Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
Whiskey For Breakfast
by Liliana Hart
Rating: 4.7
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The Private Investigator’s Handbook: Rule #1: Don’t break the law Rule #2: See Rule #1
…And then there’s Addison Holmes, who makes up her handbook as she goes along. Addison is licensed to carry and she means business. The only thing getting in her way is a sexy detective, a neighborhood watch from hell, a dead billionaire, a black market sperm bank, and a long lost heir. Piece of cake…
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(Addison Holmes Mysteries)
Berserk
by David Wood, Matt James
Rating: 4.3
The discovery of the tomb of an ancient Norse king unleashes a weapon of unbelievable power.
One touch from the Spear of Odin can transform a man into a berserker—an unstoppable rage-fueled killing machine. Dane Maddock and “Bones” Bonebrake, former Navy SEALs turned treasure hunters, are on assignment in Norway – their mission: Stop the rogue biotech company ScanoGen from getting their hands on the legendary weapon. But ScanoGen isn’t the only enemy they’ll need to worry about.
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(Dane Maddock Universe)
The Man with the Golden Torc
by Simon R. Green
Rating: 4.3
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New York Times bestselling author Simon Green introduces a new kind of hero, one who fights the good fight against some very old foes in the first novel in the Secret Histories series.
The name’s Bond. Shaman Bond. Actually, that’s just his cover. His real name is Eddie Drood, but when your job includes a license to kick supernatural arse on a regular basis, you find your laughs where you can. For centuries, his family has been the secret guardian of Humanity, all that stands between all of you and all of the really nasty things that go bump in the night. As a Drood field agent he wore the golden torc, he killed monsters, and he protected the world. He loved his job.
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(Secret Histories Mysteries)
What My Sister Knew
by Nina Laurin
Rating: 3.6
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I look up at the TV screen, and my twin brother’s face is splashed across it, life-size. It’s a shock that makes my breath catch. This is my brother as an adult, my brother who I last saw fifteen years ago after the fire that killed our parents, covered in soot, clutching a lighter in his hand, his knuckles stark white against the dirt and ash.
Everyone always said he’d grow up to be a heartbreaker. But his face has gone gaunt instead. The stubble on his cheeks and chin is patchy, and his eyes look dull and dark.
Seeker One
by Clint Hollingsworth
Rating: 4.6
Tanner Voss has an entire year left at the Terran Exploratory Force academy, so no one is more surprised than Tanner himself when he is pulled from the academy and placed on the Deep Space initiative as a cadet. For one thing, Tanner is still recovering from being in stasis for 150 years, with some odd and unexpected side effects.
These side effects might be what his commanders are interested in. Is Tanner being used for some purpose which will shorten his career abruptly, or does he have a future with the Deep Space Initiative? Are the DSI’s enemies all on the outside, or are some on the ship?
The Art of the Kiss
by Holly Schindler
Rating: Brand New Release
Can you have more than one happily ever after? Taken in a flash at the beginning of their life together, Sharon Minyard’s portrait of herself and her husband, Michael, hangs on her studio wall as a testament to the possibility of love.
Once drawing crowds to gaze in wonder, it has since become all but forgotten—until a young photographer, an old camera, and a bit of magic disturb the dust, setting in motion events that will revive its meaning…
Monday’s Mystery eBooks
The Vigilante Vignette
by Larissa Reinhart, Ritter Ames
Rating: 4.3
THIS HALLOWEEN CHERRY TUCKER’S GETTING MORE TRICKS THAN TREATS…
When Cherry Tucker makes a mercy call on a neighbor, she’s roped into a quid pro quo deal—if Cherry recovers a stolen family heirloom, the neighbor will use his family clout to help her with some zoning issues. If she fails, the expression “someone’s got her goat” will take on a whole new meaning for Cherry. And when she discovers a thievery ring, illegal auctions, and some green-eyed emotions after spotting Luke where she doesn’t expect him – well, it’s just another hilarious day in Halo, Georgia.
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(A Cherry Tucker Mysteries)
High Barrens
by Alice Sabo
Rating: 5.0
Flint thought that growing up in the dangerous frontier town of Far Enough, with six older brothers, would prepare her for anything. . .until she met the monster.
She had waited and worked hard for a chance to study at the School for Wizards and Weirdlings. But things went sideways when powerful magic turned her world inside out. Seeing a cruel injustice, Flint must take a stand to protect the life of a dangerous being.
The carefully planned journey she started out on took an exciting and dangerous detour of monsters and forbidden magic leading to the discovery of who she really wanted to be.
