Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
Four to Score
by Janet Evanovich
Kindle $1.49 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Janet Evanovich, bestselling author of One for the Money, Two for the Dough, and Three to Get Deadly, scores big with Four to Score, her most thrilling Stephanie Plum adventure yet.
Working for her bail bondsman cousin Vinnie, Stephanie is hot on the trail of revenge-seeking waitress Maxine Nowicki, whose crimes include bail jumping, theft, and extortion. Someone is terrifying Maxine’s friends, and those who have seen her are turning up dead. Also on the hunt for Maxine is Joyce Barnhardt, Stephanie’s archenemy and rival bounty hunter…
The Motherhood Mandate
by M.E. Wright
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
She dreamed of adventure. Now she’s detained by the authorities. Her crime? She’s pregnant.
Rylee Williams is looking forward to a fun-filled gap year before she heads East for college. An extended trip to Europe. Volunteering for her congregation’s Home Mission. Maybe even mentoring for her old high school’s robotics team.
Pregnancy was the last thing that she expected. Detained under the Unborn Child Protection Act and forced into the Wisconsin Individual Family Education program with her on-again, off-again boyfriend, Rylee struggles to navigate in a world that has reduced her to a walking womb.
Can this strong-willed mother-to-be reclaim her life . . . and her future?
Murder on the Caronia
by Edward Marston
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A maritime mystery from Edward Marston, author of the bestselling Railway Detective series.
New York, 1908. While waiting to embark on the Caronia, the Cunard Line’s famous ocean liner, private detectives George Dillman and Genevieve Masefield are startled to witness the boarding of a man and woman in shackles. They discover that these prisoners are being brought back to England by Scotland Yard to face trial for murder.
Over the course of the crossing, while managing purse-snatchers, burglars and drug traffickers, Dillman and Masefield come to believe that the captured couple may not be the vicious criminals some might think.
Encore in Death
by J. D. Robb
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
The homicide cop with a passion for justice returns in the captivating crime thriller series by the #1 New York Times bestselling author.
It was a glittering event full of A-listers, hosted by Eliza Lane and Brant Fitzhugh, a celebrity couple who’d conquered both Hollywood and Broadway. And now Eve Dallas has made her entrance—but not as a guest. After raising a toast, Fitzhugh fell to the floor and died, with physical symptoms pointing to cyanide, and the police have crashed the party…
Accused
by Lisa Scottoline
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Now Bennie Rosato, Mary DiNunzio, Judy Carrier, and Anne Murphy are back with all cylinders firing in Accused.
Mary DiNunzio has just been promoted to partner and is about to take on her most unusual case yet, brought to the firm by a thirteen-year-old genius with a penchant for beekeeping. Allegra Gardner’s sister Fiona was murdered six years ago, and it seemed like an open-and-shut case: the accused, Lonnie Stall, was seen fleeing the scene; his blood was on Fiona and her blood was on him; most damningly, Lonnie Stall pleaded guilty…
Reliquary
by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Reliquary is the smash hit second book in the Pendergast series, from New York Times bestselling authors Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Hidden deep beneath Manhattan lies a warren of tunnels, sewers, and galleries, mostly forgotten by those who walk the streets above. There lies the ultimate secret of the Museum Beast. When two grotesquely deformed skeletons are found deep in the mud off the Manhattan shoreline, museum curator Margo Green is called in to aid the investigation. Margo must once again team up with police lieutenant D’Agosta and FBI agent Pendergast, as well as the brilliant Dr. Frock, to try and solve the puzzle…
Murder at Black Oaks
by Phillip Margolin
Kindle $1.49 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Defense Attorney Robin Lockwood is summoned by retired District Attorney Francis Melville to meet with him at Black Oaks, the manor he owns up in the Oregon mountains. The manor has an interesting history – originally built in 1628 in England, there’s a murderous legend and curse attached to the mansion. Melville, however, wants Lockwood’s help in a legal matter – righting a wrongful conviction from his days as a DA. A young man, Jose Alvarez, was convicted of murdering his girlfriend only for Melville, years later when in private practice, to have a client of his admit to the murder and to framing the man Melville convicted. Unable to reveal what he knew due to attorney client confidence, Melville now wants Lockwood’s help in getting that conviction overturned…
Nightshade
by Michael Connelly
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Introducing Detective Stilwell: a cop relentlessly following his mission in the seemingly idyllic setting of Catalina Island.
