Your Mystery and Thriller Book Bargains for May 16, 2023

I guarantee you will not put this book down till you are done. -Amazon review

Miss Polly had a dolly. A beautiful daughter that she called her Baby Doll. Every day she dressed her in cute outfits and brushed her hair before they went outside to show off to the neighbors. On the playground, one day, her Baby Doll talked to a boy, and for one unforgivable second, Miss Polly let herself be distracted by a woman telling her how adorable she thought her daughter was. When Miss Polly finally turned to look at her Baby Doll again, she was gone.

Many years later, Emma Frost hears about the disappearance of the little girl and learns that she is not the only one to have gone missing from Fanoe Island back in the nineties. As she digs deeper into the story, she soon finds herself entangled in a web of strange and disturbing events.

Category: Suspense

Be careful what you wish for . . .

Rory McEntyre is a lonely trusts & estates attorney who plays the hero inside video games. Then, his old flame, Monica, walks into his office with a $60 million winning lottery ticket and a world of trouble.

Monica’s husband, Tom, is dead, apparently from a self-inflicted gunshot. A homicide detective considers Monica a suspect, so Rory must be her criminal lawyer. Thugs from Tom’s shady business think Monica has incriminating evidence Tom stole from the company, so Rory must be her protector. Most importantly, Rory must be Monica’s private detective, because the winning lottery ticket is missing. As Monica and Rory search for the ticket, their relationship heats up well beyond attorney and client. Rory has the chance to win the girl of his dreams, but does he have what it takes to be a real hero? And is Monica everything he wants to believe she is? If he’s not careful, Rory could end up like Tom – a Dead Winner.

Category: Thrillers – Financial

Life in a retirement community can be murder!

Madeline Delarouse always thought growing old would take a lot longer. But when her adult kids move her into an upscale retirement community on the west coast of Florida, she fears her best days are behind her. That is, until her new neighbor is found dead – a golf club stuck in her head.

Against the orders of her sarcastic son and exceptionally well-informed daughter, Madeline teams up with a wisecracking New York retiree to figure out whodunnit. Could it be the Black Widow living across the street? The mysterious Colombian in the colored caftan? Or the ex-Super Bowl quarterback who just can’t stand losing?

Against a backdrop of perpetually sunny skies, endless activities and lots and lots of over sixty-fives in golf carts, Madeline has to find out who killed her neighbor and why before her nosiness makes her the killer’s next victim.

Category: Mystery – Cozy

All’s fair in marriage, money, and murder…

In the luxury retirement community of Egret’s Loft, residents gather to celebrate the wedding of two of their own. But not all of the elderly attendees wish the newlyweds well. Hushed rumors flow faster than the champagne—accusing the bride, a serial widow, of murdering her previous husbands. So, when the groom is found dead, a cork lodged in the back of his throat, suspicion automatically falls on his black widow wife.

With the police poised to make an arrest, Madeline—who’s not entirely convinced of the bride’s innocence herself—resolves to dig deeper into the dead man’s past. But as Madeline and her new best friend, Gina, try to unravel a complex web of resentment, greed, and deceit, the killer sets their sights on their next victim.

Can Madeline unmask the murderer before she stumbles across the secret someone’s killing to keep?

Intrepid Key West P.I. Cam Derringer knows a thing or two about sticky situations, but they normally involve his clients, not him. When he wakes up in a strange land with no memory of who he is or how he got there, he knows the tides have turned, but when he realizes he’s inches from the body of a dead Cuban soldier, he knows one thing for sure—he’s in a world of trouble. Now, not only must he figure out how he got there, but he must also find someone he can trust to help him find answers—all while taking on a case and making sense of a shocking story about one of the world’s foremost literary geniuses and his baffling death. With no memory, a fight for a young girl’s life, a diabolical Colonel, and a host of convoluted clues that lead to jaw-dropping revelations, it’s all Cam can do to keep his head straight and keep the little girl alive. Has he finally found a case he can’t solve?

Category: Mystery – African American

Investigative reporter Deuce Mora’s seen it all, been there, done everything – (everything dangerous, anyway) – but waking up in a swamp next to a plane crash is a whole other order of scary. The scariest part: she has no memory of how she got there. She’s so disoriented she actually considers trusting the mysterious swamp hermit who says he needs to hide her to protect her from the search helicopters circling above. Is he right?

Category: Thrillers – Psychological