Shutter Island
by Dennis Lehane
Rating: 4.3
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The basis for the blockbuster motion picture directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Shutter Island by New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane is a gripping and atmospheric psychological thriller where nothing is quite what it seems. The New York Times calls Shutter Island, “Startlingly original.” The Washington Post raves, “Brilliantly conceived and executed.” A masterwork of suspense and surprise from the author of Mystic River and Gone, Baby, Gone, Shutter Island carries the reader into a nightmare world of madness, mind control, and CIA Cold War paranoia and is unlike anything you’ve ever read before.
Sleeping in the Ground
by Peter Robinson
Rating: 4.1
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At the doors of a charming country church, an unspeakable act destroys a wedding party. A huge manhunt ensues. The culprit is captured. The story is over.
Except it isn’t. For Alan Banks, still struggling with a tragic loss of his own, there’s something wrong about this case – something unresolved. Reteaming with profiler Jenny Fuller, the relentless detective deeper into the crime… deep enough to unearth long-buried secrets that reshape everything Banks thought he knew about the events outside that chapel.
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(Inspector Banks Mysteries)
The Ascension Myth Boxed Set
by Ell Leigh Clarke, Michael Anderle
Rating: 4.7
How Molly has survived military life this long, we’ll never know. When her implanted computer interface is hacked by a nascent AI, Molly has to escape.
Between the militaries’ high tech security shields and advanced personnel protocols, it makes getting out in one piece for Molly nigh on impossible. What’s more, her new “companion” has a spunky attitude which only complicates matters further. And her biggest problem?
Man & Horse
by John Egenes
Rating: 4.7
In 1974 a disenfranchised young man from a broken home set out to do the impossible. With a hundred dollars in his pocket, a beat up cavalry saddle, and a faraway look in his eye, John Egenes saddled his horse Gizmo and started down the trail on an adventure across the North American continent. Their seven month journey took them across 11 states from California to Virginia, ocean to ocean.. As they left the pressing confinement of the city behind them, the pair experienced the isolation and loneliness of the southwestern deserts, the vastness of the prairie, and the great landscapes that make up America. Across hundreds of miles of empty land they slept with coyotes and wild horses under the stars, and in urban areas they camped alone in graveyards and abandoned shacks.
Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
Witchful Thinking
by Kristen Painter
Rating: 4.7
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Welcome to Everlasting, Maine, where there’s no such thing as normal. Charlotte Fenchurch knows that, which is why she’s not that surprised when a very special book of magic falls into her hands at the library where she works. As a fledgling witch, owning her own grimoire is a dream come true. But there’s something…mysterious about the book she just can’t figure out.
Leopard shifter Walker Black knows what’s odd about the book. It’s full of black magic and so dangerous that it could destroy the world. Good thing the Fraternal Order of Light has sent him to Everlasting to recover it and put it into safe storage. If he has to, he’ll even take the witch who owns it into custody.
Dangerous Revelations
by Lisa Jackson
Rating: 4.5
Rochelle Tremont first met Jackson Moore ten years ago, after he saved her from a harrowing experience. But when a scandal drove Jackson out of town, it also left Rochelle’s reputation destroyed, and her heart broken. Now, an older Jackson has returned to Gold Creek, and Rochelle must visit her pain-filled past. Can she heal from the hurt she’s experienced and, just maybe, learn to love Jackson
again?
A New Dawn Omnibus: Complete Series
by Amy Hopkins, Michael Anderle
Rating: Brand New Release
When the greatest horrors exist in the mind, how do you deal with a man who puts them there?
Julianne is the strongest mystic of her generation. Her mental magic might even be getting stronger… it’s hard to tell when her practice time is eaten up by paperwork and leading her people. That is, until a rogue mystic cult shows up, trying to drag Julianne into their plot for world domination.
The Game You Played
by Anni Taylor
Rating: 4.4
Little Boy Blue, where did you go? Who led you away? Only I know . . . .
Two-year-old Tommy Basko goes missing from a popular inner-city playground. Six months later, his parents begin receiving cryptic messages in rhyme about Tommy. The police don’t believe the messages are from the abductor, but Tommy’s mother Phoebe is certain they’re a game meant for her. Against the advice of the police, Phoebe decides to play the game.
Fate’s Fables Collection
by T. Rae Mitchell
Rating: 4.4
Reality sucks. Make-believe rocks. That’s been 17-year-old Fate Floyd’s motto since she read her first fairy tale. Normally a harmless pastime…until she reads from the Book of Fables.
Now she can hardly tell what’s real and what’s not. Fate’s been spelled and mysteriously trapped within a deadly fairy tale world bound by the Book of Fables. Her only escape is to travel through the cursed book’s 8 unfortunate fairy tales and change them into happily-ever-afters. But the enchanting world of make-believe she has always loved turns on her with scheming sorceresses, greedy goblins and heartless faeries.
