Your Mystery and Thriller Book Bargains for October 12, 2021

Whoever said that ghosts exist must be out of their mind.

Oh, wait. That was me. I said that. If you’d told me yesterday that ghosts were real I would have smiled, nodded, and called a shrink to fix your deluded little mind. Now it’s my turn to question my sanity when the ghost of my best friend turns up in my apartment. Was it the tequila shots the night before causing this apparition? Or one too many bumps to the head — let’s face it, clumsy is my middle name, it really wouldn’t surprise me if I’d done some irreparable damage to my grey matter over the years.

Now I have to accept that the paranormal does, in fact, exist. But sadly, my ghost friend is lacking something besides his body. His memory. He doesn’t know how he died but suspects foul play and he wants my help to find his killer.

As an orphan adopted by one of Florida’s 55+ communities, Charlotte never expected life to be wild…then she found a hot pawnbroker’s mom buried in her backyard… By Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author Amy Vansant.

Category: Mystery – Cozy

When a giant inflatable Halloween witch goes missing in the Pineapple Port retirement community, amateur sleuth Charlotte Morgan’s eager to nab the culprit. But before she can lift a fingerprint, someone threatens to kill a new neighbor who looks like an adorable Pomeranian but possesses a disturbing talent for revenge.

In March 1944, as the Nazis occupied Paris, the French Police and Fire Brigade were called to investigate a vile-smelling black smoke that had been pouring from the chimney of 21 Rue La Sueur for days. Inside the house, they were confronted with a scene from a nightmare.

The thick black smoke was rising from a series of wood-burning stoves throughout the property that were stocked with human remains. In the basement, they discovered a furnace with larger body parts and a pit filled with quicklime and decay. There were suitcases full of the deceased’s belongings, and in the other rooms, they came upon something like a factory line of bodies. This was not mere murder – it was methodical processing of corpses.

The homeowner was Dr. Marcel Petiot, an admired and charismatic physician. When questioned, Dr. Petiot claimed that he was a part of the Resistance and the bodies they discovered belonged to Nazi collaborators that he killed for the cause. The French Police, resentful of Nazi occupation and confused by a rational alternative, allowed him to leave.

Was the respected Doctor a clandestine hero fighting for national liberty or a deviant using dire domestic circumstances to his advantage? One thing is for certain, the Police and the Nazis both wanted to get their hands on Dr. Marcel Petiot to find out the truth.

Category: Thrillers – Crime

Sometimes your family drops you in deep. Death threats, lies, and murder send Stella Fargo to the brink of losing her life unless she can make her way through a maze of betrayals, hate, and violence.
This on-the-run crime thriller offers mystery fans dynamic leads, intense action, and surprising twists. Great for fans of: Ann Cleeves’s Vera Stanhope series, Tana French. — Booklife

Category: Thrillers – Crime

A picture scrawled in blood pushes paramedic Noah McKeen into a game of hide and seek with someone attempting to honor Jack the Ripper.

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Category: Thrillers – Medical

Private detective, Algernon Swafford now works exclusively for one client. A pulp novelist skilled in the dark arts and a man whom Swafford despises. Marooned in post-war London, the detective is sent to kill a man, but instead thinks he’s found a way to rid the world of his client. To kill him and hopefully save his own soul. But to get there, he is going to have to face dangers beyond man’s imagination.
An unmissable supernatural thriller which mixes noir, horror and fantasy!

Category: Thrillers – Pulp