Your Mystery and Thriller Book Bargains for July 24, 2023

Book 1 in the pulse-pounding Brice Bannon Seacoast Adventure series.

Brice Bannon served fifteen years in the Coast Guard, most recently as captain of the Deployable Operations Group, (DOG), the Coast Guard’s version of the Navy’s Seals operations. When the command was decommissioned, rather than accept re-assignment, Bannon retired from the full-time Coast Guard. But Bannon didn’t leave the Coast Guard behind completely. He remains in the Reserves.

Recruited by the Secretary of Homeland Security, he leads a small, secretive team of highly-skilled operatives capable of responding to and investigating specific, targeted threats against the homeland. Threats that cannot be effectively handled by standard operating means. Threats that call for a unique and often secret approach outside the normal channels of either Homeland Security or the Department of Defense.

A Week and a Day is a time-defying mystery that finds David Hamilton, a WWII Marine pilot, grappling for survival in a crippled Corsair fighter plane over the war-torn Pacific Ocean in 1945. Suddenly, and inexplicably transported to a future time, place, and circumstance, he embarks on a desperate cross-country journey with the help of two reluctant strangers, in a 1941 Ford Coupe with its own mysterious past, and purpose. Following the trio, and lurking in the shadows are three malevolent entities, intending to terminate their quest, permanently. Will David uncover the truth, find his way home, and honor a promise made to the most important person in his life? This one-of-a-kind adventure, where the collision of yesterday and today, will have the reader thinking about the unique storyline, and characters, long after the final page has been turned.

Category: Mystery – Historical

A White-Knuckle Thriller that will keep you glued to its pages! Facing the grave dangers of a triple-threat, the CIA is on its heels. CIA Agent Dave McClure and his Spec Ops teams face deadly action in the mist covered Blue Mountains of Jamaica to a strategic missile base in Wyoming under attack by a terrorist group. In Berlin, intelligence sources warn the CIA of a plot to arrest the Chancellor, overthrow the German government, and invade Poland and the Czech Republic. The CIA must act fast and forcibly to avoid the outbreak of World War III.

Other Retailers
Nook

Category: Thrillers – Espionage

In “The Apicide Affair,” the world is on the brink of ecological disaster as the honey bee population faces extinction due to a deadly DNA disorder known as Three-DNA. Driven by the urgency to save these vital pollinators, scientist Jenebah Tamba leads a team of researchers on a groundbreaking project backed by AsmoCorp.

Their mission is to develop a viral treatment to neutralize the virus and revive the critically endangered honey bee population. Cloning bees and administering the viral agent, they aim to halt genetic degradation. However, progress is slow, with success rates hovering at a meager 0.02%.

Suddenly, a catastrophic event strikes the lab. A power outage and explosion disrupt experiments, endangering the lives of cloned bees. As tensions escalate and funding cuts loom, the team races against time, confronting ethical dilemmas.

Amidst the chaos, unseen forces endanger not only the research but Jenebah’s life. A gripping tale unfolds as survival becomes paramount, and Jenebah finds herself entangled in a world of intrigue and danger. Can she navigate the web of deception and save the bees, and herself, from looming disaster? In “The Apicide Affair,” suspense and ethical choices intertwine in a race against extinction

Other Retailers
Apple Books

Category: Suspense

She froze when she looked inside the bag.
A red envelope peeked out from one of the bowling shoes.

Summer had ended in Mirror Falls and the hustle and bustle of tourists was finished for the year. It left an emptiness behind. For a few people, the season transitioned into an eight-month time span of excitement and expectation of weekly night meetings with friends and foes. Bowling season!
Lainey and her friends Della, Vera, and Francy, prepared their costumes for the midnight Holy Rollers Bowling Tournament, an event organized by an area pastor to raise funds for beloved locals, Gerald and Phoebe Hayward, owners of the Spare Lanes Bowling Alley.

From birthday parties and leagues every night to Scotch Doubles tournaments on weekends, Spare Lanes was the hot spot where local celebrity bowlers and newbies gathered. However, a threat of foreclosure loomed over the bowling community. Add into the mix the history of bootleggers, hidden church basement alleys, and traditions of revenge, and there’s more than bowling balls crossing the foul line.

When accusations of the past turn into murder in the present, Lainey Maynard and the Whoopee Pin-Slayers will need more than gutter bumpers, shoe covers, and shammy rags to solve the unfolding mysteries.

Bowling a perfect score of 300 can take years of practice. But does that practice make for a perfect murder?

Category: Mystery – Cozy