Clash by Night
by Doreen Owens Malek
Rating: 4.3
United by love, divided by war. As the German war machine claims Europe, tanks roll into the peaceful French village of Fains Les Sources, and the brave French Resistance fighters wage their desperate struggle for freedom. But for three proud, passionate women, the same fierce conflict that rages throughout France burns in their own hearts…and will forever change their lives.
From the sun-drenched beauty of the French countryside to the bloody beaches of Normandy, from the dark and terrible days of the Occupation to the glory of liberation, this is the magnificent story of the men and women, lovers and enemies, whose passionate dreams and undying patriotism shape the destiny of their land and their lives.
Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
The Wonderful Journey of Edmund Beasley
by C. L. Shaffer
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After an incident in college, Edmund develops a phobia about showing his writing to the world and finds employment anywhere he can just to avoid doing so. Still stuck on an old love, he discovers he’s falling for Eleanor Collins, a woman he meets in the most unexpected of places after she contracts a mysterious virus that leaves people looking dead when they really are not.
Add to the mix a conspiracy theory addicted roommate by the name of Dale who believes the earth is flat and claims to know the real reason why the Mexican-U.S. border wall has yet to be completed, and Edmund’s life just got a whole lot more complicated.
This becomes particularly true when Dale discovers a 1800s manuscript while vacuuming and finds it contains plans for a time machine – well sort of anyway.
Last to Die (with bonus short story John Doe)
by Tess Gerritsen
Rating: 4.4
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Jane spirits Teddy to the exclusive Evensong boarding school, a sanctuary where young victims of violent crime learn vital skills of survival. But even behind locked gates, Jane fears that Evensong’s benefactors aren’t the only ones watching. And when she learns of two other students whose pasts bear a shocking resemblance to Teddy’s, it becomes chillingly clear that a circling predator has more than one victim in mind. Joining forces with medical examiner Maura Isles, Jane races to stop an obsessed killer’s twisted quest—before an unspeakable secret dooms the children’s fate.
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(A Rizzoli & Isles Novel)
Clear and Present Danger
by Tom Clancy
Rating: 4.6
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When Colombian drug lords assassinate both the U.S. ambassador and the visiting head of the FBI, their actions trigger a covert response from the American government—a response that goes horribly wrong…
As the newly named Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA, Jack Ryan should be privy to operations like the one in Colombia, but he’s been left completely in the dark. With the help of field officer John Clark, Ryan intends to find out what’s really going on.
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(A Jack Ryan Mysteries)
Rebel Bear
by Anna Lowe
Rating: 4.8
Bear shifter Timber Hoving is just another Special Forces vet slowly adjusting to island time. That is, until an irresistible stranger rushes into his meticulously organized world. Before Tim knows it, his human side is wrestling with temptation, and his bear is head over heels in love. But Hailey’s first encounter with shifters is a terrifying one, and Tim can’t reveal the truth about himself without losing her forever. Worse, sinister shifter forces are closing in, following a ruthless agenda of their own. They’ll stop at nothing to capture Tim’s destined mate — dead or alive.
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(Aloha Shifters)
Redemption Street
by Reed Farrel Coleman
Rating: 4.3
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Reed Farrel Coleman’s crisp, page-turning narrative has Moe trudging through his childhood summer vacation stomping grounds, the now-decaying Catskill resort scene. The borscht belt’s near-forgotten landscape of scarred lives, ambitious politicians, and corrupt cops is the minefield Moe must brave to find the truth. Was the fire really sparked by a negligent smoker or was it murder? Will the long dead keep their secrets or divulge their stories? And will what Moe uncovers lead him down another blind alley or into the bright light of Redemption Street?
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(Moe Prager Mysteries)
Silenced Girls
by Roger Stelljes
Rating: 4.4
Tori moved far away to try and forget her past. A past that would seep back in when she least expected it and crushed her soul over and over.
She tried to keep the evidence packed away in boxes high up on a closet shelf as if sealing the boxes, was sealing away a time in her life she desperately wanted to go back and change. Until one day a mysterious letter arrives from an unknown sender that unravels everything…
The Beatrice Stubbs Boxset One
by JJ Marsh
Rating: 4.0
Beatrice Stubbs of Scotland Yard: detective inspector, metaphor mixer and stubborn survivor. Battling crime by day and her own demons by night, the question remains: justice or the law?
Behind Closed Doors sees Beatrice seconded to Switzerland. Wealthy, powerful men are committing suicide. Or are they? When the same DNA is found at each scene, DI Stubbs suspects someone is dispensing a personal retribution. Beneath the chocolate and charm, Zurich hides many secrets.
In Raw Material, Beatrice is divided. Hunting a sex offender on London Underground while trying to investigate illegal activity on a Welsh beach stretches her to her limits. Her partner and neighbour decide to assist. But amateur detectives and professional criminals make a bad mix.