Friday’s Mystery eBooks
Lion in the Valley
by Elizabeth Peters
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
The 1895-96 season promises to be an exceptional one for Amelia Peabody, her dashing Egyptologist husband, Emerson, and their wild and precocious eight-year-old son, Ramses. The much-coveted burial chamber of the Black Pyramid in Dahshoor is theirs for the digging. But there is a great evil in the wind that roils the hot sands sweeping through the bustling streets and marketplaces of Cairo. The brazen moonlight abduction of Ramses – and an expedition subsequently cursed by misfortune and death – have alerted Amelia to the likely presence of her arch nemesis the Master Criminal, notorious looter of the living and the dead…
Dead Ringer
by Lisa Scottoline
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Bennie Rosato is fighting the battle of her life – against her own twin. The action starts innocently enough, with a stolen wallet, but in no time events escalate and the twin wreaks havoc that can be created only by a dead ringer. Her twin tries to destroy Bennie’s law firm, Rosato & Associates, and then strikes at her very heart – which just happens to be otherwise engaged by a handsome, hunky stranger with the perfect amount of chest hair. But when a brutal murder occurs, Bennie realizes that the stakes have turned deadly. And the face of evil looks like her own.
Digital Assassins III
by Danielle Spencer
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Before the cyberterrorism, before the digital assassination, before Danielle Spencer —there was Ruth.
In this powerful prequel to the Digital Assassins series, Danielle Spencer takes readers deep into the roots of corruption at the Financial Revenue Service (FRS) through the unfiltered voice of Ruth, a long-serving insider who witnessed it all.
Digital Assassins III: Improper, Reprehensible, Scandals exposes the hidden history of an agency built on cronyism, systemic abuse, and impunity. Ruth recounts how powerful White men used their positions to protect each other, cover up sexual harassment, silence whistleblowers, and ignore misogyny, sexism, and racism—creating a culture where injustice thrived in the shadows.
Under the Bridge
by Rebecca Godfrey
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
One moonlit night, fourteen-year-old Reena Virk went to join friends at a party and never returned home.
In this “tour de force of crime reportage” (Kirkus Reviews), acclaimed author Rebecca Godfrey takes us into the hidden world of the seven teenage girls—and boy—accused of a savage murder. As she follows the investigation and trials, Godfrey reveals the startling truth about the unlikely killers. Laced with lyricism and insight, Under the Bridge is an unforgettable look at a haunting modern tragedy.
Drakethorn Legal Complete Series
by Isabel Campbell, Michael Anderle
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
When you piss off the high and mighty some get righteously angry.
By day, Anastasia “Stacy” Drakethorn wields her Juris Doctorate as a blade of justice, carving through the corruption festering in the heart of the city. An attorney with a keen mind for the law and a fierce heart for the underdog, she’s determined to level the playing field against a system designed to favor the rich, the powerful, and the corrupt.
By night, there’s another side to the story. In the shadowed alleys where legal argument.
What the Dead Know
by Laura Lippman
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
The New York Times bestselling author returns to the compelling terrain of Every Secret Thing and To the Power of Three with this indelible story of crime and vengeance in which the past becomes all-too-present.
When he’s called to the scene of an accident detective Kevin Infante is drawn into a shocking and puzzling crime that still haunts the Baltimore P.D. Twenty years ago, two little girls were kidnapped from a shopping mall, igniting fear and anger throughout the city.
Killing Reagan
by Bill O’Reilly, Martin Dugard
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Told in the same riveting fashion as Killing Lincoln, Killing Kennedy, Killing Jesus, and Killing Patton, Killing Reagan reaches back to the golden days of Hollywood, where Reagan found both fame and heartbreak, up through the years in the California governor’s mansion, and finally to the White House, where he presided over boom years and the fall of the Iron Curtain. But it was John Hinckley Jr.’s attack on him that precipitated President Reagan’s most heroic actions. In Killing Reagan, O’Reilly and Dugard take readers behind the scenes, creating an unforgettable portrait of a great man operating in violent times.
Zeroes
by Chuck Wendig
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
An Anonymous-style rabble rouser, an Arab spring hactivist, a black-hat hacker, an old-school cipherpunk, and an online troll are each offered a choice: go to prison or help protect the United States, putting their brains and skills to work for the government for one year.
