Mystery Reads

A sunny murder mystery set in a Southern California beach town. Chelsea and Ella are two coffee shop workers just trying to prosper in a coastal community. Unfortunately, bodies start to drop on their bit of beach. The two start to pick apart the local secrets in their newfound and sometimes hilarious approach to sleuthing. But their findings are so serious that the police worry for their safety. Can our baristas find the killer without getting burned? Expanded from the previously published Beach Reaper (Episodes 1-20) on Kindle Vella.

Tragedy, secrets, and heartache. It’s been the story of her life for years. Abigail knew that she should be afraid of him…but she wasn’t. Not even when he told her who he was…and why he was there.She’d taken a job on the cruise ship years ago with the thought that if she was never in any one place for very long she would be safe. No one would ever think to look for her here. At least that’s what she believed. Gabe had suspected for a couple of days that something wasn’t quite right. He’d taken this particular job thinking it would be a simple deal and tied up quickly and ...

When it comes to betrayal, no one understands the word better than Chrissy Shanice King. After learning her sister Lexi, carried on a two year affair with her husband; she knows her marriage is officially OVER! Discovering, Lexi even set her up to be rape and impregnated as a teenager; helped Chrissy see her sister for what she really is, and that's a scandalous h*e! Finally, setting Maceo free, and disowning Lexi, Chrissy is now focusing on herself. The only thing her heart desires is locating her twins, and building her fashion empire. Even though Chrissy tries her best to escape drama, ...

Few know the city of Los Angeles the way number one best-selling author and acclaimed suspense master Jonathan Kellerman does. His thrilling novels of psychological drama and criminal detection make the capital of dreams a living, breathing character in all its glamour and infamy. That storied history of fame, seduction, scandal, and murder looms large in Mystery, as Alex Delaware finds himself drawn into a twisting, shadowy whodunit that’s pure LA noir - and vintage Kellerman.

Terminated from a Topeka law firm for refusing to get the Covid-19 vaccinations, Jeremy Duff drives to the small city of Parsons, Kansas where he purchases the abandoned Bleake Funeral Home at a great price to use the building for both his law office and his residence. On just his second night in the upstairs apartment, Jeremy is confronted by the ghost of Amelia Bleake who was murdered by her own brother in the funeral home in 1962. This story chronicles how Jeremy and Amelia deal with their unintended relationship and the perils they face as the spirit world seeks to abduct Amelia back to...

Vella Day brings you a yarn-spinning, time-hopping, mystery-solving extravaganza! Hi, I'm Edith Emory, just an average book-loving knitter with a passion for collecting knick-knacks. When I stumbled upon a magical talisman at a garage sale, I ended up on a wild adventure. You see, this talisman had the power to transport me back in time, and by chance, I landed in the groovy year of 1969. But don't worry. I wasn't alone. I had my trusty sidekick and doll-collecting best friend, Millie Morris, with me. Together, we're uncovering a mystery that's not just out of this world, but out of this ...

If you're a fan of Pretty Little Liars or The Lying Game by Sara Shepard or any of the RL Stine thrillers then check out this book! Chloe is excited about spending her senior year of high school in California with her friend Jake's family. Even the usual dread of being the new girl can't bring her down. That is, until she stumbles across the dead body of the most popular girl in school, Lora Kelly. Now she's receiving threatening notes...will she be next? Everyone is a suspect. There's her childhood friend Jake, who she's known forever and there's his girlfriend, Kate, who is insanely ...

A friendly drag race proves fatal for one of the members of a car club. Sabotage is soon suspected. Friends and acquaintances from Eve’s old life in Chicago all become murder suspects. Suspicion and confusion run rampant throughout the rural Northern Arizona hotel as items go missing and different items appear. When damning evidence is found in Eve’s ex-boyfriend’s room, she hurries to clear his good name before he is officially charged with murder. Although one of Eve’s employees succeeds in helping her solve the complicated mystery, other staff members impede her investigations of...

It's New Year's Eve and the stage is set for a lavish party in one of Edinburgh's best postcodes. It's a moment for old friends to set the past to rights-and move on. The night sky is alive with fireworks and the champagne is flowing. But the celebration fails to materialize. Because someone at this party is going to die tonight. Midnight approaches and the countdown begins—but it seems one of the guests doesn't want a resolution. They want revenge.

A new job. A new hobby. And then death by bowling pin. Hi, I’m Glinda Goodall. After enjoying my waitressing job at my aunt’s restaurant for the last three years, I got sucked into opening up my own private investigation firm—as an amateur sleuth, of course. Just because I was a good listener[read: gossip seeker] and helped solve a few crimes, that didn’t mean I had any business hanging up my shingle. But hang it I did. In need of a different gossip source, my partner and I joined a bowling league. I know, right? I’ve shunned anything to do with athletics my whole life. Just my ...

