Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
The Body in the Boudoir
by Katherine Hall Page
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Massachusetts minister’s wife, caterer, and sometime amateur sleuth Faith Fairchild returns in The Body in the Boudoir, the twentieth installment in the Agatha Award-winning mystery series by Katherine Hall Page that provides mystery, heart, wit, suspense, and mouthwatering recipes aplenty.
Page turns back the clock this time to 1990, as a young Faith Sibley prepares to wed the love of her life, Thomas Fairchild . . . if she can survive a malefactor who’s trying to disrupt the ceremony by doing away with the bride…
Heinous Crimes Unit Boxed Set
by Daniel Scott
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
You read about these things. You see them in movies. They don’t happen in safe, quiet cities. The horror. The depravity. How could it be real?
No one was prepared for him. He’s smart, cunning, and unpredictable. Anyone could be his next victim. Meticulous in his murders, the newspapers call him ‘The Surgeon’. A serial killer like no other…
As Christian delves into the dark world of ‘The Surgeon’, he finds himself in a high-stakes battle of the intellect, a race against time. One searches for answers, the other for his next victim. Who will win?
Gravity
by Tess Gerritsen
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Dr. Emma Watson’s lifelong dream of working and studying aboard the International Space Station has finally come true. But it quickly becomes a nightmare when a culture of single-celled organisms begins to regenerate out of control – and infects the crew.
Emma must contain the outbreak and prevent as many deaths as possible while, back on Earth, her estranged husband is frantically working with NASA to bring her home. But with a contagion threatening all of humanity, there will be no rescue…
She’s My Sister Complete Series
by Jacie Middlemann
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
The Hendricks family has long known that it’s wise to be careful what you wish for…dark family secrets have a way of finding their way to the light. Unfortunately, enemies usually aren’t too far behind.
Grace had never been more terrified…the pain was relentless. Nothing in her life prepared her for this. She desperately needed somewhere safe…someplace she could hide. Someone she could trust with her life. It was dark…and getting darker…
The Secret Place
by Tana French
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
A year ago a boy was found murdered at a girlsʼ boarding school, and the case was never solved. Detective Stephen Moran has been waiting for his chance to join Dublin’s Murder Squad when sixteen-year-old Holly Mackey arrives in his office with a photo of the boy with the caption: “I KNOW WHO KILLED HIM.” Stephen joins with Detective Antoinette Conway to reopen the case—beneath the watchful eye of Holly’s father, fellow detective Frank Mackey…
The Invisible War
by Emily Refermat
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Garrison doesn’t know it yet, but a battle rages in the shadows of ordinary life.
Left at his estranged grandmother’s hobby farm for the summer, Garrison plans to numb his feelings of abandonment with video games. But little by little, odd and eerie occurrences reveal that this farm is not what it seems. In fact, there’s something otherworldly going on, and a sinister presence lurks in the shadows, plotting not just against Garrison, but all of humanity…
Day of Reckoning
by Jack Higgins
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
International crime boss Jack Fox makes two mistakes with journalist Katherine Johnson. He let her get too close to the truth, and he killed her. Katherine’s ex-husband is Blake Johnson, the head of a clandestine White House department known as the Basement. With the President’s permission, the former FBI agent is now on a mission for revenge.
To take out Fox, Johnson will need help. That means teaming up with ex-IRA mercenary Sean Dillon. Together, they’ll go after Fox where it will hurt the most—his illegal businesses—and leave him defenseless.
Backwater Justice
by Fern Michaels
Kindle $7.11 Rating: 4.6 #ad
The Sisterhood: a group of women from all walks of life bound by friendship and years of adventure. Armed with vast resources, top-notch expertise, and a loyal network of allies around the globe, the Sisterhood will not rest until every wrong is made right.
The small Oregon town of Mountain Valley seems like the perfect place to safely raise a family, away from the dangers of the big city. Vanessa’s parents think so, until the day their fourteen-year-old daughter doesn’t come home for dinner. They call her cell. Straight to voice mail. They call her friends. Nothing…
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
Murder off Route 82
by Jane Suen
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
A missing girl. Her boyfriend,gone without a trace. Can a tenacious undergrad find them both before the case becomes a homicide?
Eve Sawyer is ready to wave goodbye to summer. Fresh off helping solve a puzzling beach crime, the inquisitive college student can’t wait for fall classes to start. But her newfound fame has attracted an anxious mom’s cry for help to track down a classmate who never returned home. Eve soon learns that the girl’s boyfriend is also missing…
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Witch of the Federation Complete Series
by Michael Anderle
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Magic is real. But it comes at a price.