But being a white-hat doesn’t always mean you work for the good guys. The would-be cyberspies discover that behind the scenes lurks a sinister NSA program, an artificial intelligence code-named Typhon, that has origins and an evolution both dangerous and disturbing. And if it’s not brought down, will soon be uncontrollable.
Kiss Her Goodbye
by Lisa Gardner
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Recent Afghan refugee and young mother Sabera Ahmadi was last seen exiting her place of work three weeks ago. The local police have yet to open a case, while her older, domineering husband seems unconcerned. At the insistence of Sabera’s closest friend, missing persons expert Frankie Elkin agrees to take up the search just in time for a video of Sabera to surface—showing her walking away from the scene of a brutal double murder.
Frankie quickly notes there’s much more to the Ahmadi family than meets the eye. The father Isaad is a brilliant mathematician, Sabera a gifted linguist, and their little girl Zahra has an uncanny ability to remember anything she sees.
Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
He Shall Thunder in the Sky
by Elizabeth Peters
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
One of the most beloved characters in mystery/suspense fiction, archeologist and Egyptologist Amelia Peabody bravely faces gravest peril in Cairo on the eve of World War One in New York Times bestselling Grandmaster Elizabeth Peters’s magnificent Egyptian adventure, He Shall Thunder in the Sky. The San Francisco Examiner calls these heart-racing exploits of Amelia and her courageous family, the Emersons, “pure delight.” But perhaps the New York Times Book Review states it best: “Between Amelia Peabody and Indiana Jones, it’s Amelia—in wit and daring—by a landslide.”
Lady Killer
by Lisa Scottoline
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
A young lawyer searches for her missing rival from high school and finds more than she bargained for, in the latest high-octane thriller from New York Times bestselling author
She’s bright, witty, and dynamically attractive. So why can’t Mary DiNunzio still get a date? While her love life is frozen, her career is heating up. She’s become quite a rainmaker at her law firm, attracting new clients from her loyal South Philly fan base. But of all the friends-from-down-the-block, second cousins, and ersatz uncles who come for help, that last person she expects to see is Trish Gambini, a super-foxy hair colorist—and Mary’s high school rival.
Triumphs of Tenacity
by Yusra Mariyam
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Triumphs of Tenacity is an inspiring memoir by Yusra Mariyam, chronicling her remarkable journey from a young girl in Bangladesh to a UK graduate.
At seven, Yusra faced the daunting challenge of adapting to a new culture and language. Despite numerous setbacks, including academic failures and personal heartbreaks, she never lost sight of her dreams. Yusra’s transformation is profound. From a homemaker with no qualifications, raising six children, she emerged as a First-Class Honours graduate in International Business Management.
The Wife Upstairs
by Rachel Hawkins
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Meet Jane. Newly arrived to Birmingham, Alabama, Jane is a broke dog-walker in Thornfield Estates– – a gated community full of McMansions, shiny SUVs, and bored housewives. The kind of place where no one will notice if Jane lifts the discarded tchotchkes and jewelry off the side tables of her well-heeled clients. Where no one will think to ask if Jane is her real name.
But her luck changes when she meets Eddie Rochester. Recently widowed, Eddie is Thornfield Estates’ most mysterious resident. His wife, Bea, drowned in a boating accident with her best friend, their bodies lost to the deep. Jane can’t help but see an opportunity in Eddie – –not only is he rich, brooding, and handsome, he could also offer her the kind of protection she’s always yearned for.
God of War
by Jeff Rovin, Tom Clancy
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
The passengers and crew on an Airbus en route to Australia suddenly begin coughing up blood and hemorrhaging violently as the plane plunges to the ground. There are no survivors.
A luxury yacht in the South Indian Sea blows up, and a lone woman escapes the contagion that has inexplicably killed everyone else on the boat. A helicopter whose occupants have been stricken by an unknown illness crashes into a bridge in South Africa, killing motorists and pedestrians.
People of Darkness
by Tony Hillerman
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
The fourth novel in New York Times bestselling author Tony Hillerman’s highly acclaimed Leaphorn and Chee series.
