Your Mystery and Thriller Book Bargains for February 28, 2021

“One of the best crime thrillers I’ve read in years.”

Starting a new life in Snowdonia was always Ruth Hunter’s dream. Until a twisted killer turned it into her worst nightmare.

Detective Inspector Ruth Hunter lives with the pain of her partner’s mysterious and unsolved disappearance. About to hit fifty, the veteran police officer trades in the crime-ridden streets of London for a more peaceful life in rural North Wales.

But Ruth has barely settled into her new position in North Wales Police, when the body of a brutally murdered woman is discovered… with strange symbols carved into her skin.

When the body of a businessman washes up on a secluded North Wales shore, Detective Inspector Ruth Hunter is anxious to prove she can lead the local investigative team and nail the killer. But as she digs into the dead millionaire’s business affairs, DI Hunter discovers a disturbing link to an infamous drug lord.

Category: Thrillers – Crime

Suspense! Thrills! Tea breaks! Murder! In this exciting and hilarious historical satire, English librarian H. R. Huxtable sets out to rescue a beleaguered British outpost in Victorian-era central Africa. The odds are piling up against him, but despite oppressive jungle, cannibal tribes, and his own unhinged troops, Huxtable will prevail. Er … won’t he?

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Category: Suspense

A secret book club. A celebrity murder. And a boss that hates books…

When Laura Lee and her club stumble on the dead body of Mrs. Fitzwater’s nephew, (famous photographer to the stars, Andy) snooping takes on a whole new meaning. Especially when one of the house staff—and member of the book club—swears they saw the nephew later that night… very much alive. From whispers of espionage to the motive of a spurned lover, the book club collective isn’t sure which way is up. Even worse, time is running out as the killer makes them the next target. Someone doesn’t want to be found out and is willing to do anything to keep their secret.

Category: Mystery – Cozy

An uninhabited island. Ten stranded strangers. No way to escape. Ursula Smart (not her real name), realising therapy alone cannot teach her how to survive this life, is determined to make some changes. She signs herself up for a survival course — along with her mother, aunts Charlotte and Mirabelle and Bridget. But the promised gentle weekend of foraging and camping in the Outer Hebrides swiftly turns into a desperate battle for survival. Their boat capsizes. Washed up on an uninhabited island, the Smart women face starvation, freezing conditions and — worse — no Wi-Fi. Then the murders begin. Someone is killing off them one by one. Will the Smarts escape or will they be next?

Category: Mystery – Women Sleuths

MIDNIGHT REFLECTIONS – What really happens at Midnight?
Julia’s midnight reflections actually happened at four in the morning. Tragedy had struck. She was far from home, lonely, watching a handsome man sleeping in her bed at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Robin, the handsome sleeping man had put himself in terrible danger so she could solve a mystery. Now she was feeling guilty as well as heart broken.

Robin himself is obsessed by Julia, knowing something besides her attractiveness enchanted him; an illusive mixture of sweetness and intelligence that beckons. He’s playing a role, hiding his true identity.

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Category: Mystery – Private Investigators