This book selection was updated on February 17th, 2026.
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Free: Tune Up (Detective Qigiq Book 2)

On their second case, Qigiq and Kandy are loaned to the Traffic Division to investigate an early morning hit-and-run. By a motorcycle. The victim is an elderly Asian woman. Witnesses suggest all “accidents” aren’t created equal. Then the Captain delivers a new assignment: an affluent Bay Area lawyer is missing. The man’s wife stomps into their office screaming about a contract she found hidden in their home computer. A contract with a seven-figure payout, and an incriminating Exhibi... [Read More...]

Everhaven

I knew something was wrong the moment they locked the door. What I didn’t know was how far the truth would go to stay buried. When journalist Samantha Watkins moves her great-aunt Nancy into Everhaven Memory Care, she tells herself it’s the right decision. The old Victorian mansion turned care home looks comforting enough—until the locked doors close behind them. Then come the whispers. The sudden deaths. The body bags leaving in the dead of night. As Nancy’s memory unravels, Sam’s in... [Read More...]

The Max Quinn Thriller Series Complete Box Set

From courtroom gambits to midnight stakeouts, safe houses to snow-swept plateaus, Max Quinn faces a tightening noose of betrayal, buried agendas, and a rebellion ready to burn the rulebook. When a single keystroke wipes out global debt and throws nations into chaos, Max must risk everything to protect her son as the world tilts toward open war. $0.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

The Year I Lived Twice: A Time Loop Mystery

‘I loved everything about this book, which drew me in from the first page and kept me hooked throughout…’Reader review READER’S FAVORITE AWARD WINNER 2024MANYBOOKS BOOK OF THE MONTH FOR JUNE 2024 When Jason loops back in time, he thinks he can save his brother’s life – but the past is not so easily rewritten… Haunted by the tragic loss of his brother, Archie, in a fire, Jason is given a miraculous chance to rewrite history. Following a mysterious accident, he wakes to fin... [Read More...]

Free: The Body at Blackwell Lake

She hates her power to detect missing things. When it leads her to a dead woman, can she smoke out a killer before she’s the next one to disappear? Cora Gilbert wishes she weren’t a finder. Constantly overpowered by her strange ability to locate other people’s lost items, the lonely adoptee worries she’ll never have a normal life. But even she didn’t expect her gift to bring her to the site of a murdered corpse. After the police find no clues to the culprit, Cora allows the victim’s... [Read More...]

China Conquers Polynesia

America’s Navy has been the undisputed leader in the Pacific since WWII. Now, China plans to change that. By conquering French Polynesia. A nuclear weapon lost during one of dozens of French nuclear tests has been discovered there by rebels. Who will use it to force France out of Polynesia. On their own, the rebels might have little chance. Unless China’s Navy intervenes to help them achieve independence before the French military can respond. China will call it a “peacekeeping mission.�... [Read More...]

Free: Vampires and Villains

When this club selects a book, magic happens. They are whooshed inside the book and become the main characters as the mystery comes to life. It is exhilarating fun – until they realize they can’t get out until they solve the crime and reach The End. In every book journey they are excited to meet a different kind of paranormal being – ghosts, shifters, fairies, genies … and more! And in these books, calories don’t count, and cats talk! Free on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

STOLEN

Lily Aldrich is kidnapped as leverage in a revenge scheme against her powerful father, Warren—only to discover he won’t pay, negotiate, or even report her missing. Roman Vance, driven by years of loss and fury, took Lily to force Warren’s hand, but Warren’s indifference turns the plan to ash. Trapped together, Lily and Roman find an unexpected connection: she feels truly seen for the first time, and he starts to question the monster he’s become. What began as vengeance shifts into som... [Read More...]

The Retirees: Retirement has never felt so deadly

Welcome to the idyllic yet eccentric retirement community of The Ocean’s Edge—where retirement has never felt so deadly. Disco is dead, there’s a serial killer on the loose, the coffin dodgers are solving cold cases, and only the neighborhood cat knows where all the proverbial bodies are buried. When sharp-tongued sugar heiress Diana is ousted from the empire she helped build, she retreats to a posh 55+ paradise expecting peace, maybe even a pool boy. Instead, she finds a ragtag group of ... [Read More...]

Cult Stalker

Paris 1974 A notorious California cult, shattered in a spectacular drug-fueled bloodbath, has resurfaced in the heart of Paris—and they’re planning a new massacre that could bring the City of Light to its knees. Undercover CIA operative Jean Jones is the only one who knows the truth, but when she’s framed for the brutal murders of three cult members, her mission—and her life—are put on the line. Jean’s only hope rests in Brad James, the CIA’s secret weapon, a pop singer with a prov... [Read More...]

Free: The Friday Edition (A Samantha Church Mystery, Book 1)

Snow isn’t the only thing falling in Denver, Colorado, on Christmas Eve. When a brilliant young district attorney plunges to her death from a high-rise balcony, the police call it suicide. Her sister, reporter Samantha Church, calls it something else—murder. Determined to uncover the truth, Samantha follows a trail of evidence linking the DA to a dangerous and deadly drug smuggling ring. What begins as a personal investigation quickly spirals into the biggest story of her career—and the m... [Read More...]

The Resident Murder (The Resident Thriller Series Book 1)

Modern dating can be such a killer… True-crime enthusiast, Dr. Kylie Saunders, is two years into an arduous medical training program in New York City, which leaves her with little time for romance. Until she meets Dr. Blake Weathers. A fellow resident with an intense passion for neurosurgery, devilishly good looks, and irresistible charm, Blake is completely intoxicating. Yet Kylie can’t shake the unsettling feeling that the enigmatic surgeon is hiding something. After sending Kylie mix... [Read More...]

