Your Mystery and Thriller Book Bargains for January 25, 2023

The ambush is in place, he takes aim, and shots ring out. Chicago is officially on notice, and a siege is underway on the city’s men and women in blue.
Detective Jesse McCord takes on the case and he soon realizes that he and the sniper have much more in common than anyone could have known.
A dangerous game of cat and mouse begins.
Taking on the killer face-to-face, and single-handedly, is the only way Jesse can protect his colleagues and end the attack on his beloved Chicago—the city he calls home.

Army veteran Mason Sharpe doesn’t call the cops when he catches a kid trying to steal his truck. He drives him home instead, advising Jalen to get his life back on track.
But the DEA is convinced Jalen is the key to dismantling a brutal drug gang.
Mason’s not buying it.
He realizes there is only one way to save Jalen – confront the gang himself.

Category: Thrillers – Crime

When the well-heeled Branson family wants to memorialize their murdered son in a coffin portrait, Cherry scrambles to win their patronage from her small town rival. As the clock ticks toward the deadline, Cherry faces more trouble than just a controversial subject. Between ex-boyfriends, her flaky family, an illegal gambling ring, and outwitting a killer on a spree, Cherry finds herself painted into a corner she’ll be lucky to survive. A fun, fast-paced, rollicking start to the Cherry Tucker Mysteries. Southern-fried with a side of romance! A Woman’s World Magazine Book Club Pick, Daphne Du Maurier finalist, Dixie Kane Memorial winner, Night Owl Reviews Top Pick, and first in the Wall Street Journal bestselling series!

Category: Mystery – Cozy

This is the fear she’s had from the beginning, the fear every mother has, of a loss too terrible to bear. Marcia Lennox has a life most people would envy: a loving husband, Harry, a beautiful and clever daughter, Phoebe, a high-flying career, and a pristine London home. But in her third week at university, Phoebe disappears.

Category: Thrillers – Psychological

Sophie’s a smart businesswoman who gets what she wants. Her family thinks he’s bad news but she marries him anyway. He’s desperate to rescue his sister from her rich and abusive husband. He needs Sophie’s help. But as her fairy tale romance unravels, she’s drawn into a world of deception and murder. For fans of Ruth Ware and Lisa Jewell.

Witch Esme is shocked when her cheating ex-husband Drew and his family turn up uninvited for a visit at her castle. First, the Dastardly Drew is intent on wreaking havoc on Esme’s new life in magical Brimstone Bay. Next, he gets arrested for a death that looks nothing like murder, Esme uncovers a plot to steal away her castle, and her own long-lost magic starts spiraling out of control.

Can Esme untangle the complicated conundrum of a mysterious death, defeat the corrupt police, deal with the Dastardly Drew and save her castle with the help (and hindrance!) of her mischievous ghosts, her wild witch cousins, and the far too handsome Agent Chris Constantine? Or will her unruly magic unleash some harm and evil of its own?

Category: Mystery – Cozy