Monday’s Mystery eBooks
Murder, She Wrote: Gin and Daggers
by Jessica Fletcher, Donald Bain
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Secrets, suspense, and unexpected alliances…
Jessica Fletcher is off to London to deliver the keynote address at a mystery writers convention. She’s also looking forward to seeing her mentor, Marjorie Ainsworth, who’s hosting a party on her estate to celebrate her latest book. But a routine business trip becomes murderous business—when Jessica discovers Marjorie stabbed to death in her own bedroom…
Beneath the Stairs
by Jennifer Fawcett
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
In this spine-tingling, atmospheric “nail-biter of a novel” (Shelf Awareness), a woman returns to her hometown after her childhood friend attempts suicide at an alleged haunted house—the same place where a traumatic incident shattered their lives twenty years ago.
Few in sleepy Sumner’s Mills have stumbled across the Octagon House hidden deep in the woods. Even fewer are brave enough to trespass. A man had killed his wife and two young daughters there, a shocking, gruesome crime that the sleepy upstate New York town tried to bury. One summer night, an emboldened fourteen-year-old Clare and her best friend, Abby, ventured into the Octagon House. Clare came out, but a piece of Abby never did.
Three Days Clueless
by Luana Ehrlich
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Mylas Grey is determined to find the person who shot a politician in broad daylight. There’s just one problem. The killer left no clues behind. Zip. Zilch. Nada.
Mylas gets involved in an intriguing case of MURDER . . . When Mylas arrives in his hometown to spend time with Whitney, he agrees to help his father, a local private detective, examine the files of a politician who was murdered in cold blood.
Mylas gets involved in an intriguing case of murder with NO CLUES . . . The wife of the slain politician believes her husband’s murder is connected to his duties as a state legislator, but the police find no clues to his murder and no evidence to support her claim.
EON
by Earl E. Hardman
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
In the far future, mankind lives safe and secure behind the Chronos Ring – an automatic defense system that encircles the area of space occupied by human beings. The Ring keeps out all of humanity’s enemies – in particular, a vicious race of reptilians known as the Parsnaak.
On the outer fringe of human-occupied space is the planet Muse, an entire world dedicated and established as a colossal museum – a storehouse of antiquities and relics from the ancient histories of both men and aliens. There, Ian Lotus, a man with his own mysterious past, has chosen to live in deliberate obscurity, harboring secrets that could reshape mankind’s destiny…
A Hope Most Frail
by Jimmy Gear
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Officer Audrey Baker’s life changed forever when her sister, Caitlyn disappeared. As a result, she became a policewoman in order to protect others and to try and keep the same tragedy happening to them. Now she must juggle her career with an ailing father and a relationship with the semi-famous author Ryan Darrow that’s still a bit up in the air.
Not much happens in Griffith Falls, Washington, an idyllic mountain town known for its tourism. But Doug Jennings has come to town with a different ambition than sightseeing: he has followed his ex-girlfriend and her baby daughter here, and he won’t stop until he gets them back, regardless of who tries to stand in the way.
Someone in the Water
by Sarah Clarke
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
A gripping new destination thriller, perfect for fans of Lucy Clarke, TM Logan and Catherine Cooper.
My only child Lola is turning eighteen soon, but I won’t be with her. For two weeks every year, I hide myself away while I endure the nightmares that haunt me around her birthday.
Because she can never know the truth – that I am plagued by terrible visions from the summer I spent in Corsica when I was eighteen. It ended in tragedy, and I have never forgiven myself for the part I played.
Dusty Trails Of The Old West Anthology
by G.C. STEVENS
Kindle $4.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
The American Wild West was and still is, a land of endless horizons and untamed spirits. In the early days, it was a crucible of adventure, lawlessness, and legend. Dusty Trails books delves into the heart of that rugged era, weaving together four gripping tales that capture the essence of a time when outlaws, gunslingers, and frontier justice shaped the landscape. From daring robberies to mysterious deaths, these stories illuminate the complex tapestry of the West, where fame and infamy walked hand in hand. Our journey begins in Adair, Iowa, on July 21, 1873, where Jesse James and his gang executed one of the most audacious train robberies in history…
The Early Works of Agatha Christie
by Agatha Christie
Kindle $0.09 Rating: 4.2 #ad
Discover the origins of the world’s best-loved crime writer in The Early Works of Agatha Christie, a compelling collection that showcases the novels that ignited a literary revolution. This volume brings together five foundational classics:
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
The Secret Adversary
The Murder on the Links
The Man in the Brown Suit
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
SIDELINES
by Multiple Authors
Kindle $0.09 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Chet and Tom Ballard are living every fan’s dream, getting paid to attend the Chicago Bears weekend games. It wasn’t planned. It wasn’t by design. It was the brainchild of their Uncle Fran who set a young 14-year-old Chet up with a job with Andy Frain, the iconic Chicago-based valet/security/concierge company, who was subcontracted to the Bears organization to keep the stadium moving consistently and efficiently. Within a few years, Chet brought along his brother Tom for the adventure of a lifetime as they carved niche positions for themselves, making the Ballard brothers an institution within the institution. There were no others like them…and no one could replace them.
Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
Dirty Thirty
by Janet Evanovich
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Janet Evanovich, the “most popular mystery writer alive” (The New York Times), is in top form as she sends Stephanie Plum on the trail of a stolen stash of dirty diamonds in this instant #1 New York Times bestseller.
Stephanie Plum, Trenton’s hardest working, most underappreciated bounty hunter, is offered an assignment that seems simple enough. Local jeweler Martin Rabner wants her to locate his former security guard, Andy Manley (a.k.a. Nutsy), who he is convinced stole a fortune in diamonds from his safe. Stephanie is also looking for another troubled man, Duncan Dugan, a fugitive from justice arrested for robbing the same jewelry store on the same day.
The Third Grave
by Lisa Jackson
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
The old Beaumont mansion is a rotting shell of its once-grand self, especially after a disastrous hurricane sweeps through Georgia. The storm does more than dislodge shutters and shingles. It leads to a grisly find in the cellar. Three graves. But only two skeletons…
For Nikki, the discovery is a gift, the perfect subject for her next crime book—though Reed has made her promise not to keep involving herself in dangerous police business. But despite the increasing tension between them, Nikki can’t stay away from this story…
The Phantasm Prism
by Melissa Jacobson
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Meet Mary Catherine “Mick” Kelly – Death Mage, Pinkerton Operative, and the last person you want on your trail.
As a field agent for the shadowy Bureau of Magical Investigation, Mick rides the energy of the dying to fuel her deadly magic. Every soul she Gleans brings her closer to power but further from peace.
In the summer of 1869, the Santa Fe Trail runs red with blood. Wagon trains are left in carnage, their passengers either slaughtered or driven mad by unseen forces. The Bureau suspects magical outlaws, but something darker stalks the Kansas plains…
Bully
by Jim Schutze
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Bully is a riveting, harrowing account of adolescent rage and bloody revenge—a true crime story from 1993 that inspired the 2001 feature film.
Bobby Kent was a bully—a steroid-pumped 20-year-old who dominated his peers in their comfortable, middle-class Ft. Lauderdale beach community through psychological, physical, and sexual abuse. But on a summer night in 1993, Bobby was lured to the edge of the Florida everglades with a promise of sex and drugs … and was never seen alive again…
The Truth About Melody Browne
by Lisa Jewell
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
When she was a child, Melody Browne’s house burned down, destroying all her family’s possessions and her memories. Ever since this tragic event, Melody has had no recollection of her life before she was rescued from the flames.
Now in her early thirties, Melody is a single mother, living in the middle of London with her teenaged son. She hasn’t seen her parents since she left home at fifteen, but she has no desire to reconnect until one night, while attending a hypnotist show with a date, she faints. When she comes around, she is suddenly overwhelmed with fragmented memories of her life before that fateful fire.
So Drunk A Tooth’s Gotta Go
by Joy Alicia
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
So Drunk A Tooth’s Gotta Go is a laugh-out-loud, no-holds-barred collection of essays that turns life’s messiest moments into empowering, relatable, and wildly entertaining stories.
Stand-up comic Joy Alicia brings her signature wit and 15+ years of online dating escapades—plus thousands of candid convos with rideshare passengers—to this raw, real guide for women navigating dating, identity, and adulthood in a chaotic world.
This isn’t your typical self-help book. It’s a bold, honest invitation to laugh through the heartbreak, ghosting, body image issues, toxic friendships, career flops, and all the awkward first dates in between.
Moonshine
by J.P. McCollum
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Hale has known about his family curse since he was six, but he never really believed it— until his dad died four years ago, right on time. At sixteen he has a lot on his plate: asthma attacks, a wrung-out mom, her abusive boyfriend and boss, high school, and questions about his own mortality. At times he feels like he is suffocating, until he meets a blind girl with a special gift whose presence seems to improve his mood…and his breathing. Together they try to untangle the mystery of their heritage, but they soon discover the future might be as deadly as the past.
