Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
Blueberry Muffin Murder
by Joanne Fluke
Rating: 4.6 #ad
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Preparations are under way for Lake Eden, Minnesota’s annual Winter Carnival – and Hannah Swensen will be extra busy at her shop, The Cookie Jar. Too bad the honor of creating the official Winter Carnival cake went to famous lifestyle maven Connie Mac – a half-baked idea, in Hannah’s opinion. She suspects Connie Mac’s sweet cable-TV image is a cover for something more bitter.
Hannah’s suspicions are confirmed when Connie Mac’s limo rolls into town. Turns out America’s “Cooking Sweetheart” is bossy, bad-tempered, and downright domineering. Things finally boil over when Hannah arrives at The Cookie Jar to find the Winter Carnival cake destroyed – and Connie Mac lying dead in her pantry, struck down while eating one of Hannah’s famous blueberry muffins.
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(Hannah Swensen Cozy Mysteries)
Merciless
by Mary Burton
Rating: 4.5 #ad
No Pity Each skeleton is flawless–gleaming white and perfectly preserved, a testament to his skill. Every scrap of flesh has been removed to reveal the glistening bone beneath. And the collection is growing. . .
No Compassion When bleached human bones are identified as belonging to a former patient of Dr. James Dixon, Detective Malcolm Kier suspects the worst. Dixon was recently acquitted of attempted murder, thanks to defense attorney Angie Carlson. But as the body count rises, Kier is convinced that Angie is now the target of a brutal, brilliant psychopath.
No Escape Angie is no stranger to the dark side of human nature. But nothing has prepared her for the decades-long legacy of madness and murder about to be revealed–or a killer ready to claim her as his ultimate trophy. . .
CheckMate
by L.R. STARR
Rating: 4.5 #ad
A gruesome murder. Floating body parts found in the Hudson river all before breakfast on a Sunday morning. The Elliots got away with it again…
A rich family lineage ruling New York City that deemed themselves untouchable. The golden baton has been passed to the blue-eyed Robert Elliot. He’s the head of the empire now, and he’s been getting away with murder. Or so he thinks…
What he didn’t bank on is the dark horse, Sara Clemens. Clemens is a badass private investigator and she’s set to turn the tables on Elliot. Clemens has her own set of problems to deal with. Like the fact, she has to babysit a bratty supermodel and avoid becoming a pawn in Elliot’s game.
Will she let this dangerously electric attraction between her and Elliot cloud the case? Will she be able to solve the murder in time to avenge the death of her client’s son?
Treacherous Is the Night
by Anna Lee Huber
Rating: 4.5 #ad
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In 1919 England, in the shadow of The Great War, many look to the spirit world for answers. But it will take an all too earthbound intrigue to draw in the discerning heroine of Anna Lee Huber’s latest mystery . . .
It’s not that Verity Kent doesn’t sympathize with those eager to make contact with lost loved ones. After all, she once believed herself a war widow. But now that she’s discovered Sidney is very much alive, Verity is having enough trouble connecting with her estranged husband, never mind the dead. Still, at a friend’s behest, Verity attends a séance, where she encounters the man who still looms between her and Sidney – and a medium who channels a woman Verity once worked with in the Secret Service.
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(A Verity Kent Mysteries)
Feral Magic
by J.E. Reed
Rating: 5.0 #ad
A deadly race for survival. Not everyone will win.
Vixin isn’t her real name and this isn’t home. Unlike most girls her age, Vixin never found herself fascinated with pretty dresses or shoes. She much preferred the feel of a blade in her hand or the rush of the kill while hunting. But that was before this world. Now those skills are the only thing separating her from predator or prey.
Thieving isn’t exactly what she had in mind, but when Vixin runs across a small band she joins them, her attention shifting from survival to the young man leading their troupe. But death lingers and what started as a fun endeavor quickly turns her into the hunted.
With new allies, Vixin is forced to implement everything her father taught her, not only to keep herself alive but her newfound friends as well.
