Monday’s Mystery eBooks
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Revenge of the Ziti
by Kirsten Weiss
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Murder, Mayhem, and Meatballs.
It’s been an idyllic Italian honeymoon for lovebirds Susan and Arsen, as they explore the winding streets of romantic Sicily. B&B-owner Susan is enjoying staying in someone else’s bed and breakfast, even if that someone else is a tightly wound innkeeper who reminds her a little too much of herself.
But sunny Sicily takes a dark turn when the newlyweds discover a body on the inn’s private grounds. In this Italian-garden mystery, any of the quirky guests could be the killer…
Most Wanted
by Lisa Scottoline
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
Christine Nilsson and her husband, Marcus, are desperate for a baby. Unable to conceive, they find themselves facing a difficult choice they had never anticipated. After many appointments with specialists, endless research, and countless conversations, they make the decision to use a donor.
Two months pass, and Christine is happily pregnant. But one day, she is shocked to see a young blond man on the TV news being arrested for a series of brutal murders—and the blond man bears an undeniable and uncanny resemblance to her donor.
The Perfect Assassin
by James Patterson, Brian Sitts
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Dr. Brandt Savage is on sabbatical from the University of Chicago. Instead of doing solo fieldwork in anthropology, the gawky, bespectacled PhD finds himself enrolled in a school where he is the sole pupil. His professor, “Meed,” is demanding. She’s also his captor.
Savage emerges from their intensive training sessions physically and mentally transformed, but with no idea why he’s been chosen, and how he’ll use his fearsome abilities. Then his first mission with Meed takes them back to her own training ground, where Savage learns how deeply entwined their two lives have been…
ABANDONED
by Katie Berry
Kindle $1.49 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Katie Berry continues the interwoven saga of Lively and Minerva Deadmarsh and Chief Inspector John Harder in this second book in the ABANDONED series, Beginnings And Betrayals.
Some questions are finally answered, but othersarise as Lively and Minerva find the Sinclair Resort Hotel to be much more than it seems. In a bold attemptto uncover more of what transpired forty years before, the pair formulate a plan that will either help them immensely or doom them completely.
Nemesis
by Joyce Carol Oates
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Shy piano teacher Maggie Blackburn has selflessly devoted her life and career to her students at the Forest Park Conservatory of Music in an affluent Connecticut suburb. Then a rape shakes the school’s refined grounds. The violated young student, Brendan Bauer, is a timid ex-seminarian. The perpetrator, Rolfe Christensen, is the newly appointed and celebrated composer-in-residence who has dazzled the faculty in ways Maggie could never have dreamed of. But when the conservatory’s conspiracy to conceal the crime results in Christensen’s murder, Bauer is suspected—and Maggie vows to find the real killer.
Calico
by Lee Goldberg
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
There’s a saying in Barstow, California, a decaying city in the scorching Mojave desert . . .
The Interstate here only goes in one direction: Away.
But it’s the only place where ex-LAPD detective Beth McDade, after a staggering fall from grace, could get another badge . . . and a shot at redemption. Over a century ago, and just a few miles further into the bleak landscape, a desperate stranger ended up in Calico, a struggling mining town, also hoping for a second chance.
The Witch and the Revolution
by Daniel Sugar
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
As the Tsar’s subjects turn against him, Lilly Parris races to save Anastasia Romanov and her brother Alexis – the heir to the Russian throne.
The Witch and the Revolution is a fast-paced, brand-new take on the Russian Revolution.
Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
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Driven to Murder
by Debbie Young
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
A perfect cosy crime for fans of M C Beaton’s Agatha Raisin and Hamish Macbeth series.
Change is coming to Wendlebury Barrow – and not everyone is happy about it…
When the local bus company announces it will be stopping its route through their quaint Cotswold village, the people of Wendlebury Barrow are up in arms. Not least Sophie Sayers, whose driving lessons with her boyfriend Hector get off to a bumpy start.
The Godchild
by Miranda Rijks
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Everything was fine until Alicia arrived.
After her own mother mysteriously disappears, seventeen-year-old Alicia turns up on her godmother’s doorstep and asks if she can stay. Carina can’t say no to the godchild she hasn’t seen in over a decade.
And in a way, Alicia is the daughter she always wanted – she’s so smart and driven, definitely scholarship material. Carina is only too happy to help this brilliant young woman achieve her full potential.
The Forgotten
by Faye Kellerman
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Rina Lazarus and her husband, LAPD Homicide Lieutenant Peter Decker, are shocked by an outrage that cuts close to the spiritual heart of their family. Rina’s small storefront synagogue has been desecrated with anti-Semitic graffiti and grisly Nazi death camp photographs. The alleged perpetrator is seventeen-year-old Ernesto Golding, a “rich kid” obsessed with haunting suspicions about the origins of his Polish paternal grandfather. Then Ernesto is found brutally murdered, along with his therapist, Dr. Mervin Baldwin, at an exclusive nature camp that caters moneyed, troubled children.
Elixir
by Davis Bunn
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Against a backdrop of international intrigue and ruthless drug monopolies, award-winning author Davis Bunn delivers an intoxicating page-turner in this redemptive thriller.
