Your Mystery and Thriller Book Bargains for January 14, 2021

When a girl with a chain around her ankle is discovered dead at a bus stop, detective Darren McDaniel races to save more children from the same grisly fate — and is plunged into a horrifying world of crime. Can he find the ruthless culprit in time?

A death in the wilderness.
A woman mourns alone.
A reporter works a single lead.

BONE MAKER fuses Stieg Larsson’s THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE with the frenzy of THE POET.

“The author is a great talent, and the story and characters are compelling.”
— Aaron C. Brown, Amazon Top 1000 Reviewer

Category: Mystery – Series

She wanted a simple life. What she got was anything but…

Lexi Sobado is anything but ordinary. She can do things—sense things—that most people cannot. When she attracts the attention of a deadly stalker, she’s not about to sit quietly and let the handsome ex-SEAL save her. She’s going to take care of herself and help catch the madman—even if it’s the last thing she ever does.

Category: Thrillers – Conspiracies

A jigsaw puzzle of a crime novel with a paranormal twist – the brilliant feel-good debut from Wendy Turbin.

Meet Penny Wiseman, a private investigator by circumstance, stumbling through adulthood and desperately trying to keep her late father’s business afloat.

She’s on the trail of her client’s husband. He’s guilty of hiding something, but is he having an affair? The case leads her to an intriguing series of mysteries and encounters, and not all are quite of this world.

Because, for Penny, seeing the dead is a fact of life, and when a teenage ghost wants justice, who else can the girl turn to for help?

There’s one big problem – the dead don’t talk.

Penny’s first job is to work out exactly why she’s being haunted.

Her second is to solve the case that should pay her bills, but will she find answers to either question?

Sleeping Dogs is full of brilliantly drawn characters, quirky humour and gripping plot twists.

Category: Mystery – Private Investigators

When newspaper reporter Grace Rampling learns that a gay choir has been kicked out of its venue — the Catholic cathedral — she decides to confront church officials. But she gets more than she bargained for when she literally stumbles over the corpse of a high-ranking cleric.
Minutes later, Detective Sergeant Adam Davis strides into the church to take on the investigation . . . and sees Grace, with her wild auburn hair and dark brown eyes, rising from between the pews.
She is his primary witness, and a potential suspect in the case. But as the grisly murder investigation unfolds, it also becomes evident that she might be in danger.
Grace is legally off limits, forcing Adam to fight a fierce attraction even as he races to unwind a high-profile murder while protecting his witness.

Other Retailers
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Category: Mystery – Police Procedurals

Amy has hopes of a brighter future when she moves in with her shady but alluring boyfriend. She soon finds a job, which is more than can be said for him, and begins to develop a friendship with an older couple who live close by. As her relationship deteriorates, their bond strengthens. Jealous, the boyfriend, aims to upset things, and events quickly spiral out of control.

Category: Suspense