Monday’s Mystery eBooks
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The Five Bells and Bladebone
by Martha Grimes
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
A body in a bureau sends the Scotland Yard detective on a vexing investigation in this “absorbing and stylishly crafty” mystery (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).
When a dismembered corpse is found in the compartments of an antique writing bureau, Marshall Trueblood, recipient of the precious piece of furniture, is the first to protest: “I bought the desk, not the body, send it back.” But the dead body of Simon Lean presents more pressing concerns. Who, for example, would want to kill the greedy nephew of the wealthy Lady Summerston?
Fox on the Roof Murder
by Stephanie Parker McKean
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
Is Wren Casper a doddering old woman or is she being gaslighted? Her friends wonder. First she claims to play ball with a fox on a roof. Then her stories escalate…to include murder.
Newly elected Bluebonnet, Texas, Sheriff Tulsa Edwards dismisses the woman with brown hair growing tired of fighting against the grey overtaking it and silver eyes capable of penetrating his façade of authority when she comes to him with claims of cars changing colors and rock climbers stealing children. He can’t dismiss the things that happen to her – like the eight-foot concrete gorilla mysteriously plunked down in her front yard. But did she order it and then forget?
X
by Sue Grafton
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
X: The number ten. An unknown quantity. A mistake. A cross. A kiss…
Perhaps Sue Grafton’s darkest and most chilling novel, X features a remorseless serial killer who leaves no trace of his crimes. Once again breaking the rules and establishing new paths, Grafton wastes little time identifying this deadly sociopath. The test is whether private investigator Kinsey Millhone can prove her case against him—before she becomes his next victim.
Keeping Downwind
by Andrew Miller
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
She’s the most notorious bounty hunter in the Federation. Her predation of pirates, criminals, and New Hollywood executives have made her the nightmare bogeyman of any who dare to target the weak and helpless. The Overone of the Fey fears her as the harbinger of mass resistance against its telepathic domination of enslaved species.
She shoots first, and rarely asks questions. She eats a kilogram of meat in a single sitting, and likes her tools oversized, overpowered, and crammed into tight packages. But none of that will help her this time. This time the job isn’t about tracking down a desperate fugitive, or playing hunter and prey with an entire crews of gun toting pirate. This time the job is a criminal investigation…
Golden in Death
by J. D. Robb
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Pediatrician Kent Abner received the package on a beautiful April morning. Inside was a cheap trinket, a golden egg that could be opened into two halves. When he pried it apart, highly toxic airborne fumes entered his body—and killed him.
After Eve Dallas calls the hazmat team—and undergoes testing to reassure both her and her husband that she hasn’t been exposed—it’s time to look into Dr. Abner’s past and relationships. Not every victim Eve encounters is an angel, but it seems that Abner came pretty close—though he did ruffle some feathers over the years by taking stands for the weak and defenseless…
Black Sheep
by Rachel Harrison
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 3.9 #ad
A cynical twentysomething must confront her unconventional family’s dark secrets in this fiery, irreverent horror novel from the author of Such Sharp Teeth and Cackle.
Nobody has a “normal” family, but Vesper Wright’s is truly…something else. Vesper left home at eighteen and never looked back—mostly because she was told that leaving the staunchly religious community she grew up in meant she couldn’t return. But then an envelope arrives on her doorstep…
Dragon Moon Rising
by Daniel O’Connor
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
After 600 years, the dragon Lessiam suddenly awakens with a human crying above him, the boy’s tears falling upon his forehead. Jos grew up a slave & just escaped after his last remaining family member was burned alive right in front of him for attempting to incite a slave riot.
As Jos and Lessiam come to know one another and investigate how Lessiam came to be enstoned for the past 600 years, they uncover the Dragon Moon Spell, which will reach its horrific climax with the destruction of all good dragons on the coming of the next full moon…
The Camelot Caper
by Elizabeth Peters
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
For Jessica Tregarth, an unexpected invitation to visit her grandfather in England is a wonderful surprise—an opportunity to open doors to a family past that has always been closed to her. But sinister acts greet her arrival. A stranger tries to steal her luggage and later accosts her in Salisbury Cathedral. Mysterious villains pursue her through Cornwall, their motives and intentions unknown. Jessica’s only clue is an antique heirloom she possesses, an ancient ring that bears the Tregarth family crest…
The Royal Nanny
by Karen Harper
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Based on a seldom-told true story, this novel is perfect for everyone who is fascinated by Britain’s royal family—a behind the scenes look into the nurseries of little princes and the foibles of big princes.