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Detective Stilwell has been “exiled” to a low-key post policing rustic Catalina Island, after department politics drove him off a homicide desk on the mainland. But while following up the usual drunk-and-disorderlies and petty thefts that come with his new territory, Detective Stilwell gets a report of a body found weighed down at the bottom of the harbor—a Jane Doe identifiable at first only by a streak of purple dye in her hair. At the same time, a report of poaching on a protected reserve turns into a case fraught with violence and danger as Stilwell digs into the shady past of an island bigwig.
The Missing Half
by Ashley Flowers
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“Sharp, slick, and chilling, with a whiplash ending you’ll never see coming.”—Jeneva Rose, author of Home Is Where the Bodies Are
Nicole “Nic” Monroe is in a rut. At twenty-four, she lives alone in a dinky apartment in her hometown of Mishawaka, Indiana, she’s just gotten a DWI, and she works the same dead-end job she’s been working since high school, a job she only has because her boss is a family friend and feels sorry for her. Everyone has felt sorry for her for the last seven years—since the day her older sister, Kasey, vanished without a trace.
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
Let It Crow! Let It Crow! Let It Crow!
by Donna Andrews
Kindle $1.49 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Meg has been roped into participating in a weaponsmithing competition, a Forged in Fire wannabe organized by a blacksmith friend. Meg originally turned down an invitation to participate, but the night before the filming starts, someone attacks Faulk, her blacksmithing mentor, breaking his arm and eliminating him from the contest before it begins. Meg agrees to step in as his replacement to keep the project from failing. She’s not thrilled that the filming will take place during December – Christmas is already a crazy time for her. Since the competition is taking place on Ragnarshjem, the picturesque estate that her friend Ragnar, the retired heavy metal drummer, is turning into a Goth castle, Meg won’t have to spend Christmas alone and gets to bring Michael and her twin sons with her.
Bright Expanse
by Daniel Zeigler
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Are humans alone in the universe? Everyone wants to know the answer—until suddenly the truth is staring them in the face.
The ExPAnSE Project is a bold new advance in SETI, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. With this project, humankind is poised to answer some of its biggest questions. Are we just one of millions of civilizations in the galaxy? Are advanced alien life forms reaching out to us even now? Is Earth ready to join a galactic community of planets? Or instead, are we completely, terrifyingly, alone?
Ten Plus One
by Ed McBain
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
When Anthony Forrest walked out of the office building, the only thoughts on his mind were of an impending birthday and a meeting with his wife for dinner. And a deadly bullet saw to it that they were the last thoughts on his mind.
The problem for Detectives Steve Carella and Meyer Meyer of the 87th Precinct is that Forrest isn’t alone. An anonymous sniper is unofficially holding the city hostage, frustrating the police as one by one the denizens of Isola drop like flies. With fear gripping the citizenry and the pressure on the 87th mounting, finding a killer whose victims are random is the greatest challenge the detectives have ever faced—and the deadliest game the city has ever known.
Beneath the Waves
by Kayla Lowe
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Brand New Release from Award-winning author Kayla Lowe
Ria Durham, a passionate marine biologist, is determined to uncover the truth behind the mysterious deaths of local marine life. When her investigation leads her to a powerful corporation with dark secrets, she enlists the help of Dale Guerra, a reclusive park ranger with a painful past. Together, they uncover a shocking conspiracy—illegal chemicals being dumped into the ocean, threatening both the environment and the future of their town.
As they dive deeper into the mystery, they become targets of the corporation’s ruthless henchmen.
Secrets of Peaceful River Valley
by Suzanne Sinclair
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Three sisters. One buried secret. And a past that won’t stay buried.
In the quiet town of Peaceful River Valley, Florida, Kyra King has spent twenty years raising her sister Kat after their parents’ tragic death. But when Kat uncovers a DNA test revealing they have an older sister, Perdita, the King family’s carefully guarded secrets start to unravel.
