Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
Murder Most Antique
by E. C. Bateman
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Who knew a harmless town fair could be so polarising – or so deadly?
When auctioneer Felicia Grant’s best friend, Stamford Mayor Cassandra Lane, talked her into helping with the town’s annual Georgian Fair, she expected the worst she’d have to endure was the corset. But when the fair’s headline speaker turns up dead in the hook-a-duck pool, and more murders follow in quick succession, she finds herself investigating a serial killer for the second time in less than a year – and this time the stakes are even higher…
The Perfect Friend
by J.V. Cardy
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
Lou has finally found a friend. Now she’ll do anything to keep her.
Anna is in a good place in her life – a husband she loves, a great job, a lovely home. Everything is perfect.
But then she gets a call from an old girlfriend, Lou, whom she hasn’t seen for twenty years. Lou, now seeming troubled and off kilter, wants to confess to a fatal hit-and-run from back in the day – an accident which Anna helped cover up. If Lou goes to the police, Anna’s life is over, she’ll lose everything she has worked so hard to build.
Forever
by Geoffrey M. Cooper
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Will medical research unravel the secret to immortality? Or will it be stolen by a master of manipulation, deceit, and murder?
Professor Brad Parker is enjoying his sabbatical in one of Harvard’s leading genomic engineering labs, focused on altering the human genome to meet challenges like treating cancer and increasing longevity. Then he’s interrupted by a surprise request from the FBI. Can he help them track down a Chinese spy who’s stealing the lab’s secrets? Becoming engaged in a case of criminal conspiracy is the last thing Brad wants to do—but at the urging of Karen Richmond, his partner and now an FBI agent herself, he agrees.
Jacob’s Well
by Urcelia Teixeira
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Dark secrets swirl around the small coastal town of Weyport as Mary-Jean Foley discovers just how far she would go to protect her son.
Even with a new sheriff in town. Even when her husband doesn’t agree. Even when she thinks God isn’t looking. But how far is too far and at what cost?
As newly appointed small-town Sheriff Angus Reid settles into Weyport, it doesn’t take him long to discover just how corrupt his new town is. With a desk full of suspicious open cases and too much to prove, he is determined to rid his town of crime and win the hearts of his people.
Big Easy
by Eric Wilder
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
“Forget about it, Wyatt. It’s the Big Easy.” Step into the sultry streets of New Orleans and enter a world of voodoo, mystery, and murder in this gripping crime thriller. N.O.P.D. homicide detective Tony Nicosia faces the biggest challenge of his career: a sadistic killer who revels in the ritualistic murder of his victims. With voodoo as the only link, Tony turns to French Quarter private investigator Wyatt Thomas and voodoo mambo Mama Mulate, to unravel the mystery and bring the killer to justice.
As Tony and Mama delve deeper into the world of voodoo, they discover a shocking truth: the killer is none other than a former U.S. senator and a prominent member of New Orleans’ high society.
The Chosen Ones
by Jaye Wells
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.9 #ad
Sabina Kane is one of the most infamous and beloved heroines in the Urban Fantasy genre. This special collection of short fiction is a must-have for any fan of the series, and a must-read for any fan of the genre.
This collection includes four stories: two Sabina Kane novellas plus one short story as well as a bonus Prospero’s War novella.
Fool’s Gold
Violet Tendencies
Rusted Veins
Bonus Novella: Fire Water (Prospero’s War)
Mississippi Blood
by Greg Iles
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Prepare to be surprised. Iles has always been an exceptional storyteller, and he has invested these volumes with an energy and sense of personal urgency that rarely, if ever, falter.” — Washington Post The endgame is at hand for Penn Cage, his family, and the enemies bent on destroying them in this revelatory volume in the epic trilogy set in modern-day Natchez, Mississippi—Greg Iles’s epic tale of love and honor, hatred and revenge that explores how the sins of the past continue to haunt the present. Shattered by grief and dreaming of vengeance, Penn Cage sees his family and his world collapsing around him.
A Taste of Blood
by Lynda La Plante
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
The gripping new Detective Jane Tennison thriller from the Queen of Crime Drama, Lynda La Plante. Detective Jane Tennison made a bad choice.
She was the one who put in a transfer to the quiet, local police station in Bromley, keen to escape the relentless pressure of her former West End department. Now she regrets her decision. The tedium of petty crime investigations even makes her question remaining in the force.