April, 1897: A young nanny arrives at Sandringham, ancestral estate of the Duke and Duchess of York. She is excited, exhausted—and about to meet royalty…
Savage Devotion
by Ajme Williams
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Sold to the Brotherhood. Betrayed by my sister and ex, I clawed my way free, leaving a trail of gunfire and a darkness deeper than the basement cell.
Now, I wake, a captive in a gilded cage. Damian, Chicago’s most ruthless mob boss, claims me with a single word: “Mine.”
His touch offers a twisted security, but the danger hasn’t ended. Now, with a secret life blossoming within me, the real battle begins.
Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
Rendezvous and Revenge
by Hope Callaghan
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
When the star of Siren of the Seas new hit show is murdered backstage, Felix lands the lead role and also the top spot on the list of suspects. Can Millie solve the mystery in time to clear her friend’s name?
Discover why so many fans love the “Original” Cruise Ship Cozy Mystery series by Hope Callaghan!
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Second Nature
by Alice Hoffman
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Robin Moore, coping with a divorce and a troubled teen-aged son, impulsively rescues a strange man from a psychiatric ward—a beautiful, uncivilized innocent who has been raised in the wilderness and possesses no more sophistication than a child. But when she brings him home to her perfectly ordered neighborhood, the events that follow cause Robin to question her wisdom and doubt her own heart—and, ultimately, to change all of her ideas about love and humanity.
“Her richest and wisest, as well as her boldest, novel to date.” – The New York Times Book Review
Infliction Point
by Mark Hacker
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Zach Axton is in a dark place. After the brutal murder of the love of his life, the haunted FBI agent is one border collie away from cashing in his chips. But he’s grudgingly pulled back into action when a prisoner in an experimental government program designed to increase brain functioning escapes in a violent and bloody confrontation.
Teaming up with his former partner and a beautiful assistant district attorney, Axton uses his specialized skills in hunting serial killers to track down the brilliant psychopath. But the secret to his success in knowing the minds of murderers could be the very thing that leads him to his own destruction…
Girl Trap
by Cynthia Hamilton
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Appearances can be deceiving. And in Southern California, where the sun shines almost every day and make-believe has its own industry, it’s hard to tell what is real and what is merely illusion.
Two inquiries come to MDPI on the same day that seem like fairly straight-forward missing person cases. But it doesn’t take long to discover there’s nothing ordinary about the disappearance of two beautiful sisters from Minnesota and an estranged heiress who has never touched her eight-figure fortune…
The Obsession
by Nora Roberts
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Naomi Bowes lost her innocence the night she followed her father into the woods. In freeing the girl trapped in the root cellar, Naomi revealed the horrible extent of her father’s crimes and made him infamous. No matter how close she gets to happiness, she can’t outrun the sins of Thomas David Bowes.
Now a successful photographer living under the name Naomi Carson, she has found a place that calls to her, a rambling old house in need of repair, thousands of miles away from everything she’s ever known. Naomi wants to embrace the solitude, but the kindly residents of Sunrise Cove keep forcing her to open up—especially the determined Xander Keaton.
Silk Road
by Colin Falconer
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Bestselling historical thriller, Silk Road, paints a captivating story of courage, daring and human frailty onto the grand canvas of the medieval East.
The Holy Land, 1260: Josseran Sarrazini is a Templar Knight, trained for war. But as the Christian garrisons in the Holy Land begin to fall to the Saracen, he is sent on a mission of peace. Haunted by the things he has done, he sees it as a way to escape his past.
His task is formidable. To forge an alliance with Kublai Khan, ruler of the greatest empire in history and commander of the invincible Mongol horde. To ride the treacherous Silk Road to the edge of the known world. To cheat hunger, thirst and death. And to put his trust in a people who do not believe in his cause or his god…
One Good Time
by Luana Ehrlich
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
CIA operative Titus Ray is supposed to be enjoying his time off after a grueling m mission. His division head specifically told him to go home and have a good time with his family.
But then, in the middle of his daughter’s birthday party, when he receives disturbing news about an imminent threat to America’s heartland, he postpones having a good time with his family and agrees to lead a joint FBI/CIA operation to the southern border. How could he do otherwise?
He couldn’t have a good time when . . . A group of terrorists have access to a new bioweapon . . .
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A Killing of Innocents
by Deborah Crombie
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
On a rainy November evening, trainee doctor Sasha Johnson hurries through the evening crowd in London’s historic Russell Square. Out of the darkness, someone jostles her as they brush past. A moment later, Sasha stumbles, then collapses. When Detective Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and his sergeant, Doug Cullen, are called to the scene, they discover that she’s been stabbed.