A dying man is murdered. A rich man’s wife agrees to pay three thousand dollars for the return of a stolen box of rocks. A series of odd, inexplicable events is haunting Sergeant Jim Chee of the Navajo Tribal Police and drawing him alone into the Bad Country of the merciless Southwest, where everything good struggles to survive, including Chee. Because an assassin waits for him there, protecting a thirty-year-old vision that greed has sired and blood has nourished. And only one man will walk away…
Badlands
by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Kindle $7.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
In the New Mexico badlands, the skeleton of a woman is found—and the case is assigned to FBI Agent Corrie Swanson. The victim walked into the desert, shedding clothes as she went, and died in agony of heatstroke and thirst. Two rare artifacts are found clutched in her bony hands—lightning stones used by the ancient Chaco people to summon the gods.
Is it suicide or… sacrifice?
Sweet William
by James Leonard
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Here comes another western adventure of relentless action, obstacles and a touch of western romance
William Ellsworth was just nine when he watched his father die in the streets, and he swore he’d never meet the same fate. Years later, he finds honest work on the Holt ranch outside Haven’s Creek. Colonel Ephraim Holt, a retired Army officer, treats him like a son. And Annie Sutton, who runs the general shop, makes him believe there might be more to life than hard work and silence.
It seems that William’s past is just that, and his future is brighter than ever. But all of these lasted only a while…
Thunders over Idle Land
by R. F. Whong
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
A hero’s adventure… Two eras, one troubled land, two men bound by parallel existences across centuries.
Jason Guan, an assistant director dedicated to environmental conservation in pandemic-stricken Hong Kong, is worried about job-related pressures and petty quarrels threatening his marriage to Debra. Amidst the chaos, they discover an unpublished manuscript by Debra’s late father, a celebrated writer, about a wronged man in nineteenth-century China. While Jason grapples with corruption and lax regulations in wetland preservation, he is thrust into dangerous waters.
In 1834, systemic corruption cripples China and ruins lives. Two weeks before Wang Jun is to marry his beloved fiancée, he is thrown into a maximum-security prison on a remote island without a trial. His only ally? A kung fu master and medical doctor imprisoned because of a riddle linked to the buried treasure of the pirate chief, Cheng Po-Tsai.
The House of Lies
by Anita Waller
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Four friends. One betrayal. And a revenge that didn’t die with him. A chilling domestic thriller from the author of The Missing Ones.
Chris Harcourt is dying. At just fifty-one, cancer is claiming his life—but not before his wife Jess delivers a final, devastating blow. On the day of his death, Jess reveals the secret she’s been hiding for decades: she slept with each of his closest friends in cold, calculated revenge for his long-ago affair.
Now, the once-tight foursome is fractured beyond repair . . . and someone is making sure it stays that way.
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
The Toll House
by Carly Reagon
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
The past isn’t always dead and buried. A house with history. That’s how the estate agent described the old toll house on the edge of the town. For Kelda it’s the perfect rural home for her young son Dylan after a difficult few years.
But when Kelda finds a death mask concealed behind one of the walls, everything changes. Inexplicable things happen in the house, Kelda cannot shake the feeling of being watched and Dylan is plagued by nightmares, convinced he can see figures in his room…
Blood Perfect
by T.L. Bequette
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
“5/5 Stars. A fantastic read for fans of courtroom drama, light detective work, and endings with a twist…that will keep you interested from cover to cover.” –San Francisco Book Reviews
A young Joe Turner returns to defend Allston Walker, a man charged with the bloody attempted murder of a racist caretaker in this gripping courtroom thriller. Images of the vicious crime have Joe flashing back to a life-altering crime he witnessed as a child while he hurdles headlong into a steamy romance.
In the tension-filled trial, the victim, a transplanted southerner, charms the jury and remains steadfast in his identification of Walker. Snarky Joe and his investigator, an aging hippie who speaks in movie lines, wrangle with slippery police officers and an obnoxious, preening prosecutor.
No One Saw Her Go
by Sally Royer-Derr
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
A summer camp in rural Pennsylvania harbors decades of deadly secrets…
When criminology student Zoey Montgomery takes a summer job as a camp counselor at Camp Medley, she has one goal: to discover what happened to her aunt Heather, who vanished from the camp over thirty years earlier. But what begins as a quest for closure quickly spirals into something far more sinister…
It’s not long until Zoey notices disturbing patterns in the camp’s history. She hears rumors of more missing girls, and strange accidents occur that leave her shaken and afraid. Is she imagining the sinister whispers from the woods, or has she made a deadly mistake? What happened to Heather, and is Zoey next?
