Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
Murder at Midwinter Manor
by Anita Davison
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Escaping the city doesn’t mean escaping the criminals…
1916, Midwinter Manor: Desperate for a Christmas weekend break from war-torn London, Hannah Merrill and her Aunt Violet take Bartleby the cat and themselves off to visit Hannah’s sister, in her beautiful country estate, deep in the English countryside.
The huge house is full of relatives, friends and merrymakers, and everyone’s excited to have a Christmas to remember…
Nemesis
by Catherine Coulter
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
In New York, Special Agent Lacey Sherlock foils a terrorist attack at JFK airport, but stopping the grenade-carrying crazy was only the beginning. Another plot unfolds nearly simultaneously with a bomb at St. Patrick’s Cathedral…
Meanwhile, Savich—with the help of Agent Griffin Hammersmith—has his hands full trying to track an elusive murderer who is able to control those under his thrall. When an attempt on Savich’s life collides with Sherlock’s terrorist case, they must race against the clock, as more lives are in danger with every passing minute…
Tuesday the Rabbi Saw Red
by Harry Kemelman
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Once again, Rabbi Small finds himself looking for solace outside the confines of the contentious world of his synagogue in Barnard’s Crossing, Massachusetts. When a member of his congregation expresses that she does not want him to officiate her wedding, Rabbi Small has had enough. He seeks escape by dabbling in academia with a part-time teaching gig at a local college. But his fantasy of a tranquil life in an ivory tower is about to come tumbling down.
A bombing at the school kills one of the rabbi’s coworkers, and Small finds himself caught between adversarial students and feuding faculty members…
Inadvertent Enterprises
by Elizabethe LaCoste
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Growing up is a LOT more complicated when you are trying to smuggle a baby dragon home.
Katarina McCaber finds herself among unexpected allies but must return to retrieve her friends, Jonathan and Shay, and perhaps just as importantly, her “things”. Returning will be the least of her challenges as she negotiates learning new skills, acquiring new adversaries, and encountering old faces. If she doesn’t succeed, she risks losing her friends in a foreign world and falling prey to malevolent enemies.
Will the wayward heroine be able to apply her new repertoire to navigate a more mature political stage and get home?
The Road to Madness
by H.P. Lovecraft
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
One of the most influential practitioners of American horror, H.P. Lovecraft inspired the work of Stephen King, Anne Rice, and Clive Barker. As he perfected his mastery of the macabre, his works developed from seminal fragments into acknowledged masterpieces of terror. This volume traces his chilling career and includes: IMPRISONED WITH THE PHARAOHS – Houdini seeks to reveal the demons that inhabit the Egyptian night; AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS – An unsuspecting expedition uncovers a city of untold terror, buried beneath an Antarctic wasteland.
Plus, for the first time in any Del Rey edition: HERBERT WEST; COOL AIR; THE TERRIBLE OLD MAN; AND TWENTY-FOUR MORE BLOOD-CHILLING TALES
Hush
by Karen Robards
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
When Riley Cowan finds her estranged husband Jeff dead in his palatial home, she’s sure it’s no coincidence. The police rule it a suicide, but Riley thinks someone’s out for blood—specifically someone Jeff’s father ripped off in one of the biggest financial fraud cases of all time. She suspects that someone is trying to send a message to Jeff’s father: Tell me where the money is, or everyone you care about will die.
Enter Finn Bradley, an FBI agent with a dangerous secret. He’s after the money too, and Riley quickly becomes his chief suspect. But when someone tries to kill her, he has no choice but to protect her until he can uncover the truth…
Skharr Deatheater Complete Series
by Michael Anderle
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
A lone DeathEater has forsaken his clan.
Leaving behind his previous life, Skharr starts building a future next to a dangerous forest in an unknown land. He tells himself it is better than taking gold for questionable reasons.
A lone old man traveling with a donkey offers him a choice: Continue this farm life, or trade him Skharr’s just finished home and tilled land for a map.
A map that Skharr can use to live large for years… If he survives. The old peddler watches him.