Kincaid immediately calls in his detective wife, Gemma James, who has recently been assigned to a task force on knife crimes which are on the rise. Along with her partner, detective sergeant Melody Talbot, Gemma aids the investigation…
Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
Up to Snow Good
by Beatrice Fishback
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
It’s almost Christmas, and Daisy McFarland must leave her quaint British home for the holidays. Aunt Juliet, her last living relative, has passed away. As the sole heir, it is Daisy’s responsibility to sell the childhood home she grew up in and liquidate her aunt’s assets in Windswept Pines, North Carolina.
Unexpected surprises face Daisy once she’s back in the States.Encounters with three teaching colleagues—otherwise known as the I.C.E. Queens—whose ill treatment over the years had been a primary reason for her move to England, appear genuinely happy to see her. But is their behavior merely a ruse?
A note left by her dead relative begs Daisy to clear the McFarland name, and a recently discovered body in Victoria Lake somehow implicates her aunt’s involvement…
What If I Told You
by Gail McGuire
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
When too many hard knocks leave her shattered, can a ghostly remnant of the past anchor this tenacious woman as she transcends misfortune?
1970’s, Idaho. Laney Hagen is used to seeing her dreams die. Raised in a broken family, the once-spirited young woman has felt rudderless since her parents’ divorce. Courage and devotion drive her struggle to prevail. When success is within reach and she can reunite with her childhood sweetheart, a devastating accident puts her in a coma.
Stunned when she awakens in a spiritual borderland, Laney accepts an angel’s offer to live life as it could have been. But though the outward trappings of happiness and success abound in this alternate reality, she’s plagued by intense visions and inexplicable yearnings.
Last Seen
by Rick Mofina
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
A Chicago crime reporter’s idyllic home life comes undone when his child disappears in this thriller by the USA Today–bestselling author of Six Seconds.
As a reporter for a big Chicago newspaper, Cal Hudson has journeyed into society’s darkest corners and expose the vilest crimes. But the world he and his wife share with their nine-year-old son is much nicer. They have made sure of it, creating a tranquil haven in suburban River Ridge to protect the person most precious to them. Until the unthinkable happens…
The Honey Trap
by Theo Baxter
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Kara knows exactly what she wants to be. A widow. Kara Bryant is everything Chris Abrams ever wanted. She’s passionate, beautiful, and smart. She’s also married to his boss.
When millionaire Perry Bryant offers psychologist Chris a position on his healthcare staff it seems the perfect chance for Chris to escape the mistakes of his past and start over.
But then he meets Perry’s wife, Kara. She takes his breath away. It soon becomes clear she wants him just as much as he wants her. And more… much more…
Trail of Blood
by Lisa Black
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
In 1930s Cleveland, a serial killer nicknamed the Torso Killer went on a horrific spree that resulted in more than a dozen murders. And he was never caught.
Today, forensic scientist Theresa MacLean is called to an abandoned building where a body has been found in a room that’s been sealed off for years. Although there’s no immediate proof, everyone assumes the newly discovered corpse was a Torso Killer victim.
Intervention
by Julian May
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
They have always been among us—the telepaths, the persons possessing higher mind-powers that have been called “metapsychic”—but they have always been few and far between and their abilities weak or erratic. Until now . . .
Human evolution makes a quantum leap. And all over the world, people begin to be born with extraordinary minds. Some of them are geniuses and some are very ordinary. But all of these metapsychic operants have mind-powers that “normal” humanity considers amazing—and dangerous…
Renewed for Murder
by Victoria Gilbert
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
“An intricately plotted library whodunit that both cozy readers and librarians will love!” – Amanda Flower, author of the Magic Bookshop Mysteries
The Complete Dialectical Behavior Therapy Workbook
by Barrett Huang
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
Do you suffer from borderline personality disorder, PTSD, or emotional eating? Are you searching for a proven roadmap to help you embrace a healthier, happier mind? Or do you need guided exercises and real-world strategies for healing your psyche? Then keep reading.
Expertly written as the ultimate blueprint for mental wellbeing, this complete 3-book dialectical behavior therapy bundle invites you to join Amazon bestselling author of multiple DBT workbooks Barrett Huang as he reveals a tried-and-tested approach to manage whatever psychological struggles are dominating your life…
Friday’s Mystery eBooks
Deep Fried Death
by Maddie Day
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
The latest installment in Maddie Day’s deliciously popular Country Store cozy mysteries is sure to appeal to fans of Jenn McKinlay, Ellery Adams, Leslies Meier, and Joanne Fluke.