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(The Chronopoint Chronicles)
The Midnight Book Club Super Box Set
by Jeremy Bates
Rating: 4.4 #ad
USA TODAY and #1 AMAZON bestselling author Jeremy Bates brings you the complete collection of the award-winning Midnight Book Club short novels, which have been praised for their fast-paced plots and brilliant twists. As a bonus, you also get a digital copy of the runaway bestseller The Taste of Fear, which has garnered more than 500 five-star reviews. In total, that’s over 1000 pages of pulse-pounding suspense, action, and terror from one of the most thrilling horror writers in the business today!
The Playground Murders
by Lesley Thomson
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Forty years ago, in the dark of the playground, two children’s lives were changed for ever.
The case of six-year-old Sarah Ferris, killed in an empty playground, haunted Hammersmith police for decades. Not just because the victim would never see her seventh birthday. But because solving the case meant arresting another child on suspicion of Sarah’s murder.
Now, forty years later, cleaner-turned-detective Stella Darnell has unearthed new information about Sarah and her killer. As Stella pieces together the truth about what happened all those years ago, she is drawn into a story of jealousy, betrayal and the end of innocence. A story that has not yet reached its end…
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(The Detective’s Daughter Mysteries)
Friday’s Mystery eBooks
BARRIE HILL REUNION
by Lisette Brodey
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Eight people. One weekend. Eight lives forever changed.
In the mid-1960s, at an elite college in the quaint town of Barrie Hill, Connecticut, a group of literary-minded students met regularly off-campus at the Vanessa Grand Hotel. Often late into the night, they would discuss the day’s news, analyze literature, philosophize, trade barbs, and socialize.
Twenty years after graduation, in 1986, the group’s founder, Clare Dreyser, organizes a weekend reunion. Seven former Barrie Hillers and one guest get together, eager to re-create an extraordinary time in their lives and reunite with old friends.
Enigma
by Catherine Coulter
Rating: 4.6 #ad
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After Agent Dillon Savich stops a crazy man from harming a pregnant woman, the man unexpectedly falls into a coma. Doctors discover a drug in his blood they can’t identify, and his only identification is a yellow wristband marked E 2. Did this John Doe escape from a mental hospital? And why was he at the pregnant woman’s house? When her newborn baby is kidnapped from the hospital, Savich realizes there’s a connection between the kidnapping and the unconscious John Doe. DNA tests uncover a startling fact: his cells are unlike any other – he’s an Enigma.
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(An FBI Thriller Mysteries)
Seven Forges
by James A. Moore, Alejandro Colucci
Rating: 4.6 #ad
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An expedition into a hostile world leads to the discovery of a forgotten—and potentially dangerous—race in this “well-written epic fantasy series kickoff” (Publishers Weekly)
Captain Merros Dulver is the first in many lifetimes to find a path beyond the great mountains of the Seven Forges and encounter, at long last, the half-forgotten race who live there. And it would appear that they were expecting him. But when he returns home, an entourage of strangers in tow, he starts to wonder if his discovery is truly something to celebrate—for the gods of this lost race are the gods of war, and their memories of that far-off cataclysm have not faded.
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(Seven Forges Mysteries)
A Gathering of Secrets
by Linda Castillo
Rating: 4.8 #ad
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When a historic barn burns to the ground in the middle of the night, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder is called in to investigate. At first, it looks like an accident, but when the body of eighteen-year-old Daniel Gingerich is found inside—burned alive—Kate suspects murder. Who would want a well-liked, hardworking young Amish man dead? Kate delves into the investigation only to find herself stonewalled by the community to which she once belonged. Is their silence a result of the Amish tenet of separation? Or is this peaceful and deeply religious community conspiring to hide a truth no one wants to talk about?
The Witch Next Door Complete Series Omnibus
by Multiple Authors
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Lily Antony is a young witch playing in a very dangerous treasure hunt.
