Your Mystery and Thriller Book Bargains for September 28, 2023

A hair-raising thriller from an Amazon Bestselling Author!

She thought she could keep it a secret.

Just fourteen years old, Amalie thought she could take off and go to the festival with her best friend without anyone knowing it – without her parents finding out. She thought she was safe when she met a man offering her drugs; she thought she was safe when she went alone to her tent to take the pills. However, when she opened her eyes and found herself in the man’s basement, she knew she was not safe anymore.

She was trapped.

Seven, Eight … Gonna stay up late is the fourth novel in Willow Rose’s Bestselling series about the Danish journalist Rebekka Franck.

Category: Suspense

Every work of art tells a story. And every story has its secrets.

London, 1850. Iris Sheffield has plenty of people to worry about in her life: Hope, the ailing younger sister for whom Iris feels responsible. Winston, Iris’s fiancé, who is consumed with his work. And James, the handsome but arrogant artist painting Iris’s portrait, with whom she is forced to spend countless, awkward hours.

But when Iris finds the diary and photograph of a mysterious young woman, she can’t stop wondering who the woman is and what has become of her. The more questions Iris asks, the more she suspects someone does not want her to discover the answers.

Exploring themes of sisterly bonds, familial obligations, and the lengths we go to for those we love, The Portrait illustrates the surprising and frightening ways a work of art can tell a story.

Category: Mystery – Historical

Gamblers, grifters, ne’er-do-wells, and dirt poor—to those who live on the outskirts of Columbia, South Carolina, such is the reputation of the Temmens family. Most of all, they’re known to be trouble, and when Gene, the youngest son, returns from a vagabond trip around the country, that’s exactly what he brings.
Hounded by Texas bookies, Gene and his destitute family have no choice but to gamble on one last ace: The Sweet Muffin Ranch, their family-owned and operated dog rescue and rehabilitation center that, to everyone’s surprise, quickly becomes a runaway success, one that makes the Temmens the talk of the town and offers Gene the chance to leave behind his illicit past.
But when Hollis Lerne, a nefarious local loan shark arrives to collect on old gambling debts and one of the Texans goes missing under suspicious circumstances, Gene and his family are caught in the middle of a bloody, unorthodox war that threatens the lives of humans and canines alike.

Category: Suspense

How do you save a woman who’s confessed to murder when you know she didn’t do it?

In the ghettos of Vienna in 1899, a young man lies dead, his fiancée arrested. But crime photographer Leo Katz’s images prove she is innocent.

When corrupt police officers hide the evidence, Leo vows to bring the killers to justice. Even if it risks revealing he is in disguise and on the run.

With the help of his pathologist friend, Doctor Rosenbloom, and his assistant Lucy Strauss, Leo infiltrates a nefarious network of vice controlled by fraudulent government officials.

As Leo and his companions delve deeper into the sordid world of depravity hidden behind the city’s elegant facades, he discovers the gruesome death is a smokescreen for more heinous crimes.

Now Leo must bring the murderers to justice before he becomes their next victim.

If you enjoy vivid writing full of suspense, intriguing characters, and a different take on the historical crime fiction genre, then this tension-filled drama is for you.

Category: Mystery – Historical