Your Mystery and Thriller Book Bargains for December 11, 2020

Murder, ghosts, and tacos. Oh my! All she wanted was something to eat, but what reluctant psychic Katrina Parker got was a boatload of trouble. Kat soon discovers that running all over town, crashing a wake, and solving a murder is harder than you might imagine when you’re forced to do it while trying to carry and conceal a severed head. Not to mention how difficult it is to deal with the smell issue.

Two women in prison study past crimes and develop a method for stealing that is both violent and effective. The FBI and the Police can’t go outside the U.S. to pursue them but one of their victims can. A woman confronts her nemesis on the banks of the Crocodile River in Bhutan.

Category: Thrillers – Crime

Vengeful witches, vicious werewolves, deadly mythical creatures, and angry Gods. All in a days’ work for Sheriff John Decker. The first two books in the John Decker supernatural thriller series, and the prequel.

What Vengeance Comes: Something evil is stalking the residents of Wolf Haven. A Cajun curse conjured from the depths of hell. One man knows the truth, and he must stop it.

Cold Sanctuary: A mythical creature come to life. A terrified town far from civilization. A disgraced ex-cop is their only hope for survival.

Soul Catcher: A murdered billionaire. A priceless statue. A reclusive cult.
NYPD Detective John Decker teams up with Egyptologist Emma Wilson to investigate a brutal murder in an Upper East Side mansion, linked to a world of ancient beliefs, fanatical cults, and the quest for an artifact with supernatural powers – a rare statue of the Egyptian god Anubis.

Category: Suspense

Polio disabled Cotton Lee’s leg, but not her sexuality, not her mind, and not her ability to connect the murder of her friend Little Mary in 1972 to that of Bead Baker in 1932. Cotton Lee is a person with a disability but disability does not define her. Gone on Sunday is a literary mystery that follows the lives of the Baker family, their black servants, and the townspeople they knew in Homeville, Virginia. Alternating between 1972 and 1932, Cotton Lee’s investigation into the murder of Bead Baker brings out secrets kept for decades. With suspects ranging from a housewife, to a cook, and even a rumored witch, Cotton Lee needs to find the solution to the first murder in order to know the history of the second.

Category: Mystery – Historical

Shot while hunting in 1972, Anselm Bannon is the first clue in a literary mystery that opens up a generational saga. Cotton Lee, hired by Max Mayfair to help investigate Anselm’s death, finds ten gold coins minted during the Civil War in Anselm’s satchel. The gold coins turn out to be a gift delivered in 1864 by Union soldier Albert Bannon to his southern mistress, Sophie. Albert dies an unexplained death and the gold disappears for more than a century until Cotton Lee opens the satchel. Once the gold is exposed, the secrets of 1864 begin to leak into 1972.

When troubled nurse Alina vanishes one night, it’s assumed she ran away from her violent husband. Until disgraced ex-teacher Emily Swanson moves into the couple’s former home.

Emily’s life is in ruins and she’s meant to be making a fresh start. But when she learns about the missing nurse, she sees a chance for redemption. Because finding Alina could help right the wrongs of Emily’s past. It could even mark the start of a new career in private investigation.

But what Emily doesn’t know is that Alina had a horrifying secret. One about the care foundation where she worked. And the closer Emily gets to uncovering the truth, the closer she gets to terrible danger.

Inspired by a shocking true crime, Next To Disappear will keep you guessing from the edge of your seat.

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Category: Mystery – Series

“This time it’s personal” is a phrase all too familiar to NYPD veteran detective Jasmine Steele. Trouble seems to find her and her family. In this pulse-pounding hard-boiled police procedural, Jasmine’s nearest and dearest find themselves tangled in a web of terrifying cyberbullying, hair-raising stalking, sexual harassment, and murder—with Jazz stuck in the middle.

Category: Mystery – Police Procedurals

The worst serial killer since Jack the Ripper ravages the city of Berlin. Killing young women and arranging them as princesses from beloved fairytales. Leaving behind no clues, only broken dreams.

US Military Special Investigator Mark Novak and his international journalist girlfriend Eva Lah assist the German authorities in catching him. But all their skill, intuition and cunning might not prevent another princess from dying a gruesome death.

The monster they’re hunting is cold-blooded and clever. And always one step ahead.

Category: Mystery – Hard-Boiled