Your Mystery and Thriller Book Bargains for March 29, 2021

Another nail-biting horror novella from the Queen of Scream

Everyone’s nightmare

When five-year-old Winnie finds a little bird that is hurt, she wants to take it in and take care of it. Her mother is reluctant. She is terrified of birds. As she rightfully should be…

The Bird is a short story from The Queen of Scream. A quick and scary read, as only Willow Rose can deliver it.

Category: Suspense

Tragedy enters the quaint coastal town of New Haven, Oregon when the recently released convict, Ross Conrad, vows to make good on a ten-year-old threat.
Private Investigators, Troy and Eva Winters take on the case when they realize their good friend, Jasmine, is the object of his delusional obsession.
When the threat becomes deadly and Jasmine turns up missing, Troy and Eva go on the hunt for Ross and his captive.
The chase leads them from the Oregon coast to the dense forest of Puget Sound, Washington. Following clues and evidence of bodies left behind, Troy and Eva must find Jasmine before her time runs out.

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Category: Mystery – Private Investigators

It’s Detective Inspector Siv Drummond’s first day back on the job, joining a new team in a new town. This fresh start isn’t going to be easy. Still mourning the death of her husband, she must push aside her grief to focus on her first case. Lauren Visser and Matis Rimas are found stabbed to death in the idyllic woodland by the River Bere. Their mutilated bodies lie within feet of each other. A photograph of an unknown girl sits on Lauren’s chest. She was an activist and wild swimmer. He was fishing illegally. What is their connection? Siv and her team start ruling out suspects, but no one tells the truth when everyone has something to hide. What will be dredged up by the investigation? Can DI Siv Drummond fight the current of lies or will she be swept away?

Category: Thrillers – Crime

Would You Go Through Hell to Save Your Child?

Henry Black finally had it all — a loving family and a thriving career as a comedian. Then in one night, it was all ripped away when three men murdered his daughter, and ended his world.

But death isn’t the end for Henry. When given the chance to return, he accepts. Except he’s no longer the man he was — or even a man at all. To match his sins, Henry’s body has been twisted and his mind thrust into darkness.

But the closer he comes to the truth, the more he leaves his humanity behind. Henry is caught in the war between Heaven and Hell and forced to choose between the two things he cares about the most: Vengence and the chance to save his daughter.

Can Henry redeem himself and save his daughter, or will he be damned for all eternity as monstrous?

Category: Suspense

“Help me…please.”

Three words will launch Inspector Briana Ryu of the San Francisco PD into the forefront of an investigation into the darker side of her city. When a young boy reaches out to Bri, begging her to save him and his sister, but then vanishes into the night, Bri thinks that will be the end of it—that is, until he is found dead six months later.

Catapulted into the violent and horrifying world of human trafficking, Bri races against time to find his missing sister.

Will she manage the unfathomable task, or will the girl be swallowed up by the city Bri holds dear?

Category: Mystery – Police Procedurals

Rachel has to choose, going to jail for the gang or her freedom by betraying the man he loves and the gang mastermind.

Rachel Atkins was a woman of many gifts. She could swerve through a lock with the click of her fingers in seconds, not to mention crawling into tiny spaces one wouldn’t dream of getting through was her strong suit. It was easy to say that she was dedicated, ambitious, and didn’t play around when she was on the job. She wasn’t very emotional or talkative, but she made sure all eyes and ears were directed towards the words that fell from her mouth when she spoke. She was quite an enigma.

Robin is ruthless, and as much as the gang liked to see him as a monster, Robin had kept them afloat through the years. He took care of snitches and drug dealers who wanted to skim off the top of their earnings. It was because of him that the group was pretty much untouchable.

What will Rachel do?

Will she take the offer by the state?

Can she survive if she betrays Robin?
If you like gripping suspense-thriller packed with suspense and showcasing the dark world of gangs and their survival skills, then you won’t want to miss The Betrayal.

Category: Mystery – International Mystery & Crime

Small-town cozy mysteries filled with humor, fun and the quirkiest characters around: In the idyllic town of Eden, newspaper reporter Abby must uncover who poisoned her boss, find a murderer at the annual picnic fundraiser, and stop a killer before they check more names off their list…

Category: Mystery – Cozy