Your Mystery and Thriller Book Bargains for January 14, 2023

Former FBI-profiler Eva Rae Thomas is back and embedded in a true nightmare reaching deep into her own family.

– NEVER EVER:

Ex-agent Eva Rae Thomas is on the run. The past month she has done things she never knew she was capable of while hunting for her kidnapped daughter.

Eva Rae has risked everything,
-her career,
-her newfound love,
-her freedom.

She’s looking for the man they call the Iron Fist. The trail has led her to Miami.

Meanwhile, Miami is under attack. Hundreds of passengers in the Metrorail are exposed to a deathly nerve gas on a peaceful Monday morning. When Eva Rae Thomas sees her daughter on the surveillance footage from the attack, she knows it is no coincidence. But by the time she uncovers the chilling truth of how it is all connected, it might be too late.

– SAY YOU LOVE ME:
What would you do if your brother was accused of a horrible crime, and you were certain he didn’t do it?

Life is not done throwing Eva Rae Thomas curveballs.

A phone call turns her life upside down – once again. The call is from her father, the man she hasn’t seen in thirty-six years, not since he kidnapped her sister in a supermarket.

Now, he is back in Florida, and he needs her help. Her younger brother – who she didn’t know existed – has been arrested on Amelia Island. The boy is in a coma after being shot by an officer during the incident. But his father doesn’t believe the police, and he asks for Eva Rae’s help to prove it.

At the same time, a serial killer is planning one of the most horrific mass killings in history.

Will Eva Rae find it in her heart to help her father after what he did to her? Will facing him again set her free or pull her under?

Category: Mystery – Police Procedurals

DCI Alice Candy investigates the disappearance of a young woman, with surprising consequences. An intense read.

Category: Mystery – Traditional Detectives

Jockey Chris Englund has won a record-tying five Kentucky Derbies, horse racing’s jewel. But his uncompromising honesty in a world where cheating pays has stalled his career.
Out of the blue, he gets the leg up on the odds-on Derby favorite. But Derby week turns to ashes when he’s offered half a million dollars to throw the race and set off a betting bonanza for criminal cartels around the world.
The drive to the Derby wire tests Chris Englund’s courage and a great horse’s heart in a brutal battle against insurmountable odds. If he throws the race, he’ll betray the honor he’s fought for all his life. If he rides to win, he’ll destroy the horse and lose the woman he loves.
KING OF THE ROSES is the story of a champion rider’s choice between temptation and truth, between honesty and his life. The prize isn’t just Derby roses. It’s a love that demands more than he’s ever been asked to give.

Category: Mystery – Cozy

“A TWISTY AND EVOCATIVE SUSPENSE STORY.” –– The Booklife Prize

After driving through a violent storm, young married couple, Riley and Jake Marshall wind up stranded with a flat tire off the I95 near Yemassee, South Carolina. They thought this would be the worst part of their day. They were wrong.

When the tow truck arrives ahead of schedule, Jake’s expensive car is loaded onto the flatbed and the unsuspecting couple climb aboard. What begins as a car theft and mugging, turns much darker when the back-woods car thieves discover Jake’s family is worth millions.

Days pass, and Riley’s strong-willed mother is desperate for answers. Frustrated by the slow-moving police investigation, the family does some detective work of their own. What they uncover leaves them with more questions than answers. Are the police concealing evidence? Or, does this closely-knit family have a secret they’re keeping?

Sometimes, the answers come from where they’re least expected.

The Lowlands is a suspenseful, fast-paced thriller about survival, corruption, and the blurry line between what’s right and wrong when fighting for the life of someone you love.

Category: Thrillers – Crime

During a soiree for San Francisco’s VIPs at the home of a friend, P.I. Lee Alvarez finds a dead man wearing a tuxedo in the hostess’s bathtub. Lee’s sleuthing for the friend, an internationally acclaimed actress, uncovers threatening letters, sullen playwrights, dead bodies, and a criminal web of jewel thieves, all treading the boards of her friend’s latest musical.

Category: Mystery – Traditional Detectives

Rip is in Sunzal to compete in an International Surfing Association competition when a judge is found dead in her home. Events from the previous night cause suspicion to fall on Rip. He is not equipped to handle the situation, but his long-time girlfriend is.
Alena is under pressure from her parents to put her education to better use. To appease them, she has applied for jobs and is on her way to an interview. Rip knows nothing of this.
Despite his troubles, can Rip keep his head on straight long enough to challenge the world’s best surfers?
Will Alena defy her parents and change her plans? Can she uncover the details of Andrea-Maria’s many romantic connections and find the real killer? If she does, will it be enough to save Rip?
Can Alena save Rip from himself?

Category: Mystery – Cozy