Solitude Creek
by Jeffery Deaver
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
A tragedy occurs at a small concert venue on the Monterey Peninsula. Cries of “fire” are raised and, panicked, people run for the doors, only to find them blocked. A half dozen people die and others are seriously injured. But it’s the panic and the stampede that killed them; there was no fire.
Kathryn Dance–a brilliant California Bureau of Investigation agent and body language expert–discovers that the stampede was caused intentionally and that the perpetrator, a man obsessed with turning people’s own fears and greed into weapons, has more attacks planned…
Kinsey and Me: Stories
by Sue Grafton
Kindle $4.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the acclaimed Alphabet series comes a collection of stories that “combines glimpses of her series detective, Kinsey Millhone, with a revealing self-portrait” (Publishers Weekly).
In 1982, Sue Grafton introduced Kinsey Millhone and created an iconic female detective. Here, in a story collection divided into two parts, Sue Grafton provides a glimpse of her own early life in the guise of the character Kit Blue, and enriches our understanding of Kinsey Millhone, one of the spunkiest, smartest, and most entertaining private investigators in all of mystery fiction.
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
Eye for An Eye
by M. J. Arlidge
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
They both share the same secret: neither of them are who they say they are.
They are among only nine criminals in the UK who have been granted lifelong anonymity, for their own safety, because of their terrible crimes. But what if someone exposed their true identities to the families of their victims, who are desperate for revenge?
Probation officer Olivia Campbell is caught in the crossfire of this crisis – and as the search for the mole behind it all intensifies, so too does the hunt for the vigilante killers let loose by the leaks…
Twisted
by Jeffery Deaver
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
New York Times bestselling author Jeffery Deaver delivers an electrifying collection of sixteen award-winning stories that will widen your eyes and stretch your imagination.
Diverse, provocative, and eerie, Twisted showcases Deaver’s amazing range and signature plot twists: a beautiful woman goes to extremes to rid herself of her stalker; a contemporary of William Shakespeare vows to avenge his family’s ruin; and Deaver’s most beloved character, brilliant criminalist Lincoln Rhyme, is back to solve a chilling Christmastime disappearance.
Bitter Harvest
by Ann Rule
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
True crime icon Ann Rule presents a “must-read” (People) New York Times bestseller – and inspiration behind the Lifetime movie A House on Fire – following a woman whose apparent perfect life hides a harrowing and deadly madness.
Debora Green, a doctor and mother in a picturesque and exclusive Kansas town, seems to have the perfect life with her own medical practice, a handsome physician husband, and three lovely children. It seems like a horribly tragic accident when a raging fire destroys her home and takes two lives. But a trail of clues leads investigators to an unthinkable conclusion.
Black Mouth
by Ronald Malfi
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
A group of friends return to their hometown to confront a nightmare they first stumbled on as teenagers in this mesmerising odyssey of terror.
An atmospheric, haunting page-turner from the bestselling author of Come with Me
For nearly two decades, Jamie Warren has been running from darkness. He’s haunted by a traumatic childhood and the guilt at having disappeared from his disabled brother’s life. But then a series of unusual events reunites him with his estranged brother and their childhood friends, and none of them can deny the sense of fate that has seemingly drawn them back together.
An Insignificant Case
by Phillip Margolin
Kindle $14.99 Rating: BRAND NEW RELEASE #ad
A new standalone legal thriller from the international bestselling author of GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN.
Charlie Webb is a third rate lawyer who graduated from a third rate law-school and, because he couldn’t get hired by any of the major law firms, has opened his own law firm, where he gets by handling cases for dubious associates from his youth and some court appointed cases. Described as “a leaky boat floating down the stream of life,” Charlie has led unremarkable life, personally and professionally. Until he’s appointed to be the attorney for a decidedly crackpot artist who calls himself Guido Sabatini (born Lawrence Weiss). Sabatini has been arrested – again – for breaking into a restaurant and stealing back a painting he sold them because he was insulted by where it was displayed…
Talking About Adolescence
by Multiple Authors
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Feeling confused? One minute, you’re a carefree kid; the next, you’re worried about fitting in, and your body’s changing faster than ever. Welcome to adolescence! This exciting, often challenging time is all about transformation. “Supercharge Your Body and Brain Power” is your ultimate guide to navigating this amazing journey.
