Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
Hey Diddle Diddle, the Runaway Riddle
by P.C. James
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
He was forced to hang up his badge. Now, a kidnapping has raced into his retirement.
England, 1960’s. Former inspector Tom Ramsay is taking advantage of having to step down. Invalided after getting shot in the line of duty, the plain-speaking man adopts a border collie and gets down to the serious business of hiking the scenic countryside of his ancestry. But after hearing over the radio about a missing local, the fifty-five-year-old ex-cop is shocked when a pleasant walk brings him face-to-face with the victim fleeing her captors.
Cursed at Dawn
by Heather Graham
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Dracula lives—and he’s hunting for his bride.
Vampires may not walk among us, but FBI agents Della Hamilton and Mason Carter know real monsters exist. They’ve witnessed firsthand the worst humankind has to offer. They’re still catching their breaths after the apprehension of two such monstrous killers when they’re met with horrific news: Stephan Dante, the self-proclaimed king of the vampires, has escaped from prison, followed only by a trail of blood.
Wicked Game
by Suzanne Jenkins
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
Former Detroit homicide detective, Chris Hemmingway, is working vice. He’s also obsessed with renovating an old house in Corktown. The obsession soon has competition when he meets Laura Jerzewski, a nurse who moonlights, trying to maintain visitation of her six-year-old son. Will Chris try to remake her like he’s remaking his old house?
The moment their eyes meet, he’s smitten with Laura. All he wants is to protect her. There is one stumbling block they must overcome, however, and his name is Randall White.
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First Spells
by Renata Riva
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
A dark tale of witches, ghosts and magic.
Vianne’s life has never been normal. She sees ghosts and she has an affinity for magic. Now that she’s twelve, her magic is getting stronger and her life is about to get even stranger – and more dangerous. Vianne has been raised by her single mum, Andrea, and knows very little of her other relatives. What she does know is that her mother is terrified by her witch sister, Suzanne. When Vianne’s grandmother becomes seriously ill, Andrea wants to be reunited with her mother, but this is the occasion Aunt Suzanne has been waiting for.
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Ice Cold
by Tess Gerritsen
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
A spur-of-the-moment ski trip becomes a bone-chilling nightmare when a wrong turn leaves Boston medical examiner Maura Isles marooned – far from home and help – in the snowbound Wyoming mountains. Seeking shelter from the cold, she and her traveling companions stumble upon Kingdom Come – a remote village of identical houses that seems to have become a ghost town overnight. But the abandoned hamlet has dark secrets to tell, and Maura’s party may not be as alone as they think. Days later, word reaches homicide cop Jane Rizzoli that Maura’s charred remains have been found at the scene of a car crash. But the shocking news leaves Jane with too many questions, and only one way to get answers.
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…
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The Girl They All Forgot
by Martin Edwards
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
What happened to Ramona Smith?
In the The Girl They All Forgot (The Crooked Shore), history always repeats itself. After a father and son commit suicide on the same day, twenty years apart, DCI Hannah Scarlet, and her Cold Cases Division reopen the investigation of Ramona Smith, a woman who disappeared twenty-one years ago. Desperate to finally find answers, Hannah and her team chase leads as meandering as the shoreline. As the body count rises, the Cold Cases Division must unravel the lives of those on The Crooked Shore before another murder plot unfolds.
Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
Please Do Feed the Cat
by Marian Babson
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 3.8 #ad
Mystery writer Lorinda Lucas doesn’t like the trend toward overly gruesome crime fiction—but she’s even more upset about Roscoe, the cat who lives next door. He used to look well-fed and well cared for, but when Lorinda gets back from her most recent book tour, she’s worried by his dangerously skinny appearance.
It turns out that Roscoe’s owner has a new girlfriend who’s put the poor cat on a deprivation diet—and that’s not the only bad news in Brimful Coffers. There’s been a fatal hit-and-run and escalating tensions—and before she knows it, the mystery writer will be investigating a real-life murder case…
Call the Dark
by J. Todd Scott
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
From author J. Todd Scott comes a haunting thriller about a young plane crash survivor and a mysterious hiker who venture into the wilderness to escape a dark and vengeful force.
A small white plane hurtles from the sky, vanishing into the wilderness. Hiker Maggie Roby watches its final descent, certain that no one could have survived.
But to her shock, a fifteen-year-old girl emerges from the wreckage, wounded but miraculously, impossibly alive. Maggie approaches with trepidation; she has secrets of her…
The Forever Stone
by Gloria Repp
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
The paperweight – a summons to courage . . . A new home, new love, new fears . . . and a mystery. How will she face the challenge? And what does God have in mind?
Madeleine, a young widow, is determined to break free from her paralyzing memories and controlling family. The paperweight, a gift from her father, spurs her to declare independence, and she joins her aunt’s house-restoration project in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. Two men enter her life, bringing joy, conflict, and danger.
She’ll need courage to fight the treachery she discovers, and faith to step into a new life of promise. Can she do it?
Night of the Wolves
by Heather Graham
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Guided by visions as she hunts for her father’s murderer, Alexandra Gordon returns to Victory, Texas—and lands straight in the arms of fearsome lawman Cody Fox.