Stephanie Morgana, a young woman with a rare gift, yearns for a life beyond the crumbling walls of her poverty-stricken city. She dreams of harnessing her magic, of soaring through virtual skies, and leaving her mark on a world that undervalues her.
But when she’s offered a chance to train in a virtual reality world, Stephanie uncovers a hidden talent, a power that could change the course of history…
The Assassination Option
by W.E.B. Griffin, William E. Butterworth
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
James Cronley thought he had done well—he didn’t know he’d done this well.
His first successful mission for the about-to-be-official new Central Intelligence Directorate has drawn all kinds of attention, some welcome, some not. On the plus side, he’s now a captain; promoted to Chief, DCI, Europe; and in charge of a top secret spy operation. On the minus side, a lot of people would like to know about that operation, including not only the Soviets, but his own Pentagon, and even a seething J. Edgar Hoover…
Every Silent Thing
by Alan Brenham
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Shy and deaf, twenty-three-year-old Claire Deveraux has worked hard to land her dream job as a foreign service officer at the U.S. Embassy in Paris. Yet her idyllic life is shattered when she finds a woman lying on the restroom floor dying from a gunshot wound. The dying woman utters three words to Claire and conceals a thumb drive in Claire’s pocket. The items are keys to the location of proceeds from a bank robbery. The killer, certain Claire now has sole possession of those items, must find her, recover the code words and the drive, then kill her before she can solve the puzzle and recover the money. Knowing he is determined to find and kill her, Claire must do whatever she can to keep her heart beating.
The Death of Mrs. Westaway
by Ruth Ware
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
On a day that begins like any other, Hal receives a mysterious letter bequeathing her a substantial inheritance. She realizes very quickly that the letter was sent to the wrong person—but also that the cold-reading skills she’s honed as a tarot card reader might help her claim the money.
Soon, Hal finds herself at the funeral of the deceased…where it dawns on her that there is something very, very wrong about this strange situation and the inheritance at the center of it…
Ghost Camera
by Darcy Coates
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
When Jenine finds an abandoned polaroid camera, she playfully snaps a photo without a second thought. But there’s something wrong with the image: a ghostly figure stands in the background, watching her.
Fixated on her. Moving one step closer with every picture she takes.
Desperate, Jenine shares her secret with her best friend, Bree. Together they realize the camera captures unsettling impressions of the dead…
Three Barbara Vine Mysteries
by Ruth Rendell
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Three spellbinders from a New York Times–bestselling Edgar Award winner, “unequivocally the most brilliant mystery writer of our time” (Patricia Cornwell).
This trio of Barbara Vine mysteries provides undisputable evidence that “no one surpasses Ruth Rendell when it comes to stories of obsession, instability, and malignant coincidence” (Stephen King).
A Dark-Adapted Eye
The Chimney Sweeper’s Boy
The Brimstone Wedding
Carcass Trade
by Noreen Ayres
Kindle $0.50 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Ayres writes hard-hitting crime fiction that’s vivid, graphic, and visceral. Smokey Brandon, former striptease artist and cop, now works as a civilian employee of the Orange County, California, crime lab. She’s a hard-living, tough-talking gal with an attitudebut she’s damn good at her job and practically fearless when it comes to confronting danger. Smokey’s latest assignment is to discover the identity of a woman’s body found burned beyond recognition in a rural canyon. At first fearing the victim is her brother Nathan’s ex-wife, Smokey soon becomes convinced that going undercover is her only hope to solve the case. Disguising herself as a motorcycle groupie, she’s soon pulled into a dangerous world where violence is an everyday occurrence and where her own life is threatened by a brutal and mysterious killer.
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
The Body in the Ivy
by Katherine Hall Page
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Faith Fairchild is asked to cater a very small, very private college reunion on an isolated New England island—an event that could be her dream job. But when she discovers the true reason for the get-together, not even the spectacular ocean views can keep it from turning into a nightmare. Thirty years ago, bestselling suspense writer Barbara Bailey Bishop lost her twin sister in a tower fall deemed a suicide. But Barbara is convinced that Hélène did not die by her own hand, and she’s trapped Hélène’s former classmates—her prime suspects—at her home with no phone lines, no cell reception, and no means of escape…
Aura of Night
by Heather Graham
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
True evil never dies. It only waits in the dark.