She’s got to follow the clues her Mom left behind after her disappearance trekking the world. Maybe even put the pieces of her life back together with each one. First stop – get that cute guy, Romeo to help her out.
Never hurts to have a werewolf along for the ride. Especially since Lily thinks her mom is still alive – and no one else does. Doubters gonna hate… and chase Lily and Romeo all over the world. Sounds like these doubters have something to hide?
Dark Side of the Street
by Jack Higgins
Rating: 4.5 #ad
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As an experienced operative of the British Intelligence organization known as “The Bureau,” Paul Chavasse is used to working behind enemy lines. So when he’s approached with a mission that will land him in prison, he’s certain it will be an easy stretch. He’s wrong.
For some time, a clandestine organization headed by an enigmatic leader called the Baron has been breaking prisoners out of confinement with military precision, only to disappear into the darkness once again. The next convict to be freed is most likely Harry Youngblood, a disgruntled associate of the Baron’s who could be the key to the case.
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(The Paul Chavasse Mysteries)
Lacewood
by Jessica James
BARGAIN
MOVING TO A SMALL TOWN is a big change for New York socialite Katie McCain. But when she stumbles across Lacewood, an abandoned 200-year-old mansion in small-town Virginia, she’s enthralled by the enduring beauty of the neglected estate—and captivated by the haunting portrait of a woman in mourning she finds there. Katie buys the house on a whim and throws herself into befriending the colorful characters in the southern town of New Hope.
THE PAST AND PRESENT converge when military veteran and hometown hero Will Durham returns and begins his own healing process by helping restore the memory-filled Lacewood house to its former glory. #ad
Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
Murder Under A Bad Moon
by Abigail Keam
Rating: 4.8 #ad
Mona Moon is not your typical young lady. She is a cartographer by trade, explorer by nature, and adventurer by heart. And she’s rich as Midas. There’s just one problem. Some rich folk in the Kentucky Bluegrass don’t like Mona’s progressive programs for her employees and want to see her disgraced along with her new fangled ideas. So when Judge Garrett turns up dead on the Moon estates, they are beside themselves with glee until they start wondering if Judge Garrett was murdered just to frame Mona. And will one of them be next?
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(A Mona Moon Cozy Mysteries)
NEVER WALK ALONE
by Willow Rose
Rating: 4.8 #ad
Practically ripped from today’s headlines, with a bit of artistic license, this most recent book in the Harry Hunter Mystery series is non-stop action and suspense. Hard to put down the story is well written and the mystery well plotted.’ Goodreads Review, 5 stars
The world is on lockdown due to a virus that originated in Miami. A woman is kidnapped from her apartment, and Detective Harry Hunter is on the case. At the same time, his sister shows up after they haven’t seen each other in a year. As it turns out, Harry’s sister knows more about the virus than she lets on. Soon, he wonders if the virus is connected to the missing woman.
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(Harry Hunter Mysteries)
Tom Clancy’s Op-Center: Into the Fire
by Dick Couch, George Galdorisi
Rating: 4.2 #ad
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Tensions flare in Northwest Asia and Op-Center races to prevent World War III in this chilling, ripped-from-the-headlines thriller from the authors of the USA Today bestseller Out of the Ashes.
When a team of assassins murder a high-ranking North Korean general and his family in their sleep, making it look like a robbery, events are set in motion that could shake the balance of world powers. Meanwhile, a U.S. naval combat ship, the USS Milwaukee, is attacked by North Korean forces in the middle of a training exercise off the shore of South Korea, and Commander Kate Bigelow is forced to ground the ship to avoid being captured. The crew takes refuge on a tiny island, trapped dangerously between the grounded ship and a fleet of hostile North Korean soldiers.
Future Apocalypse
by Barbara Gilbert
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Paulette is finally able to begin her next adventure.
She and a small group of her newfound friends begin their trek across an apocalyptic landscape to the Mythical City of Technology but find themselves running and fighting for their lives during their journey.