This engaging, easy-to-read book uses a conversational style and fun “PowerPoint” format to keep you hooked. Each chapter starts with thought-provoking questions and ends with reflections to solidify your learning. “Supercharge Your Body and Brain Power” is more than just a book; it’s a toolkit for building a solid foundation for your future. You’ll graduate from adolescence feeling confident, empowered, and ready to take charge of your health and well-being.
Renewed for Murder
by Victoria Gilbert
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Educational Fun! Every book has a glossary and footnotes that detail the meanings of words, helping your child expand their vocabulary while enjoying exciting stories designed for ages 9-12 (grades 3-6).
Bonus Content! Each book purchase comes with TWO FREE extras: a coloring book to boost creativity and a fun activity book filled with brain teasers.
Immersive Experience! Each character has a unique icon to make following the dialogue easy and engaging. Plus, handmade full-page art brings every scene to life!
Romeo Learns Confidence Building
by S.L. Jungle
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Boost Your Child’s Confidence and Teach Positive Values with Romeo
Meet Romeo—a little dog with a BIG heart! Romeo is ready for adventure, freshly moved from the bustling city to the peaceful countryside. On a sunny spring morning, he sets out to explore his new home, and your child is invited to join the fun!
From chasing squirrels to splashing in ponds, Romeo is on a mission to discover the wonders of the forest. But when a wild animal crosses his path, Romeo’s bravery is put to the ultimate test.
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
Snow Place to Die
by Mary Daheim
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
There’s snow place like homicide
B&B hostess Judith McMonigle Flynn’s ready to hang up her oven mitts, but irrepressible Cousin Renie needs help catering the telephone company’s annual winter retreat at secluded Mountain Goat Lodge. The pay’s good, the scenery’s to die for — but they never figured there’d be a killer cooking up mischief among this innocuous stew of corporate-climbing phone company ding-a-lings. Unfortunately, Judith and Renie’s discovery of the frozen garroted remains of the previous company caterer — missing since last year’s shindig — suggests no less, since the same cast of characters is present this time around.
The Errol Flynn Conspiracy
by David Philips
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
1 Amazon Bestseller – Historical Thriller
Appalled at the carnage being wreaked on allied ships by Nazi war vessels, the movie actress Hedy Lamarr invents a device that will prevent German ships and U-boats from jamming the allied warships’ radio-guided torpedoes.
Secret Nazi supporter, Errol Flynn, discovers the details about Hedy’s invention and, with the help of Austrian doctor and Nazi spy, Hermann Erben, sabotages her efforts to have her apparatus adopted by the U.S. Navy.
Angered by the Australian actor’s duplicity, Hedy devotes the next seventeen years of her life trying to expose Flynn’s treacherous actions, and bring him to justice. She only ceases her crusade when Flynn dies in 1959.
Forever – Part 1
by Lisa Phillips
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
BIG CITY CRIME. SMALL TOWN HEROES.
Fresh out of US Marshal training, Roxanne Helton is back in Washington state with her K-9 Pronto ready to get to work with the Northwest Counter Terrorism Taskforce. But first, a long overdue reunion with her husband, Sgt Liam O’Connell, who has moved from the Benson PD to work on the taskforce alongside her.
Liam only wants to take his wife on the honeymoon they were supposed to have and convince her to have the wedding their friends and family want to attend. Their reunion is cut short when they spot a Syrian general they thought they’d killed years ago on a mission. The sighting sparks a journey to the past, and an investigation that sends them up and down the west coast and tests their loyalty to the taskforce—and each other.
The Botanist
by M. W. Craven
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Detective Sergeant Washington Poe can count on one hand the number of friends he has. And he’d still have his thumb left. There’s the insanely brilliant, guilelessly innocent civilian analyst, Tilly Bradshaw of course. He’s known his beleaguered boss, Detective Inspector Stephanie Flynn for years as he has his nearest neighbour, full-time shepherd/part-time dog sitter, Victoria.
