Your Mystery and Thriller Book Bargains for May 14, 2022

Marketing Manager and new witch Minnie Wells is bringing in business to the Bath Butler Cafe, an adorable vampire-owned tea room in quaint Bath, England, staffed entirely by hunky young men in coattails. But add in a string of murders, spells to learn, and a handsome Mr. Darcy-esque boss, and Minnie’s cup runneth over with mischief and mayhem. If you like charming towns, a hilarious cast of lovable characters, and twisty mysteries, you’ll love Erin Johnson’s lighthearted, clean whodunnit.

Category: Mystery – Cozy

No-nonsense, world-weary Minneapolis lawyer Marc Kadella shines through gritty, street-wise narrative in Dennis Carstens’ action-packed legal thriller series, sure to please fans of courtroom drama and classic noir alike. And there’s a contemporary angle that will delight readers of both sexes—the toughest guy in the series is gorgeous investigator Maddy Rivers.

Category: Thrillers – Legal

In a new city, Kate answers an ad and moves in with Amy.
Kate is glad to have a new friend, but her presence soon becomes stifling. Every time Kate tries to get away from her, something terrible happens.
Fearing for her sanity, Kate looks into the history of the creepy old house they share. What she finds is beyond her worst nightmares…

Category: Thrillers – Psychological

Charlie North visits his old girlfriends for his blog. After each visit, somebody murders the old girlfriend. Charlie quickly became the top suspect with cops in LA, Chicago, and Miami.

Desperate, Charlie investigates the first murder. To help him, he hires a private detective, Reggie Parker, the daughter of a retired LAPD friend. As they dig up clues, Charlie dutifully reports their findings in his blogs.

The blogs go wildly viral, shaking up the investigations of all three murders.

There’s a rousing finish at a lonely Oregon beach house where everything becomes clear, justice prevails in strange ways, and there’s at least one surprise where you smack the side of your head saying, ‘who knew?’

Category: Mystery – Cozy

Hard-boiled homicide detective Dickie Jones and his cocky partner Matt “Pretty Boy Floyd” Tyler are no strangers to tragic deaths. But the L.A. Sheriff’s odd couple is shocked by the vicious slaying of a transsexual prostitute. When the victim’s roommate turns up dead hours later, they find themselves hunting a killer with a terrifying agenda.

Category: Mystery – Hard-Boiled

The fight is coming home.

For trophy daughter Nora Gladstone, life isn’t as perfect as it appears. When her only ally is suspiciously killed the truth of her father’s treachery leaks through the cracks of the facade that is her whole world.

Zander O’Connell and his team of former soldiers and spies accept a mission from the director of the Department of Clandestine Services. A quick search of the objective before they destroy it reveals a sinister picture.

Determined to bring her father down, Nora may be the key to the question at the core of Zander’s existence. But when a man thought dead resurfaces, the threat becomes far more dangerous than any of them expected.

Unless they survive, this will be their Last Taste of Freedom.

Category: Thrillers – Conspiracies