Your Mystery and Thriller Book Bargains for January 4, 2022

Miss Congeniality meets The Golden Girls in this hilarious mystery set in southern Louisiana. With a price on her head and a leak at the CIA, assassin Fortune Redding undertakes her most difficult mission ever…in Sinful, LA. Armed with her considerable skills and two ladies the locals dub The Geritol Mafia, Fortune decides to solve a murder.

Lanie Anders has a perfectly-ordered life. From her half-foam morning latte to her high-powered executive job – she controls every outcome. But when her house burns to the ground in mysterious circumstances, her life is thrown into confusion.

Searching for some kind of purpose, she stumbles across a century-old mystery and flees to Piney Falls, Oregon, an oceanside hamlet with a curious past. But something isn’t quite right in the picturesque town. Her neighbor speaks in riddles, the death rate is alarmingly high and the impossibly handsome town baker is hiding something.

With each clue she unearths in the present and the past, she becomes more convinced that the townspeople are in imminent danger.

Will Lanie be able to solve both mysteries without putting her own life in jeopardy?

Category: Mystery – Cozy

Piper Moonlight is tired of constantly looking over her shoulder, afraid of the remaining Fallen Branch cult members. She decides the best place to land is in Piney Falls, Oregon, where the cult originated. At least everyone there knows her story and she’ll be safe.

When she arrives, she finds employment under the watchful eye of Cosmo Hill, also a former Fallen Branch member, at his bakery. Cosmo doesn’t trust Piper or her story. He enlists the help of his fiancé, marketing wonder and super sleuth Lanie Anders to uncover the truth of Piper’s past.

Lanie and Cosmo soon discover there are still shocking secrets buried within the layers of the former cult. As those secrets come to light, those who keep them will stop at nothing to stay hidden. The ugly truth of Fallen Branch will force Lanie, Cosmo and Piper to make unthinkable choices to save themselves and the life they know in Pine

It’s New Year’s Eve. Shae Wilmont, the adored celebrity host of IShop—a popular shopping site—is ready to reclaim her life. Her stalker’s been caught. But en route to a party, a bizarre encounter lands her in the wrong place at the wrong time. Only one person knows where she ends up. It’s where no one can find her.
In this dark psychological thriller, the lives of three strangers collide irreversibly. Honey, a displaced Southern girl with a painful past, is fiercely protective of her new friends at the expense of her own safety. Creepy Lawrence, a Detective Bureau fast-tracker with a penchant for latex gloves and a perverse obsession with Shae. And Shae, with millions of fake friends but hardly a real one. All three are hiding something. Time is running out. But the only way to find Shae, is for someone to discover who she really is.

Category: Thrillers – Psychological

Raised on a small farm in the heart of Eastern Europe, Natalia Nicolaeva dreams of a better life. When she ventures abroad in search of opportunity, however, things don’t go according to plan.

Kidnapped and sold by human traffickers to a vicious criminal gang, Natalia finds herself trapped in a harrowing nightmare. Just when things are at their darkest, she summons the courage and determination to escape.

After returning to her home, Natalia enlists the help of a shadowy arms dealer and prepares herself for all-out war. If they come for her again, Natalia will do whatever it takes to make the bad guys pay.

They thought they could get away with it all. They never planned on facing a girl like Natalia. Be warned, this story is gritty and raw, but guaranteed to keep your pulse pounding.

Category: Thrillers – Crime

Natalia Nicolaeva is off to study in St. Petersburg, Russia, but when a friend is murdered, her life goes spiraling out of control. She could choose to just stay out of it, but then, that’s not really in her nature.

Vendetta Girl follows Natalia through a labyrinth of Russian computer hackers, corrupt government officials and professional hitmen as she struggles to put together the pieces of a deadly conspiracy.

Nobody is quite who they seem in this fast-paced thriller and the only person Natalia can fully trust is herself.

Only one thing is absolutely certain; Natalia will do whatever it takes to make the killers pay.

Once Upon a hallowed eve…
Halloween, the day where the veil between the normal and the paranormal is as thin as a whisker on a witch’s chin…

Twenty-three original cozy mysteries cook up tales of fun, mayhem, and murder!

With a sprinkle of seniors with sharp minds and smart mouths, a dash of witches with familiars and more sass than sense, and a pinch of whodunits in quaint little towns.

Once Upon a Halloween has your next favorite author. Who will it be?

Category: Mystery – Cozy

Emerald O’Brien never intended to be a detective, but when she wakes up and finds the ghost of Susan Mitchell begging her to prove she was murdered, Emerald’s plunged into murder and mayhem.

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Category: Mystery – Cozy