Will they survive? If so, will she find the help she needs? Meanwhile, back in the present, Greg and Susan find themselves in a frantic race to solve the problem and retrieve Paulette. Will they succeed in finding and rescuing her or will their efforts be in vain?
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(A Time Travel Mysteries)
The Marsh King’s Daughter
by Karen Dionne
Rating: 4.5 #ad
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Praised by Karin Slaughter and Megan Abbott, The Marsh King’s Daughter is the mesmerizing tale of a woman who must risk everything to hunt down the dangerous man who shaped her past and threatens to steal her future: her father.
Helena Pelletier has a loving husband, two beautiful daughters, and a business that fills her days. But she also has a secret: she is the product of an abduction. Her mother was kidnapped as a teenager by her father and kept in a remote cabin in the marshlands of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Helena, born two years after the abduction, loved her home in nature, and despite her father’s sometimes brutal behavior, she loved him, too…until she learned precisely how savage he could be…
The King of Plagues
by Jonathan Maberry
Rating: 4.5 #ad
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Saturday 09:11 Hours: A blast rocks a London hospital and thousands are dead or injured… 10:09 Hours: Joe Ledger arrives on scene to investigate. The horror is unlike anything he has ever seen. Compelled by grief and rage, Joe rejoins the DMS and within hours is attacked by a hit-team of assassins and sent on a suicide mission into a viral hot zone during an Ebola outbreak. Soon Joe Ledger and the Department of Military Sciences begin tearing down the veils of deception to uncover a vast and powerful secret society using weaponized versions of the Ten Plagues of Egypt to destabilize world economies and profit from the resulting chaos.
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(A Joe Ledger Mysteries)
A Conspiracy of Faith
by Jussi Adler-Olsen, Martin Aitken
Rating: 4.5 #ad
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Carl Mørck holds in his hands a bottle that contains old and decayed message, written in blood. It is a cry for help from two young brothers, tied and bound in a boathouse by the sea. Could it be real? Who are these boys, and why weren’t they reported missing? Could they possibly still be alive?
Carl’s investigation will force him to cross paths with a woman stuck in a desperate marriage—her husband refuses to tell her where he goes, what he does, how long he will be away. For days on end she waits, and when he returns she must endure his wants, his moods, his threats.
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(Department Q Mysteries)
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
Myrtle Grove Garden Box Set
by Loulou Harrington
Rating: 4.8 #ad
Welcome to Myrtle Grove, a small town nestled in the lake country of Oklahoma, where life revolves around friendship, family and Sunday dinner, and no one seems to have noticed the recent rise in the local murder rate. The founding members of the Myrtle Grove Garden Club are Jesse Camden and her mother, Sophia, who are co-owners of the Gilded Lily Tea Room and Coffee House, along with Vivian Windsor, who is Myrtle Grove’s resident oil heiress and a lifelong friend of the Camden ladies.
Bonus: Recipes included in each book. Three complete books in the boxed set are:
Murder, Mayhem and Bliss (Book 1)
Murder Most Thorny (Book 2)
Murder on a Silver Sea (Book 3)
The Amber Room
by Steve Berry
Rating: 4.2 #ad
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Atlanta judge Rachel Cutler loves her job and her kids, but her life takes a dark turn when her father dies under strange circumstances, leaving behind clues to a secret about one of the greatest treasures ever made by man. Forged of the exquisite gem, the Amber Room inexplicably disappeared sometime during World War II. Determined to solve its mysteries, Rachel takes off for Germany with her ex-husband, Paul, close behind. Before long, they’re in over their heads. Locked into a treacherous game with professional killers, Rachel and Paul find themselves on a collision course with the forces of greed, power, and history itself.
Daughter of Gloriavale
by Lilia Tarawa
Rating: 4.4 #ad
In this personal account, Lilia Tarawa exposes the shocking secrets of the cult, with its rigid rules and oppressive control of women. She describes her fear when her family questioned Gloriavale’s beliefs and practices. When her parents fled with their children, Lilia was forced to make a desperate choice: to stay or to leave. No matter what she chose, she would lose people she loved. In the outside world, Lilia struggled. Would she be damned to hell for leaving? How would she learn to navigate this strange place called ‘the world’? And would she ever find out the truth about the criminal convictions against her grandfather?
