Today's Featured Books— Mystery Thriller Crime and Horror

"This is the first Penelope Standing Mystery that I’ve read and it won’t be the last. Loved seeing a mature woman as the leading character." -reader review. Crime fighting gets better after 50! Dog walker Penelope Standing enjoys life on her own terms, until she finds a body--after accidentally contaminating the scene. Oops! Now she needs to find the killer before the killer finds her! From $0.99 SHOP NOW / 

Shelby Alexander just wanted a cup of morning coffee. Not a badly injured girl curled up by his barn, freezing in the winter chill. When Shelby moved back to his small hometown of Serenity after retiring from boxing, he was looking for a little peace and quiet. He was getting too old for all the high-octane nonsense of his prior life. Right? But when a bullet slams into the wall just past his head, and a drug dealer offers him $10,000 for information regarding his dead sister... well, he can't very well say "no." Or can he? FREE - SHOP NOW / 

"Jaw-dropping action, a great blend of investigation and horror, I've never read anything quite like it!" -reader review. Censured Crown sorcerer Ambrose Drake is hired to investigate a bizarre emergence in a city halfway across the world from his native London. Drake soon learns that a being from one of the Seven Hungers beneath our world is attempting to cross over. Flanked by his ex-lover and betrayer, Agent Karen Winter, and a young acolyte with a severe lack of magical ability, Drake must plunge once more into the depths to save humanity. From $0.99 SHOP NOW / 

Detectives Kennedy and Donovan were partners for years. Then one of them died. And yet, they're still partners. Kennedy has to solve Donovan's death while his partner's ghost helps him. Sort of. How do you explain where you got the tips? How do you avoid showing them that you're speaking to thin air and no, you haven't lost your mind? Kennedy has to hide how he's figuring it all out so he can keep his badge and solve the murder - before he ends up dead and buried too. FREE - SHOP NOW / 

Charlie North visits old girlfriends for his blog. Each girlfriend is then murdered, making Charlie the top suspect in LA, Chicago, and Miami. Desperate, Charlie investigates the first murder, hiring PI Reggie Parker to help. The blogs go wildly viral, shaking up the investigations of all three murders. There's a rousing finish at a lonely Oregon beach house where everything becomes clear, justice prevails in strange ways. FREE - SHOP NOW / 

Anna Romano is happy with her life as a successful author, cat lover, and excellent cook with a flair for Italian cuisine. She lives in a cozy house in a friendly New Jersey community, and when she's not writing a murder mystery book or planning her next book signing, she's cleaning litter boxes and baking cannoli—though never at the same time! But when Anna's idyllic life is turned upside-down by a stalker with murder on the mind, she must figure out how to escape with her life and get back to her cats! FREE - SHOP NOW / 

"This book roped me in quick and I didn’t look back! A beautiful story of friendship with just enough twists to keep you guessing." -reader review. Together again, Cate and Patti must decide if it's time to reopen the wounds of that night or keep running from them. As evidence surfaces, the potential to destroy a once-in-a-lifetime friendship looms. Twists, turns and murder. There's only one way out—but how much can one friendship withstand? "An emotional book that packed a punch while soothing the soul. Overall...a great book!" -reader review. From $3.99 SHOP NOW / 

"Exciting action, danger and crackling dialogue." –reader review. Early morning. The concrete forecourt of a Los Angeles motel you wouldn’t check your family into. The owner, a man with a past who was planning a particular future, has been shot in the back. Career detective Helen Freitag’s investigation of the murder takes her into the underworld of LA’s gangs, as racial tensions and arson attacks rise across the sweltering city. From $3.99 SHOP NOW / 

Newbie reporter Rita Larose is tired of getting assigned boring stories at one of Montreal's most popular newspapers. It's 1930 after all, women don't need to only write about household chores anymore! But when a high hat socialite gossips about the New Year's Eve party at the Bonne Nuit Hotel, a riveting mystery falls right into Rita's lap. This is her chance to prove to herself and her underestimating colleagues that she has what it takes to write the hard-hitting articles. From $3.19 SHOP NOW / 

A woman on her deathbed confesses her role in Africa’s most notorious genocide. A neo-Nazi cult, descendants of the Imperial German forces who committed the 1908 atrocity, is resolved to prevent her from speaking out. In the path of the neo-Nazis is a man determined to exonerate her and a herd of elephants who have not forgiven the German forces for their historic acts of barbarity. From $0.99 SHOP NOW / 

Mary Riker, a resilient combat nurse, has spent most of her life sludging through trenches trying to revive nearly dead soldiers. On the edge of death, after losing the love of her life, Mary learns from a captive intelligence officer of a mysterious clock that has the power to control time. Overcome by the possibility of saving the love of her life before she was killed, Mary is led directly to the strange trinket, as if by some unseen force. But nothing can prepare her for what happens next. From $3.98 SHOP NOW / 

"Be warned: to read one Fenway mystery is to want to read them all. If you love page-turning, unputdownable mysteries, then Ardoin is the real deal." -Mark Stay, host of The Bestseller Experiment podcast. Blood is thicker than oil... until murder is involved. "Think Sue Grafton and Janet Evanovich, but with darker twists and more biting social commentary. A five-star thriller that will leave you chuckling and gasping at the same time!" -John Ling, USA Today Bestselling Author. FREE - SHOP NOW / 

A hidden past. A shocking discovery. An altered future. Denise Tyler ends her engagement to Jeremy Guerdon when she finds his kill list. With her name on it. She expects a bullet to the head. She experiences worse. Much worse. Amidst Jeremy’s onslaught, Denise realizes her worst nightmare nears its climax. And she has one chance of survival. You won't want to put it down! From $3.99 SHOP NOW /