Multi-billion dollar giant Revell Pharmaceuticals is devouring its competition. A new research breakthrough propels the company into releasing its most profitable product ever. Yet a family crisis confronts them when Kirra Revell, heiress to the empire, goes missing.
Taylor Knox, an employee of Revell’s latest acquisition, is blackmailed into leading the search. An expert surfer, Taylor pursues the world’s biggest waves as a cover, only to be ensnared in a deadly contest of corporate espionage.
A Season in Purgatory
by Dominick Dunne
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
They were the family with everything. Money. Influence. Glamour. Power. The power to halt a police investigation in its tracks. The power to spin a story, concoct a lie, and believe it was the truth. The power to murder without guilt, without shame, and without ever paying the price. They were the Bradleys, America’s royalty. But an outsider refuses to play his part. And now, the day of reckoning has arrived.
Margaret Truman Thrillers Collection
by Margaret Truman
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
These three political thrillers by the acclaimed author—and daughter of President Harry Truman—offer an insider’s look into the dangerous shadows of D.C.
Murder in the Supreme Court
Murder on Embassy Road
Murder at the FBI
“These three examples of Margaret Truman’s murder mysteries were extremely entertaining and easy to read. Each demonstrated a knowledge of Washington DC that sang of “insider”. Great reads, all.” by Amazon Customer
Santa Fe Flavors
by Anne Hillerman
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
A city known for fine dining, Santa Fe boasts many wonderful restaurants, from famous gourmet establishments to delicious mom-and-pop diners. In Santa Fe Flavors, restaurant critic Anne Hillerman takes connoisseurs on a whirlwind tour through some of the city’s most delectable eateries. Along with recommendations on where to find truly memorable meals, Hillerman also provides diners the chance to re-create some of their favorite dishes with recipes contributed by restaurant chefs.
Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
Witch In Disguise
by Karen McSpade
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Welcome to Crystal Beach, an enchanting town with a dangerous magical secret.
When psychic witch Sidney Grace discovers a crime wave in Crystal Beach, she’s determined to use her magic to unveil the culprit. But her plans take a dramatic turn when her witchy grandmother enrolls her into a school for magic.
“What? Enrolled me? Into a school for witches? But I’m too old to be in school!” Her telepathic cat, Mojo, agrees…until he finds himself in his own predicament, leaving Sidney to navigate her newfound powers and solve a perilous mystery, one that leads to murder.
Storm Surge
by Logan Ryles
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
A city ruled by gangs. A helpless child. Only one man can save her.
As a massive hurricane rolls toward the Louisiana coast, Army veteran Mason Sharpe is sheltering in Mobile, Alabama. There he meets Jessica and her gifted ten-year-old daughter, Autumn, who are fleeing a different kind of storm – an abusive husband and father with violent tendencies.
When Autumn disappears just as the hurricane is about to make landfall, Jessica is certain that Autumn’s deadbeat dad Randy has taken her. She turns to Mason for help.
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The Final Judgment
by Richard North Patterson
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
The bestselling novel by one of today’s great authors of legal thrillers, Richard North Patterson’s The Final Judgment.
A young man has been murdered. His girlfriend, twenty-two-year-old Brett Allen, is found at the scene of the crime. She claims she is innocent—even though she’s dripping in blood, the murder weapon covered with her fingerprints. Enter attorney Caroline Masters, Brett’s estranged aunt. She’s been summoned back to her affluent New England hometown to help Brett out of this mess…and revisit the troubled family she left behind.
Caroline learned a long time ago that the ties that bind can also be broken. Now that she’s back home, she can’t help but doubt her family’s motives—and Brett’s innocence.
Clouds of Witness
by Dorothy L. Sayers
Kindle $0.59 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Embark on another enthralling escapade alongside Lord Peter Wimsey in “Clouds of Witness,” the second installment of Dorothy L. Sayers’ iconic mystery series.
Once more, the aristocratic detective finds himself immersed in a baffling case, this time involving the Duke of Denver, his own brother, who stands accused of murder. Lord Peter Wimsey’s keen intellect and unwavering determination drive him to unravel the complexities of family secrets and political entanglements. As he navigates through the labyrinth of “clouds of witness,” Sayers weaves a tapestry of suspense, wit, and timeless charm.
Christmas Presents
by Lisa Unger
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
Madeline Martin has built a life for herself as the young owner of a thriving business, The Next Chapter Bookshop, despite her tragic childhood and now needing to care for her infirm father. When Harley Granger, a failed novelist turned true crime podcaster, drifts into her shop in the days before Christmas, he seems intent on digging up events that Madeline would much rather forget. She’s the only surviving victim of Evan Handy, the man who was convicted of murdering her best friend Steph, and is suspected in the disappearance of two sisters, also good friends of Madeline’s, who have been missing for nearly a decade. It’s an investigation that has obsessed her father Sheriff James Martin right up until his stroke took his faculties.