Elysium Fire
by Alastair Reynolds
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Ten thousand city-state habitats orbit the planet Yellowstone, forming a near-perfect democratic human paradise.
But even utopia needs a police force. For the citizens of the Glitter Band that organization is Panoply, and the prefects are its operatives.
Prefect Tom Dreyfus has a new emergency on his hands. Across the habitats and their hundred million citizens, people are dying suddenly and randomly, victims of a bizarre and unprecedented malfunction of their neural implants.
Friday’s Mystery eBooks
Ashes to Ashes
by Tami Hoag
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
He performs his profane ceremony in a wooded Minneapolis park, anointing his victims, then setting the bodies ablaze. He has already claimed three lives, and he won’t stop there. Only this time there is a witness. But she isn’t talking.
Enter Kate Conlan, former FBI agent turned victim/witness advocate. Not even she can tell if the reluctant witness is a potential victim or something more troubling still. Her superiors are interested only because the latest victim may be the daughter of Peter Bondurant, an enigmatic billionaire. When Peter pulls strings, Special Agent John Quinn gets assigned to the case.
Later
by Stephen King
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
SOMETIMES GROWING UP. MEANS FACING YOUR DEMONS
The son of a struggling single mother, Jamie Conklin just wants an ordinary childhood. But Jamie is no ordinary child. Born with an unnatural ability his mom urges him to keep secret, Jamie can see what no one else can see and learn what no one else can learn. But the cost of using this ability is higher than Jamie can imagine – as he discovers when an NYPD detective draws him into the pursuit of a killer who has threatened to strike from beyond the grave.
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.
In a race against time, Lincoln’s prime objective is to discover the killer’s identity before Miss Rhodes becomes the next victim…
The Backlash Mission
by Timothy Zahn
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Denver, Earth. The twenty-fifth century. After a devastating alien invasion, the Terran Democratic Empire is occupied by the Ryqril race. The once-heroic resistance warriors known as the blackcollars now serve as strong-arm security for Denver’s criminal elements.
When Allen Caine completes his year-long blackcollar training on the planet Plinry, he and his elite team head to Earth to strike out against the Ryqril puppet government. But there’s no way of knowing whether the remaining blackcollars in Denver will be with him, or against him…
Save Me
by Lisa Scottoline
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Rose McKenna volunteers as a lunch mom in her daughter Melly’s school in order to keep an eye on Amanda, a mean girl who’s been bullying her daughter. Her fears come true when the bullying begins, sending Melly to the bathroom in tears. Just as Rose is about to follow after her daughter, a massive explosion goes off in the kitchen, sending the room into chaos. Rose finds herself faced with the horrifying decision of whether or not to run to the bathroom to rescue her daughter or usher Amanda to safety. She believes she has accomplished both, only to discover that Amanda, for an unknown reason, ran back into the school once out of Rose’s sight.
Chaos In The Blink Of an Eye Part Eight
by Patrick Higgins
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: “Now have come the salvation and the powerand the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Messiah. For the accuser of our brothers and sisters, who accuses them before our God day and night, has been hurled down.
They triumphed over himby the blood of the Lamband by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so muchas to shrink from death.
The Serial Killer’s Sister
by Alice Hunter
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She thought she’d left her past behind. She was wrong…
Despite a childhood in the care system, Anna Price has beaten the odds and built for herself the perfect life, complete with beautiful seaside home, devoted husband and a job she loves.
Then a policeman appears at Anna’s door: her estranged brother Henry is a wanted serial killer, and the police need Anna’s help to catch him before he strikes again.
The Laughter of Dead Kings
by Elizabeth Peters
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
New York Times bestselling Grand Master Elizabeth Peters—author of the thrilling fictional exploits of archaeologist Amelia Peabody in the Land of the Pharaohs—brings back beautiful, brainy art expert and sometime sleuth Vicky Bliss for one last adventure in The Laughter of Dead Kings. The incomparable Peters sends Vicky and her colorful entourage racing across modern-day Egypt to investigate the brazen theft of one the ancient desert land’s most priceless treasures.
Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
Deserts, Driving, and Derelicts
by Tonya Kappes
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Welcome to Normal, Kentucky, the town where normal is a foreign concept and quirky charm reigns supreme. Get ready for a wild ride in the spirit of Schitt’s Creek!
