Your Mystery and Thriller Book Bargains for May 10, 2021

Every now and then Mother Nature likes to show us who is boss.

On a hot day in June, two groups of campers disappear in the Green Swamps of Florida. The wood is still burning in the bonfire, all their belongings are abandoned, and there is blood at the campground. But not a single body is found.

Patty McGee, the grandmother to one of the missing campers, sets out to find out what happened to her grandson, thinking his father might have kidnapped him. However, soon she realizes she is up against a force way more powerful than that. It’s a battle even she can’t win.

From the Queen of Scream comes a scary, yet humorous tale of man’s battle against nature. In One Fell Swoop is a compelling and clever story, as only Willow Rose can deliver.

Fans of Stephen King, Blake Crouch, Paula Hawkins, Kendra Elliot and Robert Dugoni will be gripped by this page-turning supernatural thriller, guaranteed to keep you reading til the next morning.

Category: Suspense

A blockbuster Alzheimer’s cure. A murder and unexplained deaths. Two aggrieved parties meet by chance. Will they expose the truth or die trying? Table for Four is a captivating story of two people, linked by tragedy, who take on Big Pharma only to find themselves targets in a deadly scheme of greed and corruption.

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Category: Thrillers – Medical

Like every person in the world of espionage, Tamir Binder is searching for the truth. But truth is an elusive thing, and sometimes one must delve deep into the darkest places to find.
When Tamir picks up the phone and the Mossad agents on the other end of the line ask him to help with a struggle against a ghost from the past, he understands that this is a one-time opportunity to gain the closure he’s always wanted with the beautiful Palestinian fighter he has been obsessed with ever since his military service.
Tamir is sent to Vienna to renew the chase before she can carry out her dangerous plan. But on his search, he unravels a gripping affair extending to the highest ranks of the government.
This sensational discovery puts Tamir with his back against the wall in unfamiliar territory. This time he is willing to go all the way and break all the rules, but will the truth come to light?

Category: Thrillers – Military

Claire is an up-and-coming movie exec who inherited her grandma’s book store in the quiet beach community of Eden Bay. Alyson is a surf-bum who embraces the small-town, beach lifestyle. When a surfer is killed, the two ex-best friends are pulled together to solve the murder. With one killer behind bars, more soon follow. Can their rekindled friendship handle more murders or will it tear them, and Eden Bay, apart?

Category: Mystery – Collections & Anthologies

Felicity Knight leaves London for the English countryside after being dumped. She finds both a wounded white cat and stumbles on the friendly village tearoom owner who is stabbed to death.

Driven to solve the senseless killing, Felicity is shocked when a ley-line triggers her magic, and her new four-legged companion starts talking to her.

Category: Mystery – Cozy

Sun. Sand. Surf. Murder.

When the security director of the posh Hotel California abruptly departs, assistant manager Am Caulfield steps into the role. The newbie hotel detective is quickly overwhelmed when a murder-mystery weekend descends on the hotel at the same time as a Bob Johnson convention (yes, the attendees are all named Bob Johnson)—and that’s before a bra thief strikes, a contractor leaps to his death, and two more dead bodies turn up.

Mayhem has checked in to the Hotel California. So, as it turns out, has a murderer. Like the little Dutch boy, Am must try and plug one leak after another. Will he be able to get the job done before yet another hotel guest checks out forever?

“Cleverly crafted and enormously enjoyable.”—Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine

“This witty novel is the next best thing to spending a weekend in a posh hotel.”―Southbridge Evening News

Category: Mystery – Series

Winner of the Lefty Award for Best Humorous Mystery

The fog isn’t the only thing wreaking havoc at La Jolla’s landmark Hotel California. A prankster has been hiring employees for nonexistent jobs, a decomposing whale interrupts a grunion run, and a group of swingers has arrived at the property for a love-in. Not for the first time, hotel detective Am Caulfield is overheard saying, “Hotels are like a circus without the tent.”

In addition to those headaches, Am has more than a few mysteries on his hands: Which one of the hotel guests murdered the famed paranormal debunker in room 374? What changes does the hotel’s new owner—aka the Fat Innkeeper—have in store? And can Am juggle a new romantic interest and the increasing animosity of the local police while still nabbing a killer?

“Perfect…screamingly funny.”—Ocala Star Banner

“Booked solid with humor.”—Pittsburgh Post Gazette