Fatal Endings
by Anita Waller
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Nobody is safe…
When the murdered body of a woman is found in a Sheffield carpark, former cop turned private investigator Matt Forrester finds himself embroiled in the case, because the last call the victim made was to him…
But the case isn’t as simple as the drug theft it looks like, and – when a young boy becomes the next victim – Matt and his life partner, DI Karen Nelson, realise they’re investigating a terrifying series of revenge killings…
Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
Wish You Were Here
by Rita Mae Brown
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Curiosity just might be the death of Mrs. Murphy–and her human companion, Mary Minor “Harry” Haristeen. Small towns are like families: Everyone lives very close together. . .and everyone keeps secrets. Crozet, Virginia, is a typical small town-until its secrets explode into murder. Crozet’s thirty-something post-mistress, Mary Minor “Harry” Haristeen, has a tiger cat (Mrs. Murphy) and a Welsh Corgi (Tucker), a pending divorce, and a bad habit of reading postcards not addressed to her. When Crozet’s citizens start turning up murdered, Harry remembers that each received a card with a tombstone on the front and the message “Wish you were here” on the back…
The Recovery Agent
by Janet Evanovich
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Lost something? Gabriela Rose knows how to get it back. As a recovery agent, she’s hired by individuals and companies seeking lost treasures, stolen heirlooms, or missing assets. She’s reliable, cool under pressure, and well trained in weapons of all types. But Gabriela’s latest job isn’t for some bamboozled billionaire, it’s for her own family, whose home is going to be wiped off the map if they can’t come up with a lot of money fast.
Inspired by an old family legend, Gabriela sets off for the jungles of Peru in pursuit of the Ring of Solomon and the lost treasure of Lima. But this job comes with a huge problem attached to it—Gabriela’s ex-husband, Rafer.
The Secrets Next Door
by Sally Royer-Derr
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
What does she know? On a leafy, suburban street, curtains are subtly twitched to watch the new neighbor moving in.
Anne gets exactly the welcome to the neighborhood she expects: a basket of homemade cupcakes delivered by the woman next door and her best friend. One wears a curious smile while the other studies her every move. When Talia and Tabitha leave, Anne throws the treats in the trash.
She knows what to expect from the new neighbors. Talia with her perfect husband and pale-peach sweater sets, and Tabitha who reigns as queen in the close-knit community. That’s why she chose this house…
Days of Rage
by Brad Taylor
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Pike Logan and the Taskforce are used to being the hunters. But in this explosive “thriller that really thrills” (Publishers Weekly) from New York Times bestselling author Brad Taylor, they are the hunted…
Intent on embroiling the US in a quagmire that will sap its economy and drain its legitimacy, Russia passes a potential weapon of mass destruction to Boko Haram, an extreme Islamic sect in Nigeria. The Russian FSB believes the weapon, a relic of the Cold War, has deteriorated and is no longer effective, but they are wrong. Boko Haram has the means for mass destruction, which will be set loose upon a multitude of unsuspecting innocents on one of the world’s grandest stages…
ESKAONUS: BATTLE FOR THE HEART
by Charles Earl Harrel
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Jesse Walt and his colleagues completed their outreach mission at Camayah and portaled back to Eskaonus for a few days rest before returning to heaven. After their arrival, perplexing situations develop. First, the local fishing fleet goes missing. Next, miners report mysterious lights flickering in the Hallet Sea. The following day, while exploring the ancient ruins on Onnie Passage, Lundy unearths an unusual black stone engraved with the word TREOW.
Then, reports emerge that the sinister Lord Eddnok has survived the Lost Forest and intends to seek his revenge against Lady Saephira and the western realms. Subsequent events will determine their fate, culminating in a battle for the heart and soul of the Eskaonite people.
Holding the Dream
by Nora Roberts
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Surrounded by the sweeping cliffs and beauty of Big Sur, Kate Powell treasured both her life at Templeton House and the family who raised her like one of their own. Although Kate lacked Margo’s beauty and Laura’s elegance, she knew she had something they would never possess – a shrewd head for business.
Driven by ambition, Kate measured her life’s success with each soaring promotion. But now faced with professional impropriety, Kate is forced to look deep within herself – only to find something missing in her life…and in her heart.
The Hunting Wives
by May Cobb
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 3.8 #ad
Sophie O’Neill left behind an envy-inspiring career and the stressful, competitive life of big-city Chicago to settle down with her husband and young son in a small Texas town. It seems like the perfect life with a beautiful home in an idyllic rural community. But Sophie soon realizes that life is now too quiet, and she’s feeling bored and restless.