A dedicated soldier in the war against evil, Cody wears his battle scars with honor, all the while hiding a shameful secret from the perceptive Alexandra. Their attraction to one another is instant and unstoppable, but soon it may cost Alex her life. For an ancient evil has been awakened and is stalking the townsfolk after dark…. To protect Alex, Cody must choose between a showdown with the devil—and the fiery beauty whose kisses soothe his tormented soul.
The Curator
by Owen King
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 3.8 #ad
From New York Times bestselling author Owen King, who “writes with witty verve” (Entertainment Weekly) comes a “richly imagined” (The New York Times) Dickensian fantasy of illusion and charm where cats are revered as religious figures, thieves are noble, scholars are revolutionaries, and conjurers are the most wonderful criminals you can imagine.
It begins in an unnamed city nicknamed “the Fairest”, it is distinguished by many things from the river fair to the mountains that split the municipality in half; its theaters and many museums; the Morgue Ship; and, like all cities, but maybe especially so, by its essential unmappability.
Adam
by Ted Dekker
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Enter a world of death and near-death that blurs the lines between fiction and reality in a way that will leave you stunned.
It takes an obsessive mind to know one. And Daniel Clark knows the elusive killer he’s been stalking. He’s devoted every waking minute as a profiler to find the serial killer known only as Eve. He’s pored over the crime scenes of sixteen young women who died mysterious deaths, all in underground basements or caverns. He’s delved into the killer’s head and puzzled over the twisted religious overtones of the killings.
Carnivores of Light and Darkness
by Alan Dean Foster
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
A hero’s quest begins in this first book of “perhaps [the] most highly regarded fantasy trilogy” from the New York Times–bestselling author (Black Gate).
They washed up on the beach, dead men clad in strange, intricate garments. The Naumkib tribe will eat well tonight. Simple herdsman Etjole Ehomba is wandering among the corpses, when he hears a faint cry…
One of the men is still alive—and he implores Etjole for help. His countess-to-be, the Visioness Themaryl of Laconda, has been abducted, carried off by Hymneth the Possessed. The dying man charges Etjole with the duty to find her and restore her to the people of Laconda.
Game of Serfs Complete Series Boxed Set
by Michael Anderle
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
No one knew dragons used to exist. They were creatures of myths and legends. Fairytales. Right until a fire-spewing monster breaks open the world and changes everything. As it turns out, the dragons aren’t friendly.
Join Benjamin Draig and Marty Ambrose as they discover what it’s like to live in a world they never expected to be in. The world beneath the mountain is impossibly huge, but the sheer size isn’t the only thing that beggars belief…
Friday’s Mystery eBooks
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Pelican Cove Cozy Box Set
by Leena Clover
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Flour, butter … Murder! Recently divorced baker Jenny King sifts through a pound of clues and red herrings to catch the killer in this bestselling cozy mystery series thousands love.
5 stars – ‘Great storyline. Second time I’ve read this series and I still loved it.’
When forty four year old Jenny King moved to a remote island for a second chance at life, she didn’t know it would involve murder. She’s working at the Boardwalk Cafe, baking sweet treats to forget the bitter pill that is her life. Then a stranger’s body washes up on the beach and her aunt is arrested. Compelled by circumstances, Jenny goes sleuthing to prove her aunt’s innocence.
But who said solving a murder was going to be easy?
Chat
by Archer Mayor
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Intriguing plots, complex characters, and a vivid landscape are the foundation of Archer Mayor’s award-winning New England thrillers. Now in this suspenseful new novel two investigations will lead Mayor’s popular hero Joe Gunther to the shady realm of Internet chat rooms, where relationships are formed and broken, and nothing is as it seems.
News travels fast in the small state of Vermont. In this tight-knit society, police officers and investigators proudly maintain a kinship that transcends the boundaries of their jurisdictions.
The Lightmaker of Auschwitz
by Naphtali Brezniak
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
Can one man bring light to the darkest place in the world?
When Moshe Brezniak steps off the train at Auschwitz, it’s clear to him that the quiet, stable life he’s always wished for is slipping from his grasp.
Knowing he must avoid being assigned to Auschwitz’s manual labor detail if he wants to survive, Moshe gives away the very last of his possessions in return for a job as an electrician in one of Auschwitz’s factories.
A Lesson in Malice
by Catherine Kirwan
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
‘A gripping page-turner’ CATHERINE RYAN HOWARD
‘Agatha Christie meets John Grisham’ SAM BLAKE
‘I couldn’t put it down’ ANDREA MARA
A visit to her old university takes an unexpected turn for solicitor Finn Fitzpatrick when she receives an exclusive invitation. She is far from high profile on the legal scene, so why is she on the guestlist for a select gathering in the College president’s private dining room?
