Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
The Body in the Piazza
by Katherine Hall Page
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
The twenty-first Faith Fairchild mystery takes Faith and her husband, the Reverend Tom Fairchild, to Italy, where murder and mayhem mix with pecorino, panna cotta, and prosecco.
To celebrate their twentieth wedding anniversary, amateur sleuth Faith Fairchild and her husband, the Reverend Tom Fairchild, leave placid New England behind for a week of romance and fine food in Italy. The bruschetta, the biscotti, the Chianti—Faith can’t wait! She’s also looking forward to seeing her former assistant Francesca, and take a class at her new cooking school in Florence…
Fatal Insomnia: The Complete Trilogy
by CJ Lyons
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
A terminally ill doctor battles crime and corruption in this medical thriller trilogy by the New York Times–bestselling author of Critical Condition.
Farewell to Dreams
A Raging Dawn
The Sleepless Stars
AN AURA OF MYSTERY
by JOY ELLIS
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
The newly discovered novel from multi-million-selling author Joy Ellis. Never-before published!
Flower shop owner Ellie McEwan is driving home late one frosty November night when a shadowy figure leaps into the road out of nowhere. Ellie swerves to avoid him — and slams head-on into the crash barrier.
Days later, Ellie wakes up in hospital — and notices there’s something different.
Allegiance
by Lisa Phillips
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
BIG CITY CRIME. SMALL TOWN HEROES. A dead man.
EMT Freya Olson has lost her faith, but not her drive to save those who need her help. When the past that her family left behind after her mother’s death shows up in Benson, Freya lands on the target list as well. But things aren’t what they seem, and Freya’s loyalty will be pushed to the limit.
A disgraced cop hiding a dangerous secret.
City Primeval
by Elmore Leonard
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
“As gritty and hard-driving a thriller as you’ll find….The action never stops, the language sings and stings.” – Washington Post
The City Primeval in Elmore Leonard’s relentlessly gripping classic noir is Detroit, the author’s much-maligned hometown and the setting for many of the Grand Master’s acclaimed crime novels. The “Alexander the Great of crime fiction” (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) shines in these urban mean streets, setting up a downtown showdown between the psychopathic, thrill-killing “Oklahoma Wildman” and the dedicated city copy who’s determined to take him down.
Finders Keepers
by James Leonard
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Flynn Noble spends most of his time caring for his younger brother Tate, whose recent injury left him with a good heart but a slow mind. Flynn doesn’t have time to chase after outlaws or look for romance. But he gets his share of both when he and Tate find a satchel of money in the woods, and a dead man alongside it.
They don’t know who’s it is or what to do with it, but Sheriff Hal Watson just might. The brothers don’t realize that by going to the sheriff, they’re putting themselves in danger.
Getting Even: Two Thrilling Novels
by Lisa Jackson
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author—two timeless novels of revenge in one volume, perfect for fans of Jeneva Rose, Freida McFadden, and Lucinda Berry.
“Trask McFadden is back.” Those are words that Tory has been waiting to hear, half in dread, half with longing. It’s been five years since Trask landed her father behind bars for horse swindling, using things she’d told him in confidence. Her father died there, but now Trask insists he has information that could help prove who was really responsible for the crime, not to mention his own brother’s death. Trask needs her help. But he won’t get it, not after destroying her family, her ranch, and the love they shared.
A Knife for Harry Dodd
by George Bellairs
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Harry Dodd needs a ride home from the pub – but it’s not because he’s schnockered. He’s actually been stabbed. Unfortunately, no one realizes it until it’s too late. Who would want to kill such a well-liked fellow? Inspector Littlejohn is called in, and his investigation reveals a recent woeful turn in Dodd’s life, the ambitious family that cast him out, and a cesspit of jealousy, greed, and tawdry secrets. Then another body turns up, and another . . .
Century Rain
by Alastair Reynolds
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Part science fiction thriller, part interstellar adventure, and part noir crime, Century Rain is an astonishing international bestseller of “blistering powers and style” (SF Revu).