Then she meets Margot Banks, an alluring socialite who is part of an elite clique secretly known as the Hunting Wives. Sophie finds herself completely drawn to Margot and swept into her mysterious world of late-night target practice and dangerous partying.
Between Sisters
by Kristin Hannah
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
“[Kristin] Hannah [brings] snap and a lot of warmth to a familiar lesson: that contentment comes from accepting each other’s flaws.” – People
Years ago, Meghann Dontess made a terrible choice that cost her everything, including the love of her sister, Claire. Now, Meghann is a highly successful attorney who doesn’t believe in intimacy—until she meets the one man who can change her mind. Claire Cavenaugh has fallen in love for the first time in her life. As her wedding day approaches, she prepares to face her strong-willed older sister. Reunited after more than two decades apart, these two women who believe they have nothing in common will try to become what they never were: a family.
Runaway Dragon Mates Boxed Set
by Serena Meadows
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Six runaway brides. Six possessive dragon shifters.One blazing-hot series you won’t forget.
They were promised forever… but fate had other plans – dangerous, fated, and covered in dragon fire.
Each bride flees heartbreak, betrayal, or danger – only to crash straight into the arms of a powerful alpha dragon who would die to protect her. But the past doesn’t let go so easily. Obsessed exes, deadly secrets, forbidden bonds, and scorching desire all collide in this steamy collection of dragon shifter romances.
Eternal
by Lisa Scottoline
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
What war destroys, only love can heal.
Elisabetta, Marco, and Sandro grow up as the best of friends despite their differences. Elisabetta is a feisty beauty who dreams of becoming a novelist; Marco the brash and athletic son in a family of professional cyclists; and Sandro a Jewish mathematics prodigy, kind-hearted and thoughtful, the son of a lawyer and a doctor. Their friendship blossoms to love, with both Sandro and Marco hoping to win Elisabetta’s heart. But in the autumn of 1937, all of that begins to change as Mussolini asserts his power, aligning Italy’s Fascists with Hitler’s Nazis and altering the very laws that govern Rome. In time, everything that the three hold dear–their families, their homes, and their connection to one another–is tested in ways they never could have imagined.
The Summer We Fell in Love
by Trisha Ridinger McKee
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He reached for her hand, never quite making contact. “But beneath all the mess, it’s a love story.”
One phone call, one softly spoken nickname, takes Poppy back twenty-four years when she was an eighteen-year-old finding her own way.
With an old camper and plans for a better future than living with an alcoholic, bitter mother, Poppy sells her jewelry by the side of the road. Those plans are tossed upside-down when she meets Silas, a charming, carefree guy who only has his sights on the moment, not the future. Together, they face their first summer as adults, and Poppy has to decide whether she wants to follow her dreams… or her heart.
Friday’s Mystery eBooks
Wedding to Die For
by Jovie Grace
Kindle $4.99 Rating: Brand New Release #ad
She left him at the altar. Now he’s the one who holds all the cards. Can solving a mystery together serve up a second chance at love?
Three years ago, Bea Hazelwood jilted humble cowboy Griff Jameson to please her well-to-do family. Now she’s broke and applying for a job at the inn he owns.
Griff doesn’t need Bea stirring up old feelings while he’s trying to track a deadly gang of train robbers. Secrecy is key to serving as an undercover detective…
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…
Bullets in the Briar
by Kimber Silver
Kindle $5.99 Rating: 4.9 #ad
The discovery of a mutilated body on remote farmland is only the start of Sheriff Lincoln James’ latest investigation. A mysterious religious sect and an intimidating biker gang add fuel to the fire. Within the sheriff’s circle of friends is someone with a hidden connection – If only she’d be willing to step forward…
To add to his problems, Lincoln has a fiercely contested election to win if he’s going to continue as sheriff. His opponent is a smooth out-of-towner who is making friends among the local people, so it’s going to be a fight.
Autopsy
by Patricia Cornwell
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
In this relaunch of the electrifying, landmark #1 bestselling thriller series, chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta hunts those responsible for two wildly divergent and chilling murders.
Forensic pathologist Dr. Kay Scarpetta has come almost full circle, returning to Virginia, the state where she launched her storied career, as the chief medical examiner. Finding herself the new girl in town once again after being away for many years, she’s inherited both an overbearing secretary and a legacy of neglect and potential corruption.