Ghost Mortem: A Cozy Mystery with a Ghostly Twist (Haunted Everly After Mysteries Book 1)

Dead exes don’t text… but they can haunt. Everly Dupree’s fresh start takes a sharp turn when her high school ex-boyfriend turns up dead—and his ghost refuses to leave her alone. He won’t rest until she solves his murder. She won’t rest until she’s rid of him. But in a small town like Mooselick River, secrets don’t stay quiet for long—and this one might kill her. $0.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

Free: Missing Mona: A Tommy Cuda Mystery

“Klingler presents his craftiest yarn to date, summoning the pulpy spirits of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett. The setting of Chicago rattles from the page in lines such as, ‘The buildings held noise and exhaust fumes around me like a torture chamber.'” –Kirkus Reviews (Featured Review) As Tommy looks squarely at his next decade his smartphone convinces him the time is ripe for a change. So he hits the road. He immediately meets a damsel in hitchhiking distress nam... [Read More...]

The Third Estate: Secrets of the Manor

When a brilliant young pilot uncovers a deadly conspiracy, she becomes the next target in a game she never agreed to play. In a busy outdoor market, an ordinary woman is assassinated in broad daylight. Twelve years later, the killer is back with a new target—and a mysteriously sinister employer… Sophie Allard has spent her life earning her wings at one of the military’s most elite academies. But when her estranged father dies in a mysterious explosion at their family estate, Sophie’s wo... [Read More...]

The Day the World Went Quiet

Molly’s first day back at school. Madison’s first time letting go. Then the lights went out… and America died. Now highways are graveyards. Cities burn. And a mother must cross hell itself to reach her daughter before it’s too late. In a world of EMP survival and post-apocalyptic struggle, hope is the fuel that keeps her alive. $0.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

What She Missed: A Johnston & Fletcher Thriller

A missing child, a murky past, and a race against time – buckle up for a thrilling ride in this novel by the bestselling author of Twelve Years Gone and The Moscow Brief. The story takes place in the small town of Highmill, New York, where the tight-knit community is thrown into chaos after the disappearance of five-year-old Bella, daughter of K9 officer Logan Fletcher. Dr. Skye Johnston, a psychologist trying to escape her own past, is called to the scene to help with the investigation. ... [Read More...]

Free: Cemetery View: A Novel

When a shocking discovery unearths an old secret, can Stella expose a killer? Abandoned by her mother ten years earlier, Stella Ingman returns to her childhood home to help her father clean up after a flood. But she’s horrified when repairs to the backyard swimming pool reveal her missing parents’ hidden corpse. Plunged into the depths of guilt and refusing to see her father as the number one suspect, Stella focuses on solving the gruesome crime. But hunting a murderer in the tight-knit sma... [Read More...]

Through Any Window

Riley Masterson has spent eighteen months under suspicion of murder in Alabama before moving to her cousin’s home in South Carolina. But her new neighborhood is undergoing gentrification, with glitzy new homes rising beside crumbling mill houses and homeless people living in the shadows of mansions. When a ghastly crime occurs, detectives are left to ponder: Are the deaths personal or the result of rich and poor living in such close proximity? And will Riley take the blame, as someone has... [Read More...]

The Book of Power

The Book of Power is an epic 40, 839-word supernatural thriller that leaves the reader questioning whether achieving one’s desires is worth the price. It’s the Monkey Paw meets Stephen King’s Needful Things. Financial investment manager, Hope Bankston, has achieved her dreams of working for one of the most successful investment firms in the country. However, there’s one caveat that keeps her from sustaining her success: her lack of abilities to do the job. Her only beacon of light comes... [Read More...]

Book Four in the Flame Series: Consumed with Fire: Revenge of the Tree Trolls

Cassie cries for justice after the death of her brother and the majority of her clan at the hands of the human king. Coping with her grief, Cassie takes on the responsibilities of leading the remainder of the tree trolls. King Roark seeks the tree troll’s fortress for his own, but Cassie vows he will never have it. Accused of treason and murder, Cassie fights for survival. $7.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

The Last Compound

No power. No rules. The sirens die. The trains fall silent. Cell phones go dark. In the stunned quiet of a powerless Manhattan, a group of prepper families know exactly what this means: go now, or don’t go at all. Years of planning have led to one shot at escape. But in this new world, there are no easy choices, and every delay raises the risk of failure. As the city collapses, alliances are tested and loyalties fracture. When survival is the only currency left, they must decide whether to pr... [Read More...]

Savage Peril

A Navy SEAL Bodyguard May Be The Only Man Who Can Save Her. Doctor Lori Waters grieves over the death of her father. She lost her mother not long before. While struggling with the loss, she must face a broken engagement. Alone and emotionally shattered, Lori inherits a prominent pain clinic that appears to be the target of a criminal ring. SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUND HER FATHER’S DEATH. Lori investigates to determine if he was murdered. Surrounded by danger, and with few allies, she cha... [Read More...]

The Cantaloupe Thief

When reporter Branigan Powers is assigned to write about her town’s only unsolved murder, she finds an interesting angle: the area’s homeless population. Police always suspected that their failure to apprehend the wealthy widow’s killer was because the murderer was a transient who quickly fled the area. She approaches Malachi Ezekiel Martin, a street-dwelling war veteran who is accustomed to being unseen and unheard. When it comes to solving a murder, the pair discover, such invisibility ... [Read More...]