect her maid, who has disappeared and is heading for her native Romania. But when it becomes clear the maid could not have had time to kill the old woman before catching her train, Guido Brunetti decides—unofficially—to take on the case himself.
As his wife reads about the seven deadly sins, Brunetti realizes that this is probably not a crime motivated by greed—rather, the motive may have more to do with the temptations of lust. But perhaps Brunetti is following a false trail and thinking of the wrong sin altogether . . .
Psychopaths Anonymous
by Will Carver
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
When AA meetings make her want to drink more, alcoholic murderess Maeve sets up a group for psychopaths … The dark, unpredictable, electrifyingly original new thriller from critically acclaimed author Will Carver.
‘Cements Carver as one of the most exciting authors in Britain. After this, he’ll have his own cult following’ Daily Express
‘Will Carver is an exhilarating and audacious new voice in literary crime fiction’ Sarah Pinborough
Her Forgotten Life
by Maggie K. Black
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
To protect her baby she needs to remember who she is.
Gunshot victim Sara Kilpatrick has no memory of her life before she ended up in an Amish farmhouse – or why someone’s trying to kill her. But when clues lead to her own gravestone, Sara discovers a deadly conspiracy – and a husband and baby she doesn’t remember. And uncovering the truth could cost her everything…including the family she just found.
Run for Cover
by Michael Ledwidge
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Fresh from a lethal entanglement with some of the deepest and darkest players in the global intelligence services, Michael Gannon heads to the safest place he can think of: deep in the wilds of Utah on the ranch of one of his oldest and closest war buddies.
But when his friend’s brother is found dead in the rocky foothills of Grand Teton, Gannon realizes there are some things more important than keeping your head down. Is his death just one in a string of grisly murders mysteriously occurring around national parks—or a part of something even more sinister?
The Rose Code
by Kate Quinn
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
1940. As England prepares to fight the Nazis, three very different women answer the call to mysterious country estate Bletchley Park, where the best minds in Britain train to break German military codes. Vivacious debutante Osla is the girl who has everything – beauty, wealth, and the dashing Prince Philip of Greece sending her roses – but she burns to prove herself as more than a society girl, and puts her fluent German to use as a translator of decoded enemy secrets. Imperious self-made Mab, product of east-end London poverty, works the legendary codebreaking machines as she conceals old wounds and looks for a socially advantageous husband.
Forged in Peril
by Kendra Warden
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
She can’t keep running…
Ambitious paralegal Bristol Chaplin knows that achieving her dream of becoming a lawyer won’t be easy, but there’s a price that even she isn’t willing to pay. When a dark secret threatens to destroy her career, she’s forced to seek help from the man she thought she’d left behind forever.
Private security operative Cameron Forge is content to spend his life serving God and protecting the innocent. But as the woman who broke his heart brings danger straight to his doorstep, he realizes that keeping her safe might be his toughest mission yet.
The Origin of Dreams
by Shlomo Yakobovits
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Dreaming is a phenomenon that is universally shared among all of mankind, one that has fascinated cultures and peoples throughout history. Yet despite spending years of our lifetime dreaming, we still lack a fundamental understanding of dreams: Where do they stem from? Do they serve a higher purpose, or are they random? And what is it about dreams that inspire so many people despite our lack of understanding?
Drawing from a wealth of knowledge in psychology, philosophy, science, theology, and more, The Origin of Dreams provides a comprehensive examination of this universal human experience…
The Rejected Child
by Yael Abraham
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
Your groundbreaking manual for supporting and protecting children from social rejection.
The desire to be “a part of the group” resides in every one of us and is shown to be an especially crucial part of children’s and young people’s healthy development. However, an increasing number of children face the painful and overwhelming experience of being socially isolated. Experiences of peer rejection, bullying, social violence, and emotional stress which, if left unattended, are shown to have a lasting impact well into adulthood.