Untamed
by Nora Roberts
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
A carefree performer finds her heart drawn to a man unused to being in the spotlight in life and love in Untamed by #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts.
Lawyer Keane Prescott goes from courtroom to center ring when he inherits his late father’s family business—a circus. Working with acrobats and clowns hold no appeal for him, but his curiosity about animal acts is piqued after meeting lion tamer Jovilette Wilder. As bold and unpredictable a force of nature as the big cats she trains, Jo is wary her new boss intends to cage her passion. But to her surprise, Keane is more than willing to join Jo for a walk on the wild side.
New Orleans Library of Last Secrets Complete Collection
by Jacie Middlemann
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
A library filled with hidden answers and long-forgotten secrets, an unexpected visitor with secrets of his own, and danger lurking around almost every corner.
Tobias Blaise never expected to find a woman that he wanted to spend his life with, let alone one who looked at him the way Ellis did. He knew that by allowing her to be anywhere near him made her vulnerable to the constantly-looming danger that surrounded him…but he couldn’t let her go…
The Magnolia Palace
by Fiona Davis
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue, returns with a tantalizing novel about the secrets, betrayal, and murder within one of New York City’s most impressive Gilded Age mansions.
Eight months since losing her mother in the Spanish flu outbreak of 1919, twenty-one-year-old Lillian Carter’s life has completely fallen apart. For the past six years, under the moniker Angelica, Lillian was one of the most sought-after artists’ models in New York City, with statues based on her figure gracing landmarks from the Plaza Hotel to the Brooklyn Bridge. But with her mother gone, a grieving Lillian is rudderless and desperate—the work has dried up and a looming scandal has left her entirely without a safe haven..
Youngblood
by DT Sann
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Meet Toryn Youngblood, a 12-year-old girl who has never known life beyond Alaska’s rugged wilderness. Raised in seclusion by her uncle on the outskirts of Anchorage, Toryn’s world revolves around hunting and survival.
Everything changes when she steps into a classroom for the first time.
As a seemingly normal girl, she is introduced to society…making friends and attending routine events…until the question of her origin arises.
The Longmire Defense
by Craig Johnson
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
Sheriff Walt Longmire uncovers a cold case that hits very close to home and forces him to put his life on the line with implications that some people would kill to keep buried forever
Sheriff Walt Longmire and Dog are called on a routine search and rescue to Wyoming’s Bighorn Mountains, where Walt finds himself on a rock outcropping remembering when his father told him about the first time he saw a man die. In the late forties, Bill Sutherland was shot but the investigation was stymied because no member of the elk camp—where he was found—was carrying the caliber rifle that killed the state accountant. When Dog discovers the missing weapon, the sheriff of Absaroka County is plunged headfirst into a cold case…
The Locked Ward
by Sarah Pekkanen
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A shocking psychological thriller about the complex bonds of sisterhood―and what happens when they are stretched to the breaking point, The Locked Ward “will leave you guessing until the very end” (Jeneva Rose, bestselling author of The Perfect Marriage).
Some doors should never be opened. Was it bitter, all-consuming jealousy? Pathological sibling rivalry? Pure insanity?
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
Collard Greens and Catfishing
by Kelsey Browning, Nancy Naigle
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Southern matriarch Lillian Summer Fairview is settling right nice into prison, until Big Martha, the toughest broad on the cellblock, comes asking for a favor. Her niece has fallen for a guy she met online, and Martha’s convinced Mr. Too-Good-To-Be-True is up to no good. All Lil’s friends have to do is investigate the guy and report back.
Already tied up with a cantankerous septic system on Lil’s family estate, the grannies don’t have time for detective work. If Summer Haven isn’t in shipshape before the historic society’s inspection, they’ll be in deep you-know-what…
Bright Eternity
by Daniel Zeigler
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Imagine a new technology that can cheat death—for a price. How much would you pay for eternity?
The NewEden startup claims its scientific breakthroughs will add decades to your life. They’re even shooting for the biggest prize of them all—redesigning the human species to conquer death forever. Clients are ecstatic about NewEden, but their families are worried. Is all the hype hiding a darker agenda?