Meet Mae West, the newest addition to the RV lifestyle and proud owner of Happy Trails Campground, nestled in the heart of Daniel Boone National Park. As the late summer rolls in, families flock to this haven for hiking, swimming, fishing, and all things outdoorsy…
Myth Of The Dragon Boxed Set 2
by Michael Anderle
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Kaylin has been stuck in Waypoint for too long.
She’s been busy fighting and leading the resistance, and she’s set to run her own crew, but that’s not much good if she’s still stuck in this city.
She was made for more than this. Every day, Kaylin feels the urge growing, like an itch in the back of her mind. And the Mountain… The Mountain is calling to her. So what’s a girl to do but carve her way out of this bloody mess?
There’s no better way to get where she needs to be than to win the fight. But against an entrenched enemy, winning the freedom to scratch her itch is going to take guts, cunning, and no small amount of recklessness
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(Myth of the Dragon Boxed Set 1)
The Mind Readers
by Margery Allingham
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 3.8 #ad
A mysterious invention causes mayhem in a coastal English village—from “my very favourite of the four Queens of Crime” (J. K. Rowling).
The ancient hamlet of Saltey, once the haunt of smugglers, now hides a secret rich and mysterious enough to trap all who enter . . . and someone in town is willing to terrorize, murder, and raise the very devil to keep that secret to themselves.
When a transistor thought to be the key to telepathic communication is found, Albert Campion is called to sort fact from fiction.
Colton Day: “I Hate to Lose”
by William Black
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
“Do I need to remind you to take care of yourself?” she reminded him.
“Don’t worry about me. I still hate to lose, dear,” Colton mildly admonished her.
Colton Day does not get a chance to rest much as yet another threat has come to the rugged frontier town of Temple Ridge.
Earlier in the year, former lawman Colton defeated a killer gang and then thwarted a group of kidnappers. Now, Birch Simmons has come to town and killed Temple Ridge’s Mayor Huck Flinton.
Into the Dark
by Rick Mofina
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
When a psychologist’s patient goes missing, a grieving detective gets close to a killer in the USA Today–bestselling author’s psychological thriller.
Psychologist Claire Bowen devotes her life to helping troubled women rebuild theirs. But her dream of starting a family with her new husband Robert begins to crumble as disturbing revelations from his past emerge.
Meanwhile, Los Angeles Detective Joe Tanner is struggling to overcome his wife’s death while raising their little girl alone.
Daughter of the King
by Kerry Chaput
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
“Chaput beautifully conjures the haunting fate of the French Huguenots, and the indelible human drive to fight for love and freedom.” –Allison Pataki, New York Times bestselling author of The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post
1661 France. Fierce Protestant Isabelle has lost everything at the hands of brutal nobles who thieve and persecute their way into the king’s good graces. Shaken and desperate after a vicious attack, she accepts a deal as her only means of survival: become one of the king’s honorary daughters. She can set sail to Canada to build the population in the struggling colony with a dowry from the king, protection, money, and power over her future.
Act of Oblivion
by Robert Harris
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
From the bestselling author of Fatherland, The Ghostwriter, Munich, and Conclave comes this spellbinding historical novel that brilliantly imagines one of the greatest manhunts in history: the search for two Englishmen involved in the killing of King Charles I and the implacable foe on their trail—an epic journey into the wilds of seventeeth-century New England, and a chase like no other.
‘From what is it they flee?’ He took a while to reply. By the time he spoke the men had gone inside. He said quietly, “They killed the King.”
1660 England. General Edward Whalley and his son-in law Colonel William Goffe board a ship bound for the New World. They are on the run, wanted for the murder of King Charles I—a brazen execution that marked the culmination of the English Civil War, in which parliamentarians successfully battled royalists for control…
Bloody Passage
by Jack Higgins
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Oliver Grant is an American intelligence officer, a hero of the Vietnam War. But when the Mafia kidnaps his sister, his life is turned upside down and he agrees to complete a dangerous assignment for the powerful mob boss Dimitri Stavrou in order to gain her freedom: Grant must save Stavrou’s son from a secret cliff-top prison in Libya.
To accomplish this mission, he must scale the rocky crag and somehow get Stavrou’s son out alive. His sister’s life—and his own—hang in the balance in a nerve-racking tale of action and suspense from the author Tom Clancy called “the master,” with more than a quarter of a billion copies of his thrillers sold around the world.
