Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
Oyster Bay Boogaloo
by Eric Wilder
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
The tides of January are rising, and on Oyster Island, the spirits always collect their debts
On a stormy Gulf island where rum-driven dreams and ancient magic collide, two hard-drinking former soldiers and a half-drowned oceanographer must choose whether to burn a singing reef that spits out bones and prophecies, or let the Horned Serpent rising beneath it swallow everyone they love before the January tides reach their peak.
Oyster Island, a forgotten speck off the Louisiana coast, has always belonged more to the Gulf than to any map. Alex Pavlovic, a former Russian army officer, is just days away from firing up the resurrected Baptiste distillery when a freak storm washes a woman ashore, along with a warning written in a mirage in the sky: Beware the tides of January that carry both good and evil. You must choose, and the wrong choice leads to a horrible death.
Take it to the Limit
by Linda Opdyke
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
When Nashville P.I.s Ethan and Mickey Jenks discover a body in the abandoned building she’s been lured to, they realize too late it was a trap—with Mickey the intended second victim.
Shaken but relentless, they track down elusive witness Markie Brenner, a frightened woman whose evasive story suggests she knows more than she’s saying. When a microSD arrives—mailed anonymously to Mickey—Markie’s account of the murder unravels.
The MicroSD images change everything.
Silence for the Dead
by Simone St. James
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
“Portis House emerged from the fog as we approached, showing itself slowly as a long, low shadow….”
In 1919, Kitty Weekes, pretty, resourceful, and on the run, falsifies her background to obtain a nursing position at Portis House, a remote hospital for soldiers left shell-shocked by the horrors of the Great War. Hiding the shame of their mental instability in what was once a magnificent private estate, the patients suffer from nervous attacks and tormenting dreams. But something more is going on at Portis House—its plaster is crumbling, its plumbing makes eerie noises, and strange breaths of cold waft through the empty rooms. It’s known that the former occupants left abruptly, but where did they go? And why do the patients all seem to share the same nightmare, one so horrific that they dare not speak of it?
I Can’t Hear You
by Vikki Kestell
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
TWO SCENES, TWO WOMEN, two separate deaths, yet neither death suspicious in and of itself. What confounds Detective Richard Hawke and his partner Dov Mayer is the blood left at both scenes . . . blood that does not belong to either of the deceased.
The mystery surrounding the two deaths and the inexplicable “blood ritual” found with both bodies grows when Grace Warner, a local physician and psychiatrist specializing in hearing disorders, receives a scrawled note and brings it to the homicide detectives: I dint meen to skare her.
Was the note written by a juvenile or by an adult with a patchy education?
Old Colony
by John Walker
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Otis Hale signed up for one last job.
He knew the mission was one-way: a colony expedition to a world at the edge of human space, where older settlers would build a foothold the young could one day inherit.
At first, it looks like exactly what they were promised: harsh terrain, failing systems, and too much work for too few hands.
Then the world starts breaking the rules.
The Competition
by Marcia Clark
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
A Columbine-style shooting at a high school in the San Fernando Valley has left a community shaken to its core. Two students are identified as the killers. Both are dead, believed to have committed a mutual suicide.
In the aftermath of the shooting, LA Special Trials prosecutor Rachel Knight teams up with her best girlfriend, LAPD detective Bailey Keller. As Rachel and Bailey interview students at the high school, they realize that the facts don’t add up. Could it be that the students suspected of being the shooters are actually victims? And if so, does that mean that the real killers are still on the loose?
The Millionaires
by Brad Meltzer
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Two brothers who are desperately chasing success get more than they bargained for in this suspenseful cat-and-mouse thriller of wealth, crime, and social climbing. Two brothers. Three secret service agents. And millions for the taking. Charlie and Oliver Caruso are brothers who work at Greene and Greene, a private bank so exclusive there’s a $2 million minimum to be a client. But when the door of success slams in their faces, the brothers are presented with an offer they can’t refuse: $3 million in an abandoned account that can’t be traced. It’s the perfect victimless crime. Charlie and Oliver opt to take the money, but get much more than they bargained for.
Fallout
by Lisa Phillips
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
BIG CITY CRIME. SMALL TOWN HEROES.
A second chance. Destiny Reed went to Africa hoping to make a difference, but when a dangerous group kidnapped her and another woman, her life took a dark turn. Recovery has her working as the executive assistant at Vanguard under the watchful eye of the team who rescued her. She might be willing to help the company that saved her, but if she lets go, the people she has at arms’ length will discover her dark secret.
A fight for the future. Detective Jasper Hollingsworth compartmentalizes his life out of necessity. After all, his personal life could tear apart the professional world he’s built. He loves his job as a cop, but one wrong move will bring it all crashing down. While the police department hunts a deadly kingpin, Jasper grapples with his own history and his place in a world that bleeds blue.
Tornadoes: Be Informed – Be Safe
by Joe Eagleman
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Are you prepared for nature’s most unpredictable and destructive storms? Tornadoes: Be Informed, Be Safe is your ultimate guide to understanding and surviving one of the most awe-inspiring forces on Earth.