Three hundred years from now, Earth has been rendered uninhabitable due to the technological catastrophe known as the Nanocaust. Archaeologist Verity Auger specializes in the exploration of its surviving landscape. Now, her expertise is required for a far greater purpose. Something astonishing has been discovered at the far end of a wormhole: a mid-20th-century version of Earth, preserved like a fly in amber.
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
Winner Cake All
by Denise Swanson
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
In the small town of Normalton, IL, there aren’t a lot of opportunities for small business owner Dani Sloan to cater big-ticket events. But that’s about to change – a client named Yvette Joubert is marrying Franklin Whittaker, the richest guy around, and they want Dani to cater their engagement party! The swanky event is the perfect opportunity to put Dani on the map for wealthier clients.
But when a storm hits the party after guests arrive, it becomes clear that more than the dinner is ruined: Yvette is found dead beneath the marquee. Is her death a tragic accident, or a perfectly orchestrated murder?
Termination Code
by Jack Sade’
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
They hoped their creation would save mankind… Now, they must find a way to stop it.
Young and brilliant Amir Kovshi and Karin Sabilov succeeded where everyone else could not. With the guidance of renowned Professor Joshafat Teleki, an expert in self-learning AI, they managed to create a revolutionary predictive AI with a powerful directive: accurately predict the consequences of global warming – and the most effective way to combat it.
Just as they begin to celebrate their unprecedented achievement, a string of perplexing accidents cripple energy production sites worldwide…
The Diogenes Trilogy
by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Now, available for the first time together in a single volume: a digital-only, value-priced omnibus edition of the “Diogenes Trilogy”: Brimstone, Dance of Death, and The Book of the Dead–featuring Pendergast’s mysterious brother–by #1 New York Times bestselling authors Preston & Child.
Brimstone
Dance of Death
Book of the Dead
New Orleans Dangerous
by Eric Wilder
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Some say vampires came to America through New Orleans. Many believe they are still there.
When French Quarter private investigator Wyatt Thomas is hired by the Greater Archdiocese of New Orleans to investigate a possible satanic ceremony that may have occurred at the Old Ursuline Convent, he soon learns that more is involved than Satan, The platform where the ceremony allegedly occurred is possibly a satanic altar placed in the convent by a secret society for the specific purpose of devil worship. The Order of the Blood, an offshoot of Freemasonry, has a centuries-old secret guarded by codes, old French ciphers and a web of deceit.
The Three Beths
by Jeff Abbott
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
From New York Times bestselling writer Jeff Abbott, a psychologically intense and emotionally gripping new suspense novel about a daughter’s desperate search for her missing mother-one that may lead her closer to home than she ever anticipated.
My mom would never leave me. This has been Mariah Dunning’s motto. Her compass. Her belief. So when she glimpses her mother–who’s been missing for the past year–on the other side of a crowded food court, Mariah’s conviction becomes stronger than ever. Or is she losing her mind?
The Lonely Lake Killings
by Wes Markin
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Are you missing Happy Valley? Don’t miss the next gripping instalment in the Yorkshire Murder Series by bestselling British crime author Wes Markin
A lonely recluse. A missing girl and a community in fear.
When the body of a young local girl is found next to an isolated lake, the main suspect is the old recluse who has lived next to the lake for many years – especially when the young girl’s purse is found on the old man’s doorstep.
The Endless Vessel
by Charles Soule
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Combining the wonder of The Midnight Library , the inventiveness of Ready Player One, and the artistry of Cloud Atlas, this novel by the bestselling author of The Oracle Year and Anyone explores the way we’re all connected—and what can happen when we lose our capacity for joy.
A few years from now, in a world similar to ours, there exists a sort of “depression plague” that people refer to simply as “The Grey.” No one can predict whom it will afflict, or how, but once infected, there’s no coming back.
A young Hong Kong based scientist, Lily Barnes, is trying to maintain her inner light in an increasingly dark world. The human race is dwindling, and people fighting to push forward are increasingly rare…