Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
Cat Pay the Devil
by Shirley Rousseau Murphy
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Molena Point, California, should be a tranquil place. Nestled quietly on the Pacific coast miles below San Francisco, it’s not the kind of town escaped convicts seek out. But if you’re a thief named Cage Jones, you’ve just sprung yourself from the clink, and the woman who turned state’s witness and helped put you behind bars lives there––where better to go than Molena Point?
Wily Tomcat Joe Grey knows that something sinister is afoot when he hears about Cage Jones––but he doubts that his girlfriend Dulcie’s suspicions that the escaped thief is after Dulcie’s human companion, Wilma, are justified…
P Is for Peril
by Sue Grafton
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Kinsey Millhone ventures into the darker side of the human soul in this gripping novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Sue Grafton.
Kinsey Millhone never sees it coming. She is mired in the case of a doctor who disappeared, his angry ex-wife, and beautiful current one—a case that is full of unfinished business, unfinished homes, and people drifting in and out of their own lives. Then Kinsey gets a shock…
The Gift: Books 1 – 3
by Marc Stapleton
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Kris Chambers is a nobody. A 24-year-old man with a dead-end job and no prospects – and to top it off, heart condition that forever keeps him on his toes – he spends his life trapped between apathy, self-doubt, and mortal fear.
As he walks down an unfamiliar alleyway, he stumbles upon the lifeless body of a stranger. Unbeknownst to him, this grisly discovery marks the beginning of an entirely new chapter in his life. Upon mysteriously awakening in the hospital, he learns that his heart now functions flawlessly, and he feels… different.
A traveler from parts unknown, time unknown…
The Silent Wife
by Karin Slaughter
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Investigating the killing of a prisoner during a riot inside a state penitentiary, GBI investigator Will Trent is confronted with disturbing information. One of the inmates claims that he is innocent of a brutal attack for which he has always been the prime suspect. The man insists that he was framed by a corrupt law enforcement team led by Jeffrey Tolliver and that the real culprit is still out there—a serial killer who has systematically been preying on women across the state for years. If Will reopens the investigation and implicates the dead police officer with a hero’s reputation of wrongdoing, the opportunistic convict is willing to provide the information GBI needs about the riot murder.
Ring Around the Sun
by Clifford D. Simak
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Author Jay Vickers would like nothing more than to be left alone so he can finish his next book. But “there’s something strange going on,” as his peculiar neighbor, Horton Flanders, says. For instance, the market is filling with new inventions that supposedly last forever—cars, razors, cigarette lighters, and more. Individuals and whole families are disappearing. Soon, even Mr. Flanders vanishes—but not before leaving Vickers a note.
Following Flanders’s advice, Vickers travels to his childhood home, where he makes a fantastic discovery. It is a mere child’s toy, a brightly colored whistling top…
The Long Walk
by Stephen King
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
In this #1 national bestseller, master storyteller Stephen King, writing as Richard Bachman, tells the tale of the contestants of a grueling walking competition where there can only be one winner—the one that survives.
Against the wishes of his mother, sixteen-year-old Ray Garraty is about to compete in the annual grueling match of stamina and wits known as the Long Walk. One hundred boys must keep a steady pace of four miles per hour without ever stopping…with the winner being awarded “The Prize”—anything he wants for the rest of his life. But, as part of this national tournament that sweeps through a dystopian America year after year, there are some harsh rules that Garraty and ninety-nine others must adhere to in order to beat out the rest…
The Night Whispers
by Caroline Mitchell
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Detective Sarah Noble investigates a dark case in the town of Slayton.
It began with the whispers. In the woods, in the park, and always at night. Then they came into town, down dark alleys, and in the shadows. Before long there was a knock on the door.
When the couple were found dead with their faces frozen in horror, the black-eyed children were nowhere to be seen. Until it happened again.
Monday’s Mystery eBooks
Shadow of Death
by Heather Graham
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
The FBI and Florida’s finest tackle the latest case brimming with danger and romantic suspense.
