Important Note: This post is dated Friday, January 13, 2012, and the title mentioned here may remain free only until midnight PST tonight.
With hundreds of new books turning up free each day now in the Kindle Store, it can be tough to hone in on books that you will actually want to read. And most of the new free books will be free for just a day or two at a time, so we are working hard to make sure that you do not miss the ones you want!
Here’s a book that has just gone free by an author who has already proven to be a favorite with Kindle Nation readers. Please grab it now if it looks interesting to you, because it probably won’t stay free for long!
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Brilliant Prey
by Brenda Wallace
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Here’s the set-up:
“A twisting, intense psychological thriller.”–Bestselling author Scott Nicholson, Liquid Fear
Even a genius can be played for a pawn by a cunning and deadly manipulator. Lauren James is a former psychiatrist, still reeling from her husband’s suicide and the subsequent miscarriage that swept away her tidy life the year before. On the anniversary of his death, she opens what she hopes to be a “Welcome to Mensa” envelope and pulls out a threatening puzzle along with the identical suicide note she had burned the previous year. Unraveling the twisted clues, Lauren embarks on a harrowing journey drawn in by a child’s neglected grave, a professor from the island of St. Croix, and a U.S. Supreme Court nominee. When Lauren discovers the reason behind her husband’s shocking death, she must struggle with her deepest convictions and whether killing is acceptable if it saves more lives.
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Twisted Perception: a Detective Elliot Mystery
by Bob Avey
by Bob Avey
4.7 stars – 9 Reviews
Text-to-Speech and Lending: Enabled
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Here’s the set-up:
Porter, Oklahoma, holds a dark secret-and troublesome dreams plague Tulsa Police Detective, Kenny Elliot, who grew up in the small town. When a bizarre murder catapults Elliot into his past, he’s brought face-to-face with the fabric of his nightmares. A shiny necklace dangles from the rearview mirror of the vehicle where Lagayle Zimmerman, the victim, is discovered. Nine years earlier, in Porter, a similar necklace swung from the mirror of a Mustang that harbored the mutilated bodies of Elliot’s friends, Jonathan Alexander (Johnnie Boy), and Marcia Barnes. Most of the town believed Elliot killed his classmates, but no arrest was ever made. Risking his job and his sanity, Elliot digs into his past to solve the murders and expose the truth.
- “Avey’s debut has much to recommend it. The pace and fine plotting will grab your attention. The twists and turns will catch you by surprise.” — The Tulsa World.
- “Avey draws his characters convincingly. Full of surprises, Twisted Perception, may be accurately called a page turner.” — The Daily Oklahoman.
- “Twisted Perception is a promising mystery debut, filled with twists and turns you won’t see coming.” — William Bernhardt, author of Hate Crime
- “This is a wonderful book, full of twists and turns and surprises.” — Crimespree Magazine
- “Bob Avey has written a terrific mystery filled with engaging characters and a taut storyline that will have you wondering who done it until the very end.” — Spinetingler Magazine
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Legends of Tsalagee
by Phil Truman
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Here’s the set-up:
Legends from a small town come in many forms. Near Tsalagee, Oklahoma a monster lurks and an infamous 19th Century outlaw’s booty lays hidden. When two renegade bikers ride into town looking to find the Lost Treasure of Belle Starr, local legends Hayward Yost and Socrates Ninekiller suspect the ruffians’ involvement in the murder of a local farmer; a man rumored to have knowledge of the lost treasure’s location…and its curse. As events unfold, others in the community are drawn into the hunt – a Wiccan who moves to town to pursue her New Age lifestyle; her bumbling, socially inept boyfriend women can’t seem to resist; a young Iraqi War veteran home to heal his physical and emotional wounds; and a mysterious creature known in Native American lore as a forest demon whom they call “Hill Man who screams at night.” Mystery, romance, comedy, and adventure await in Legends of Tsalagee.
Happy Reading!