Your Mystery and Thriller Book Bargains for May 18, 2022

The violent drug-related murders of two prominent attorneys have the homicide division of the Chicago Police Department scrambling for answers, but without clues, a motive, or a suspect, not even the FBI can track down the killer.
With the media demanding an arrest, and at their wits’ end, the Chicago PD makes an urgent call to the Washburn County Sheriff’s Office in hopes of bringing in Kate Pierce, a psychic detective, on the case. A reluctant Kate agrees only when word comes that Jesse McCord, a new friend and top-notch Chicago homicide detective, has gone missing.
Partnered with Detective Henry Johnson of Chicago’s homicide division, Kate goes on the hunt for the killer, armed with clues from her revealing dreams—and her dogged determination. As they inch closer to locating Jesse and learning the identity of the suspect, they realize the killer may be much closer than they think.

When treasure hunter Jules retrieves an antique he lost years ago, he learns it unravels an ancient secret: a tomb alleged to contain great power. When a murderous billionaire steals it, Jules joins an unconventional team to follow clues penned 2000 years ago, launching him into a globe-trotting adventure that threatens to destroy them all.

Category: Mystery – International Mystery & Crime

Turning forty is less Witches of Eastwick and more Black Widow. Go figure.

I’ve always known I was adopted. It never mattered much…until my birth mother died.

I inherited a new power from the mysterious woman. But now she’s dead and I, despite the fact that I have exactly zero training, I’m the next time-traveling assassin.

Don’t get excited. The job sounds glamorous, but it comes with a huge learning curve and plenty of mishaps. Then there’s having to actually assassinate people. That part sucks.

It could be worse. I could still be working retail.

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Category: Mystery – Women Sleuths

A mysterious story-telling ghost. A ridiculous, cranky witch. An unexplained death. A sassy cat. An enchanted community filled with new family and friends . . .

A mysterious old man keeps popping up to tell Hayden a series of tall tales. Who is he? And is he actually glowing? Are his stories fiction, or is he telling her the history of her family, the enchanted islands, and the witch? And why did a dead body show up . . . of someone who is already dead?

Can Hayden and her quirky sidekick, Latifa unscramble this mystery?

Hayden’s adventures in the magical world of Destiny Falls continue in this gripping story that answers your questions about the mysterious world she entered through a mirror in book one, Falling into Magic. We learn more about her missing mother, whose story begins in book two, The Disappearance of Emily.

Category: Mystery – Cozy

When expat John Hayes’ wife is brutally attacked while on a posting in India, he’s forced to take matters into his own hands.

John Hayes’ life is perfect. He has a dream job in an exotic land, his career path is on an upward trajectory and at home he has a beautiful wife whom he loves with all his heart.

But one horrible day a brutal incident tears this all away from him and his life is destroyed.

He doesn’t know who is to blame, he doesn’t know what to do, and the police fail to help.

He’s faced with a choice. Should he accept things and move on with his life or take action and do what the authorities won’t do for him?

What would you do?

Category: Thrillers – Pulp

Would you kill for a million dollars?

Haunted by nightmares after the death of his wife, John Hayes attempts to start a new life in Hong Kong. But the excitement and glamour of the city soon wears off and he finds himself deep in a rut.

Until the day he finds a million dollars in his bank account!

It could change his life forever, but… it comes with dangerous strings attached.

Once again he is tested. Should he keep the money, break the law and potentially turn his life around, or should he give it all up and continue with his unhappy depressing existence?

Just how far is John willing to go?

‘A Million Reasons’ is the second book in the fast paced and exciting John Hayes Series.

DEADLY FUN – The perfect sleuth is a chameleon, every man’s perfect dream.

Exotic luxury cruises to the Bahamas are supposed to be fun and exciting. This trip is a routine investigative job for a woman who works in disguise and undercover, using her beauty to entice men to reveal their secrets. The exciting and sometime harrowing is expected, but this job will be like no other.
Her boss is aboard, as is a Mafia enforcer with murderous ties to her own family
She chases suspects through tropical islands, gets in physical confrontations with knife, fist and firearms.
By the end of the cruise, the deck is awash in blood. Can she survive a deadly fun cruise–and her boss, who may prove more deadly than the mobsters?

Category: Mystery – Women Sleuths

“The Salvation Project is fashioned as a novel that conjures positive memories of great political thrillers of the past such as Richard Condon’s The Manchurian Candidate or Steven King’s The Dead Zone. Far from simply imitating those books however, Rothstein takes high stakes political espionage to a very contemporary, credibly scary, and absolutely addictive level with his opus, The Salvation Project.–Pacific Reviews. Finalist for political thriller of the year

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Category: Thrillers – Espionage