Your Mystery and Thriller Book Bargains for January 1, 2023

Twelve years gone…
Sarah Schmidt went out for a hike a month before heading to college on a cross-country scholarship. She never came back.
In the twelve years she’s been gone, the local police have done little to help the family, leaving them with the desperate knowledge that Sarah could still be alive, somewhere, somehow…
The family hasn’t given up their hope for revenge, or at least answers.
Emily Tizzano, a former Chicago PD cold case detective suffering from painful skeletons in her past, holds the hope of the family in her hands. Can she overcome her own history in order to help them find Sarah and get the justice they need?

Category: Thrillers – Crime

Calliope King has come across some strange and unsettling situations as a social worker. None of them compare to what she finds at the end of Abernathy Lane.

The Maxwells claim to be a family that believes in simple living and quiet devotion., but Callie has a feeling that something else is going on at their farm. Their clothing from centuries past, unnaturally silent children, and the fact that Callie can’t find a trace of them in public records has her starting to believe that the Maxwell’s placid farm hides something much more sinister than a family choosing to live apart from the modern world.

Callie enlists her friend, private detective Xavier Ramos, in her quest to find out more about the Maxwells. What he finds only muddies the situation further. Missing people, false identities, and suspicious deaths seem to follow the family everywhere they go.

As they dive deeper into the mystery, they soon realize that the Maxwells know that Callie and Xavier are looking into their lives.

And they are not happy about it.

Can Callie and Xavier discover what’s hiding under the pleasant exterior of the farm at the end of Abernathy Lane? Who exactly are Charity and Simon Maxwell, and what are they doing that they want to keep hidden? And exactly how far will they go to protect their secrets?

Rescued is a suspenseful thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat until the jaw-dropping conclusion.

Category: Mystery – Private Investigators

Life goes on…for some

Zoe Sanchez’s entire world has tilted on its axis. Her best friend and boss, DI Benjamin Kidd, has gone off grid once again, her almost boyfriend Owen Campbell was brutally murdered on their last case, and with a new DI and DC ready to fill the empty spaces, the team is in a disrepair. Everything is changing around her and there doesn’t appear to be anything she can do to stop it.

Though one thing that never seems to change is the criminal underworld of their ward, and when a new case lands on their new DI’s desk there is little time for getting-to-know-yous. The team need to get into a new rhythm and fast as the body of a girl missing presumed dead shows up near the University and nothing is as it seems.

Category: Mystery – Women Sleuths

Retired Charlie North visits three old girlfriends for his blog. So far, so nice.

However, after each visit, somebody murders the old girlfriend. Of course, Charlie swiftly becomes the top suspect with cops in LA, Chicago, and Miami.

Cornered, Charlie investigates the murders. He hires a stunning private detective. As they dig up clues, Charlie dutifully reports their findings in his blogs, naming names, naming everything.

The blogs explode! They go wildly viral! It’s like putting the investigations of all three murders on a sizzling griddle. (Spoiler: killers and cops don’t like that.)

There is a rousing finish at a lonely Oregon beach house. Justice prevails in strange ways, and surprises wherever Charlie goes.

This is a fast read. Old guys like things fast.

Category: Mystery – Series

Imagine, you are lounging on your couch, sipping coffee, and suddenly from nowhere a naked corpse of a woman appears in front of you. You get rid of the corpse somehow, without informing the police, but a few days later, you meet the same woman, alive and thriving.

This is exactly what happens to Rehan.

Category: Thrillers – Crime