Your Mystery and Thriller Book Bargains for October 14, 2022

She’s unraveling a past that others are killing to keep quiet.

When Mui comes into possession of a book littered with cryptic notes handwritten on the pages, she thinks nothing of the doodling nonsense until she discovers one is an anagram for her late father’s name. Deciphering more of the riddles leads her to believe her father isn’t dead and her mother lied to her.

But Mui’s not the only one with a strange connection to the book. The previous owner was a member of the Bibliokeepers, a secret organization that uses symbolism to hide valuable information inside random books. She died mysteriously, and so did those close to her.

The remaining Bibliokeepers fear anyone with access to that book is in danger and are racing to track it down. Will Mui fall victim while searching for the truth about her father?

A Book of Truths is the start of a page-turning thriller series.

What happens when an Army Corps Signal Corps operator returns home from the Great War determined to save her family resort and get her life back to normal? She finds the body of a neighbor and becomes involved in the murder investigation, much to the dismay of the town constable, her childhood friend and girlhood crush. But Jax Hasting’s job is on the line, so he needs all the help he can get. As Bella and Jax probe the case, they navigate precarious circumstances surrounding their town and friends.

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Category: Mystery – Historical

Several months after returning from serving in France during the Great War, Arabella Stewart remains set on saving her family’s resort. The first day of summer season day begins with excitement and hope but ends with a murdered guest. Bella soon finds herself immersed in the case. But lingering shadows fall on her, on Constable Jax Hastings, on the victim, and on the suspects.

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Funny, lively lawyer Rebecca Schwartz is a perennial favorite among cozy readers who can’t get enough of smart-mouthed women sleuths. You can’t read just one, they’re like chocolates!

Category: Mystery – Women Sleuths

One contract. One bullet. One decision that will alter his life…

Leroy Silver exists in the shadows, a skilled assassin who receives orders from a classified government unit. He’s the best at what he does, he’s paid well, and is protected by this secret agency. Until…

…one assignment doesn’t go as planned. Before he knows it, he’s living as a civilian in New York City with no income—taking odd jobs for a paycheck.

And it gets worse.

Someone from his past wants him in a body bag, and not everyone can be trusted.

Will Silver’s skills, resources, and contacts help keep him alive? Or will he suffer the same fate as his previous employer’s targets?

Category: Thrillers – Espionage

Sophie Ang’s lovable dog Ginger has a nose for murder, and leads her tech sleuth mistress through perilous lava fields on the Big Island to a terrible discovery. Sophie is plunged into a new investigation with dynamic partner Jake Dunn, searching for a missing young woman who is just one of many.

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Category: Mystery – Women Sleuths

Juli’s job is to make sure the Soup of the Day delivers…a daily dose of magic that is…But there’s Murder afoot in Veil Falls. Before she knows it, Juli is on the case, chasing baddies, finding clues, and whipping up the right magical recipes to save them all.

Category: Mystery – Cozy

On Halloween night, park ranger Bill Steward saves a baby from a strange band of trick-or-treaters on the misty moors of Old Castle’s national park.

Seven autumns later, Bill and his wife, Dorothy, discover a ghastly experiment in a treehouse and a mysterious medical prescription written in a childish scribble.

Bill realises what he’d observed on the moors seven autumns ago wasn’t what it seemed. Who was saving who, exactly?

Just as Bill’s eclipse is beginning, so, too, is Billy’s.

Category: Suspense