Your Mystery and Thriller Book Bargains for April 18, 2021

A million dollars of goods are stolen… but the insurance company doesn’t want to pay out.

Private investigator Danny Ashford is hired to investigate. He and sassy investigative reporter Deepa Banwait soon learn the warehouse break-in was no ordinary robbery.

As they search for the stolen goods, Danny and Deepa discover a wider conspiracy is in play. Robbery escalates to murder. But as they close in on solving the case, they bring themselves closer to a dangerous criminal…

Contemporary crime noir novella set in the ruins of a post-earthquake-hit city.

When a wealthy banker is found dead in his luxury car in the middle of Cardiff, the motive for the crime seems clear. The killer even left a note telling the world the man deserved to die, simply for his greed.
But despite the obvious clues, seasoned detective, John Marco has his doubts that this was just a disgruntled employee. The killing was too clean, the crime scene too perfect. Marco also has a gut feeling that the family of the victim are hiding something…
And when another business executive is murdered, Marco’s fears come true – there is now a serial killer to catch. An online video points to a violent anarchist group, determined to make the bankers pay for their perceived sins. things take a dramatic twist when a member of Marco’s team is kidnapped. The killer has made things personal and Marco faces a race against time to bring the murder to justice – before it’s too late.

Category: Mystery – Police Procedurals

Nine fun full-length cozy mysteries set in the small town of Stewart’s Crossing in charming Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Join semi-reformed computer hacker Steve Levitan and his clue-sniffing golden retriever, Rochester, as they go nose to the ground to collar criminals.

Category: Mystery – Cozy

Nic always hated clubbing. She only went out that night because she’d promised a friend. She wakes up, naked and bound in an abandoned cottage in the middle of nowhere. Dappled light comes in through a dirty window. Her body is covered in cuts. Across the room her friend groans in pain. A shadow passes the window. He’s back. He picks up a knife. He begins to cut her friend. In that moment of bloody frenzy, Nic wrenches free and runs. She’s finally safe. But this is only just beginning. Detectives Asha Harvey and Aaron Birch arrive at the scene hours later. There is no body, there is no sign of the killer. It’s as if it never happened. YOU THINK YOU KNOW HOW IT ENDS? THINK AGAIN.

Category: Thrillers – Crime

Three hard-boiled yet deeply emotional police procedurals featuring Kimberly Amato’s take-no-prisoners style, her unflinching attention to harrowing detail, and her tough-as-nails but soft-hearted detective Jasmine “Jazz” Steele. In each book, Amato manages to mix all the excitement of an action thriller with the swirling emotions of a mainstream psychological novel.

Category: Thrillers – Crime

Birmingham, Alabama, is a bustling city on the move in the era of Prohibition. It’s a time of corruption, a time where it is tough to be an honest man of the law. Bureau of Investigation officer Francis Laurent finds that out the hard way when his partner and best friend August Day is gunned down in cold blood by a corrupt BOI agent and his gang of thugs during a high-stakes heist on the highway. When Laurent’s commanding officer pulls him off the case without a good reason, this man of the law begins to suspect a cover-up and decides to take action to exact justice on those responsible.
Finding allies in unexpected places, his winding tale of revenge and redemption is told through the eyes of his estranged daughter Raina, as she nears the end of her time in a state medical institution. If anyone can understand Francis’s desire to mete out justice and make the punishment fit the crime, it’s Raina. She has more than a few of her own demons buried just beneath the surface when it comes to playing judge, jury … and executioner.

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Category: Thrillers – Crime