As Kyra, Kat, and Perdita dig into their past, they discover ties to the prestigious Ponte Vedra Inn and Club, where their mother once stayed as a teen. The truth they uncover is more shocking and dangerous than they could have imagined, with a long-buried murder mystery tied to their family’s history…
Untidy Murder
by Frances Lockridge, Richard Lockridge
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
When a magazine editor falls from his window, the case lands in the laps of Mr. and Mrs. North
The body hits the pavement at 12:25 p.m., but Dorian Hunt doesn’t know a thing about it. She has come to the offices of Esprit magazine to deliver some sketches, and she has a meeting with the art director, Paul Wilming. When his secretary opens the door, Wilming isn’t in his office. He’s not anywhere on the floor. But there’s a cigarette burning in the ashtray, a window open to the sky . . . and a tragedy on the sidewalk below.
The Best Lies
by David Ellis
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Bestselling and award-winning author David Ellis delivers a fast-paced, twisty thriller that will surprise readers at every turn.
Leo Balanoff is a crusading attorney with unthinkable skeletons in his closet. He’s also a diagnosed pathological liar. When a predatory gangster with a long list of victims is found dead and Leo’s fingerprints show up on the murder weapon, no one believes a word he says in his defense. But he might be the FBI’s only shot at taking down the gangster’s even more lethal boss…
THE SUM OF OUR SORROWS
by Lisette Brodey
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
In an idyllic suburb in Northern California, tragedy strikes the Sheppard family when Abby, the mother of three daughters and wife to Dalton, is killed in a car accident. Charlotte, the middle daughter, is in the car with her mother and survives without physical injury but remains deeply scarred on the inside.
Dalton tells Lily, his eldest daughter, that she must sacrifice long-awaited college plans and put her life on hold to take care of her sisters. Lily is torn between her devotion to family and an increasing need to find her place in the world — but how can she leave, knowing her family may crumble? Will her presence eventually cause more problems than it resolves?
Tom Clancy Line of Demarcation
by M.P. Woodward
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The discovery of an oil field off the coast of Guyana plunges Jack Ryan, Jr into a cauldron of lies in the latest entry in this New York Times bestselling series.
It starts with the destruction of a US Coast Guard cutter and the loss of her entire crew. But the USCG Claiborne was on an innocuous mission to open a sea lane between an oil field off the coast of South America and the refineries of southern Louisiana. The destruction of the ship, tragic as it is, won’t stop that mission from continuing…
Monday’s Mystery eBooks
Death at the Chateau Bremont
by M. L. Longworth
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
The first installment in the beloved, sumptuous mystery series set in Provence, featuring chief magistrate Antoine Verlaque and his old flame Marine Bonnet, who must team up to solve a pair of murders
When local nobleman Étienne de Bremont falls to his death from the family château, it sets the historic town of Aix-en-Provence abuzz with rumors. Antoine Verlaque, the charming chief magistrate of Aix, suspects foul play, and when he discovers that Bremont had been a close friend of Marine Bonnet, his on-again off-again girlfriend, Verlaque must turn to her for help…
Above ‘N’ Beyond
by Tee O’Fallon
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Winner of the Daphne Du Maurier Award For Excellence.
Getting locked up had been easy. But for K-9 Sergeant Jamie Pataglio, going undercover at a maximum-security prison—and infiltrating the Mancusco crime family—was the hard part. Now, six months later, Jamie’s been accepted as one of the mob’s own, and he’s walking out of the gates as a free man…and stepping into the criminal underworld. There’s only one small, gorgeous problem: Bella Bianco.
The Italian bistro used to be Bella’s pride and joy. Now it’s become a nightmare, where her violent family uses her restaurant as its criminal home base. Guilty by association. She needs to find a way out, and fast…
We’ll Meet Again
by Mary Higgins Clark
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Dr. Gary Lasch, famous Greenwich, Connecticut doctor and founder of the HMO Remington Health Management, is found dead in his home, his skull crushed by a blow with a heavy bronze sculpture, and his wife, Molly, in bed covered with his blood. It was the Lasches’ housekeeper, Edna Barry, who made the grisly discovery the morning after Molly’s unexpectedly early return from Cape Cod, where she had gone to seclude herself upon learning of her husband’s infidelity. As the evidence against Molly grows, her lawyer plea-bargains a manslaughter charge to avoid a murder conviction…
The Construction of Shadows
by Dakota Jackson
Kindle $6.99 Rating: BRAND NEW RELEASAE #ad
In a world where 74% of the population possesses unique abilities passed down by the 16 Divinities of the Sun and Moon, it takes a miracle to stand out…
Or a disaster.
