Your Mystery and Thriller Book Bargains for June 21, 2018

Quintus Sertorius has spent the first 20 years of his life training horses on his family farm, but this must end when his father dies and his village’s political connections to Rome are severed. For the sake of his family, Quintus must leave his village for the Eternal City.
If he succeeds, his people will be fed. If he fails, his people will starve.
He begins his political career under the most influential men in Rome, but soon discovers that those in the Senate are less inclined to help him than he had hoped. His journey takes him from the corrupt and treacherous Forum to the deadly forests of Gaul, making powerful friends and enemies along the way.
But it will take more than allies to succeed. He will have to decide what compromises he is willing to make, and what risks he is willing to take, if he is to secure a future for himself and his people.

Category: Thrillers – Historical

The rape and attempted murder of a young tourist underlies the events of this book. Shlomki, a park ranger, finds her dying beside the Jordan River in the Sea of Galilee National Park and saves her life. Police are unable to solve the case and leave it open, but Shlomki remains haunted by the events. Shlomki’s earnest and naïve demeanor leads him into conflict with the local security forces, who bend the rules as they like. Amir, a Bedouin who works for the tax authorities, is sent to investigate Shlomki, but the two end up joining forces. Together they unofficially pursue the murder investigation, uncovering much more than they had been seeking. The story takes place in the region where Jesus wrought the miracle of the loaves and fishes – a place of beautiful natural wildlife. There the powerful men of the secret forces control everything.

Category: Mystery – Police Procedurals

Is it really possible not to remember killing someone?
Peter, a brain-injured veteran with a motive, is arrested for murder. The victim bullied Peter throughout his youth, and, on the night of the murder, he discovered the bully stole his fianceé while Peter served overseas.
Detective Luca leads the investigation but believes the marine’s inability to recall events on the fateful night are injury related and not an attempt by Peter to hide the truth.

Category: Mystery – Cozy

Oil is vanishing from the Cisco field and revealing it becomes a death sentence.
Newly trained and ready to rock her first assignment, Gwynn Reznick goes undercover posing as an accountant for the Prudell Energy Company. After fending off the unwanted advances of a company executive, she stumbles on a murder scene staged to look as an accident. Then she learns another employee died in a suspicious oil well accident and a large quantity of oil is missing from the Cisco field.

Category: Thrillers – Espionage