For $2.99 or less, scoop up a new ebook from participating retailers throughout the month of July. Browse the nine ebooks below for everything from bestselling literary fiction to thrilling murder mysteries. Click on each cover to learn more.
The Lords of Disciplineby Pat Conroy
As Will McLean begins his studies at the Carolina Military Institute, antimilitary sentiment is raging and the American South is in turmoil over desegregation. McLean survives his freshman year despite the school’s notorious hazing, and avoids attention from its fabled and menacing secret society, the Ten. But when he becomes the mentor of the school’s first black student, Will is drawn into the intense racial politics—and the simmering threat of violence—that lie just beneath the surface at the Institute. Buy The Lords of Discipline from Amazon.com, the Apple iBookstore, Barnesandnoble.com, Google Play, or Kobo.
McNally's Secretby Lawrence Sanders
Inveterate playboy Archy McNally gets paid to make discreet inquiries for Palm Beach’s power elite. But keeping their dirty little secrets buried will take some fancy footwork in McNally’s latest case. When passion erupts into murder and McNally must dig even deeper to uncover the truth, he unearths a shocking secret that could expose his own family’s skeletons. New York Times bestselling author Lawrence Sanders introduces his most disarming detective in this powerhouse novel of passion, murder, and unabashed greed. Buy McNally’s Secret from Amazon.com, the Apple iBookstore, Barnesandnoble.com, Google Play, or Kobo.
The Intruders: A Jake Grafton Novelby Stephen Coonts
When the psychotic Colombian drug lord Chano Aldana is extradited to the United States for trial, he brings his army of vicious mercenaries with him. And as Aldana’s hit men target the President of the United States, the capital is plunged into chaos that only veteran fighter pilot Jake Grafton can stop. Grafton races against time to prevent all-out catastrophe from enveloping the nation. Buy The Intruders from Amazon.com, the Apple iBookstore, Barnesandnoble.com, Google Play, or Kobo.
A Season in Hellby Jack Higgins
Sean Egan and Sarah Talbot are united by tragedy when his sister and her son are both murdered, their corpses used to smuggle heroin by members of Europe’s bloodiest drug ring. Now Egan, an Irish-born British Special Forces operative, and Talbot, a well-connected Wall Street lawyer, will stop at nothing to bring the murderers to justice. Their mission takes them through London, Paris, Sicily, and Ireland as they’re trailed by a brutally efficient hit man bent on thwarting their every move. Buy A Season in Hell from Amazon.com, the Apple iBookstore, Barnesandnoble.com, Google Play, or Kobo.
Murder in the Ball Park by Robert Goldsborough
When a state senator is shot at a baseball game, Archie Goodwin wants to take on the case. However, Archie’s employer—the rotund genius Nero Wolfe—has no interest in investigating the stadium slaying, even as Archie is swayed by the senator’s suspiciously lovely widow. Her husband was mired hip-deep in corruption, and sorting out who killed him will be a task far less pleasant than an afternoon at the ballpark. Buy Murder in the Ball Park from Amazon.com, the Apple iBookstore, Barnesandnoble.com, Google Play, or Kobo.
Topaz by Leon Uris
On the eve of the Cuban Missile Crisis, American and French intelligence agents are plunged into a maze of Cold War intrigue. Two agents, along with a small band of Cuban exiles and Soviet defectors, chase leads around the globe in a quest to save NATO, themselves, and perhaps the world itself. From the bestselling author of Exodus comes this fast-paced but deeply informed thriller. Buy Topaz from Amazon.com, the Apple iBookstore, Barnesandnoble.com, Google Play, or Kobo.
Chicken Soup for the Expectant Mother’s Soul: Stories to Inspire and Warm the Hearts of Soon-to-Be Mothers by Jack Canfield
This Chicken Soup book will find a place in the loving hearts and anxious minds of expectant mothers (and some fathers, too!). By relaying the insecurities and triumphs of a variety of moms and moms-to-be—including multiple births, premature births, adoptions, and single-parent families—this book will tug at the heartstrings and ease the fears of any expectant mother, regardless of her situation. Chapters include: Special Moments, Delivery Day, Challenges, On Adoption, Advice from Others, For Expectant Fathers, and The First Few Years. Buy Chicken Soup for the Expectant Mother’s Soul from Amazon.com, the Apple iBookstore, Barnesandnoble.com, Google Play, or Kobo.
Oddkins: A Fable for All Ages by Dean Koontz
Blockbuster author Dean Koontz’s first novel for young readers is a beautifully illustrated and visually stunning story about a magical band of living toys who learn to overcome the fears we all face in the dark. Toymaker Isaac Bodkins created the Oddkins, a group of living toys, for very special children who face difficulties in life and need true friends. When Mr. Bodkins dies, the Oddkins must go on a journey to find his chosen successor as a life-giving toymaker—the only person who can save them. Buy Oddkins from Amazon.com, the Apple iBookstore, Barnesandnoble.com, Google Play, or Kobo.
The Obedient Assassin: A Novel Based on a True Story by John P. Davidson
Ramón Mercader was plucked from the front of the Spanish Civil War by the Soviets and conscripted to murder the great intellectual Leon Trotsky, a leader of the Bolshevik Revolution who was exiled in the 1920s for opposing Joseph Stalin. As Ramón is trained for the task and assumes a new identity, he lives a lush life in Paris, befriending Frida Kahlo and falling in love with a left-leaning Jewish woman whom he is ordered to seduce as a means of getting at Trotsky. From Barcelona to Paris and New York to Mexico City, the assassin moves inevitably closer to the grim task that awaits him at Trotsky’s compound. Buy The Obedient Assassin from Amazon.com, the Apple iBookstore, Barnesandnoble.com, Google Play, or Kobo.