Your Mystery and Thriller Book Bargains for October 12, 2023

When a mother is charged with murder in a town already convinced of her guilt, can defense attorney Powell Harrison find truth and justice in a legal system where innocence is not presumed?
Emily Lloyd, a young widow in Reconstruction-era Virginia, is accused of poisoning her three-year-old daughter, Maud. It isn’t the first death in her home—her husband and three other children all died of mysterious illnesses—so when Maud succumbs to an unexplained malady, the town suspects foul play. Soon Mrs. Lloyd is charged not only with poisoning the child but also with murdering her children, her husband, and her aunt.
Enter Powell Harrison, a soft-spoken, brilliant attorney who recently returned to his Virginia hometown to help his brother manage their late father’s practice. Approached to assist in Mrs. Lloyd’s defense, Harrison initially declines, worried that an infanticide case might tar

“Forget where you came from. Forget the life you knew. You are now recruits of Talionis!”

A teen with a dark past. A secret military force that kidnaps new soldiers. Can she survive as a Recruit of Talionis?

America has fallen.

Seventeen-year-old Bria Averton grew up in a small town of survivors near the ruins of Portland, Maine. It’s all she’s ever known — until she’s kidnapped along with hundreds of other teens and brought to the city of Talionis. A city no one knew existed.

The soldiers tell them the intense trainings are for the good of the survivors, and Bria resists being forced into a new life as a recruited soldier. But she soon finds the dangers in the city are greater than she imagined.

Escape is impossible, and Bria fears drowning in the evil of the city… and the guilt from her own past. But can she find hope, even here?

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Category: Thrillers – Military

Lillian’s ordinary day turns deadly when gunmen storm the new construction site at her hospital and take hostages. Separated from the rest and on her own on the run, she’ll need all of her skills and wits if she’s going to survive.

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Category: Suspense

Stumbling across the murder of a werewolf is not a great start mermaid Brooke’s vacation. In the paranormal-only town of Purgatory Falls the official investigation into the crime she witnessed seems to narrow in on the wrong suspect. Brooke realizes she might have to start poking around on her own—and begin to test her own magical abilities.

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Category: Mystery – Cozy

A dramatic increase in unexplained side effects calls WHO expert Dr. Laura Delille to the scene. Infertility, miscarriages and deaths are on the rise. Initial evidence points to a new mRNA-based vaccine. But as the symptoms worsen and people who have never received the vaccine begin to fall ill, it becomes clear that there is more at stake than just the obvious side effects.
As Laura investigates the mysterious causes on the African continent, reporter Hugh Stevens follows her lead. His research shows: This is neither a tragic coincidence nor a natural phenomenon, but the ruthless plan of a pharmaceutical company. Most puzzling of all, there is no trace of a clear pathogen. Laura’s superiors at the WHO, on the other hand, seem to keep putting obstacles in her way.
Soon, Laura and Hugh find themselves in the middle of a sinister conspiracy – and in grave danger. With time running out for them, the phenomenon spreads worldwide, soon threatening millions. Is the world at the beginning of a planned pandemic that could threaten the very existence of the human species?

Category: Thrillers – Technothrillers

A search for four missing girls, each last seen in a different part of outback Australia. Who are these girls? Where did they go and is each disappearance linked? Police and their families search in Australia and across the world but the fate of each remains unknown. Finally one tiny clue gives hope!

Category: Mystery – International Mystery & Crime