All book editor Megan Law wants is to bury the memory of her brutal kidnapping and move on with her life. So when her publisher asks her to spin her hellish experience into the next bestseller, Megan agrees only because it might help keep other women safe. Then a mysterious, gruesome package arrives in the mail—a reminder that the nightmare isn’t over just yet.
FBI investigator Ragnar Johnson is running out of time. He knows in his gut there’s more to the recent Embracer killings, and he needs Megan’s help…
The Haunting of Leigh Harker
by Darcy Coates
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Leigh Harker’s quiet suburban home was her sanctuary for more than a decade, until things abruptly changed. Curtains open by themselves. Radios turn off and on. And a dark figure looms in the shadows of her bedroom door at night, watching her, waiting for her to finally let down her guard enough to fall asleep.
Pushed to her limits but unwilling to abandon her home, Leigh struggles to find answers. But each step forces her towards something more terrifying than she ever…
Things I Wish I Told My Mother
by Susan Patterson, Susan DiLallo, James Patterson
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
An artist and her perfectionist mother unpack a lifetime of secrets while on vacation in Paris in this moving novel – perfect for fans of One Italian Summer.
Every daughter has her own distinctive voice, her inimitable style, and her secrets.
Laurie is an artist, a collector of experiences. She travels the world with a worn beige duffel bag.
Every mother has her own distinctive voice, her inimitable style, and her secrets.
“Dr. Liz,” Laurie’s mother, is an elegant perfectionist who travels the world with a matched set of suitcases.
Elevator Pitch
by Linwood Barclay
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
The New York Times bestselling author of A Noise Downstairs and No Time for Goodbye returns with an edge-of-your-seat thriller that does for elevators what Psycho did for showers and Jaws did for the beach—a heart-pounding tale in which a series of disasters paralyzes New York City with fear.
It all begins on a Monday, when four people board an elevator in a Manhattan office tower. Each presses a button for their floor, but the elevator proceeds, non-stop, to the top. Once there, it stops for a few seconds, and then plummets…
The Complete Aliens Omnibus
by Titan Books
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Earth Hive,
Nightmare Asylum,
The Female War
“I don’t want to give anything away in this review but this would have been an excellent direction that I wished the films would have went in. The first book was based on aliens Outbreak the comic which was fantastic. The character were original hicks and Nut from the second aliens film. Think if this as a what if we didn’t get that 3rd aliens film and instead we got this. I recommend a read” by Amazon Customer
Requiem
by Rick Mofina
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Book #3 REQUIEM: On a flight from Mexico City, Wanda Stroud sees troubling content on the laptop of a passenger seated ahead of her. The next day, Wanda fails to show up for a coffee date she’s made with her friend.
Ray Wyatt investigates the story while clinging to his last thread of hope that his son, Danny, is not dead.
“Rick Mofina’s books are edge-of-your seat thrilling. Page turners that don’t let up.” – Louise Penny, #1 New York Times bestselling author
The Waiting
by Michael Connelly
Kindle $4.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
LAPD Detective Renée Ballard tracks a serial rapist whose trail has gone cold, and enlists a new volunteer to the Open-Unsolved Unit: patrol officer Maddie Bosch, Harry’s daughter.
Renée Ballard and the LAPD’s Open-Unsolved Unit get a hot shot DNA connection between a recently arrested man and a serial rapist and murderer who went quiet two decades ago. The arrested man is only twenty-four, so the genetic link must be familial: His father was the Pillowcase Rapist, responsible for a five-year reign of terror in the City of Angels. But when Ballard and her team move in on their suspect, they encounter a baffling web of secrets and legal hurdles.
Monday’s Mystery eBooks
Death by Peppermint Cappuccino
by Alex Erickson
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
A smart, well-crafted mystery set in a charming small-town Ohio, where bookstore-cafe owner Krissy Hancock has a sideline in sleuthing—just right for fans of Leslie Meier, Cleo Coyle, and Carolyn Hart.
Christmas has come to Pine Hills, and Krissy’s blooming relationship with Officer Paul Dalton has her in an especially festive mood. The café’s new seasonal signature drink is a hit too. But not everyone shares the same holiday spirit. There are some loud complaints about businesses profiting off the season and losing focus on what Christmas is really about. And as if on cue, a shop owner who’d been price-gouging his customers is found dead after receiving a mysterious gift…
The Lost Page
by Joe Edd Morris
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
“A brilliant novel written with the authority of a scholar and the skill of a gifted storyteller.” – Peggy Webb, USA Today bestselling author of The Language of Silence
An unforgettable story of two courageous couples who risk everything for truth.
