Your Mystery and Thriller Book Bargains for July 30, 2023

Dying is what changed Mary’s life.
A near-death experience changes former Chicago cop Mary O’Reilly’s life. Now she can now see and communicate with ghosts.
Becoming a private investigator in a small town, Mary’s trying to learn how to incorporate her experience as a cop and new-found talent of seeing and communicating with ghosts into a real job.
Twenty-four years ago, a young woman drowned in the swimming pool of a newly-elected State Senator. It was ruled an accident. But now, as the Senator prepares to move on to higher positions, the ghost of the woman is appearing to the Senator’s wife.
Mary is hired to discover the truth behind the death. She unearths a connection between the murder and the disappearance of five little girls whose cases are still all unsolved. As she digs further, she becomes the next target for the serial killer’s quest to tie up all his loose ends.

A missing teenager. A web of prison corruption and human trafficking. Can DI Ruth Hunter blow the lid off the case in time to save a sixteen year old girl?

Detective Inspector Ruth Hunter has resolved to put the grief of her missing partner behind her and continue to make a life away from London in Snowdonia. When a sixteen year old girl, Rosie, mysteriously vanishes, the case brings up unresolved issues from the past for Ruth.

Ruth realises that the key to Rosie’s disappearance might lie within a violent battle for control of a local prison. As they race against the clock, Ruth, and her sidekick DS Nick Evans, begin to uncover slavery, intimidation and bribery, only to find that the repercussions of the investigation damage those they are closest to.

If you like chilling police procedurals, true-to-life characters, and psychological twists, then you’ll love Simon McCleave’s page-turning thrill ride.

Category: Thrillers – Crime

A “consistently exciting” thriller “with complex characters” (Kirkus Reviews): Everyone thought Claire’s deceased younger sister was the perfect child — but Claire knew the truth about her real nature. Twelve years later, similar murders begin occurring that are copycats of her sister’s death… and Claire becomes the prime suspect. But is Tina truly dead — or is she playing one final lethal game?

Category: Mystery – Police Procedurals

Charlie has old girlfriend problems.

The cops think retired blogger Charlie North murdered his three old girlfriends. They want to see him fry.

Charlie needs to catch the killers before the cops, or the killers, catch him.

Desperate, Charlie investigates the murders. He hires a stunning–and brilliant–private detective. Good first move. As they dig up clues, Charlie dutifully reports their findings in his blog, naming names, naming everything.

The blogs go wildly viral. It’s like putting the investigations of all three murders on a sizzling griddle. (Spoiler: killers and cops don’t like that.)

There is a rousing finish at a lonely Oregon beach house where justice prevails in strange ways.

If you’re in the mood for a quirky mystery novel that plunks humor and suspense into the same MixMaster, put this book in your hands today.

This book reads fast. Old guys like things fast.

Category: Mystery – Series

Strange creatures, gruesome murders, oozing organisms, unfathomable abductions, enigmatic expeditions, an age-old malevolence, and much more…

J.C. Moore, author of The Repayment, delivers a collection of dark horror tales that are both chilling and poignant.

Dark Intrigues Book 1

Category: Thrillers – Psychological

Archaeologists make an exciting discovery during the ongoing excavations in Pompeii Italy. The earliest known New Testament writings were buried almost two thousand years ago when Vesuvius erupted. Verifiable texts that could bring revolutionary changes to the world’s secular, religious, and political paradigms. Stolen from Italian authorities a worldwide hunt that started in Amsterdam ends in the waters of Oahu’s west side, the valley and beach named for the outlaws that once populated the area; Makaha; Hawaiian for savage. Trimix and closed circuit rebreather technical divers descend to depths unreachable by conventional scuba in a race against murderous competitors for recovery of the priceless relics.

Category: Mystery – International Mystery & Crime