Your Mystery and Thriller Book Bargains for April 14, 2023

Overcoming a past filled with scars, Lei makes a life for herself and her dog, Keiki, as a cop in the sleepy Big Island town of Hilo. When a routine patrol turns up two murdered teens, Lei’s world is rocked. She knows one of the girls, and she can’t rest until she finds answers…even if her quest attracts the attention of a killer. Grab this first mystery free, and take a trip to Hawaii with a USA Today bestselling series!

An unlucky amateur sleuth, an adorable cop, and a cat with a hunch…

If anyone had told Mallory Beck she would become Honeysuckle Grove’s next unschooled detective, she would have thought they were ten noodles short of a lasagna. Her late husband had been the mystery novelist with a penchant for the suspicious. She was born for the Crock-Pot, not the magnifying glass, and yet here she is elbow deep in fettuccine, cat treats, and teenagers with an attitude, the combination of which lands her smack-dab in the middle of a murder investigation.

Maybe she should have thought twice about delivering a casserole to a grieving family. Maybe she should have avoided the ever-changing green eyes of her seventh-grade crush—now the most heart-stopping cop in town. Maybe she should have stopped listening to the insightful mewls of her antagonistic cat, Hunch, who most likely wants her to be the town’s next murder victim.

Whatever the case, Mallory Beck got herself into this investigation, and she has a distraught teenage girl counting on her to deliver the truth.

Category: Mystery – Cozy

When Ottawa psychologist and single mother Susan Koss discovers that a strange man has been following her twelve-year-old daughter Maddy, she fears he’s a predator. But it’s worse than that. The man, Daniel Kazan, believes Maddy is his granddaughter, abducted as a baby—and he’s obsessed with getting her back.
Susan insists on a DNA test to disprove Daniel’s claim, but the result is one she can’t understand or explain: it says she’s not Maddy’s mother.
Then Maddy vanishes. Susan’s convinced Daniel has taken her, but he has an alibi, and two searches of his house turn up nothing. The hunt is on—police are on full mobilization, and Susan fears the worst.

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Category: Suspense

In the tradition of the best legal and political thrillers, Friendly Fire is an explosive tale of greed, revenge, treason, and murder.

Category: Thrillers – Military

A missing man. A desperate daughter. And a killer who just got started.

When Ellie Connor returns from a business trip to the news that her father has vanished, she knows in her gut something bad has happened. Self-made business tycoon, Jack Bannerman, isn’t the type to take time out but that’s exactly what his wife and his trusted advisors believe. Even Ellie’s estranged husband – who was Jack’s last known contact – steps into the CEO role as if nothing untoward is going on.

Ellie begins her own search for Jack, shocked at the discovery of a dark past which challenges everything she believed about him and the company, including the charity foundation she heads up. She reluctantly reaches out to Detective Ben Rossi from Missing Persons. They share a difficult history and he has no love for Jack but after receiving a terrifying, anonymous warning to back off, Ellie is running out of options.

When a body is found at sea, suspicion turns to those closest to Jack. Somebody will go to any length to cover up their crimes.

And who to trust may mean the difference between life and death for Ellie.

Last Known Contact is a fast-paced, stand alone Melbourne crime suspense. Cameo character Homicide Detective Sergeant Liz Moorland now has her own series beginning with Lest We Forgive.

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Category: Mystery – International Mystery & Crime

Facing the grave dangers of a triple-threat, the CIA is on its heels. CIA Agent Dave McClure and his Special Operations teams face deadly action in Jamaica to a strategic missile base near the western forests of Wyoming, and finally to Berlin, Garmisch, and the German Alps. The CIA must act fast and forcibly to avoid the outbreak of World War III.

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Category: Thrillers – Espionage