The Vanished Man
by Jeffery Deaver
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
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Forensics expert Lincoln Rhyme is called in to work the high-profile investigation of a killer who seemingly disappeared into thin air just as the NYPD closed in. As the homicidal illusionist baits him with grisly murders that grow more diabolical with each victim, Rhyme and his protégée, Amelia Sachs, must go behind the smoke and mirrors to prevent a horrific act of vengeance that could become the greatest vanishing act of all…
When the Sleeper Wakes
by H. G. Wells
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 3.9 #ad
One of the founding fathers of science fiction, H. G. Wells is known for such landmark novels as The Time Machine and The Island of Doctor Moreau. In When the Sleeper Wakes, he sends a nineteenth-century man hurtling into an unfamiliar dystopian future . . .
In 1890s England, Graham, a fanatic socialist and author of prophetic writings, takes medication for his insomnia and is plunged into a deep sleep that lasts two hundred years. He awakens in a domed twenty-second-century London in which he has become—due to the compound interest on his bank accounts—the richest man in the world.
Bloody Rose
by Nicholas Eames
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
A band of fabled mercenaries tour a wild fantasy landscape, battling monsters in arenas in front of thousands of adoring fans. But, a secret and dangerous gig ushers them to the frozen north, and the band is never one to waste a shot at glory. Live fast, die young.
Tam Hashford is tired of working at her local pub, slinging drinks for world-famous mercenaries and listening to the bards sing of adventure and glory in the world beyond her sleepy hometown.
Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
Dust Off Your Magic
by Claire Robyns
Kindle $1.49 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Welcome to Shadow Vale, where the locals bite, monsters are real and the witches play fast and loose with the rules.
Kristen O’Mead left behind grief and the magical shenanigans of Shadow Vale ten years ago. Now she’s back, to dust off her magic and solve the riddle of her ex-husband’s ghost. Unfortunately he’s not the only ghost from her past she has to deal with. Shadow Vale isn’t your usual town tucked away amongst the rolling hills. It’s a haven for paranormals, protected by a Forget-Me spell, and the old stomping grounds of her teenage hormones.
The Two Minute Rule
by Robert Crais
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
From the author of The Last Detective and Hostage, comes a thriller featuring a father searching for vengeance in the City of Angels. But for an ex-con fresh on parole, finding answers in the corruption of the LAPD means asking for help from the person least expecting it: the FBI officer who put him away…
Every seasoned criminal knows the two minute rule: the two minutes before the cops show up at the scene of a robbery. Keeping the rule means changing your life, breaking it means a lifetime in jail. But not everyone plays by the rules…
Verdict at River’s Edge
by Colleen Snyder
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
What terrifies you? In the dark recess of your soul, what is it that you’ve managed to avoid, to hide, to bury deep, never to be faced? And what if the Lord asked you to face that fear for no other reason than, “Because I’m asking?” What would you do?
Welcome to Collin Walker’s world. Collin Walker, a social worker from the innercity of Oakton, Ohio comes to Camp Grace for what is billed as “an extreme sports camp.” Her single purpose: to show her ward, Rob Sider, that there is more to life than the streets “…show you can be strong and still love, win without cheating, and succeed in life without all the bells and whistles…”
Zoo 2
by James Patterson
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Zoo was just the beginning. Now, the last humans on Earth are fighting for their lives in a dystopia where humans are prey.
The planet is still under violent siege by ferocious animals. Except some humans are evolving, mutating into a savage species that could save civilization . . . or end it.
Spring of Souls
by N. B. Shira
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Journey into the forbidden world of Angelic powers and Demonic influence in the first installment of The Archangel Sisters saga.
A mysterious glowing book locked in their basement sends triplets Mika, Gabby, and Orr searching after their secret angelic lineage. In a world where angels gather in holy underground conclaves and legions of demons prowl the dark, busy streets of Jerusalem, the sisters navigate between their complicated divine callings and the crucial, life-defining moments of ordinary seventeen-year-olds: budding romances, college entrance exams, and band practices, which all become a lot more complicated when wings and time-bending powers are involved.
Zombie Fungus
by Bryan Dean
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
Looking for a “different” zombie story? You may have finally found it.
Abe thought he was ready for this. He’d watched the movies, read the books, and prepared accordingly. But when the monsters arrived, he realized Hollywood didn’t get all the facts right. Some of these zombies are not your father’s zombies – not even close.
Maybe it’s because the source isn’t a virus, but a fungus? Or that it was synthesized in a laboratory? But who would attempt something so dastardly? How many lives will be lost when humans manipulate what they should have left alone?
They All Love Jack
by Bruce Robinson
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
For over a hundred years, the mystery of Jack the Ripper has been a source of unparalleled fascination and horror, spawning an army of obsessive theorists and endless volumes purporting to finally reveal the identity of the brutal murderer who terrorized Victorian England.
But what if there was ne/ver really any mystery at all? What if the Ripper was always hiding in plain sight, deliberately leaving a trail of clues to his identity for anyone who cared to look, while cynically mocking those who were supposedly attempting to bring him to justice?
Colton Day: Human Zoos
by William Black
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Colton Day, a veteran of the Mexican-American War as well as of the Civil War, is a rugged figure on the Texas frontier. The former lawman was recently the toast of Temple Ridge, Texas in 1866, helping the town fight off a gang of ruthless killers and outlaws.
Colton’s unique set of skills are needed again to help his lifelong friend, Running Deer, an educated and savvy Kiowa Indian…