That’s when gutsy photojournalist Carmen Norrell decides to infiltrate the program and uncover its secrets. Who is she to trust—NewEden or its critics? Carmen has never backed down from a challenge, but her gut tells her that behind NewEden’s charismatic leadership there may be lurking a danger like none she’s faced before.
Wealth of Secrets
by Stacy Angell Curtis
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
In the wake of her parents’ sudden deaths, Brynnan’s reality is spinning out of control. Unexplained threats are dredging up old fears–and fueling new anxiety about her safety.
Determined to help, Brynnan’s billionaire uncle rushes to her side, along with his newly hired head-of-security—former special forces operative, Jack McKerrick. Jack is tasked with ensuring Brynnan’s safety, but when he realizes she’s being targeted, Jack learns about Brynnan’s painful past, and starts to suspect she’s in more danger than she realizes.
Beast
by Matt Wesolowski
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Elusive online journalist Scott King examines the chilling case of a young vlogger found frozen to death in the legendary local ‘vampire tower’, in another explosive episode of Six Stories…
Winner of the Capital Crime Award for Best Independent Voice
A frozen girl
A haunted town
A deadly challenge
Six Stories
The Run
by Stuart Woods
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
A respected senator from Georgia, Will Lee has loftier aspirations. But a cruel stroke of fate thrusts him onto the national stage unexpectedly, and long before he’s ready for a national campaign.
The road to the White House will be more treacherous—and deadly—than Will can imagine. A courageous and principled man thrust into the spotlight, he suddenly finds himself the target of clandestine enemies who will use all their money and influence to stop him . . . dead.
The Undead Pool
by Kim Harrison
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Supernatural superhero Rachel Morgan must counter a strange magic that could spell civil war for the Hollows in this sexy and bewitching urban fantasy adventure in acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison’s Hollows series.
Witch and day-walking demon Rachel Morgan has managed to save the demonic ever after from shrinking, but at a high cost. Now, strange magic is attacking Cincinnati and the Hollows, causing spells to backfire or go horribly wrong, and the truce between the races, between Inderlander and human, is shattering. Rachel must stop this dark necromancy before the undead vampire masters who keep the rest of the undead under control are lost and all-out supernatural war breaks out.
The Last Days of Kira Mullan
by Nicci French
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
From international bestselling master of suspense Nicci French comes a chilling new psychological thriller about a woman determined to get justice for a murder no one else believes happened.
Nancy North is ready to put her life back together. After suffering a psychotic break that ruined friendships, stalled her fledgling restaurant, and forced her to move out of her comfortable flat, she’ll do anything to get back to normal. She and her partner Felix—who has been a saint through her recent troubles—move into a new flat for a fresh start.
Eye of the Beholder
by Lowell Cauffiel
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Battle Creek, Michigan, is famous as the birthplace of breakfast cereal, and the nearby suburb of Marshall is as wholesome as shredded wheat. Well-known for its colorful Victorian mansions, this stately slice of nineteenth-century Americana became infamous on a frigid night in February of 1991. Newscaster Diane Newton King was stepping out of her car, her children strapped into the backseat, when a sniper’s bullet cut her down. The police assumed that the killer was her stalker—a crazed fan who had been terrorizing King for weeks. But as their investigation ground to a standstill, the police turned to another suspect—one much closer to home.
The Last Time We Met
by Trisha Ridinger McKee
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
As a member of the richest family in town, Willow understands the importance of reputation. Her stern grandmother has taught her that family secrets are to be buried, and as the most popular girl in school, Willow follows that lesson with a smile covering up the darkness.
But when Walden, the new guy from the wrong side of town comes to her school, Willow finds her image slipping and the secrets of her homelife in danger of being exposed. As a scandal tears the couple apart and throws Willow into a new, unfamiliar life, she must choose between saving Walden’s future or risking it all for love.
We Are All Guilty Here
by Karin Slaughter
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Until the night of the fireworks. When two teenage girls vanish, and the town ignites. For Officer Emmy Clifton, it’s personal. She turned away when her best friend’s daughter needed help – and now she must bring her home.
But as Emmy combs through the puzzle the girls left behind, she realizes she never really knew them. Nobody did.
Every teenage girl has secrets. But who would kill for them? And what else is the town hiding?