Your Mystery and Thriller Book Bargains for December 15, 2020

The violent drug-related murders of two prominent attorneys have the homicide division of the Chicago Police Department scrambling for answers, but without clues, a motive, or a suspect, not even the FBI can track down the killer.
With the media demanding an arrest and at their wits’ end, the Chicago Police Department makes an urgent call to the Washburn County Sheriff’s Office in hopes of bringing in Kate Pierce, a psychic detective, on the case. A reluctant Kate agrees only when word comes that Jesse McCord, a top-notch Chicago homicide detective, has gone missing.
Partnered with Detective Henry Johnson of Chicago’s homicide division, Kate goes on the hunt for the killer, armed with clues from her revealing dreams—and her dogged determination. As they inch closer to locating Jesse and learning the identity of the suspect, they realize the killer may be much closer than they think.

A legend buried for 2000 years. A woman compelled to uncover the truth.

210 BCE, CHINA. The most powerful emperor China has ever known is on the brink of death. In desperation, he sends his most gifted alchemist and sorcerer on a quest for the mythical elixir of life.

His fleet never returned….

NOW, world-renowned archaeologist Georgia Lee is compelled to hunt for a mysterious man who may hold the secret to the greatest discovery in human history.

Her search takes her on a thrilling journey from an ancient tomb in China, through traditional Japan, to the blistering Australian outback, and the dizzying heights of verdant mountains in tropical Taiwan. But what begins as an investigation into an archaeological riddle turns into something very sinister. Georgia starts to suspect that perhaps she is the one being hunted instead….

Meticulously researched, this is a tale interwoven with rich historical facts to recreate all the drama, intrigue and mystery of East Asian culture.

If you love an intellectual Adventure Thriller that is also a page-turning mystery, buy THE IMPERIAL ALCHEMIST now.

Category: Mystery – Women Sleuths

AWARD-WINNING ESPIONAGE THRILLER – EX LIBRIS tells the story of an earth-shattering secret, hidden for centuries, and the life-altering events following its discovery. “I can’t remember the last time I was so thoroughly engrossed.” “Thrilling!” “Absolutely different.”

Dan Lovel, an ex-Diplomatic Security Agent of Roma (Gypsy) heritage, agrees to steal several books from a monastery in Prague to help identify art expropriated by Napoleon. But Dan and partner, Martine, discover that one of the books contains revelations that threaten global chaos and even nuclear war. They fight to prevent this but become ensnared in a brutal web of conspiracy, corruption, and murder. Lives are changed forever.

Readers love the Characters – from Dan, whose Gypsy background proves vital, to Paulette the blind painter, to Jade the female assassin who has never failed.

EX LIBRIS has won 3 major awards.

Category: Thrillers – Espionage

A woman, clad only in a white nightgown, is dead – her body discovered on the banks of Black River. Her unsolved murder, and her ghost, still haunt the small town where she lived and died.
Years later, Detective Gordon Daniels and his partner, Aaron Remalla, arrive to clean and sell Daniels’ estranged grandfather’s home on the property where the body was found. But their getaway is interrupted when a second woman’s body is found on the river, clad in a white nightgown, and they are thrown into an investigation they would prefer to avoid.
As colorful suspects, strange occurrences, odd dreams, and spectral encounters stack up, Detectives Daniels and Remalla are forced to confront the town’s ghosts and will uncover a sinister secret so shocking that someone is prepared to kill to keep it hidden.
Can the specters of the past help them find a killer before the killer gets to them first?

Category: Mystery – Traditional Detectives

If the plague doesn’t kill you, the secrets will.

Has America’s heartland become the victim of a bioterror attack? Dr. Lynne Bosworth investigates a mysterious outbreak and discovers more than she bargained for. “Fast-paced and full of action, Stillness is anything but still. For fans of Robin Cook, Clive Cussler, or Robert Ludlum.”

Category: Mystery – Series

A talented genetic engineer finds himself at the crosshairs of a criminal conspiracy. In a perilous race against time, he realizes far more is at stake than just his life.

Category: Thrillers – Medical

Jessica Isn’t sure what to expect when Libby Van Der Woert, the disturbed daughter of Jessica’s wealthy clients, asks to meet at the top of the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. Libby says she has information about her friend, Shannon Donnelly. Another mixed-up daughter of the rich and famous, no one has heard from Shannon Donnelly in over a week. Trouble begins the moment Jessica greets Libby in the Mt. San Jacinto Wilderness. Wild, manic, and sure she’s being followed, Libby’s got a gun. All hell breaks loose when Libby’s Beverly Hills shrink shows up with a gun of his own.

Category: Mystery – Women Sleuths