Many residents of South Lick, Indiana, claim the Outhouse Race, in which competitors push old-timey outhouse replicas on wheels at the annual Abe Martin Festival on Memorial Day, is the best thing since indoor plumbing. Just because country store and restaurant owner Robbie Jordan has too much to do managing her new deep fryer as well as an old lover reappearing, she’s not going to miss out on the fun. Plus, it’s good for business.
Without Mercy
by Lisa Jackson
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
At first, it sounds like the answer to a parent’s prayers: an elite boarding school in the Oregon mountains where wayward kids turn their lives around. But behind the idyllic veneer lie disturbing rumors of missing students and questionable treatments.
Jules Farentino knows her half-sister, Shaylee, has been going off the rails lately. She’s just not sure Blue Rock Academy is the answer. Accepting a teaching position there lets Jules keep an eye on Shay, but also confirms her fears. One student is found hanged, another near death. Something sinister is at hand—and Jules may already be too late to stop it.
Broken Rhodes
by Kimber Silver
Kindle $4.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Kinsley Rhodes blows into Harlow, Kansas like a tornado, twisting Sheriff Lincoln James’ life into knots. Her grandfather has been murdered and she wants answers.
As if the town’s first homicide in twenty years wasn’t enough, the beleaguered sheriff now has to deal with Henry Rhodes’ bobcat of a granddaughter, plunging his life deeper into chaos. As a dark storm threatens, long-held secrets are exposed, placing Kinsley directly in harm’s way.
Love Overboard
by Janet Evanovich
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
She’s been called “side-splittingly funny” (Publishers Weekly), “a blast of fresh air” (Washington Post), and “a winner” (Glamour). She is, of course, Janet Evanovich, the award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stephanie Plum mystery series. Now available for the first time in more than a decade comes Love Overboard, the hilarious story of a sinfully handsome schooner captain and the spirited woman who agrees to work on his cruise ship. It’s a classic novel of comic mayhem from the incomparable Janet Evanovich.
Within and Without Time
by D. I. Hennessey
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
When a sixteen-year-old boy is suddenly caught up in a series of miraculous encounters, it heralds an adventure that will transform his life, rock his town, and trigger events that will ultimately change the world!
Befriended by a powerful angelic warrior, Jimmy finds himself in the center of God’s plan for Earth’s final Great Revival. The beginning of God’s amazing harvest at the End of the Age. Like an intense roller coaster, the journey he experiences is exciting and unpredictable. Heartwarming, as well as heart-rending. God prepares him for a mission more extraordinary than anything he could have imagined, placing him in the rare company of ancient prophets and apostles alike.
Heart-Shaped Box
by Joe Hill
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
A pulse-pounding, terrifying rollercoaster ride of a supernatural thriller—a remarkable debut novel from a blazing talent that will keep readers spellbound
Sooner or later, the dead catch up. . . .
Judas Coyne was a collector. The bizarre, the unusual, the grotesque: A cookbook for cannibals. A used hangman’s noose. A snuff film. Usually the objects were sent by the black-clad fans who made his metal band a legend and made him rich.
But this time, when his personal assistant told him there was a ghost for sale on the Internet, Jude didn’t think twice. But he should have…
The Four Legendary Kingdoms
by Matthew Reilly
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Jack West, Jr. and his family are living contentedly on their remote farm when their lives are abruptly shattered. Jack is brutally kidnapped and he awakens in an underground cell to find a masked attacker with a knife charging at him. It seems he has been chosen—along with a dozen other elite soldiers—to compete in a series of deadly challenges designed to fulfill an ancient ritual. With the fate of the Earth at stake, he will have to traverse diabolical mazes, fight cruel assassins, and face unimaginable horrors that will test him like he has never been tested before. In the process, he will discover the mysterious and powerful group of individuals behind it all: the four legendary kingdoms. He might also discover that he is not the only hero in this place…
The Girl in the Vault
by Michael Ledwidge
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
They stole her dream. Now getting it back will take… The perfect crime.
It’s summer in New York City and Faye Walker has it all. She’s not only scored one of the most highly coveted internships in all of Wall Street, she’s also just met the head-over-heels love of her life. With her natural-born gift for numbers and a work ethic that knows no bounds, Faye is a shoo-in for a full-time position at the illustrious merchant bank Greene Brothers Hale. Then, just as she awaits her offer and her signing bonus, a treacherous betrayal arrives to shatter Faye’s plans and her young life.