Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
A Death on Fools Lane
by Jane Suen
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Her happy holiday is about to become a dead man’s funeral.
College student Eve Sawyer is anticipating a fun winter vacation with her two friends until a dog sniffs out a body hanging from a tree in the yard of the house where they’re staying.
Implored by the dead man’s grieving mother, Eve and her friends set out to investigate the case. Was it suicide or murder? That’s the question on everyone’s lips.
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(An Eve Sawyer Mysteries)
Missing Daughter
by Rick Mofina
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
When a twelve-year-old girl goes missing, a suburban family’s perfect life reveals its dark secrets in this tense psychological thriller.
Life can change in an instant. For Ryan and Karen Lane, it happens on the morning they discover their twelve-year-old daughter’s window open, their beloved Maddie missing from her bed. Police investigate. Suspicions swirl. The Lane family is thrown into turmoil. Then detectives turn their sights on them. No one is ruled out. Not Karen, with her tragic past, who argued with her daughter. Not Ryan, with his violent streak. Not Maddie’s thirteen-year-old brother, Tyler, who heard voices in her room the night she vanished.
Memory Loss
by Bob Price
Kindle $1.24 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Wiping an individual’s memories back to birth was intended to make Investigative journalist Vernon Bass incapable of recalling why he had been investigating a high profile business baron. It worked. Leaving him in another country to die. Didn’t.
Returned to the UK as an adult forced to relearn his native tongue should have taken longer, but Bass was older than any other victim who shared the same experience and memories stored other than in his brain helped bring back his early years. With just the last five years out of reach he agreed to be a guinea pig for a group of doctors with a machine designed for communication with an individual’s soul. The theory by doing so he might recover all lost memories.
The Last Chance Lawyer Box Set 1
by William Bernhardt
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Getting his client off death row could save his career… or make him the next victim.
In The Last Chance Lawyer, Daniel uses every trick he knows in a high-stakes trial filled with unexpected revelations and breathtaking surprises as he tried to save a young girl from a horrifying fate.
In Court of Killers, he defends rising political star Camila Perez in a gruesome quadruple homicide—which she calls a frame by powerful rivals.
In Trial by Blood, Pike’s client may be the long-lost heir to an immense estate. The problem? The young man can’t remember the last fourteen years…
Stumbling Stones
by Bonnie Suchman
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Alice Heppenheimer, born into a prosperous German Jewish family around the turn of the twentieth century, comes of age at a time of growing opportunities for women.
So, when she turns 21 years old, she convinces her strict family to allow her to attend art school, and then pursues a career in women’s fashion. Alice prospers in her career and settles into married life, but she could not anticipate a Nazi Germany, where simply being Jewish has become an existential threat. Stumbling Stones is a novel based on the true story of a woman driven to achieve at a time of persecution and hatred, and who is reluctant to leave the only home she has ever known…
Jupiter’s Bones
by Faye Kellerman
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Preeminent astrophysicist Dr. Emil Euler Ganz vanished without any warning to his family or colleagues, only to reappear fifteen years later as “Father Jupiter,” founder and charismatic leader of the scientific cult the Order of the Rings of God. Now he’s dead—a vial of sleeping pills and an empty bottle of vodka standing near his lifeless body.
Was Ganz’s death an accident? Suicide? Or did someone hasten Jupiter prematurely out of this world? These are the questions LAPD Lieutenant Peter Decker is determined to answer as he enters the cult’s fortress-like compound…
OFF GRID
by J. P. Redding
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From the halls of D.C. to the remote shores of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, OFF GRID is a wild ride through a dystopian near future of mass surveillance.
In the wake of a global calamity, the economy collapses. The Feds respond by wielding every power of the Welfare State to control the populace. A key tool is PivPal, an indispensable smartphone used to track citizens. As civil liberties crumble, resistance is relegated to flyover country whose residents—derided as off-gridders—cling to the time-honored virtues of freedom, self-reliance, and charity. Against this backdrop, Jenny Hernandez struggles to keep her rural church community nourished and safe. Hiding from the Feds, a team of inventors, and Jenny’s ex, arrive to complete the amazing plasma drive. They bring hope, but also the watchful eye of Big Brother. With the authorities closing in, local law enforcement must choose sides.
Finding Mercy
by Karen Harper
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Return to Home Valley with book three in Karen Harper’s fan-favorite romantic suspense series
Quiet, cautious Ella Lantz has spent her entire life in the Home Valley. Tending her lavender fields, she finds calm and serenity in purple blooms, heavenly scents and a simple life. But the sudden arrival of a strange visitor heralds a host of new complications. Alex Caldwell is unlike any man Ella has ever met—in fact, he’s a Wall Street whistle-blower under witness protection…and he’s brought a world of trouble to the Lantz doorstep.
Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
In Hot Water
by Kate Kingsbury
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Vivian Wainwright is living her dream. The middle-aged widow owns the Misty Bay Tearoom, a quaint, English-accented shop on the Oregon coast. But on the eve of the tearoom’s 2nd anniversary, the dream turns nightmarish when a man falls to his death from a hotel balcony.
The body belongs to Dean Ramsey, ex-husband of Vivian’s assistant, Jenna. Detective Tony Messina quickly zeroes in on Jenna as prime suspect, since she was seen leaving the hotel shortly before the body was found…
Broken Promises
by Lorhainne Eckhart
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
What do you do when a woman shows up on your doorstep, suddenly wanting her daughter back? Never in a million years did Marcus and Charlotte O’Connell expect to be faced with this kind of dilemma, but when Reine Colbert is released from prison, she shows up at their house, demanding they return her daughter, Eva.
Worse is the fact that Sheriff Marcus never received a courtesy call from the prison or parole board to warn him that Reine was about to be released. As far as he and Charlotte were concerned, they had followed Reine’s wishes, adopting her daughter so she could serve her time, knowing Eva was loved and in a good family. But now she’s changed her mind, and she believes Marcus is somehow responsible for her lost years with her daughter.
Bone Thief
by Thomas O’Callaghan
Kindle $0.75 Rating: 4.0 #ad
A sociopathic killer is using the internet to lure seemingly random women to their gruesome deaths in New York City. During his heinous murderous spree, this madman is extracting the bones of his victims. His sheer brutality has the Big Apple’s residents in panic mode.
Who is this twisted psycho who’s abducted a housewife in broad daylight only to dispose of her lifeless body alongside a lake in Prospect Park, nailed the boneless remains of a nameless drifter to the underside of a boardwalk at Rockaway Beach, allowed the gutted corpse of a single parent to wash ashore under the Brooklyn Bridge, and has had the audacity to leave the desecrated body of the Magnolia Tea heiress rotting atop trash at one of the city’s sanitation dumps?
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(The O’Connells Mysteries)
Dangerous Amish Inheritance
by Debby Giusti
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
“Move off the mountain. No one wants you here.” Can this Amish widow survive her dangerous stalker?
Someone wants Ruthie Eicher off Amish Mountain…enough to terrorize the widow and her boys. Now Ruthie must rely on her former sweetheart, Noah Schlabach—the secret father of her eldest son—as they figure out why. But Noah has turned his back on love and the Amish way of life. Can he shield Ruthie…without breaking her heart again?
Fast and Loose
by Fern Michaels
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
With the women of the Sisterhood away on a covert assignment, their significant others could be expected to kick back and enjoy a little drama-free downtime. But that’s not the way Jack, Ted, Harry, Charles, and the rest of their comrades roll. An urgent call has come to the headquarters of their organization, BOLO Consultants. Bert Navarro, head of security for Countess Anna de Silva, suspects that Annie’s deluxe casino, Babylon, is being stealthily and expertly robbed.
Live and Let Grind
by Tara Lush
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Laid-off journalist Lana Lewis is thriving as the proprietor of Perkatory, a coffee shop on quirky Devil’s Beach island, Florida. She’s juggling a relationship with police chief Noah Garcia, enjoying the company of her best friend, Erica, and relishing the companionship of her golden Shih Tzu, Stanley. Only problem is her neighbor, Gus, who incessantly uses his leaf blower, disturbing everyone in the neighborhood. Lana has learned to tune it out, but Erica’s rage boils over and she confronts Gus.
Then Gus is found dead, killed when his leaf blower explodes. Erica immediately becomes suspect number one. But there are plenty of other candidates as well: Gus’s soon-to-be ex-wife, Honey Bailey, who thinks she’ll be written out of his will…
Price of Duty
by Dale Brown
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
The U.S. and its Western allies come under a diabolical Russian cyber warfare attack in this action-packed military techno-thriller from New York Times bestselling master Dale Brown.
In a top-secret location deep in the Ural Mountains, Russian President Gennadiy Gryzlov has built his nation’s most dangerous weapon since the atomic bomb – a fearsome tool to gain superiority in Russia’s long-running battle with the West. From inside Perun Aerie – an intricate network of underground tunnels and chambers that is the heart of the Russian cyber warfare program – he is launching a carefully plotted series of attacks on an unsuspecting U.S. and its European allies…
Prospect Shifter Daddy Mates
by Serena Meadows
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
Things are getting steamy in the small town of Prospect, Montana! Each story in this box set will light your fire as sexy single dads, with chiseled abs, not only work hard on the ranch but also pursue the one who makes their blood pump.