And then there’s Estelle Doyle. It’s true the caustic pathologist has never walked down the sunny side of the street but this time has she gone too far?
Alice
by Christina Henry
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
From the national bestselling author of Ghost Tree comes a mind-bending novel inspired by the twisted and wondrous works of Lewis Carroll…
In a warren of crumbling buildings and desperate people called the Old City, there stands a hospital with cinderblock walls which echo the screams of the poor souls inside.
In the hospital, there is a woman. Her hair, once blond, hangs in tangles down her back. She doesn’t remember why she’s in such a terrible place. Just a tea party long ago, and long ears, and blood…
Gideon’s Corpse
by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
A top nuclear scientist goes mad and takes an innocent family hostage at gunpoint, killing one and causing a massive standoff.
A plume of radiation above New York City leads to a warehouse where, it seems, a powerful nuclear bomb was assembled just hours before.
Sifting through the evidence, authorities determine that the unthinkable is about to happen: in ten days, a major American city will be vaporized by a terrorist attack.
Raised by Wolves
by James Patterson, Emily Raymond
Kindle $12.99 Rating: BRAND NEW RELEASE #ad
Two strangers. One small town. And a choice that could change everything.
The police respond to the arrival of two teens at the grocery store. They don’t speak English. They don’t speak at all. They’re brother and sister and, for all anybody can tell, they’ve been raised in the forest.
Two teens appear out of nowhere, ransacking a small-town grocery and attacking the police officers who come to investigate. Their clothes are torn and filthy, their hands and bare feet callused, they have fangs. They’re sister and brother, alone against the world. Where did they come from? Raised by wolves, they say.
The Ultimate Kids’ Guide to Life Skills
by Grace Ann Grow, Tessa Marwood, Nolan Quill
Kindle $1.99 Rating: BRAND NEW RELEASE #ad
Want to gift your child the key to a successful future?
The world around us is changing rapidly, and today’s life demands more than academic knowledge.
We often wonder how to equip our children for life’s challenges that schools don’t cover.
We all strive to raise children who are confident, adaptable, and booming under any circumstances.
The Ultimate Kids’ Guide to Life Skills is your trusted companion in this complex task.
This inspirational and motivational book offers over 101 practical tools for developing essential life skills in elementary school students ages 8 to 12. It is packed with the most important things every girl and boy needs to know.
Dale Brown’s Dreamland: Retribution
by Dale Brown, Jim DeFelice
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
After defusing threats across the globe, the team must now use its stealth, raw nerve, and technology to stop a terror from striking at home.
With more than two dozen nuclear devices unaccounted for, the global masters of terror have set a catastrophe in motion: a surprise attack more deadly than Pearl Harbor and 9/11 combined. If the nation is to survive, Lieutenant Colonel Tecumseh “Dog” Bastian and his crew will have to reach deep into their cutting-edge arsenal. And they’ll have to do it short-handed—because two of Dreamland’s best and bravest have been lost at sea.
Monday’s Mystery eBooks
The Body in the Bog
by Katherine Hall Page
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Agatha Award – Winning Author: A caterer gets mixed up in murder in “another delightful installment in a charming series . . . complete with appealing recipes” (Booklist).
Faith Fairchild is momentarily shocked to find her husband, the Reverend Thomas Fairchild, embracing Lora Deane – and relieved to discover the distraught nursery school teacher is merely seeking solace and advice. Lora has been receiving threatening phone calls. And she’s not the only resident of tiny Aleford, Massachusetts, who is being terrorized…
Dark Night
by Paige Shelton
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Winter is falling in the remote town of Benedict, Alaska, and with the cold comes a mysterious guest. The dreaded “census man,” seemingly innocuous, is an unwelcome presence to those members of this secretive community who would prefer to keep their business to themselves. Meanwhile, thriller writer Beth Rivers has received her own unexpected company: her mother. The last Beth heard, Mill Rivers had gone underground in search of Beth’s kidnapper, and Beth can’t help but be a little alarmed at her appearance: If Mill was able to track down her daughter, who knows who else might be able to?
