Your Mystery and Thriller Book Bargains for December 10, 2022

“A horrifying psychological thriller. If you like American Psycho you’ll love this novella.

Lisa Rasmussen just had a baby and everything in her life seems perfect at this point. Only she wishes that everyone else around her would be as flawless as she is and stop getting in her way. And if they won’t listen, then she’ll make them.

ROCK-A-BYE BABY is Willow Rose when she is at her most horrifying. Every page of this book is oozing with dread.

“This serial killer makes Hitchcock’s “”Norman Bates”” look like a good guy!”” – Amazon reviewer”

Category: Thrillers – Psychological

Egypt, 18th Dynasty. Queen Tiye, the mother of the young Tutankhamun, prepares to die. She speaks to her brother: “When my time is come, you will bury me in a bath of restorative oils. It will be done while the breath of life is still in me.” Cairo Museum, 1983. Rika Teferi is studying a papyrus written by Queen Tiye when she discovers hidden writing. Aching to see more, Rika agrees to let visiting geologist, David Chamberlain, smuggle out the papyrus to scan it with specialized equipment. The results are stunning. They re-write Egypt’s history and reveal the bizarre circumstances of Tiye’s last days. Rika, who feels a spiritual bond with Tiye, resolves with David to search for Tiye’s final resting place. Their quest takes them deep into the Sudanese desert, where unimaginable discoveries and unforeseen perils turn their worlds upside down.

Category: Thrillers – Technothrillers

When two opposing Cavalier King Charles Spaniels disappear from a dog show, and the mayor’s wife is murdered, Cat Wright’s aunt is heading the list of suspects. Cat needs to dig up evidence to prove her innocence, but the dognapped Cavaliers are found in her aunt’s kennel!

Category: Mystery – Women Sleuths

It’s Mardi Gras in New Orleans, and civic leader and socialite Chauncey St. Amant has been crowned Rex, King of Carnival. But his day of glory comes to an abrupt and bloody end when a parade-goer guns him down. Heroine Skip Langdon, a rookie police officer tries to untangle ancient secrets that could mean danger for her—and doom for the St. Amants.

Category: Mystery – Police Procedurals

In Weepers-Book 1, Angelo and his gang, with a bit of help from his beloved “uncle” Nunzio Sabino, defeated the notorious Satan’s Knights. Now, in this standalone sequel to Weepers, it’s 1960 and Nunzio is still the most powerful organized crime boss in New York City, protecting what’s his with political schemes and ‘business’ deals. Against this backdrop of Mafia turf wars, local gang battles, and political power-plays, the bodies begin to stack up. An unlikely assassin arrives fresh from Naples after killing a top member of the Camorra to avenge the murder of her family. She blends seamlessly into the neighborhood and with the focus on the threat from the Satan’s Knights, no one suspects that Angelo’s father and Nunzio are next on her hit list. Nunzio has lived his entire life by the mantra; Be a fox when there are traps and a lion when there are wolves. Will Nunzio be a lion in time?

Category: Thrillers – Crime

Tired of the same old police story? Enjoy a crime series from the criminal perspective. When you can’t call the cops, call Trunk. Dennis Trunk has a reputation for solving puzzles and he not afraid to get his hands dirty. He won’t kill unless he has to. From investigations to body disposal, Trunk has your back.

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Category: Thrillers – Crime

Rome tour guide Lana Hansen is thrilled to attend her coworker Randy’s wedding — but when his ex is found dead in the Trevi Fountain after trying to win him back, Lana must don her sleuthing cap to unmask the real killer and clear Randy’s name!

Category: Mystery – Cozy