Your Mystery and Thriller Book Bargains for August 16, 2021

In your dream, no one can hear you scream.

When the body of the teenage boy, Julian Long, is discovered in the Green Swamps of Florida, the citizens of Bushlake know the city will never be the same again. Julian was popular, loved by all, and the circumstances of his death are more than strange.

What secrets is the boy in the swamps hiding?

Stephanie Boulder has returned to the town after fifteen years to take care of her grandmother, who is terminally ill. She writes for the local paper and as soon as she starts digging into the story of Julian Long, she discovers secrets deep within the town’s history. Secrets so cruel, so profoundly buried, uncovering them will put her life in grave danger.

What if dreams weren’t just dreams? Would you dare to sleep again?

Desperate for answers, Stephanie embarks on a journey that spans beyond her beliefs, heading towards a terrifying nightmare, trying to figure out who the Umbrella Man is.

Umbrella Man is a page-turning supernatural thriller from the Queen of Scream, Willow Rose. It is fast paced and packed with suspense. This is one book you don’t want to miss.

Fans of Stephen King, Blake Crouch, Paula Hawkins, Kendra Elliot and Robert Dugoni will be gripped by this page-turning supernatural thriller, guaranteed to keep you reading till the next morning.

Category: Suspense

Sharp-tongued journalist Harry James Denton just got divorced…and fired. Oops. He sets up shop as a part time car repossessor and private investigator. Since he’s new to both businesses, he’s barely scraping by– until an old flame knocks on his door.

Rachel Fletcher is Harry’s college sweetheart, the cause of sleepless nights and years of wistful longing. She’s reentering his life as a client, though– she’s married to a foolhardy doctor who loves to gamble.

Frightened, wealthy Rachel seeks out Harry in hopes that he can discreetly tail her husband and track down his would-be killers. But Harry soon learns that the doctor has a ton of enemies…and that vengeance will be swift.

Category: Mystery – Private Investigators

Murder is not a secret if the dead can tell…

Deep in the forest, far back on Spellway Road, sits a long forgotten mansion. The curtains billow despite the still day, and in the dark, shadowy rooms lies a secret kept under lock and key for two decades.

The cursed; however, do not simply stay dead and buried.

Twenty years ago, Liv did a horrible thing. Now the past seeks to right those wrongs. Skeletal fingers reach into her dreams. They grab hold of her heart and squeeze. She must return to Northern Michigan to the place where it all began, to the scene of the murder, the curse, to Halloween night 1945.

Get lost in a creepy tale of Norse magic, cold-blooded murder, and ghosts.

Category: Suspense

When the young and charismatic Evan Treble buys the house just down the street from Elizabeth, she throws caution to the wind and has a wild night with him while her daughter is away visiting a college out of state.

It doesn’t take long for her to begin feeling that there is more to him than meets the eye. Evan is just too… perfect. It’s as though he’s trying to mask who he is inside by hiding behind his family’s power and money. Having been a cop for nearly twenty years, Liz quickly recognizes the type of man she’s dealing with and ends it before it even really begins.

When he then sets his sights and charms onto Liz’s daughter who quickly becomes smitten with their new neighbor, he slowly works to tear their little family apart. As things become serious between Elizabeth’s only child and the man down the street, she knows time is running out.

Something bad is going to happen; she can feel it in every fiber of her being. If she can’t dig up the skeletons she’s certain are hidden deep inside Evan’s closet, she fears her daughter may be the one to pay the price.

Category: Thrillers – Psychological

When a serial killer breaks into the home of bestselling author Sage Quintano, she barely escapes with her life. Her husband, Niko, a homicide detective, insists they move to rural New Hampshire, where he accepts a position as Grafton County Sheriff.

Sage buries secrets from that night, secrets she swears to take to her deathbed.

Three years of anguish and painful memories pass, and a grisly murder case lands on Niko’s desk. A strange caller torments Sage—she can’t outrun the past.

When Sage’s twin sister suddenly goes missing, Sage searches Niko’s case files and discovers similarities to the Boston killer. A sadistic psychopath preys on innocent women, marring their bodies in unspeakable ways. And now, he has her sister.

Cryptic clues, hidden messages… Is the killer hinting at his identity? Or is he luring Sage into a trap to end his reign of terror with a matching set of corpses?

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Category: Thrillers – Psychological

The SLEEPY little town of Alexandria JUST WOKE UP. Even after Sheriff Niko Quintano fights a blizzard and finds the victims of a serial killer nailed to trees, he brushes off Sage’s concerns about her safety. Until she vanishes.

A dead neighbor. A town full of secrets. Will Anne regret moving to Carolan Springs?

When Anne discovers her neighbor dead in his compost pile, and a ditsy young woman pleading for her help, she discovers the town’s residents have many secrets. How can Anne trust and more importantly, will her own secret be revealed?

Chicken Culprit is the first book in the Backyard Farming series with the newest book, Potager Plot releasing late August.

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Category: Mystery – Cozy