Meiling Katz is a nobody. With no Divine blood and a mysterious illness that’s plagued her since the Lunar Eclipse Massacre killed her parents thirteen years ago, she’s powerless. Nevertheless, Meiling is determined to attend the prestigious Zialitos Academy for Sun-Gifted Children and rise in the ranks of their country’s lawmakers…
Abandoned in Death
by J. D. Robb
Kindle $1.49 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Homicide detective Eve Dallas must untangle a twisted family history while a hostage’s life hangs in the balance – in Abandoned in Death by New York Times bestselling author J. D. Robb.
The woman’s body was found in the early morning, on a bench in a New York City playground. She was clean, her hair neatly arranged, her makeup carefully applied. But other things were very wrong—like the tattoo and piercings, clearly new. The clothes, decades out of date. The fatal wound hidden beneath a ribbon around her neck. And the note: Bad Mommy, written in crayon as if by a child.
Bangtails, Grifters, and a Liar’s Kiss
by A.G. Russo
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Winner of the Silver Medal for Mystery – Detective books from the 2024 Global Book Awards
The Homefront, summer 1943, Brooklyn, New York. Smalley Pauley is missing. His brother, gangster Guido Bonasccoro, hires reluctant O’Shaughnessy Detective Agency partners Maeve O’Shaughnessy and Vic Marino to find him.
A year after Vic Marino walked into the O’Shaughnessy detective agency office and told Maeve he was going to help her make a go of an agency on the brink of collapse, they have managed to keep it going thanks to the challenging murder case they solved the previous year. This second year provides newer, darker, more dangerous cases as they find themselves caught in the middle of a gangster turf war and forced to do risky work for G-men…
Murder on the Marmora
by Edward Marston
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A maritime mystery from Edward Marston, author of the bestselling Railway Detective series.
Egypt, 1908. George Dillman and Genevieve Masefield, used to the grand opulence of the Cunard cruise line, are at first disappointed with the Marmora, a small, unimpressive ship owned by the P&O shipping line. Employed by P&O to be the ship’s detectives, Dillman and Masefield expect to encounter the usual assortment of petty thieves and confidence tricksters…
The Facemaker
by Lindsey Fitzharris
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Lindsey Fitzharris, the award-winning author of The Butchering Art, presents the compelling, true story of a visionary surgeon who rebuilt the faces of the First World War’s injured heroes, and in the process ushered in the modern era of plastic surgery.
From the moment the first machine gun rang out over the Western Front, one thing was clear: humankind’s military technology had wildly surpassed its medical capabilities. Bodies were battered, gouged, hacked, and gassed. The First World War claimed millions of lives and left millions more wounded and disfigured. In the midst of this brutality, however, there were also those who strove to alleviate suffering. The Facemaker tells the extraordinary story of such an individual: the pioneering plastic surgeon Harold Gillies, who dedicated himself to reconstructing the burned and broken faces of the injured soldiers under his care.
An Uplifting Murder
by Elaine Viets
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
St. Louis mystery shopper Josie Marcus discovers the world of luxury lingerie has more than one secret after her high school teacher is accused of suffocating a former classmate…
When Desiree Lingerie hires Josie, she’s delighted to find her high school teacher, Mrs. Hayes, is now a manager at the chain. Less thrilling is the mini-reunion with her mean girl nemesis, Frankie Martin. But after Frankie is killed just steps from the shop—and her beloved ex-teacher is identified as a prime suspect—Josie gets hooked into another murder investigation.
Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
Fatal Fundraiser
by Hope Callaghan
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
You’ll enjoy the same fun-loving characters as they solve mysteries in the cozy town of Belhaven. Each book will focus on one of the Garden Girls as they enter their “golden years.”