Right Behind You
by Lisa Gardner
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Another twisty bestselling thriller from Lisa Gardner featuring Pierce Quincy and Rainie Conner as they take on a case that hits far too close to home.
Eight years ago, Sharlah May Nash’s older brother beat their drunken father to death with a baseball bat in order to save both of their lives. Now thirteen years old, Sharlah has finally moved on. About to be adopted by retired FBI profiler Pierce Quincy and his partner, Rainie Conner, Sharlah loves one thing best about her new family: They are all experts on monsters…
Deep in the Alaskan Woods
by Karen Harper
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Something deadly lurks outside your door . . . First in the Alaska Wild series from the New York Times–bestselling romantic suspense author.
Alexandra Collister came to her estranged cousins’ B&B in Falls Lake, Alaska, looking for a fresh start. The surrounding forest can be harsh and unforgiving—luckily, rugged wilderness tracker Quinn Mantell offers to be her guide. Still recovering from a toxic previous relationship, Alex is wary of getting too close, but when savagely deep claw marks appear outside her bedroom window, keeping her distance from Quinn is no longer an option.
Tiger Season
by Gojan Nikolich
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
“The dawn still comes even if the rooster dies.” “A haunting, nerve-wracking tale set in the eerie landscape of the Korean demilitarized zone (DMZ).”
An American soldier’s life spirals out of control after he makes a fateful discovery on the Korean DMZ and then falls in love with a beautiful brothel courtesan whose tragic past becomes entwined in a volatile confrontation with Communist North Korea.
It’s the 1960s, the Vietnam conflict is raging, and a delicate Korean armistice threatens to fall apart at the world’s most dangerous border, pushing the US toward the brink of another war in Asia. With his life in danger, GI Eddie Profar must decide if he should reveal his startling secret, which has already caused the deaths of two people. His infantry sidekick, the weed-smoking Korean-Russian eccentric Yevgeny Lee, believes he has the answer to the diplomatic crisis…
Blood Lines
by Nelson DeMille, Alex DeMille
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Army Criminal Investigation Agents Scott Brodie and Maggie Taylor have been separated for five months following their last assignment, a dangerous mission in Venezuela to locate and detain an infamous Army deserter. Now, in Berlin, they are reunited and tasked with investigating the murder of one of their own: CID Special Agent Harry Vance of the 5th MP Battalion, an accomplished counterterrorism agent who had been stationed in western Germany, and whose body was discovered in a city park in the heart of Berlin’s Arab refugee community.
Night Fire
by Catherine Coulter
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Arielle Leslie is a sixteen-year-old girl forced to wed Paisley Cochrane, a sadistic old man who abuses her. When he dies, she believes herself free. But she’s not.
Burke Drummond, Earl of Ravensworth—a young man she’d worshipped three years before—is home from the wars, and he wants her. When he catches her, he’s in for an appalling surprise.
Burke and Arielle are two people who have touched me deeply. Together they faced problems and obstacles never spoken of in Regency time.
LEVI’S EYES
by Aphrodite Jones
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
LEVI’S EYES delves into the unspeakable murders of Christina and Levi Karlsen, as told by the killer himself… It’s a must-read for true crime addicts who dare to go deep into a killer’s mind. In it, readers will learn how the murders of Christina Karlsen and her son Levi Karlsen, committed 17 years apart, are intricately connected. There’s a hidden thread here, one that has not yet been revealed to the public, showing that Levi kept dark secrets. This book exposes both sides of the twisted marriage between Karl and Cindy Karlsen as readers are taken through increasing levels of horror, step-by-step, into the depravity inside the killer’s head.
Nine Perfect Strangers
by Liane Moriarty
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Could ten days at a health resort really change you forever? In Liane Moriarty’s latest page-turner, nine perfect strangers are about to find out…
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…