Your Mystery and Thriller Book Bargains for October 30, 2021

Kate Pomeroy, a resident in surgery, has what appears to be a breakdown and is sent to Storm Island, a place from her youth, to rest & recuperate. But after arrival, the terrors that plague her mind only increase and even an unexpected romance with a local lobsterman cannot keep her demons at bay. A small silo hidden deep in the woods, that only she can see, spurs her to action to try to unravel the mysteries that surround her and the death of her mother nineteen years before. But are these nightmarish visions the product of her tortured mind? Is the silo she see real? Or is someone unknown trying to drive her insane?

Ten people board a luxury private train on its maiden voyage through Alaska’s magnificent snowcapped ranges. But not all make it to the final destination…

Private investigator Asha Kade is on board as they travel in style on a railroad built during the Klondike gold rush. As a trafficked survivor who’d bootstrapped her life, this trip is a treat.

But just as they enter a desolate mountain pass, the engineer pulls the emergency brakes.

There is something eerie on the snow-dusted tracks.

It looks like a disfigured body.

When a second death wreaks havoc among the passengers, Asha realizes the twisted killer will strike again.

And she can’t shake off the sinister feeling it’s someone she’s already met…

Category: Mystery – Women Sleuths

NEWLY WIDOWED AND STRUGGLING with single fatherhood, a small-town prosecutor investigating a murder uncovers racially-charged secrets that threaten a charismatic Black mayor’s ambitious plans for New Orleans.

“A fascinating read, clear and suspenseful, all the way until the end. Keeps the reader guessing and turning the page. This is a complex tale with lots of characters.”

“The author does a wonderful job expressing the intricacies and nuances of race in America.”

“Ben Harper is smart, anchored, educated, and cares about his people.”

Category: Crime Fiction

Homeless, hunted, and desperate to escape a bitter storm, Keira takes refuge in an abandoned groundskeeper’s cottage. Her new home is tucked away at the edge of a cemetery, surrounded on all sides by gravestones: some recent, some hundreds of years old, all suffering from neglect.

And in the darkness, she can hear the unquiet dead whispering.

The cemetery is alive with faint, spectral shapes, led by a woman who died before her time…and Keira, the only person who can see her, has become her new target. Determined to help put the ghost to rest, Keira digs into the spirit’s past life with the help of unlikely new friends, and discovers a history of deception, ill-fated love, and murder.

But the past is not as simple as it seems, and Keira’s time is running out. Tangled in a dangerous web, she has to find a way to free the spirit…even if it means offering her own life in return.

Category: Suspense

David Foussler is incarcerated for his role in the murder of a wealthy couple whose son, Robert Byron is the sole survivor. Conflicted by guilt and loneliness, David becomes haunted by nightmares of the murder and suffers a nervous breakdown which eventually leads him to the riveting Ally, his therapist who he falls in love with. They have undeniable chemistry and one day they succumb to their passion.
A whirlwind of unforeseen circumstances takes place that separates them but eventually they reconnect and plan a life together when David’s released from prison. But David is doomed… In a terrible twist of fate, David’s unforgiving past comes back to rear its ugly head and to haunt him and he will be forced to make a terrible, heart-rendering decision as he faces the consequences of his actions.

Category: Thrillers – Crime

Compelled to find the truth about his wife’s death and blackmailed by an unknown man, Gerhardt Koenig must kidnap Caroline Kimber, the wife of billionaire Anton Kimber. Trained in the art of need-to-know from his experience as an army officer, Gerhardt will soon discover there are too many players and not enough plausible deniability.

Category: Thrillers – Crime

1920’s London

Rosemary Lillywhite only wanted to be left alone to mourn her husband in peace, but when a desperate woman knocks on the door of her dead husband’s investigative office, she’s forced to make a choice: come out of hiding or turn Grace Barton away.

Working cases with Andrew had been fulfilling, but she couldn’t solve this case by herself—or could she? When Rosemary discovers that Grace is from the same village where her family lives, and that they’re all invited to a party at Barton Manor, she knows it’s a proposition she can’t refuse.

With her best friend, bright young thing Vera Blackburn at her side, Rosemary heads to the country and finds herself embroiled in a murder investigation.

The plot thickens when she’s forced to defend her brother Frederick’s good name, and is confronted with romantic feelings towards handsome CID detective and old friend Max Whittington. Will Rosemary solve the crime before the murderer strikes again?

Book One in The Mrs. Lillywhite Investigates series. Are you ready to escape to the roaring twenties? For fans of Beth Byers, Leighann Dobbs, Lee Strauss, and cozy historical murder mysteries. A light, cozy mystery with no swearing, graphic scenes, or cliffhangers.

Category: Mystery – Cozy