Your Mystery and Thriller Book Bargains for August 19, 2026

WHAT STARTS AT 30,000 FEET DOESN’T END THERE.

Mid-flight from Los Angeles to D.C., Jack Mercer wakes with a jolt—and the uneasy sense that something is wrong.
The crew’s smiles are strained. Their glances too careful. Around him, small details begin to shift, each one harder to ignore.
As tension builds and suspicion spreads, Mercer is forced to trust his instincts in a situation spiraling beyond his control—one that will pull him far beyond the aircraft and into the dark heart of rural North Carolina, where power, politics, and murder collide.

Deadly Ground is the second installment in the Jack Mercer series—a gripping thriller about the human cost of corporate greed and those willing to kill to protect it.
Fans of Lee Child, Vince Flynn, Tom Clancy, and Robert Ludlum will recognize a hero who doesn’t follow orders, doesn’t play by the rules, and doesn’t stop when the truth gets dangerous.

Category: Thrillers – Crime

HER DEATH MADE NO SENSE. SOMEONE MADE SURE OF IT.
Jack Mercer gets off the bus en route to Chicago, and walks the quiet main street of a Midwestern town—where a phone theft catches his eye.
He stops the thief, but the victim isn’t grateful. She’s crying.
Before he can react, she steps into the path of a truck—and her life is gone.
His need to know why plunges Mercer into a hidden network of digital crime and corruption, where a manipulative force wields lethal reach.
The stakes are immense—and threaten the core of society. State actors are watching. Mercer will need every ounce of skill—physical and mental—to bring justice for the dead.
Dark Control is the third Jack Mercer thriller—a fast, hard-edged story of exploitation, influence, and the cost of misdirected belief.
Perfect for fans of Lee Child, Vince Flynn, Tom Clancy, and Robert Ludlum.

A noir adventure in the bright shining sun of Southeast Asia… Anyone who dreams of risking it all will discover themselves in the swagger and vulnerability of Bert Mars. He proves there is still a chance for success in far off, wild places. Thriller and mystery lovers will be engrossed in this adventure that is as unexpected as it is unique.

Category: Thrillers – Crime

IT ISN’T JUST COMING FOR YOUR JOB. IT’S COMING FOR YOUR VOTE.

The #1 IngramSpark Bestseller.

“Explosively thrilling and quietly powerful… will leave readers with a new outlook on the world.” —Kirkus Reviews

“A nonstop, hair-raising adventure.” (Five out of five stars) -Foreword Reviews

A small town in Maine voted exactly as designed. They didn’t rig the vote. They rigged the voters. Now it’s being scaled for the presidential election.

When Deputy Robert Pures investigates a hit-and-run in the Allagash Woods, he finds five strangers in a fishing camp: no gear, no English. The trail leads to a solar installation that isn’t producing power. It’s consuming it.

An unlikely alliance forms to expose the truth: a grieving deputy and his daughter, a Norwegian election observer, and a former intelligence analyst with a past she can’t outrun.

They have six weeks to Election Day.

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Category: Thrillers – Political