As passion ignites for these cowboys, danger lurks in every direction and harrowing secrets rise to the surface. The wolf shifters will do anything it takes to protect the women who claim their hearts.
Friday’s Mystery eBooks
Sunset Limited
by James Lee Burke
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
The townspeople of New Iberia, Louisiana, didn’t crucify Megan Flynn’s father. They just didn’t catch whoever pinned him to a barn wall with sixteen-penny nails.
Decades later, Megan, now a world-famous photojournalist, has come back to the bayou, looking for cop Dave Robicheaux. It was Dave who found the body of labor leader Jack Flynn. The sight changed the boy, shaped him as a man. And after forty years, Robicheaux is still haunted by the bizarre unsolved slaying.
Hidden Riches
by Nora Roberts
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Dora Conroy has a passion for antiques—and any other rarities she can acquire for her quaint Philadelphia shop. A seasoned dealer, she knows all the tricks of the trade. But she is unprepared for the deadly consequences when she purchases a few curiosities at an auction—and unknowingly brings home a priceless cache that makes her the target of an international criminal. Entwined in a reckless chase, Dora turns to her new neighbor, Jed Skimmerhorn, a cop who’s turned in his badge—and whose desire for lovely Dora puts him back in the line of fire. Fighting their attraction while falling in love, they find that hidden riches can have a most ordinary façade. And that possession can be a lethal obsession…
Executive Protection International
by Charlie Bravo
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.9 #ad
How far will one man go to support his family?
As an Executive Protection contractor Kyle Gray will accept the risks of any job. As a father, he will do almost anything to care for his family. A seemingly perfect opportunity shows up when a firm hires Kyle and gives him a shot on a major contract.
The job is to protect real estate mogul, Rachel Burke in London. Kyle longs for a steady paycheck, but it might come at a high cost…
The Beaver Theory
by Antti Tuomainen
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Henri Koskinen, intrepid insurance mathematician and adventure-park entrepreneur, firmly believes in the power of common sense and order. That is until he moves in with painter Laura Helanto and her daughter…
As Henri realises he has inadvertently become part of a group of local dads, a competing adventure park is seeking to expand their operations, not always sticking to the law in the process…
Is it possible to combine the increasingly dangerous world of the adventure-park business with the unpredictability of life in a blended family?
The Boys from Biloxi
by John Grisham
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
John Grisham returns to Mississippi with the riveting story of two sons of immigrant families who grow up as friends, but ultimately find themselves on opposite sides of the law. Grisham’s trademark twists and turns will keep you tearing through the pages until the stunning conclusion.
For most of the last hundred years, Biloxi was known for its beaches, resorts, and seafood industry. But it had a darker side. It was also notorious for corruption and vice, everything from gambling, prostitution, bootleg liquor, and drugs to contract killings. The vice was controlled by small cabal of mobsters, many of them rumored to be members of the Dixie Mafia.
Find You First
by Linwood Barclay
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Tech millionaire Miles Cookson has more money than he can ever spend, and everything he could dream of—except time. He has recently been diagnosed with a terminal illness, and there is a fifty percent chance that it can be passed on to the next generation. For Miles, this means taking a long hard look at his past . . .
Two decades ago, a young, struggling Miles was a sperm donor. Somewhere out there, he has kids—nine of them. And they might be about to inherit both the good and the bad from him—maybe his fortune, or maybe something much worse.
The Bladed Faith
by David Dalglish
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
A usurped prince prepares to take up the mantle of a deadly assassin and reclaim his kingdom, his people, and his slain gods in this epic fantasy from a USA Today bestselling author.
Cyrus was only twelve years old when his gods were slain, his country invaded, and his parents—the king and queen – beheaded in front of him. Held prisoner in the invader’s court for years, Cyrus is suddenly given a chance to escape and claim his revenge when a mysterious group of revolutionaries comes looking for a figurehead. They need a hero to strike fear into the hearts of the imperial and to inspire and unite the people. They need someone to take up the skull mask and swords and to become the legendary “Vagrant” – an unparalleled hero and assassin of otherworldly skill.
Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
Death in Lovers’ Lane
by Carolyn Hart
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
A Pulitzer Prize-winning ex-reporter and journalism teacher at ivy-covered Thorndyke University, Henrietta “Henrie O” Collins demands of her students the same steadfast dedication to the truth that was the cornerstone of her own illustrious career. So when beautiful, ambitious Maggie Winslow decides to investigate a trio of hitherto unresolved local crimes, Henrie O urges her to pursue the story with uncommon vigor.
But the gifted future journalist’s zeal may have cost her her life. The next day Maggie’s corpse is discovered in Lovers’ Lane–the very site of one of the unsolved mysteries the extraordinary young woman was exploring at the time of her brutal, premature death…
No One Will Hear Your Screams
by Thomas O’Callaghan
Kindle $0.50 Rating: 4.4 #ad
NYPD’s top cop, Homicide Commander Lt. John Driscoll, believes there’s a sociopathic killer on the loose murdering prostitutes in New York City—someone who calls himself “Tilden” and claims to have been sexually abused as a child by his mother’s john. But he soon discovers Tilden’s not a run-of-the-mill sociopath. After all, would a common murderer have taken the time to embalm his victims, which the city’s chief medical examiner determined was the cause of their deaths?
Driscoll, a man haunted by the events of an unstable childhood himself, must put aside any sympathy he may have for Tilden and put a stop to his murderous rampage…
Twilight Eyes
by Dean Koontz
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
In this chilling thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz, the carnival is coming to town – and it’s like nothing you’ve ever seen.
Slim MacKenzie is no ordinary man. With eyes the color of twilight, he’s been blessed with a psychic gift: premonitions. He’s also been cursed, for Slim can see the monsters hiding among us, feeding on our suffering…
And when Slim joins a traveling carnival seeking sanctuary, what he’ll find is a hunting ground—with humanity as the prey.
D.R. Perry Starter Boxed Set
by D.R. Perry
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Discover D.R. Perry’s Revealed World with six book ones from six of her series. Vampires, shifters, fae, and magic fill this urban fantasy world. If you like magical academies, five of the series are set in different academies in her world. Get ready to find unique characters and settings as you spend late nights following their stories!
For Us, the Living
by Multiple Authors
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
From the author of Stranger in a Strange Land, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, and other masterpieces of science fiction, this never-before-published debut novel, written in 1939, introduces ideas and themes that would shape his career and define the genre that is synonymous with his name.
July 12, 1939: Perry Nelson is driving along the palisades when suddenly another vehicle swerves into his lane, a tire blows out, and his car careens over a bluff. The last thing he sees before his head connects with the boulders below is a girl in a green bathing suit, prancing along the shore. . . .
Niergel Chronicles – Last Hope
by D. I. Hennessey
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
An ancient mystery… A skeptical genius… Powerful evil ancestors… A dangerous underworld Crime Syndicate… A horde of disembodied offspring of fallen angels who threaten the entire world!
A renowned scientist was orphaned at age eight and has grown to adulthood with no knowledge of his own ancestry. When he is awakened by an unusual visitor with an extremely urgent message, it leads to events that topple everything he has believed about reality.
Niergel Chronicles – Last Hope tells of a journey of discovery, danger, and extraordinary mysteries. It follows the fantastic adventure of a young man with a surprising heritage as he uncovers the astonishing truth about his family history and the earth’s past. He finds himself facing dangerous perils and shocking supernatural threats. All while contending with unsettling truths that upend his understanding of science and the world, forcing him to face the reality of a Creator whose existence he has adamantly denied.
Snowbound
by James Leonard
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Here comes another western adventure of relentless action, obstacles and a touch of western romance
In the frozen wilderness of an abandoned town, Palmer McCoy seeks refuge from a blizzard. Driven by grief over the murder of his wife, he collapses in the snow.
Upon awakening, he is greeted by the sight of Sarah Truman and her young daughter. Sarah is beautiful, but more than that, she is a survivor, like him.
As the snowstorm rages, ruthless outlaw Maynard Hughes and his vicious gang take shelter in the same ghostly town. Maynard isn’t afraid of anything. Not the marshal who’s after him. Not the raging storm. Certainly not Palmer.
HOTEL OBSCURE
by Lisette Brodey
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
In a run-down neighborhood in an unnamed city, people live and die in “the Obscure.” Whether anyone remembers the real name of the derelict establishment is a mystery. In this six-story building, most who occupy the rooms are long-term residents, though some stay for as little as an hour.
The patronage is an eclectic group: musicians, writers, addicts, hookers, lonely people, poor people, rich people, once-well-off people, and those who have reason to hide from their former lives or to escape the demands of a disapproving and punishing society.