Amid a revolution, archaeologist Christopher Jordan and ancient manuscript expert Kathryn Ferguson travel to Syria in search of the original scroll of Marks’ Gospel. Paralleling their quest is the story of the evangelist’s escape with the scroll from the Roman siege of Jerusalem in 70 C.E., his struggles to complete the manuscript and his journeys and efforts with the daughter of Peter the Apostle to protect and save it for the ages. For both couples, time is running out and enemies are closing in…
Precious Thing
by Colette McBeth
Kindle $0.75 Rating: 3.8 #ad
I know her inside out. I know what she’s thinking, I know what she wants. So I can’t give up on her, she knows I never will.
Some friendships fizzle out. Rachel and Clara promised theirs would last forever.
They met in high school when Rachel was the shy, awkward new girl and Clara was the friend everyone wanted. Instantly, they fell under one another’s spell and nothing would be the same again. Now in their late twenties Rachel has the television career, the apartment and the boyfriend, while Clara’s life is spiraling further out of control.
The Cases Nobody Wanted
by A.G. Russo
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Winner of the Silver Medal for Mystery – Detective books from the 2023 Global Book Awards
The homefront, summer 1942, Brooklyn, New York. Six months after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, America was fighting overseas with the Allies in World War II. Maeve O’Shaughnessy’s fight for survival was different. Her three brothers were shipped out and left her with their new detective agency and fifteen-year-old brother to manage. Before the War, Maeve worked as a secretary. She knew nothing about detective agencies. From the start she struggled to make enough money to feed Jimmy and herself. Vic Marino, a no-nonsense ex-cop, showed up and told her he was going to help her make a go of the agency. Maeve vehemently protested but Vic insisted she had no choice…
A Christmas Conspiracy
by Jimmy Gear
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Still reeling from the recent tragic loss of her fiance, Aria Chambers is hoping for a peaceful Christmas in her small town of Anderson Crossroads, Nebraska. But when she comes home after the annual church Christmas program to find that her house has been broken into, those hopes seem to vanish like melting snow. She calls the police and is surprised by a familiar face as Trevor Mason responds, pulling up in his squad car. Under different circumstances, the reunion might have rekindled a spark between them, but the burglary has set them both on edge: they realize that whoever broke into Aria’s home is still lurking somewhere inside. Refusing to wait outside alone, Aria follows Officer Mason as he begins to clear the house.
It may be Christmas time, but that doesn’t mean that every person in Anderson’s Crossroads is out to spread good will.
Seven Girls Gone
by Allison Brennan
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
When nobody will talk and corruption runs deep, turning to outsiders is the only way to make sure women stop disappearing…
For three years, women have been disappearing—and eventually turning up dead in the small bayou town of St. Augustine, Louisiana. Police detective Beau Hebert is the only one who seems to care, but with every witness quickly silenced and a corrupt police department set on keeping the cases unsolved, Beau’s investigation stalls at every turn.
Bullets and Dandelions
by Gail Koger
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
My name is Tess Reynolds, and I’ll admit few people would think I’m a badass Army sniper called the Scorpion. Afterall, women snipers were unheard of in 1990. People look at me and see a petite blonde who is cute as a button. My father calls it my natural camouflage.
My time in the Middle East has been full of unforeseen complications. I have a rogue CIA agent trying to kill me and I caught the attention of a Force Recon Marine by the name of Alexander Stone. Wowzer! He’s hot but he’s also the biggest jackass I have ever met. To make things even more interesting, I need the Jackass’s help to stay alive.
Chiral Mad 3
by Multiple Authors
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
The third act in the critically-acclaimed series by Written Backwards, is a symmetrically-structured anthology of psychological horror by Bram Stoker Award nominated editor Michael Bailey, whose previous anthologies include The Library of the Dead, Qualia Nous and Pellucid Lunacy. The anthology contains 45 illustrations by Glenn Chadbourne, over 20 stories by the likes of Stephen King, Jack Ketchum, Ramsey Campbell, Gary A. Braunbeck, Mort Castle, Josh Malerman, Scott Edelman, Richard Thomas, Richard Chizmar and Gene O’Neill, and with 20 intertwined poems by the likes of Elizabeth Massie, Marge Simon, Bruce Boston, Erik T. Johnson, Stephanie M. Wytovich, and also includes an introduction by the extraordinary Chuck Palahniuk.