This week Best of Indie spotlights three top-flight thrillers, a two-for-one special from sci-fi/horror author Saul Tanpepper and a dollop of romance, young adult and crime fiction.
All titles range from free to 99 cents. And our Indie Film of the Week is “Greta,” starring Isabelle Huppert and emerging starlet Chloë Grace Moretz.
This week’s curated picks of quality ebooks …
Indie ebook spotlight
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Free on Kindle for a limited time ($12.99 print)
Gameland Season One: Episodes 1–2
By Saul Tanpepper
318 pages
#1 free in Science Fiction in the Kindle Store
Sci-Fi/Horror: These two unnerving books follow a group of friends who sneak onto the site of a popular game show — where they’ll be trapped in a horrific competition at the whim of unseen, bloodthirsty players. As the book’s tagline says, “6 Hackers, 1 Game… and 10,000 Undead.”
Top ebook deals of the week
Free on Kindle Unlimited
The Senator
By Ken Fite
237 pages
Thriller: After his wife is murdered in Chicago, by-the-book agent Blake Jordan focuses on the one thing he’s always been good at: his job. But Blake is so consumed by grief that he doesn’t notice someone is watching him from the shadows.
Free on Kindle Unlimited ($14.99 print)
The Last Reaper
By J.N. Chaney
388 pages
Science fiction: When a high value scientist is taken hostage inside the galaxy’s most dangerous prison, Halek Cain is the only man for the job. The last remaining survivor of the Reaper program, Hal is an unstoppable force of fuel and madness, and he’ll stop at nothing to earn back his life from the people who imprisoned him.
Free on Kindle Unlimited (also available on audiobook)
Agent Zero
By Jack Mars
334 pages
#1 free in Suspense in the Kindle Store
Thriller: Professor Kent Steele is abducted by three terrorists in the middle of the night who tell him he’s a notorious CIA agent — though he has no memory of it. As he tries to unravel a growing conspiracy, Kent must evade deadly assassins and determine the truth behind his identity.
Free on Kindle for a limited time ($12.99 print)
Once a Soldier
By Benjamin Blackmore
288 pages
#1 free in Technothrillers in the Kindle Store
Technothriller: Ex–military contractor Harper Knox must join forces with mercenary Francesca Daly to stop an extremist cult targeting a controversial AI researcher in Seattle. Riveting!
Free on Kindle for a limited time ($12.99 print)
Picture Perfect Lie
By Marquita Valentine
252 pages
#1 free in Contemporary Romance in the Kindle Store
Romance: From a NY Times bestselling author: During a layover, single mom Cam meets soldier Knight, who requests that she pose as his wife while he’s stationed overseas. But when Knight returns, can their lie spark a love that lasts?
Free on Kindle for a limited time ($15.99 print)
Awaken
By Skye Malone
249 pages
#1 free in Teen & Young Adult Coming of Age Fantasy in the Kindle Store
Young adult: Despite being forbidden to go near the ocean, Chloe runs away to the beach. Unable to resist the water, she sets in motion a series of strange occurrences and dangerous events — and discovers her true identity.
Note: It took me a few days to get this post published because of my travel out of the country, so apologies! Some of the books are no longer free for purchase, but they’re all free on Kindle Unlimited.
Indie Film Watch
Chloë Grace Moretz in “Greta.”
Greta
A young woman (Chloë Grace Moretz) befriends a lonely widow (Isabelle Huppert) who’s harboring a dark and deadly agenda toward her in this dark, almost campy thriller from indie filmmaker Neil Jordan. (Jordan wrote the screenplays for “The End of the Affair” and “The Crying Game.”)
Now available on Netflix and other streaming and DVD services.
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