Your Mystery and Thriller Book Bargains for February 8, 2019

Eleanor Blakely hails from a long line of talented witches, yet after failing to graduate from the Fanglewick School of Magic her prospects look grim. An apprenticeship at the Wandermere Observatory in the Department of Astronomical Predictions offers her a second chance to gain registration as a magic practitioner, but after falling asleep on the job, missing the planetary alignment in the newly discovered Merlin constellation and mistaking a dragon weyr flying over Wandermere for the Cazilla comet shower, she’s booted out. In the Old World, a magically unlicensed adult witch sits just above humans and troublesome teenage goblins on the scale of social worthiness, well below the most ordinary elves, witches and wizards. Unable to practice magic and in her mid-twenties, Eleanor endures work as a transfer officer, supervising humans on the wards of Silverwing Hospital. Her team transports witches and wizards suffering a fatal affliction known as magic madness or magdolor to St Blightus, an asylum in the south. In the midst of a transfer, a murder changes everything, forcing her to flee across dimensions to Earth with an amnesiac wizard. Pursued by ruthless elves, she takes refuge in Downfell Manor, where her grandmother, Lucinda and her strange cat, Bella reside. Murder and mayhem follow Eleanor and Artemis, their paths inevitably crossing that of a non-magical wizard, Detective Finley Quiveridge.

Category: Mystery – Cozy

When Charli sleeps, she has dreams….but not your run of the mill type dreams. The images that occur in her night sleep appear to be talking directly to her. Not only that, but the dreams are helping her solve crimes. Unfortunately, these illusions aren’t straight forward and Charli must use her noodle to figure out what they mean.

When a mysterious death occurs in a swampy area of the county, Charli’s friend Elle is tasked with the case for an insurance claim. Elle is aware of Charli’s dreams, but isn’t sure if they should use the information or chuck it. However, Charli is sure her dreams are pulling her towards answers, not just for criminal activity, but something hidden in her background as well.

Category: Mystery – Cozy

The Texter
Fallen homicide detective, Jack Slaughter, closes the door on the home where his family has been murdered. Moving across the city, he works as a private investigator to fund his own investigation into what happened to his family.

Jack hates missing person’s cases, but only takes the case to find Carl Boyd’s missing wife because the details of her disappearance closely match Leah’s. He hopes by finding Bonnie Boyd, he’ll find his own wife.

The Butcher
Following the leads in the case, Jack discovers a serial killer, a fact Jack’s ex-partner and still best friend has neglected to tell him about. The city has a serial killer and officials haven’t been able to find a single lead on the person they’ve dubbed The Butcher.

Could Bonnie Boyd’s disappearance be linked to The Butcher? More important, was Leah one of The Butcher’s victims? Could he have gone so far as to murder a child?

With every clue Jack weaves together, the more his own life unravels.

Category: Thrillers – Crime

In the late 1800s, a secret society is formed by a captain from Teddy Roosevelt’s Rough Riders with the support of the nation’s leading industrialists and bankers. Over a century later, the tradition continues, in the same saloons and boardrooms of New York City where it all began.
In this crime thriller, where history and current events unite, Woodbury Kane, Jacob Riis, and Roosevelt himself fight the tyranny of Tammany Hall in the first mission of the Volunteers during the turn of the last century.

Category: Mystery – International Mystery & Crime