Good Friday
by Lynda La Plante
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
In the race to stop a deadly attack just pray she’s not too late . . . March, 1976. The height of The Troubles. An IRA bombing campaign strikes terror across Britain. Nowhere and no one is safe. When detective constable Jane Tennison survives a deadly explosion at Covent Garden tube station, she finds herself in the middle of a media storm. Minutes before the blast, she caught sight of the bomber. Too traumatised to identify him, she is nevertheless a key witness and put under 24-hour police protection. As work continues round the clock to unmask the terrorists, the Metropolitan police are determined nothing will disrupt their annual Good Friday dinner dance. Amid tight security, hundreds of detectives and their wives and girlfriends will be at St Ermin’s Hotel in central London.
Strike Force
by Dale Brown
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Moving from the Pentagon to the Middle East, filled with intrigue, adventure, and danger, this is the latest adrenaline-pumped military thriller from the New York Times bestselling master
When a military coup in Iran leads to a crackdown on religious jihadists, it seems as if a new era is dawning in the Middle East, especially when the new leader, General Buzhazi, seeks to normalize relations with both America and Israel. But the Iranians are not really interested in peace . . .
Friday’s Mystery eBooks
The Anodyne Necklace
by Martha Grimes
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
A spinster whose passion was bird-watching, a dotty peer who pinched pennies, and a baffling murder made the tiny village of Littlebourne a most extraordinary place. And a severed finger made a ghastly clue in the killing that led local constables from a corpse to a boggy footpath to a beautiful lady’s mansion.
But Richard Jury refused, preferring to take the less traveled route to a slightly disreputable pub, the Anodyne Necklace.
Broken Rhodes
by Kimber Silver
Kindle $4.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Kinsley Rhodes blows into Harlow, Kansas like a tornado, twisting Sheriff Lincoln James’ life into knots. Her grandfather has been murdered and she wants answers.
As if the town’s first homicide in twenty years wasn’t enough, the beleaguered sheriff now has to deal with Henry Rhodes’ bobcat of a granddaughter, plunging his life deeper into chaos. As a dark storm threatens, long-held secrets are exposed, placing Kinsley directly in harm’s way.
The Pot Thief Who Studied the Woman at Otowi Crossing
by J. Michael Orenduff
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Hubert Schuze is an adjunct professor at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, and he has a fairly lucrative side gig digging up ancient relics and selling them. He also seems to have a talent for finding killers. When Hubie discovers a body outside his pottery shop, it appears the victim was stabbed in the back with something resembling a screwdriver. But the story gets a lot more mysterious when a video turns up showing the man collapsing with no one else nearby. Furthermore, a slip of paper is found in his pocket, with Hubie’s name and address on it, suggesting there may be a connection between the two men—though Hubie has no idea what it could be.
Moving Target
by J. A. Jance
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
In this “engrossing” (Publishers Weekly) suspense novel from New York Times–bestselling author J.A. Jance, journalist-turned-investigator Ali Reynolds unearths a cold case that puts her in danger from a deadly arsonist.
Lance Tucker, an incarcerated juvenile offender and talented hacker in his own right, is set on fire one night and severely burned while hanging Christmas decorations in a lockup rec room. B. Simpson, Ali Reynolds’s fiancé and the man who helped put Lance in jail, feels obliged to get to the bottom of what happened. With Ali off in England to help Leland Brooks at a reunion with his long-estranged family, B. turns to someone else to help out—Ali’s good friend and Taser-carrying nun, Sister Anselm.
Wednesday the Rabbi Got Wet
by Harry Kemelman
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
A pharmaceutical mishap draws the rabbi into a murder investigation in this New York Times bestseller: “An endearing character . . . a devious plot” (San Diego Union-Tribune).
New Age thinking has come to Barnard’s Crossing, Massachusetts. The recently elected president of Rabbi David Small’s synagogue is intent on using temple money to build a meditation retreat. The congregation is practicing yoga, buying crystals, and reciting chants. When a troubled young man returns to the town after spending time in a controversial Hasidic cult, the rabbi expects him to be another New Ager. But things take a grisly turn away from new-fangled mantras of peace and love when something terribly old fashioned happens: murder.
Exile
by Richard North Patterson
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
David Wolfe’s life is approaching an exhilarating peak: he’s a successful San Francisco lawyer, he’s about to get married, and he’s being primed for a run for Congress. But when the phone rings and he hears the voice of Hana Arif—the Palestinian woman with whom he had a secret affair in law school—he begins a completely unexpected journey. The next day, the prime minister of Israel is assassinated by a suicide bomber while visiting San Francisco; soon, Hana herself is accused of being the mastermind behind the murder. Now David faces an agonizing choice: Will he, a Jew, represent Hana—who may well be guilty—or will he turn away the one woman he can never forget?
Nine Perfect Strangers
by Liane Moriarty
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Nine people gather at a remote health resort. Some are here to lose weight, some are here to get a reboot on life, some are here for reasons they can’t even admit to themselves. Amidst all of the luxury and pampering, the mindfulness and meditation, they know these ten days might involve some real work. But none of them could imagine just how challenging the next ten days are going to be.
Frances Welty, the formerly best-selling romantic novelist, arrives at Tranquillum House nursing a bad back, a broken heart, and an exquisitely painful paper cut. She’s immediately intrigued by her fellow guests. Most of them don’t look to be in need of a health resort at all…