The Crimson Maple
by C.R. Eaton
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
At the heart of the forest lies a dark secret…
Kelvin Forest provides a place of serenity for historian Hugo and his friend Den, a strange-looking boy with superhuman strength. Hugo spends his days studying ancient texts in the nearby town of Harten while Den keeps busy doing what boys do in a place where people won’t make fun of him.
Their peace is interrupted when a bounty hunter named Grill stops by and inquires about a wanted man believed to be in the area. At about the same time, pets start disappearing from town, and they agree to team up to investigate the forest.
Maisie Dobbs Bundle #3
by Jacqueline Winspear
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
The Mapping of Love: In this riveting mystery from New York Times bestselling author Jacqueline Winspear, Maisie Dobbs is hired to unravel a case of wartime love and death, an investigation that leads her to a doomed affair between a young cartographer and a mysterious nurse.
Death and A Lesson in Secrets: Private investigator Maisie Dobbs receives her first assignment from the British Secret Service in A Lesson in Secrets, the eighth book in Jacqueline Winspear’s award-winning mystery series. Sent to pose as a junior lecturer at a private college in Cambridge, she will monitor any activities “not in the interests of His Majesty’s government..
No Regrets
by Ann Rule
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
A ship’s pilot legendary for guiding giant freighters through the narrows of Puget Sound, Rolf Neslund was a proud Norwegian, a ladies’ man, and a beloved resident of Washington’s idyllic Lopez Island. Virtually indestructible even in his golden years, he made shocking headlines when he inexplicably disappeared at eighty. Had he committed suicide, or had he run off with a lifelong love? Or did a trail of gruesome evidence lead to the home Rolf shared with his wife, Ruth? On an island where everyone thought they knew their neighbors, the veneer of their marriage masked a convoluted case that took many years to solve.
The Blue Nowhere
by Jeffery Deaver
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
His code name is Phate—and he infiltrates victims’ digital lives with surgical precision and lures them to their deaths—making technology itself the weapon.
To stop him, authorities release former hacker Wyatt Gillette from prison, unwilling but essential, to assist detective Frank Bishop of the Cyber Crimes Unit. Gillette and Bishop form an uneasy partnership: one steeped in cutting-edge code, the other grounded in old-school detective work.
The Ultimate Dwarf Bounty Hunter Collection
by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Johnny Walker was a good bounty hunter in his day. James Brownstone good.
But everybody has a line, including Johnny, and he retreated from the world to lick his wounds.
But now the bad guys are back and he’s not going to let another young woman be murdered.
Join Johnny as his world gets turned upside down by his elf partner and teenage shifter Amanda Coulier in this 20-book boxed set! This boxed set contains the 12 books of the Dwarf Bounty Hunter series as well as the 8 books of Academy of Necessary Magic. More than 5,000 pages of urban fantasy adventures await you with these two complete series!
The Final Witness
by T. R. Britten
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In a world where faith is forbidden and society is rigidly divided by the State, one boy refuses to surrender. After the tragic loss of his parents, David returns to England to live with his aunt and enrols at Angel Academy—a school under the iron rule of a sinister director, Mr. Molech. As David doubts God, he finds unexpected hope through two loyal friends and mysterious chalkboard messages from an unseen ally.
But as classmates begin to vanish and the regime tightens its grip, David faces an impossible choice: conform to survive—or risk everything to follow the truth.
Meanwhile, the enigmatic Shinar Cane demonstrates to the world his telepathic connection to an ‘alien’ entity, promising power but leading down a dark and deceptive path.
Fever of the Bone
by Val McDermid
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
A criminal profiler races to catch a serial killer preying upon teenagers in this shocking crime thriller by the author of The Wire in the Blood.
He is psychologist and criminal profiler Dr. Tony Hill’s worst nightmare—a killer driven by the most perverted hungers and unmoved by youth and innocence, a killer with a long shopping list of victims who leaves no trail. The murder-mutilation of teenager Jennifer Maidment is horrific enough on its own, but Hill quickly realizes that it’s just the beginning of a chilling campaign targeting an apparently unconnected group of young people—victims that the monster has been grooming through a social networking site.
Not Quite Dead Yet
by Holly Jackson
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In seven days, Jet Mason will be dead.
Jet is the daughter of one of the wealthiest families in Woodstock, Vermont. Twenty-seven years old and back home, she’s still waiting for her life to begin. I’ll do it later, she always says. She has time.
Until Halloween night, when she is violently attacked by an unseen intruder, suffering a catastrophic head injury. Doctors are certain that within a week, the injury will trigger a fatal aneurysm. To her parents’ dismay, Jet rejects an extremely risky operation in order to guarantee herself at least a few more days.