Dot and Ray’s food truck is running on all cylinders now that the couple is feeding hungry, homeless people every day. It’s going so well that they’re running low on funds, and Gloria and Paul offer to host a fundraiser to help them get through the end of the year.
The new owner of Dot’s Restaurant has hired a manager who has set her sights on Paul. Unfortunately, the woman has been put in charge of helping with the fundraiser.
Kissing a Killer
by David Carter
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Twenty-something Eleanor Wright does tricks for men for cash to feed a growing drugs habit.
She lives in a rundown caravan in an isolated spot down by the river. One Friday night, the caravan burns down and Eleanor perishes within.
But is it an accident, suicide, or murder? Inspector Walter Darriteau and his team are called to investigate and embark on a journey none of them could have predicted…
Daddy’s Gone A Hunting
by Mary Higgins Clark
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
In this “tantalizing” (Booklist) novel, Mary Higgins Clark, the #1 New York Times bestselling Queen of Suspense, exposes a dark secret from a family’s past that threatens the lives of two sisters.
What was Kate Connelly -a tall, glamorous CPA – doing in her family’s antique furniture museum when it exploded into flames in the middle of the night? Why was Gus – a disgruntled retired employee – with her? Now Gus is dead, and Kate lies in a coma, unable to explain the tragedy’s mysterious link to a decades-old missing persons case. And unable to warn her sister what could happen next…
The Heist
by Daniel Silva
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Sometimes the best way to find a stolen masterpiece is to steal another one . . .
Master novelist Daniel Silva has thrilled readers with sixteen thoughtful and gripping spy novels featuring a diverse cast of compelling characters and ingenious plots that have taken them around the globe and back—from the United States to Europe, Russia to the Middle East. His brilliant creation, Gabriel Allon—art restorer, assassin, spy—has joined the pantheon of great fictional secret agents, including George Smiley, Jack Ryan, Jason Bourne, and Simon Templar…
I Know You Saw Her
by Ann Girdharry
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Two sisters. One life. A deadly secret. Five years ago, Fiona’s sister Amy vanished without a trace. Determined to find out what happened to her beloved sibling, Fiona assumes a new identity and rents a room in the boarding house where Amy once lived.
It’s an eerie place. The landlady speaks to people who aren’t there while her son Keith silently observes Fiona from the shadows…
What We Hide
by Colleen Coble, Rick Acker
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
USA TODAY bestselling romantic suspense author Colleen Coble and Rick Acker launch their Tupelo Grove series where a crumbling university, stolen artifacts, deep family secrets, and deadly ambitions all stand in the way of a second chance at happiness.
Savannah Webster is trying to find her way forward. She and her husband, Hez, have been separated since tragedy tore them apart and he began numbing his grief and guilt with alcohol. She returned to Tupelo Grove University, which her family helped found over a century ago, to teach history.
Someone Like You
by Elena Frost
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Has she found the perfect haven? Or a deadly trap?
When Carey Billingham moves into Saltwick, a beautiful old lighthouse, she thinks it’s the perfect chance for her and her young son Riley to start over.
She’s finally escaped from her controlling ex-husband and his terrifying family. From here on out, it’s just her, Riley, and oceans of peace and quiet. Or so she hopes…
The Chrysalis
by Brendan Deneen
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Don’t go in the basement . . .
In a brutal spasm of bad luck, Tom and Jenny Decker lose both their cheap Manhattan apartment and their barely-above-minimum-wage jobs.
Their luck runs hot when they stumble upon a surprisingly affordable house in the suburbs, an old friend of Tom’s offers him an amazing opportunity, and Jenny discovers that she’s pregnant.
One Season with the Duke
by Addy du Lac
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Heiress Henrietta Monfort would never do anything to hurt her beloved aunt and uncle. But thanks to her cousin—who’s discovered a secret about her parentage that even she didn’t know—she is moments away from ruin…unless she marries him. Hettie has no choice. She must accept the villainous snake’s hand in marriage. So be it. But no man will ever own her heart, body, or soul.
Lord Findley has always had a soft spot for Hettie. Discovering that she’s being blackmailed into marriage is nothing short of appallingly outrageous…