Your Mystery and Thriller Book Bargains for September 17, 2022

Aja has disturbing powers. She feels cursed, but the FBI thinks otherwise. Will she stop a serial rapist and killer or become his next victim?
Aja’s life has been one misfortune after another. She was dropped at birth, scarring her face. Her father left when she was 7. Now, in her adolescence, not only does she have to contend with puberty, but certain people she meets get sick to their stomachs or recoil in pain.
Desperate to find answers to her distressing effect on people, she finds them in a most unlikely place, the FBI Academy. There, she discovers that her powers may actually be a gift. A gift that, if harnessed, may help the FBI track down the Peace Sign Killer – a serial rapist and murderer.
Can Aja successfully exploit her powers to stop the Peace Sign Killer? Or will Aja’s misfortune continue making her his next victim?

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Category: Thrillers – Crime

They had her life planned, but when a mysterious girl goes missing, the search just might end her life.

Raine Harkins believes everything the Teaching tells her—forgiveness is freedom, there are no dead, and there is no dying. She has lived her entire life in the Haven, a small religious community buried in the hills of northern Nevada, and it’s been a good life.

But when she discovers a frightened teenage girl hiding in the forest, everything changes. Raine offers to help the girl, but gunshots ring out, and the girl runs away, never to be seen again. A week later, Raine finds a letter pinned to her cabin door—God doesn’t want you here. Leave the Haven now, before he runs you down.

Raine can’t bear the thought of leaving the only life she’s ever known, but the threatening letters keep coming, and her search for the missing girl leads her down a twisted path, unraveling the truth behind the Teaching. It’s not a good life—there are dead, and people do die.

Based on the author’s true-life experience living in a cult . . .

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Category: Thrillers – Psychological

A Whodunnit on Mars? It’s to die for.

When Hattie Fredericks gets selected for the first crewed mission to search for life on Mars, her lifelong dream comes true. But her presence on the Starship coincides with a series of incidents which threaten to derail the mission.
The Mars mission encounters heated opposition from the religious right, but they’re not the only ones dreading positive results.
After a near-miss while landing on the planet, the world watches as Hattie and the crew struggle to survive. But worse than the harsh elements, are their suspicions that someone is trying to destroy the mission.
When more crew members die, Hattie doesn’t know who to trust. And her only allies are 35 million miles away. As the tension ratchets up, violence and suspicion invade both worlds.

Will Hattie’s dream turn into a nightmare?

If you like science-based space travel and a locked-room mystery with a twist, you’ll love this book.
Buy it now and solve the mystery yourself

Category: Mystery – International Mystery & Crime

A decades-old murder and a fresh suicide with a twist… Can a determined Florida private investigator find the connection between the deaths, or is another killer lurking to close the case? If you like mysteries featuring strong-willed female detectives (with a touch of humor and occasional profanity), check out this first book in the Sydney Brennan PI series.

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Category: Mystery – Women Sleuths

I clutched baby Chloe’s blanket, tears streaming down my face as I remembered the night she disappeared. Looking up at the apartment block I once called home, I knew I’d never be welcome here again. One mistake had ruined everything.

When I accepted a job working as a nanny for David and Julie and their young children, I couldn’t believe my luck. I bonded with baby Chloe instantly and would have done anything for her. She had David’s thick, dark hair and smiling eyes. I fell in love with her and was excited about the future.

But when a terrible mistake led to Chloe disappearing, I was instantly blamed. With no evidence, I was let go and I returned home to try and rebuild my life.

Twenty years later and I am still haunted by what happened. I have a family of my own now and I’ve worked hard to be the best wife and mother I can be, but I’ve never forgotten the child who stole my heart.

Then a young woman arrives on my doorstep and the past secret that I have kept from my family comes hurtling into my present.

I try to tell myself that I am overreacting. But the woman in front of me looks so much like David. Who is she and why is she here? And if I welcome her in, will she want to be a part of my life, or destroy it?

A totally addictive psychological thriller that will have you reading late into the night. Perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, T.M. Logan and Shalini Boland.

Category: Thrillers – Psychological