Monday’s Mystery eBooks
Twelve Slays of Christmas
by Jacqueline Frost
Rating: 4.7 #ad
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When Holly White’s fiancé cancels their Christmas Eve wedding with less than two weeks to go, Holly heads home with a broken heart. Lucky for her, home in historic Mistletoe, Maine is magical during Christmastime—exactly what the doctor prescribed. Except her plan to drown her troubles in peppermints and snickerdoodles is upended when local grouch and president of the Mistletoe Historical Society Margaret Fenwick is bludgeoned and left in the sleigh display at Reindeer Games, Holly’s family tree farm.
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(Twas the Knife Before Christmas Mysteries)
See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
by Bart Paul
Rating: 4.6 #ad
For readers of Craig Johnson and C. J. Box, a taut, fast-moving contemporary thriller that builds to an explosive, action-filled conclusion.
The third book in the acclaimed western thriller series that debuted with Under Tower Peak—named one of the Ten Best Mysteries of the Year by the Wall Street Journal—See That My Grave Is Kept Clean once again features Iraq War sniper and Eastern Sierra packer Tommy Smith. With his new wife, Deputy Sheriff Sarah Cathcart, and their baby daughter, he is building a home and a new life as he opens his own pack outfit in the high country of his youth.
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(A Tommy Smith High Country Noir)
Whiskey For Breakfast
by Liliana Hart
Rating: 4.6 #ad
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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.
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(Addison Holmes Mysteries)
This Fallen Prey
by Kelley Armstrong
Rating: 4.7 #ad
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When Casey first arrived at the off-the-grid town, an isolated community built as a haven for people running from their pasts, she had no idea what to expect, with no cell phones, no internet, no mail, and no way of getting in or out without the town council’s approval. She certainly didn’t expect to be the homicide detective on two separate cases or to begin a romantic relationship with her boss. But the very last thing she expected was for the council to drop a dangerous criminal into their midst without a plan to keep him imprisoned, and to keep others safe.
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(Casey Duncan Mysteries)
The Golden Spiders
by Rex Stout
Rating: 4.7 #ad
Nero Wolfe was almost as famous for his wealthy clients and extravagant fees as for his genius at detection. So why has he accepted a case for $4.30? And why have the last two people to hire him been ruthlessly murdered? Wolfe suspects the answers may lie in the story of a twelve-year-old boy who turns up at the door of his West Thirty-fifth Street brownstone. In short order, Wolfe finds himself confronted by one of his most perplexing and pressing cases, involving a curious set of clues: a gray Cadillac, a mysterious woman, and a pair of earrings shaped like spiders dipped in gold. The case is all boiling down to a strange taste of greed—and a grumpy gourmand’s unappeasable appetite for truth.
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(A Nero Wolfe Mysteries)
The Counterfeit Agent
by Alex Berenson
Rating: 4.1 #ad
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In an Istanbul hotel, a deep source warns a CIA agent that Iran intends to kill a CIA station chief. Quickly, John Wells is called in to investigate, but before he can get far, the tip comes true. Which means that the next warning the source gives will be taken very seriously indeed. And it’s a big one. We’ve put a package on a ship from Dubai to the United States. A radioactive one. A bomb? Not yet. It’s a test run.
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(John Wells Mysteries)
Taming of the Shoe
by Rebekah Dodson
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Ethan: “To be or not to be,” that’s always been my motto. On the stage, performing a solo in choir, or even as an amateur director for my high school play. Everything I do I attack with the passion of my trade, that is, until I met Taylor. She’s quiet, mysterious, melancholy. And she’s absolutely perfect for a role I need to cast.
Taylor: “Don’t let them see who you really are,” that’s always been my motto. When I dance, I come alive, or at least that’s what the reviews have said. But they don’t know deep down I’m terrified they all know who I really am: a sixteen year old girl struggling with a secret. Ethan’s slowly changing my world, and I’m drawn to him, but I can’t let him in. Or can I?
Mountain of the Dead
by Keith McCloskey
Rating: 4.2 #ad
The Dyatlov Pass incident resulted in nine unsolved, mysterious deaths; Keith McCloskey attempts to decipher the bizzare events that led up to that night and the subsequent aftermathIn January 1959, 10 experienced young skiers set out to travel to a mountain named Mount Otorten in the far north of Russia. Otorten translates to “don’t go there” in the local Mansi language. During the trip, one of the skiers fell ill and returned. The remaining nine lost their way and ended up on another mountain slope known as Kholat Syakhl, or “Mountain of the Dead.” On the night of February 1, 1959, something or someone caused the skiers to flee their tent in terror, using knives to slash their way out instead of using the entrance.