The Sun Coast Chronicles
by Terri Blackstock
Rating: 4.8 #ad
New York Times bestselling author Terri Blackstock’s Sun Coast Chronicles series—now available in one volume!
Evidence of Mercy
Justifiable Means
Ulterior Motives
Presumption of Guilt
Black Magic Woman
by Eric Wilder
Rating: 4.6 #ad
TO SAVE HIS SOUL FROM AN ANCIENT VOODOO CURSE, FRENCH QUARTER DETECTIVE WYATT THOMAS MUST TIME TRAVEL BACK TO ANTEBELLUM NEW ORLEANS
In the most haunted and forbidden city on earth, no one disregards the supernatural. When a spirit from a different life begins haunting him, Wyatt Thomas turns to the one person he knows can help—his business partner and voodoo mambo Mama Mulate. To rid himself of the curse, he must travel back in time to Antebellum New Orleans and seek the assistance of Marie Laveau, the most famous voodoo practitioner who ever lived. He has one chance to save his soul and only forty-eight hours to do it, or else be trapped in the past forever.
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(French Quarter Mysteries)
Blindsighted
by Karin Slaughter
Rating: 4.3 #ad
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Interweaving knife-edge tension, superb characterization, and an evocative milieu, this thrilling novel of dark suspense, set in rural Grant County, Georgia, introduces engaging pediatrician and coroner, Dr. Sara Linton.
A sadistic rapist turned killer is terrorizing Grant County, and the chief of police, Sara’s ex-husband Jeffrey Tolliver, must find him. But he’s not alone. Lena Adams—the county’s sole female detective—wants to see justice done, since her sister was the first victim. Sara, too, cannot escape the terror.
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(Grant County Thrillers)
Big Beautiful
by Florence Linnington
Rating: 4.5 #ad
No one looks at her twice because of her size… hence she turns to mail order bride.
Rosalind Lee has been a large, beautifully curvy woman for most of her adult life. When her father dies and leaves her in the midst of insurmountable debts, she is forced to turn to become a mail order bride.
Cassidy Gerber, a single father and saloon owner in Evergreen, Wyoming writes to Rosalind, proposing marriage. When Rosalind arrives, she finds life out west to be far more difficult than she had imagine – made worse when two strangers need to make their marriage work.
The Ticking Clock
by Dan Arnold
Rating: 4.3 #ad
IS THE VIOLENCE IN HIS PAST INTERFERING IN HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD?
When private detective John Wesley Tucker meets Hafsah Bashir, his world and his mission are turned inside out. She’s searching for a missing family member and the fate of millions hangs in the balance.
Since the fall of ISIS, radicalized recruits from the internet have been ineffective at bringing mass casualty terror back to America. The Islamic State recognizes they need leadership and training. The caliphate has just the right man for the job; they’ve sent him to America. Before he begins organizing a network, his first group of home-grown mujahedeen will strike in East Texas. DHS Agent Jack McCarthy enlists John’s aid in stopping them…
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(Angels & Imperfection Series)
Wedding Cake Murder
by Joanne Fluke
Rating: 4.2 #ad
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Hannah Swensen’s getting married – but first she has to solve the murder of a notorious celebrity chef – in this entry in the New York Times-bestselling series.
Folks in Lake Eden, Minnesota, may have had their doubts, but at long last, Hannah Swensen is getting married! And her excitement only grows when she learns the man of her dreams will be able to join her on her trip to New York City for the Food Channel’s dessert chef contest. They get a taste of the Big Apple before Hannah wins the Hometown Challenge – and the producers bring all the contestants to Lake Eden to tape the remainder of the show.
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(Hannah Swensen Mysteries)