Your Mystery and Thriller Book Bargains for December 18, 2021

A boarding school steeped in tradition.
A killer cloaked in darkness.
A campus paralyzed in fear.

For Detective Forrest, evil has a distinctive smell. When a young girl is found murdered, strung from a tree at a local boarding school, Forrest fears a connection to French revolution-era savagery.

But who among the students or teachers is capable of such dark evil?

Sara Damsgaard is in debt, newly widowed, and desperate to provide for her younger sister. Her new position as a boarding school headmistress seems like the perfect fresh start. If it weren’t for the brutal attacks sweeping through the student body.

To save the school, Forrest and Damsgaard teams up to catch the killer.

When the trail of clues takes an unexpected turn, they come face-to-face with a sinister school tradition with the power to call forth a new reign of terror.

If you like confounding mysteries, a little romance, and a hardboiled detective, then you’ll love Willow Rose’s suspenseful whodunit.

Category: Mystery – Police Procedurals

For fans of Twilight and The Vampire Diaries comes a new addiction impossible to put down.
She’s in love with her best friend.
A family grudge could tear them apart.
And a supernatural secret could get them killed…

Robyn can’t picture life without her childhood best friend Jayden. And now that they’re in high school in the sleepy town of Shadow Hills, she’s hoping they can take their friendship to the next level.

But when their parents suddenly forbid them from seeing each other because of a centuries-old family quarrel, the few blocks between them might as well be worlds apart.
She also can’t help but wonder if the flirty new girl in their neighborhood with her sights set on Jayden has put another nail in the coffin.

While her parents keep her under lock and key, they let her older brother roam free late into the night… even after a local girl is found murdered.
Between her brother’s nighttime excursions and her parents’ odd behavior, Robyn starts to worry that the killer may be living under her own roof.

When danger lurks around every corner, Robyn must decide if she’s willing to risk her family and her life for a chance at true love.

Have you talked to your parents today?
Do you know where they are?
Do you trust them?
What if you couldn’t?

Flesh and Blood is the first novel in the Best-selling Vampires of Shadow Hills YA paranormal romance series. If you like star-crossed chemistry, headstrong heroines, and riveting family drama, then you’ll love Willow Rose’s heart-throbbing series.

Category: Suspense

Sam’s Song is book one in the nineteen book Sam Smith Mystery Series. Each book combines a psychological mystery with humour and romance and can be read as a standalone. Sam’s Song has reached #1 on the Amazon charts on ten separate occasions, is being translated into twelve languages and has readers in over thirty countries.

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Category: Mystery – Women Sleuths

When a family heirloom awakens her elemental magic, Professor Alex Lyons flees toward the solace of Yellowstone National Park, but ends up stranded with an old flame. As she struggles with her new powers, Alex realizes hers is not the only power on the rise. It’s the week before Christmas and nearby Yellowstone is growing increasingly unstable. Now the clock is ticking as forces converge in an event unlike any seen by the modern world. Will Alex pay the ultimate price to protect humanity?

Science and magic collide in this thriller that will keep you turning pages long into the night.
Grab “The Yellowstone Convergence” by S. L. Hansen today and join the adventure!

Category: Suspense

When Chief Sidney Becker arrives at a crime scene on the lakeshore of her small town, she’s confronted with one of the most spine chilling murders she’s ever witnessed. The man’s nude body is inscribed with mysterious symbols, and strange tokens are buried nearby in the sand. The investigation takes Sidney into the world of magical practices and beliefs. Her suspects include witches, illusionists, psychics, and magicians. Their familiarity with the symbols from the crime scene send a ripple of fear through the occult community. Many are convinced that a demonic warlock is on the loose. Sidney has little patience for beliefs in magic spells and demons. But she can’t deny that something sinister and eerie is afoot in Linnly County—and it’s waiting to strike again.

Category: Mystery – Women Sleuths

A massive disc hovers near Fort Hood Army Base…
Eight people are dead…
Will a shocking discovery enslave humanity forever?

Agent Jackson Stone has been searching for UFOs his entire life. When he’s saved by a clandestine organization, he becomes their weapon. Desperate for answers, will he betray the agency to uncover his past?

Agent Alabama Wren’s uncanny empathic abilities set her apart from other agents in the field. She’s tough, smart, and remarkably lethal. But will she have the strength to face the Others?

What they uncover begins a race around the globe.

Is a terrorist loose? Has Earth been invaded by the Others?

Or is it something more sinister?

A parallel Deep State wreaks fear and destruction, entangling Jackson and Alabama in a web of lies.

Who leads this world-wide conspiracy? Can it be stopped in time?

Brace. Horizon Protocol is now in effect.

Category: Thrillers – Espionage

From the age of seventeen, Clifford Olson Junior spent only 1,501 days outside of prison or jail. If his claims are to be believed, he averaged about one murder every ten days. During his imprisonment, he was assessed on the Hare Psychopathy Checklist, a tool designed to evaluate psychopathy. The standard threshold is 25-30. He scored a 38 out of 40, the highest rating ever recorded.

Category: Thrillers – Crime