Love. Betrayal. Bitter resentment. Unwavering loyalty. One man inspired all four... And expected nothing in return...he’d learned not to. Then, when time was more precious than anything money could buy, he wanted one thing for himself. Just one thing. It began all about him...or so he believed. And should have known better. He excelled at keeping his emotions carefully hidden. Then she became his everything. Nothing was ever the same again... He’d do anything to protect her...anything. Visit Rachel and Daniel...their love for each other never falters despite heart-wrenching challenges. ...

He’d made mistakes...more than a few and probably didn’t deserve the second chance he’d been given. But he was going to do everything he could to prove himself worthy of it. And now with Jansen’s arrival to the canyon...one more person in addition to himself and his grandfather with ties to the island...the stakes were even higher. Ray didn’t have a single doubt that a number of individuals were wondering where he’d disappeared to. With luck it would stay that way...but if it didn’t he probably wouldn’t be around to worry about it. He’d arrived on the island with a ...

Workaholic sleuth Abi Anderson is being forced to take some long overdue vacation, so she heads to the picturesque village of Milton By The Lake to visit her aunt who runs a popular café and bakery. Though the scenery is stunning and her aunt’s iced biscuits are the most delicious on the planet, Abi is soon bored, so when she uncovers incidents of trouble and sabotage at a local hotel, she’s eager to get investigating, strictly off-the-record of course! To make matters even more intriguing, the hotel is being run by Abi’s teenage sweetheart. Ed and Abi split up when university ...

In 1989, the Alphabet Killer, Professor Rodney Boone, murdered eight students. The victims, A to H, were each found with their surname initial carved into their neck. Victim nine narrowly escaped, and the murderer was left to burn to death. Eight years later, rookie Police Officer Rebecca Angell is thrown headlong into assisting a murder investigation. A body is found floating in the sewer, bearing the initial J. The investigators are convinced they are dealing with a copycat killer, but Boone's body was never recovered....

The Complete Series Collection - Includes all 6 Books in the “Hidden Hope Island - No Better Place” Series Her life is a dead-end. But can she find healing through being a hero for others? Caught in a dark pit of despair and haunted by grief at the loss of her son, Stacy Mulligan has nothing to look forward to except another night spent alone. But after she stumbles upon a curious job opening as a nurse at a remote island’s private boarding school, she plunges into an adventure that promises to heal her soul and give her a new breath of life. But after years of growing numb, she ...

A witch violinist, Romance bubbling in the cauldron, the return of a ghost and fairy… Throw in an overprotective daddy and freaky mobsters getting in the way. FREE on Kindle Unlimited! I’m Sophie Rowling. Violinist, witch, and wholehearted believer in Magic and Happily Ever After. A terminal case of musician’s block and lost magic used to be my biggest problems. Dante Walker. Tall, cocky, and mysterious Mr. Wrong… who turns out to be the magical cure for my musician’s block. After rescuing me from murderous kidnappers, he ends up spending the night with me, in the same bed, and…...

From Put-in-Bay to Middle Bass Island After Labor Day, the residents of South Bass Island and its popular resort village of Put-in-Bay were looking forward to a calm fall following a busy summer. That changed when they were shaken by the news that one of their well-liked bed & breakfast owners had disappeared. Elke White’s disappearance appeared suspicious to police from the get-go, and investigators soon focused on her husband, Spider. Rumors abounded about marital strife and an affair. Did Elke run away from her troubles or was her disappearance a homicide? And what was the motive? Who ...

Tragedy, indescribable courage, and heart-wrenching secrets. It was her family’s history…one that she wasn’t aware of until recently.Shay was stunned to learn about her family’s tragic past…a history shrouded in secrets and from what she’d read so far in journals that dated back hundreds of years…there was good reason for the secrecy…fear was a huge motivator no matter the century. She was equally surprised to hear from Patrick Johnston. He had questions about the Delasina family…questions that she wouldn’t mind knowing the answers to herself. Patrick was making the trip...

Filomena Obrist is in fear for her life. Her new husband is a passionate collector of morbid works of art from Roman antiquity. His magnificent estate on the Moselle River is crammed with grotesque statues, magical paraphernalia, curse tablets, and other eerie artifacts. Philomena suffers strange accidents, is haunted by ghostly apparitions, and her new family hasn’t exactly welcomed her with open arms either. Penny Küfer is hired to protect the frightened woman. But when she reaches the family's mansion, Filomena has just fallen out of a window. Suicide, according to the police … … ...

Medical tourism can be a shady business… A woman is dead, a teenager is missing, and the partners of a vacation stem cell travel agency in Miami are suspects. Nikki Garcia, a female sleuth with experience in kidnappings, is called in to solve the case. Following a trail of evidence on the young girl, Nikki assumes an undercover identity and flies to Havana only to find a world of deceit, betrayal, and espionage at a stem cell clinic. Nikki’s colleagues in Miami fear the worst when communication with her becomes impossible. Missing in Miami is a gripping story that has the ring of ...