This comprehensive book breaks down complex meteorological science into easy-to-grasp concepts, empowering readers with the knowledge they need to stay safe during a tornado. Whether you’re a weather enthusiast, a teacher looking for reliable resources, or simply someone wanting to protect your family, this book is packed with insights and practical advice tailored for everyone.
Friday’s Mystery eBooks
Look Alive Twenty-Five
by Janet Evanovich
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Stephanie Plum faces the toughest puzzle of her career in the twenty-fifth entry in Janet Evanovich’s #1 New York Times-bestselling series.
There’s nothing like a good deli, and the Red River Deli in Trenton is one of the best. World-famous for its pastrami, cole slaw, and for its disappearing managers. Over the last month, three have vanished from the face of the earth, and the only clue in each case is one shoe that’s been left behind. The police are baffled. Lula is convinced that it’s a case of alien abduction. Whatever it is, they’d better figure out what’s going on before they lose their new manager, Ms. Stephanie Plum.
The Gutenberg Heist
by K. R. Eckert
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
Q. A. Caine is a legendary thief. All he wants is the most valuable book in the world.
Clark Ashton is a billionaire and a killer. He has the most valuable book in the world.
When Caine and his gang of pickpockets, getaway drivers, flimflam men, tech experts, and even a fortune teller, travel to Manhattan one dark night, he and Ashton will finally meet face to face. When daylight comes, one of them will have a Gutenberg Bible worth $40 Million. The other may pay for it with his life.
The Finest Edge of Twilight
by R.A. Salvatore
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
My name is not “Drizzt’s daughter.”
Breezy Do’Urden is more than just the heir of legendary heroes. For the past decade, she has dedicated herself to the study of combat, magic, and more recently, to the elusive Way of Shadow, honing her body and mind into a keen and singular weapon. But even after years of effort, her parents, Drizzt and Cattie-brie, struggle to see Breezy as more than just their little girl. Determined to prove them wrong, Breezy takes on the most intense challenge she can: to fight her way to becoming a Master of Dragons at the renowned Monastery of the Yellow Rose.
The First Counsel
by Brad Meltzer
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
White House lawyer Michael Garrick has a relatively anonymous position at a very public address. That is, until he starts dating Nora Harston (secret service code name: Shadow), the sexy and dangerously irresistible daughter of the President. But the confident young attorney thinks he can handle the pressure. Until, out on a date, Nora and Michael see something they shouldn’t. To protect her, he admits to something he shouldn’t. And when a body is discovered and Michael is the suspected killer, he finds himself on the run. Now, in a world where power is an aphrodisiac and close friends carry guns and are under strict orders to risk their lives, Michael must find a way to prove his innocence.
Disappearance at Devil’s Rock
by Paul Tremblay
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Late one summer night, Elizabeth Sanderson receives the devastating news that every mother fears: her thirteen-year-old son, Tommy, has vanished without a trace in the woods of a local park.
The search isn’t yielding any answers, and Elizabeth and her young daughter, Kate, struggle to comprehend Tommy’s disappearance. Feeling helpless and alone, their sorrow is compounded by anger and frustration: the local and state police have uncovered no leads.
Tough Justice 3: Burned
by Carol Ericson
Kindle $0.50 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Taking down the head of the Moretti crime syndicate was Special Agent Lara Grant’s biggest coup, but she paid a heavy price to make the bust. She’ll do anything to keep him—and her secrets—behind bars.
But Lara knows he’s playing the FBI like a maestro even from jail. So when her boss’s daughter is kidnapped, it’s personal… and not just for Lara.
With the team at breaking point, it’s up to Lara to keep everyone focused. Until a chilling photo is delivered to her home address. Moretti knows where she lives. And he knows what she’s hiding…
Mudbound
by Hillary Jordan
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Now a major motion picture from Netflix, directed by Dee Rees, nominated in four categories for the Academy Awards.
In Jordan’s prize-winning debut, prejudice takes many forms, both subtle and brutal. It is 1946, and city-bred Laura McAllan is trying to raise her children on her husband’s Mississippi Delta farm—a place she finds foreign and frightening. In the midst of the family’s struggles, two young men return from the war to work the land. Jamie McAllan, Laura’s brother-in-law, is everything her husband is not—charming, handsome, and haunted by his memories of combat. Ronsel Jackson, eldest son of the black sharecroppers who live on the McAllan farm, has come home with the shine of a war hero.
Hot Lights, Cold Steel
by Michael J. Collins MD
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Michael Collins’ account of his four-year surgical residency at the famed Mayo Clinic traces his rise from an eager but clueless first-year resident navigating chaos and feelings of inadequacy to accomplished Chief Resident in his final year.
With unparalleled humor, he recounts the disparity between people’s perceptions of a doctor’s glamorous life and the real thing: a succession of rundown cars towed to the junk yard, long weekends moonlighting at rural hospitals, a family that grows larger every year, and a laughable income…