Your Mystery and Thriller Book Bargains for February 16, 2021

Murder happens in Houston, but when the most recent murders become too similar, law enforcement fears a serial killer is at large.
Jade Monroe, a new graduate from the FBI’s homicide unit, is called to Houston with her partner, J.T. Harper, to take on her first assignment—finding the person responsible for these crimes.
With victims piling up, the search for the killer intensifies until Jade finds herself face to face with this maniac. Now Jade is missing and the clock is ticking for her.

Bound by time, integrity, and the reality of life in Central City, Detective Vincent Bayonne and Kane Kulpa made peace with their past. Now, gang tension spirals from corrupt to deadly, and a series of murders stresses Kane and Bayonne’s uneasy alliance. Kane balances on a razor’s edge to protect his bar, power, life, and family, and Bayonne hustles to keep another lonely man from being strangled.

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Category: Mystery – Hard-Boiled

This collection of the fourth, fifth and sixth in the Golden Retriever Mystery series is sure to delight dog lovers and fans of cozy mysteries. In Dog Bless You, clue-sniffing golden Rochester digs up a long-buried human hand at the site of his human dad Steve’s new job. In Whom Dog Hath Joined, Rochester’s at it again, sniffing out a mystery with its roots in the Quaker efforts to help Vietnam war resisters. In Dog Have Mercy, it’s Christmas and Steve and Rochester need to help clear the name of an ex-con working at their vet’s office. Don’t worry– Rochester is never going to come to harm, though he and Steve certainly get into trouble!

Category: Mystery – Cozy

A brother sent away. A sister in a loveless home. A father ruthlessly murdered. Ricky and Leonora Bates are brother and sister, best friends, allies in a loveless family. They are a constant disappointment to their domineering father. He views Ricky’s quiet bookishness as weakness and Leonora’s feisty intelligence as unbecoming. Then Ricky is sent away to a boarding school in South Africa to “toughen him up”. And Leonora is stuck dealing with her dysfunctional parents on her own. The unthinkable happens. Five years later, Leonora’s father flies down to South Africa to bring Ricky home. Something terrible happens. Her dad’s body is found with a fatal gunshot wound. And her brother is nowhere to be found. Now Leonora must find out the truth. Utterly absorbing and beautifully written, this taut psychological thriller will keep you guessing until its chilling conclusion.

Category: Thrillers – Psychological

Robert Hansen seemed destined for an unhappy life. His love of archery and hunting were the only comforts he had until he left his small town for Alaska. When countless women around town went missing, no one had any idea that he was hunting a very different kind of game. Witness the depraved second life of a respected family man–the life of the worst serial killer in Alaska’s history.

Category: Thrillers – Crime

Detective Dent Miller hunts killers on the rain-soaked streets of Portland.
Now they are hunting him.
Miller believes he’s trying to solve yet another murder case, but he soon stumbles on a shocking secret. Framed for trying to kill his partner, Dent Miller is a man in free fall. He may have to tear the whole city down to find the truth.

Can an honest man win against rich, powerful enemies that will do anything to hide the truth?

Do you like action that is “non-stop, gritty, and believable?” Do you like thrillers that are “realistic and intense?”

Download this gritty thriller, strap yourself in, and cancel your appointments, because you’ll keep turning pages until you reach the explosive end.

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Category: Thrillers – Crime

Emily couldn’t help but open the email that wasn’t intended for her.
Get rid of her, it read.

Emily Turing receives a threatening email by mistake. She tries to learn who wants to get rid of her and why. She co-founded a successful startup in a male-dominated world, and she’s torn between her loyalty to Jessica, her boss and co-founder, and Mike, her co-worker and new love.

FBI Agent Bob Alexis’s life crashes when he discovers Lisa, his wife, wants to leave him. He’s married to his job. When he discovers she had an affair—it becomes unbearable, and he almost loses his mind.

When Emily, Bob’s neighbor, turns to him for help—it might be too late for both of them.

Dan Friedman’s debut crime thriller Don’t Dare to Dream won the 2019 Reader’s Favorite Mystery Gold Medal Book Award and was a finalist thriller in the National Indie Excellence Award. If you enjoy gripping suspense, twists and turns, and unpredictable characters—you’ll love Dan Friedman’s thrilling novella.

Category: Mystery – Police Procedurals