Your Mystery and Thriller Book Bargains for November 13, 2022

The first heart-stopping, enthralling serial killer thriller in the million-copy bestselling Jack Ryder Mystery Series.

Ben is supposed to be in school. It’s Monday morning, but his parents are still asleep after a night of heavy drinking. Ben waits patiently, even though he knows he is missing out on today’s field trip to the zoo. But, when his black Labrador suddenly runs upstairs and comes down with a finger in his mouth, Ben knows he’s not making it to school today at all.

Detective Jack Ryder is chaperoning his kids’ field trip when he gets the call from the head of the Cocoa Beach Police Department. A body has been found, and they need his help. Soon, Jack finds himself up against a killer, a predator who ruthlessly chases women and kills them so they can never leave him. The case soon causes serious consequences for him and his family once the truth is revealed.

With her new hero, Jack Ryder, as a loving father and committed detective, a new location in tropical Florida, and a story that moves at an incredible pace, Hit the Road Jack is Willow Rose at the top of her game.

Category: Mystery – Hard-Boiled

A Gripping psychological thriller. Small town Police Chief Sidney Becker is pitted against a ruthless killer who’s obsessed with Viking mythology. The investigation will lead her team through a labyrinth of dark secrets and myths. The killer stays one step ahead of them at every turn. As they close in, he becomes more dangerous. They narrowly escape his deadly traps of fire and ice. What is the meaning of ancient coins planted on the bodies of his victims? Will the bones of a headless corpse help track the killer? He isn’t waiting for Becker to figure it out. He has more victims in mind.

Category: Mystery – Series

A gripping historical mystery thriller you won’t be able to put down! This is a tale that spans four centuries. The fabulous Cross of Saint Peter and Paul is buried in Cyprus in 1570, to hide it from the invading Ottoman Turks. An Italian squire named Girolamo Polidoro witnesses the secret hiding place of the treasure and leaves a diary in Venice, the end of which is a coded message of the cross’s location. An English code-breaker finds the diary in 1915 but dies in Gallipoli before he can crack the secret. And all the while the sinister Venetian Council of Ten has also been searching for the cross… When a young back-packer, John, buys a book in Rome in 1992, he has no idea of the danger he has just put himself and his friends into. A treasure hunt begins, but will the Council of Ten allow it to continue? Readers say: “A pleasure”, “Riveting”, “Gripping” with “Compelling characters.”

Category: Mystery – Historical

Since a mental breakdown put him on medical leave from the squad he was once hand-picked to lead, ex-homicide detective Frank Langer spends his days drinking and chain-smoking, and his nights waking up screaming from a horrific recurring nightmare.

Then one day, by chance, he stumbles on a monstrous plot to kidnap children.

When he shows up at the squad with his wild story, the guys pat him on the back and tell him to go home. But after the mother of one of the missing children commits suicide, Frank stamps down his demons, and together with the dead woman’s sister Rebecca, plunges into the case.

He uncovers a shadowy entity lurking behind one of the richest and most powerful Pharma corporations in the world. When he finally unravels the mystery, the truth is more bizarre and deadly than he ever imagined, and telling Rebecca would put her life in danger. Soon even she comes to question his sanity.

Category: Thrillers – Psychological

Judy was nervous about being alone over Christmas with nothing but an eerie sensation to keep her company. Then she discovered a box of old letters hidden in the attic of her rented house, the house that used to belong to Bertha Lloyd. The fifty-year-old letters reveal what life was like for two sisters living in war-torn Britain. The words of Eveline and Bertha help pass the solitary hours.

But now Judy is missing, and nobody knows where she is. Or do they? Everybody has a secret, but some secrets are dangerous to those not meant to know them. They are best left hidden away.

Category: Thrillers – Psychological