When two hikers go missing within a series of daunting caves outside of Denver, Colorado, FDLE special agent Amy Larson and her partner, FBI special agent Hunter Forrest, have good reason to suspect foul play. The pair of hikers are only the latest to vanish after a rash of disappearances that’s left local law enforcement stumped. But in searching the dank caverns near the Arkansas River, the agents aren’t prepared for the horror they uncover: a muddy pit littered with corpses. Covered in bite marks. Made by human teeth.
Where the Hurt Is
by Chris Kelsey
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
When everyone would prefer to look the other way, can one man cut through fear and prejudice to unmask a killer?
Oklahoma, 1965. Emmett Hardy is focused on drinking his failures away. And despite his general enthusiasm for the social reforms sweeping the country, the disillusioned police chief isn’t surprised by his community’s ongoing casual racism. But he’s still shocked when he discovers the body of a Black woman with a slashed throat dumped by the railroad tracks.
Nemesis
by Wilbur Smith
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
A brand-new historical epic from the Master of Adventure, in which three strands of the Courtney family converge in a bloodthirsty bid for revenge.
Paris, 1794. Revolutionary fervour has erupted into the Reign of Terror. A young man, Paul Courtney, hides in a crowd watching as the condemned are brought to the guillotine. Among them is Constance Courtney, Paul’s mother. As he watches her brutal execution, he knows he must avoid the same fate and fulfil his promise to her – to survive, no matter what. He joins Napoleon’s army and is taken to Egypt, but with the world at war and traitors in every corner, just how far will Paul go to ensure his own survival?
Thursday the Rabbi Walked Out
by Harry Kemelman
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
New York Times Bestseller: An anti-Semitic millionaire is murdered, and Rabbi Small must defend his congregants from false accusations . . .
Barnard’s Crossing, Massachusetts, is thriving. Every year, more young couples move to this cozy New England village to raise their families, and many of them join Rabbi David Small’s synagogue. But the town is jolted out of domestic tranquility when Ellsworth Jordon, the town selectman, is murdered. An outspoken anti-Semite, and one of the town’s richest and most powerful men, it seems like everyone had a reason to dislike Jordan. When he’s murdered, not even the rabbi is surprised.
Night Fall
by Nelson DeMille
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
New York Times bestselling author Nelson DeMille does it again with Elite Anti-terrorist Task Force Agents John Corey and Kate Mayfield discovering corruption deep in the FBI and they set out to find the truth.
On a Long Island beach at dusk, Bob Mitchell and JanetWhitney conduct their illicit love affair in front of a video camera, set to record each steamy moment. Suddenly a terrible explosion lights up the sky. Grabbing the camera, the couple flees as approaching police cars speed toward the scene. Five years later, the crash of Flight 800 has been attributed to a mechanical mal-function.
The Line Between Here and Gone
by Andrea Kane
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
New York Times–Bestselling Author: The man she loved is gone forever. The son she lives for could be next . . . “The twisty plot . . . builds to a stunning conclusion” (Publishers Weekly)
Each day is a struggle for Amanda Gleason’s newborn son as he battles a rare immune deficiency. Justin’s best chance for a cure lies with his father—who was brutally murdered before Amanda even realized she carried his child. But, after seeing a recent photo of a man who looks exactly like Paul, Amanda becomes frantic to find out the truth.
Sweet Dreams Boutique
by J.F. Sims
Kindle $5.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
First Lady LaShaun Delaney has it all. She is married to Bishop Langston Delaney, Founder of Delaney Ministries International, an Atlanta mega-ministry. She is also part owner of Sweet Dreams Boutique, a luxury lingerie boutique that sells much more than lingerie. Langston and LaShaun are at the pinnacle of happiness when someone close to them is murdered, exposing the boutique’s salacious secrets and LaShaun’spast and present indiscretions. When her former best friend represents the accused murderer and vows to take down LaShaun in the process, LaShaun must face the hard truth about herself and make decisions that could change the course of her life and the lives of everyone connected to her.
Crosshairs
by James Patterson, James O. Born
Kindle $14.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
BRAND NEW RELEASE
A killer uses fearsome precision to take out impossible targets.
Detective Michael Bennett teams with a shooting expert—a former Army Ranger and sniper with NYPD’s Emergency Services Unit. But Officer Rob Trilling seems more comfortable with rifles than he is with people.