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
The Itch of Scandal
by Christa Nardi
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
With a call from her uncle, Italian restaurant co-owner and investigative journalist Izzie Di Sante agrees to look into the recent murder of an English professor at a nearby college. Izzie is intrigued by the cryptic quotes mailed to the victim and puzzling circumstances. The victim’s home has been broken into twice, with no apparent motive or theft, and the grieving widow fears she will be next. Izzie is determined to unearth the missing links and identify the killer.
As Izzie delves deeper into the investigation she uncovers a tapestry of secrets reminiscent of the holes in Chloe’s crumpets…
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(Izzie Di Sante Mysteries)
DCI Danny Flint Box Set
by Trevor Negus
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
INTRODUCING FOUR RIVETING, EXPLOSIVE CRIME THRILLERS FEATURING DCI DANNY FLINT.
Perfect for fans of JD Kirk, J M Dalgliesh, and Angela Marsons.
Justice comes in many forms—one of them is a man called Flint.
Nottinghamshire, 1980. DCI Danny Flint and his crack team at the Major Crime Investigation Unit take on the high-pressure cases that no-one else will touch – serial killings, kidnapping, child exploitation. Written by a retired homicide detective, these stunning books combine meticulously authentic investigations with page after page of white-knuckle tension.
Clawback
by J. A. Jance
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When Ali’s parents lose their life savings to a Ponzi scheme, her father goes to confront his longtime friend and financial advisor, only to stumble upon the scene of a bloody double homicide. With her father suddenly a prime suspect, Ali and her husband work to clear his name and seek justice for her parents, as well as the rest of the scheme’s suddenly impoverished victims. But if Ali’s father is innocent, that can mean only one thing: one of the others is a stone-cold killer.
Riley’s End
by Bill Hansmann
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‘Big Tony’ Cevilli’s best friend, was murdered over a half-century ago, and the crime remains unsolved. Now in declining health, ‘Big Tony’ pleads with his children, Linda Atkinson and Tommy Cevilli of the Atkinson Detective Agency, to solve the long-ago crime.
Suzie Fredricks, the agency’s newest investigator, tracks down the perpetrators of a stolen car ring. These two investigations have a surprising connection that will leave the readers stunned. Riley’s End is an exciting page-turner right up to its startling conclusion. The fourth installment of the Atkinson Detective Agency series will not disappoint.
The Killing Parade
by TG Reid
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Who will be next? When the body of a local talent show winner is discovered, on the eve of headlining Kilwinnoch’s annual Civic Week celebrations, it throws the festivities into chaos and threatens to tear the close-knit community apart.
For DCI Bone, the death is personal. Days earlier, he’d received a call from the victim, warning that she was about to be killed. He’d dismissed it as a hoax. With threats of more to come, a town on edge, and a ruthless killer evading detection with ease, Bone knows from hard -worn experience that, in a case like this, one kill is never enough.
Night of the Jaguar
by Michael Gruber
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Michael Gruber’s Night of the Jaguar—like his earlier novels featuring Miami detective Jimmy Paz (Tropic of Night, Valley of Bones)—transforms the conventional thriller into something extraordinary, taking the crime novel to a place it has never gone before. Combining a grisly murder investigation with chilling supernatural elements and provocative thought, Night of the Jaguar is a bravura display of the originality and artistry that has won Gruber the title, “the Stephen King of crime fiction” while inspiring the Washington Post Book World to name the Jimmy Paz trilogy, “among the essential novels of recent years.”
Three-Inch Teeth
by C. J. Box
Kindle $14.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
BRAND NEW RELEASE
Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett faces two different kinds of rampaging beasts – one animal, one human – in this riveting new novel from #1 New York Times bestseller C.J. Box.
A rogue grizzly bear has gone on a rampage – killing, among others, the potential fiancé of Joe’s daughter. At the same time, Dallas Cates, who Joe helped lock up years ago, is released from prison with a special list tattooed on his skin. He wants revenge on the people who sent him away: the six people he blames for the deaths of his entire family and the loss of his reputation and property.
The Art of Managing Humans
by Tsvika Abramovitch
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
Stop managing your employees – start managing your people.
At the core of any organization are the people who comprise it. They are the living, beating heart of any company, business, or startup that drives the company to be either highly successful – or a massive failure. They are a company’s most valuable resource, and it is your job to ensure that resource is developed, promoted, and maximized to its full potential.
Over the last three decades, Tsvika Abramovitch made a name for himself as a revolutionary large-scale CHRO, where he developed an all-encompassing model that has since been promoting growth and excellence at hundreds of organizations.