Your Mystery and Thriller Book Bargains for May 19, 2020

>>>”An engrossing and suspenseful mystery.” ~Kirkus Reviews
A 2nd-year-resident in surgery, Kate thinks she has her life under control. But a curious conversation overheard while taking a catnap launches her on a descent into a world filled with nightmarish visions that cause her to doubt her own sanity.

Sent to Storm Island to rest and recuperate from an apparent breakdown, Kate is forced to come to grips with the terrors that plague her mind. Even the blossoming of an unexpected romance with islander, Jeremy Bradshaw, cannot keep her fears at bay for long.

The discovery of a strange little silo, hidden deep in the woods, spurs Kate to action as she tries to unravel its mysteries. But is the silo real or just another illusion created by her troubled mind?

Storm Island is the 1st novel in the award-winning Kate Pomeroy Gothic Mystery Series by Linda Watkins

Private Investigator Dev Haskell has finally got it made!

Beautiful Kerri seems to have fallen for him. She even left Dev a note . . .
Apparently she just needs a little help finding her sister.

Unfortunately, it turns out both women are involved with notorious Russian mob boss, Bracko the Whacko! Things quickly go downhill from there.

In short order Dev finds himself at odds with the local police, Homeland Security, ICE, and an FBI task force. He’s got a gunshot wound and shrapnel in his rear, ouch! Not to mention he’s on the run from a psychotic killer!

Category: Mystery – Private Investigators

A gentleman bursts into the Doyle & Howe Detective Agency wanting China Bohannon’s services as a detective. His fiancée’s sister has been kidnapped for a substantial ransom. The client, though, thinks it’s possible he’s being bamboozled, because events don’t quite add up.

The client is Sepp Amsel, a rich gambling hall and saloon-keeper entrepreneur, whose upcoming wedding will be the most public ever to take place in Spokane, Washington.

With the agency’s funds running short, China can’t resist getting involved. However, the clock is ticking. The ransom is due on Wednesday two days from now. China’s investigation begins with the prospective bride. With no good answers, China, too, starts to wonder if Sepp Amsel’s mail-order bride is not quite what she seems.

Murder soon becomes part of the equation. First a bellhop, then a tailor. China better find out soon, before she, too, is next.

Category: Mystery – Cozy

Steve Blazer is an honest San Francisco cop, but he has a reputation: he’s a magnet for trouble.
Former soldier, Steve Blazer, is given command of SFPD’s Special Forces… before he was a crack Homicide Inspector, he was an elite up and comer on the Vice Squad. With the help of his mentor, John Stanson, Blazer is on a crusade to bust gangs of drug smugglers, fight the legalization of marijuana, stop robbers and track down gang leaders. But even with his job title there are rules to follow and laws to obey.

Constant explosions of violence cause the city and those fighting to confront one burning question: was it worth it?

Blazer: Line of Duty includes – Ghosts of War; Loaded; Red, White and Blue.

Category: Thrillers – Crime

THE NOVEL THAT STARTED IT ALL—GIVING THE WORLD ITS FIRST TASTE OF HAROLD ROBBINS’ WORLD OF SEX, CORRUPTION, AND INTRIGUE.

Francis “Frankie” Kane, an orphan growing up in the dirty world of New York’s Hell’s Kitchen. After being kicked out of a Catholic orphanage when it is discovered that he is of Jewish descent, a confused and deeply distraught Frankie turns to a life of crime, the only life he knows, and he’s good at it. Frankie becomes one of New York’s most dangerous men, ruling the city with an iron fist and indulging in his passion for sex, power and the best things life has to offer—regardless of whether they’re for sale.

“Robbins’s books are packed with action, sustained by strong narrative drive, and are given vitality by his own colorful life.” —The Wall Street Journal

The Harold Robbins Organized Crime Double includes: Never Love A Stranger and Stiletto.

Category: Thrillers – Crime