Your Mystery and Thriller Book Bargains for August 19, 2020

After a sightseeing plane crashes in the Amazon, the survivors must brave the rain forest, pursued by ruthless hunters seeking Inca gold. A pulse-pounding adventure!

Category: Suspense

An ancient evil has been summoned…

John Decker left Wolf Haven, Louisiana, to escape the memories of his troubled past, believing he would never return. But after twenty years working for a big-city police department, he suddenly finds himself back in Wolf Haven, taking the reins as the town’s sheriff. Expecting to spend his time dealing with the trivialities of small-town life, the occasional drunk, cats stuck in trees, and domestic altercations, he instead finds a vicious killer picking off the residents one by one. Scrambling to find answers before anyone else dies, Decker stumbles across an age-old superstition, a terrifying creature conjured from the depths of hell to seek revenge.

Category: Thrillers – Pulp

Three spine chilling true crime stories in one collection, from the best-selling author Robert Brown.

Bonfire Bodies: The Shocking Story of Serial Killer Dennis Nilsen.
Between 1978 and 1983, Dennis Nilsen murdered and mutilated at least 12 young men in London. Many of these young men went under the radar socially which enabled Nilsens shocking killing spree to go undetected for years. This True Crime Book lifts the lid on his sinister story.

The Candy Cards: The Shocking Story of Dean Corll.
During the early 1970s, more than three dozen teenage boys went missing from the working-class neighborhood of Houston Heights, in the south of Texas. The parents of a number of these boys received strange postcards from their sons, telling them that they were fine and that they had found jobs elsewhere.
The Candy Cards is the shocking true story of Dean Corll, a.k.a. The Candy Man, one of the deadliest serial killers in American history.

The Acid Alchemist: A True Story of Murder, Deceit, and Unspeakable Horror.
In July 1909 John George Haigh was born into a strictly religious household. As a young child his life was shaped by his parent’s extreme beliefs. Little did he know that the recurring nightmares of his early life would lead to one of the most horrific cases in British criminal history.
This is the true story of the notorious Acid Bath Murderer, a cold-blooded murderer who imagined he was above the law. A man who believed he could literally get away with murder…

Category: Mystery – Historical

Emily couldn’t help but open the email that wasn’t intended for her.
Get rid of her, it read.

Emily Turing receives a threatening email by mistake. She tries to learn who wants to get rid of her and why. She co-founded a successful startup in a male-dominated world, and she’s torn between her loyalty to Jessica, her boss and co-founder, and Mike, her co-worker and new love.

FBI Agent Bob Alexis’s life crashes when he discovers Lisa, his wife, wants to leave him. He’s married to his job. When he discovers she had an affair—it becomes unbearable, and he almost loses his mind.

When Emily, Bob’s neighbor, turns to him for help—it might be too late for both of them.

Dan Friedman’s debut crime thriller Don’t Dare to Dream won the 2019 Reader’s Favorite Mystery Gold Medal Book Award and was a finalist thriller in the National Indie Excellence Award. If you enjoy gripping suspense, twists and turns, and unpredictable characters—you’ll love Dan Friedman’s thrilling novella.

Category: Thrillers – Crime