Your Mystery and Thriller Book Bargains for January 8, 2023

Hard work is murder! Is a big real estate deal behind the death of a personal finance blogger? Two homicide detectives race to uncover the truth.

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

It’s not every day you meet an amateur sleuth with fangs. Set in a traveling circus of mythical creatures, this “laugh out loud” cozy mystery finds Duncan – dragon and amateur sleuth – stumbling through his first murder case with the help of a chain-smoking unicorn, an aura-spotting centaur… and plenty of omelets. If you like fantastical mysteries that mix in plenty of laughs with some murderous mayhem, you’ll love Hoard It All Before.

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Apple Books | Nook | Kobo

Category: Mystery – Cozy

Rinn destroys equipment at a remote Native logging camp. The woman he loved is arrested for his crime—and the murder of a Tlingit elder broken by the loss of the Native way of life. If Rinn comes clean on the sabotage, he’ll be charged with the murder. No cop is going to believe that someone else killed the old man. If he says nothing, Kit goes to prison.

Kit fights to save the Alaska she loves. It’s not a battle she can win, unless she betrays her secret lover, a Tlingit fighting for what was promised to his people a generation ago.

For years, Dan fought for Native rights and nothing changed. He steps over the line thinking it would make a difference to Native kids. Now, even if he wins, he loses.

“Serpentine intrigue and crisp characterization,” Kirkus Reviews(starred review)
100 Best Indie Books of 2020, Kirkus Reviews
“Plotting is taut and propulsive,” Red City Review (5-star review)

Category: Thrillers – Political

Don’t miss your chance to binge-read the first four books in the Holly Holmes cozy culinary mystery collection.
With its stunning turrets and beautiful rose gardens, I always thought Audley Castle was perfect, set in the idyllic village of Audley St. Mary. It’s a place I love to call home. But behind the trimmed hedgerows, stately gardens, and birdsong, a killer is waiting!
To be enjoyed with a slice of cake while nestled in a comfy chair.

Category: Mystery – Cozy