Your Mystery and Thriller Book Bargains for January 11, 2022

A modern MURDER SHE WROTE.

The body of a woman found in front of Nordby City Hall has a message for Emma Frost carved into the skin. Behind this ruthless murder stands a ghostly figure that likes to play childish games. Soon, this killer brings a reign of terror to the small Danish Island and especially to the life of Emma Frost.

While Emma’s personal life is in a mess, she also has to hunt down a cruel predator who seems to be targeting people with serious mental illnesses.

Category: Mystery – Women Sleuths

Light, cozy mystery series in a small town with a puzzle loving, amateur female sleuth, quirky characters (human and canine), and enough flowers and pastries to fill your garden and your belly.

Category: Mystery – Cozy

Following a family tragedy that has broken his spirit, crime reporter Will Finch returns to his news desk in San Francisco eager to reboot his career and renew his lease on life.

When he’s assigned to cover the grisly death of a witness to a multi-million dollar bitcoin fraud, Finch discovers some troubling complications: A Mercedes-Benz abandoned in the wilderness. A wounded bear. A cop who rules a remote town with an iron fist. And the witness’s fiancée — a US senator’s daughter — knows there’s something mysterious about her lover’s death. But what?

Inspired by true events, Bone Maker is the first thriller in this series of noir crime novels — a new crime trilogy that races from coastal Oregon to San Francisco, Moscow, Honolulu and Washington DC. It intersects the worlds of international finance, cryptocurrency software algorithms, and corruption that reaches from the US Senate to Turk Street in the Tenderloin District.

Category: Thrillers – Financial

Maverick New Orleans lawyer Tubby Dubonne has a penchant for off-track betting, and fighting evil while passing a good time. Passing a good time, of course, includes running from the mob, solving gritty crime lab murder mysteries, thwarting bank heists, while answering to a family of beloved women. An action packed adventure awaits!

Category: Mystery – Cozy

In 1692, a disreputable young man breaks his engagement by accusing his fiancee of witchcraft. Little does he know, she really is a witch.

“Salem Burning” is a fast-paced, brand-new take on the Salem witch trials.

Category: Suspense

After narrowly escaping the horrors of the Salem witch trials, Lilly Parris comes of age in 18th century France, where she is pampered by Louis XVI, and pursued by one of history’s greatest fiends: Maximilien Robespierre, the monster who sent thousands of innocent men, women, and children to the guillotine.

“The Witch and the Guillotine” is a fast-paced, brand-new take on The French Revolution.